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      The Blue Hour

      by T. Jefferson Parker
      Published
      May 1999
      Main Genre
      Thriller Thriller
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      480
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      Merci Rayborn Book 1

      About This Book

      Do you always check the backseat of your car before you get in?
      You should.

      Tim Hess is a semiretired veteran cop staring at a death sentence - his own. Detective Merci Rayborn, young enough to be his daughter, is brash, impatient, and not someone from whom Hess wants to be taking orders. He certainly isn't planning on falling in love with her...

      Together they must track down a psychopathic killer who's been abducting beautiful young women from the malls of Orange County. Dubbed the "Purse Snatcher" for the chilling way he brags about his shockingly distinctive crimes, he is T. Jefferson Parker's most original creation yet.

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      Book 1
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      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Police Procedural Thriller

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      First Edition Apr 2000 Hyperion ISBN 0786889691
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      May 1999 Hyperion ISBN 0786862882
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      Oct 1999 Thorndike Press ISBN 078622164X
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