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Capital crimes series volume 12
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Truman's favorite protagonists, Mac and Annabel Smith, are called in when a weed-covered body is discovered along the banks of the Potomac.
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Capital crimes series volume 11
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The investigation of the murder of a chief scientist on an antimissle system brings Major Margit Falk of the Pentagon's legal staff close to the heart of a web of espionage and betrayal.
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Capital crimes series volume 22
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[2006]
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When a diva is stabbed during a rehersal of Tosca at the Washington National Opera, Mac Smith and his wife Annabel Reed-Smith are pressured by the theater board to unmask the killer.
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Annette Remmington, a London art consultant and private dealer, is at the top of her game. She's a rising star in the art world and has a roster of wealthy clients who trust her judgment. Her success reaches new heights when she restores and sells a long lost Rembrandt for top dollar. It is her husband Marius who has groomed Annette into the international star she has become and saved her from her dark and gritty past. So it is with much care that...
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Capital crimes series volume 14
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[1997]
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"Congressman Latham has maintained an impeccable record in Washington, and so he seems the logical choice when nominated by his friend, President Scott, to become the next secretary of state. His confirmation hearings appear to be a formality until rumors emerge of sexual misconduct and influence peddling. Then, early one morning, he is found shot to death, an apparent suicide."--BOOK JACKET. "Nobody close to Paul Latham believes his demise a suicide;...
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Capital crimes series volume 13
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"What happens when a world-class art expert wants not only to exhibit a long-lost painting by Caravaggio but to own it himself? Margaret Truman takes us into a heady, exciting world of genius with this story of a senior curator at the nation's famed National Gallery of Art who plans a brilliant exhibition around the masterpiece. He also begins to make another, more personal, daring plan. His masterly scheme promises prestige, fame, a small fortune,...
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Rarities Unlimited volume 3
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Lacey Quinn adored her grandfather. Although he never achieved artistic fame, his paintings inspired her to become an artist. Now, several years after his death, she takes a few of his canvases to an expert for appraisal. When they are identified as the work of an acclaimed landscape painter, Lacey is plunged into doubt. Was her grandfather a forger--or a even a murderer?
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Capital crimes series volume 10
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The sleuthing duo, Mac Smith and Annabel Reed, are married in the cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel and then a violent murder shatters the tranquility of their honeymoon.
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Capital crimes series volume 8
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Collette Cahill of the State Department embarks upon a quest to find out why her friend Barrie Mayer, a literary agent, was found dead of an apparent heart attack at Heathrow airport in London.
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Capital crimes series volume 16
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The Washington art gallery owner, Annabel Smith, investigates the blackmarket in rare books. This follows several murders, connected to an attempt to obtain a journal of the voyage of Columbus to the New World
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Capital crimes series volume 15
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Gallery owner Annabel Smith and her husband, law school professor Mac, become involved in a murder investigation when a man is found shot to death in the parking garage of the Watergate complex in the middle of a speech by presidential candidate Joe Aprile.
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Capital crimes series volume 19
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When Washington, DC, police detectives Mo Johnson and Rick Klayman arrive at this famous venue, they find the body of Nadia Zarinski, a congressional intern romantically linked to Senator Bruce Lerner. Fate throws in a twist when the detectives discover that the senator's ex-wife is directing the theater's current production. Their son becomes the number one suspect when the footprint from a pair of shoes he has matches the one found in the alley...
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Capital crimes series volume 6
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[1985]
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Special agent George Pritchard was nobody's favorite at the FBI. But when his murdered body is found, agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis look for answers--only to find that the bureau wants questions kept to a suspicious minimum ...
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c2008
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Elle loves life in Beaufort, South Carolina-lazy summer days on the sand bar, coastal bonfires, and dinners with friends sharing a lifetime of memories. And she's found her niche as the owner of a successful art gallery too. Life is good.Then the dynamic pastor of her small town church sweeps her off her feet. She's never known a man like Jeremiah-one who breathes in confidence and exhales all doubt. When he proposes in the setting sunlight, Elle...
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Eclipse Bay trilogy volume 3
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In the small town of Eclipse Bay, Oregon, the feud between the Hartes and the Madisons takes a new turn when Nick Harte falls for Octavia Brightwell, a young woman who is secretly related to the woman behind the long-running feud.
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[2016]
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"Despite the wealth and power of his remarkable family, Ben Carlton stayed hidden away in rural Virginia with only his artistic talent and his troubled memories for company. But when he met beautiful gallery owner Kathleen Dugan at the urging of his matchmaking aunt Destiny, his wounded heart began to open-yet he couldn't completely forget the tragedies of his past. Vivacious, driven Kathleen was intrigued not only by Ben's paintings, but also by...
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Capital crimes series volume 5
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After a gala party at the British Embassy, the British Ambassador to the United States--gourmand, lover of women and general bon vivant--is found mysteriously poisoned.
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Capital crimes series volume 9
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On the eve of the presidential election, a young woman is murdered at a Kennedy Center gala. Among the suspects are one of the candidates, his prospective vice-president and the candidate's family.
20) Coyote dream
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c2004
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Contemporary author Jessica Davis Stein pens a moving, thoughtful story of two people from different worlds coming together in the beauty of the American Southwest. When Sarah's car stalls, Ben comes to her aid. Offering her a place to stay, if only for a short time, Ben soon finds himself falling into a passionate tryst with Sarah.