Вручение 1996 г.

Страна: США Дата проведения: 1996 г.

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Дэвид Хаусрайт 0.0
Winner of the 1996 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A Saint Paul PI investigates the murder of the man who killed his wife. Holland Taylor is comfortable in interrogation rooms. For years the cold dark cells of the St. Paul Police Department homicide squad were his turf, and with the help of his partner he wrung confessions out of countless killers. But that was long ago. Tonight Taylor is on the other side of the desk. Tonight he is the suspect. Taylor's career in the department ended after his wife and daughter were killed in a drunk driving accident. The culprit, John Brown, was sentenced to a measly six years for vehicular manslaughter, and Taylor vowed bloody vengeance in front of open court. After a few months of freedom, Brown is shot dead, and Taylor, now a private investigator, is called in as the obvious suspect. He didn't kill John Brown, but he will find out who did if-even it means tearing the Twin Cities apart from the inside out.

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Дик Фрэнсис 4.2
Трагизм работы детектива заключается в том, что порой приходится проливать свет на факты, которые ломают жизнь людям. Эту горькую истину еще раз подтвердило расследование, предпринятое бывшим жокеем, а ныне частным детективом Сидом Холли. Ведь главным подозреваемым оказывается его лучший друг, всеобщий любимец, звезда телевидения Эллис Квинт.

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William Heffernan 0.0
Paul Devlin, Inspector of Detectives for the mayor of New York City, probes the murder of a police captain, a hero cop rumored to be gay, and uncovers a deadly conspiracy of sex, blackmail, and death leading to the highest levels of government.

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Rob MacGregor 0.0
Will Lansa, raised by his white mother in Aspen, is spending the summer on the Hopi reservation with his father, the tribal police chief. The chief is investigating the murder of a man found near a sacred place. Some suspect it's the work of a powaqu, a powerful witch. Will's own investigation finds him caught up in ancient prophecies and mystical visions that suddenly place his life in jeopardy.

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Nancy Springer 0.0
Jamie Bridger's decision to find out who her real parents are causes anger and feigned ignorance on the part of her grandparents and leads her to danger and some surprising discoveries.