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"Web of Evil" is the second in a newly developing series for J. A. Jance. The first, "Edge of Evil", introduced readers to Ali. Other well-known and favorite characters in prior series are the famous J.P. Beaumont, the now-aging Seattle cop who made Jance a household name among mystery readers, and Joanna Brady, the Cochise County sheriff in the Arizona series.
146) Nisei daughter
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A Japanese-American's personal account of growing up in Seattle in the 1930s and of being subjected to relocation during World War II.
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A guide to Seattle for people who live or work there that provides maps of neighborhoods with locations of coffee and copy shops, gyms, banks, bars, restaurants, and stores as well as overviews of the city's parks, museums, colleges, universities, sporting arenas, transportation system, and art galleries.
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Harper Blaine was your average small-time P.I. until she died-for two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker-walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And sheś discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of "strange" cases. Pioneer Squareś homeless are turning up dead and mutilated, and zombies have been seen roaming the underground-the city buried beneath modern Seattle. When Harperś friend Quinton...
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"Following the shocking murder of her former lover, detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) joins her partner Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) in a race to destroy evidence that would implicate Linden in the crime. Meanwhile, the two must resolve a case involving the horrifying slaying of a prominent family whose son is enrolled in a respected military academy."-- Container.
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"Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in what's officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just...
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Newly-divorced psychiatrist Frasier Crane finds himself host of his own call-in radio advice show. When he's not dealing with the problems of his troubled listeners, he's embroiled in skirmishes at home with his retired police detective father, his father's physical therapist, and his younger brother and rival, Niles.
159) Mercer Girls
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It's 1864 in downtrodden Lowell, Massachusetts. The Civil War has taken its toll on the town leaving the economy in ruin and its women in dire straits. That is, until Asa Mercer arrives on a peculiar, but providential, errand: he seeks high-minded women who can exert an "elevating" influence in Seattle, where there are ten men for every woman. Mail-order brides, yes, but of a certain caliber. Schoolmarmish Josephine, tough-as-nails Dovey, and pious...
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Returning to Seattle after a business trip, retired PI Leo Waterman is shocked to find his girlfriend, Rebecca Duvall, unconscious on the bathroom floor, her house filled with gas. Officials believe it was a suicide attempt in the wake of a humiliating scandal. Under investigation for dereliction of duty, she'd been suspended from her job as medical examiner for King County. But for Leo, unearthing the truth is going to trap him in a conspiracy that...