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2023.
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"Los Angeles, August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O.: tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. ... Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe's death and...
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It's December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday, when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edward's mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while he solves the case. As Poirot digs into the mystery, he discovers...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish PIs open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Brendan Holmes: A keen, science-minded sleuth with an even keener sense of smell. Margaret Marple: A charming snoop who works best undercover. Auguste Poe: A weapons expert with a weakness for muscle cars and beautiful women. The agency's daring methodology and headline-making cases attract the attention of NYPD detective lieutenant Helene Grey. Her...
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Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match? It's early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery is missing. Young, n̐ave, and set to inherit an enormous fortune, she's a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father and his sultry bottle-blonde girlfriend...
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