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• The Killing Lessons

  Black, Saul,

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  San Francisco detective Valerie Hart leads the investigation into a series of baffling murders. The only connection among the crimes is the discovery of seemingly random objects inserted into the victims’ bodies.

• Time of Fog and Fire

  Bowen, Rhys,

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  Molly Murphy Sullivan’s NYPD police captain husband goes on a covert assignment working for President Theodore Roosevelt. Molly doesn’t know where he is until she spots him in a movie newsreel shot in San Francisco. When she receives a coded…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ripped From the Pages

  Carlisle, Kate, 1951-

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  When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents’ house in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels aren’t the only things stored in wine caves. In one cave a room is discovered containing artwork,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sauvignon Secret

  a Wine Country Mystery

  Crosby, Ellen, 1953-

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  The death of Paul Noble, a wine importer and distributor with lots of enemies, leads Virginia vintner/detective Lucie Montgomery to the vineyards of California's Napa and Sonoma valleys in search of answers.

• The Man on the Washing Machine

  a Mystery

  Cox, Susan R.,

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  Theo Bogart is hiding under an alias in San Francisco, trying to distance herself from a family scandal in England. She runs a small business, and works in a close-knit neighborhood. When strange events bring the police into play, Theo's false…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Footprints

  Dunlap, Susan

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  While scouting a location site on the Golden Gate Bridge, stunt double Darcy Lott sees a woman about to jump. Darcy manages to pull her back, but, as the woman leaves, she tells Darcy that she will be dead by Thanksgiving. Darcy has four days to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway

  Gran, Sara

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  When an ex-boyfriend of San Francisco detective Claire DeWitt is found murdered, the police are convinced it’s a robbery gone-bad. But Claire knows better. She finds clues in two other cases, one in 1980’s East Village, NY, and the other in Marin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pacific Burn

  a Thriller

  Lancet, Barry

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  In this 3rd Jim Brodie thriller, the San Francisco Japanese antiques dealer and PI goes up against the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security—and a killer operating on both sides of the Pacific.

• A Circle of Wives

  LaPlante, Alice, 1958-

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  When a prominent surgeon is found dead in a Palo Alto hotel, local police detective Samantha Adams is assigned to the case. She discovers that the doctor is married to three different women in three different states. Is one of his wives the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fall

  a Novel

  Lescroart, John T

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  Late one night an African American girl plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton Tunnel. Did she fall, or was she pushed? Dismas Hardy and his daughter and law firm associate, Rebecca, take up the hunt for the killer.

• The Setup Man

  a Novel

  Monday, T. T., 1976-

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  Johnny Adcock is winding down his career as a Major League Baseball player, and developing a new one as a private investigator. When a teammate tells him about a problem he has with his wife, Johnny thinks it’s the usual story of an athlete’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poison Artist

  Moore, Jonathan, 1977-

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  Dr. Caleb Maddox, a San Francisco toxicologist, meets a mysterious and irresistible woman at a bar, and as he searches for her after their encounter, he becomes entangled in a serial murder investigation.

• Someone Always Knows

  Muller, Marcia,

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  San Franciso P.I.,Sharon McCone, and her husband and business partner, Hy Ripinsky, have settled into a new home and office and are just starting to feel comfortable. Then the calm is shattered when a shady former colleague reappears, and it’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 15th Affair

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  As she settles into married life, San Francisco police detective Lindsay Boxer thinks she’s found domestic bliss. But when a beautiful blonde woman disappears from the scene of a murder Lindsay's life begins to unravel. Her husband, Joe, vanishes,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vixen

  Pronzini, Bill

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  Nameless, the semi-retired San Francisco PI, meets with model Cory Beckett. Cory's brother, Kenneth, is accused of stealing a necklace from the wealthy Vorhees family. When questioned, Kenneth claims he was framed by his sister. It turns out that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Die-off

  a John Marquez Novel

  Russell, Kirk, 1954-

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  John Marquez works undercover for California Fish and Game’s Special Operations Unit. In this thriller he finds himself thoroughly involved when a two-year-old murder case, a notorious animal trafficker, and thousands of invasive northern pike…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sleuth in Sausalito

  Sheldon, Carol,

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  After ten years of not knowing what happened to her mother, Gwen Harris is notified that recently discovered remains might be those of the missing woman. Leaving Michigan to find out what she can in Sausalito, where her mother disappeared, Gwen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death on Telegraph Hill

  Tallman, Shirley

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  Returning from an evening performance by Oscar Wilde on Telegraph Hill in 1882 San Francisco, attorney Sarah Woolson and her brother, Samuel, are targeted by a gunman. When Samuel is shot Sarah begins an investigation into the shooter's identity and…Read moreRead more of this annotation