Life sentences

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R.J. Ellory

1960s. Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world beyond its walls. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row. Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, and as he and his two hostages set off on a frenetic path through California down to Texas, Clarence and Elliot must come to terms with the ever-growing tide of violence in their wake. It's a path that will force them to make a choice about their lives, and their relationship to each other-and it will change their lives forever.

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James C. Dekker

As Megan digs deeper into her brother's murder, she finds that Danny was "known to police" and that nobody outside of her family cares about solving the crime.

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Jill Churchill

A bored Robert is a dangerous thing. While dismantling Grace and Favour's old, unwanted icehouse, Robert finds a mummified corpse and he's delighted to help with the investigation into who the man was. But then a local man turns up murdered and the case of the mummified corpse is pushed into the background. In the meantime, Jack, the local reporter, is off to witness the veterans' march on Washington.

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Anne Emery

"It's 1989. The Troubles are raging in Ireland, bombs exploding in England. In this prequel to the Collins-Burke series, Father Brennan Burke is home in New York when news of his sister's arrest in London sends him flying across the ocean. The family troubles deepen when Brennan's cousin Conn is charged with the murder of a Special Branch detective and suspected in a terrorist plot against Westminster Abbey. The Burkes come under surveillance by the murdered cop's partner and are caught in a tangle of buried family memories"--