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Bill James
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Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction
364.15232 J273m
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
364.15232 J273m
Richland Park - Adult Non-Fiction
364.15232 J273m
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017. | First Scribner hardcover edition. | Scribner | xi, 464 pages ; 24 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction 364.15232 J273m Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction 364.15232 J273m Richland Park - Adult Non-Fiction 364.15232 J273m |
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Simon & Schuster Audio | English | Checked Out
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"Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train...
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2) Snatched
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| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2014 | OverDrive | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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| 2014 | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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Bill James is on top form in this sharply satirical black comedy set behind the scenes at a museum
George Lepage, the new Director of the Hulliborn Regional Museum and Gallery, has great hopes that his tenure in the post will be short and profitable. He has visions of early retirement, and perhaps – like his predecessor, and his predecessor's predecessor – a knighthood.
But circumstances do their best to snatch his...
George Lepage, the new Director of the Hulliborn Regional Museum and Gallery, has great hopes that his tenure in the post will be short and profitable. He has visions of early retirement, and perhaps – like his predecessor, and his predecessor's predecessor – a knighthood.
But circumstances do their best to snatch his...
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| 2011 | OverDrive | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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| 2011 | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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Part social satire, part police procedural, Bill James returns with the stunning prequel to Tip Top - In the drug-ridden Whitsun and Temperate housing estates a connection, once made, is only ever one thing: trouble. Trouble for the journalist whose investigation into the estates leads to his murder; trouble for policewoman Esther Davidson, whose job it is to arrest the killer; and trouble for TV producer Larry Edgehill, who becomes more involved
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4) Noose
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| 2013 | OverDrive | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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| 2013 | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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"James, who may be one of Britain's most underrated crime fiction writers, produces a shocker packed with menace and very black humor." —Booklist, starred review
Britain, 1956. A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to the hospital and her life saved. The story is just the sort of thing that journalist Ian Charteris likes to cover: a poignant mix of near tragedy,...
Britain, 1956. A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to the hospital and her life saved. The story is just the sort of thing that journalist Ian Charteris likes to cover: a poignant mix of near tragedy,...
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2011 | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. | Scribner | xii, 482 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction 364.10973 J273p |
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The man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball now examines our cultural obsession with murder--delivering a unique, engrossing, brilliant history of tabloid crime in America.
Celebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has voraciously read true crime throughout his life and has been interested in writing a book on the topic for decades. Now, with Popular Crime, James takes readers on an epic journey from Lizzie
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Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
796.357 J28b
Main Library - Adult Reference
Ref. 796.357 J28b
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c1997 | Scribner | 352p., ill., 24cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 796.357 J28b Main Library - Adult Reference Ref. 796.357 J28b |
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2016. | First world edition. | Crème De La Crime | 188 pages ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction James |
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| 2016 | OverDrive | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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| 2016 | Severn House Publishers | English | Available Online
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"Following the murder of his wife and son, tycoon drugs dealer Mansel Shale is determined to get vengeance--and he wants another drugs baron, Ralph Ember, to help him. Having heard of the movie Strangers on a Train, in which two men agree to undertake each other's murders as a way of preventing detection, Shale suggests he and Ralph should have a similar arrangement--and Ralph is in no position to refuse. When he learns of the plan, Assistant Chief...
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 1995 | 1st Fireside ed. | Simon & Schuster | x, 452 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 796.357 J273w |
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c2001 | Free Press | x, 998 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | English |
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10) Protection
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 1992 | Foul Play Press | 188 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction James |
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11) Pay days
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2002 | Compass Press | 307 p. (large print) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Large Print Fiction James Large Type |
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12) Blaze away
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| 2015. | First world edition. | Crème de la Crime | 203 pages ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction James |
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Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur feels a sort of warmth towards Jack Lamb, a brilliantly prosperous but profoundly dodgy fine arts dealer. Lamb is the greatest informant Harpur has ever dealt with--might be the greatest informant any police officer has ever dealt with--and although Jack ended this arrangement some time ago, Harpur still feels indebted to him. Lamb's posh manor house is stuffed with expensive paintings, ripe for the pinching...and...
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c1994 | Macmillan | x, 452 p. ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 796.357 J27p |
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14) Play dead
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Inglewood - Adult Large Print
Fiction James Large Type
Richland Park - Adult Large Print
Fiction James Large Type
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017. | First large print edition. | Severn House Large Print | 345 pages (large print) ; 23 cm | English | On Shelf
Inglewood - Adult Large Print Fiction James Large Type Richland Park - Adult Large Print Fiction James Large Type |
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Following a deep investigation into an incident in another Force, Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, uncovered an unpalatable truth: there is corruption in the ranks. Corruption which led to murder. Good detective work allowed the pair to arrest and charge the assassin, but there are very big questions unanswered. Harpur and Iles are sent back in an attempt to discover how far, and how high, the corruption went. Their...
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15) Tip top
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| [2015] | distributed by Kino Lorber | 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | Français | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 T5951 |
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When an Algerian informant for the French police is found murdered in a small town, two female investigators suspect the possibility of police involvement with the murder.
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