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Boundary : the last summer
by Andrée A. Michaud
During the early summer of 1967, two inseparable teenage beauties are found dead in the forest and Detective Stan Michaud is determined to find out what happening in Boundary before someone else is found dead.
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City of lies
by Victoria Thompson
Using her guile to relieve so-called respectable men of their ill-gotten gains, a woman on the run hides among a group of privileged women and bonds with an honest man while outmaneuvering a nemesis who blames her for his losses, in a debut entry of a new series by the best-selling author of the Gaslight Mysteries.
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Count to ten
by James Patterson
Summoned by the head of the world's top investigation agency to join a new office in Delhi, former Private India head Santosh Wagh struggles to set aside his personal demons before tackling a case involving murderously corrupt authorities and human remains found at a government site. Co-written by a #1 best-selling author.
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Every breath you take
by Mary Higgins Clark
Struggling with the departure of co-host Alex Buckley, television crimesolver Laurie Moran is teamed with a despised Ryan Nichols, who draws her into the cold case of a wealthy widow pushed to her death from the roof of a famous museum.
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The ghost of Christmas past
by Rhys Bowen
Struggling with depression in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a miscarriage, semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan and her husband, Daniel, accept an invitation to spend the holidays at a Hudson mansion, only to be embroiled in the mystery of their hosts' daughter's disappearance.
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Hardcore twenty-four
by Janet Evanovich
Reluctantly agreeing to babysit a professional grave robber's pet boa constrictor, Stephanie Plum is embroiled in a bizarre series of crimes that escalate from the violation of stolen corpses to the murder of a homeless man, a case that is complicated by the return of the hunky but reckless Diesel.
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The house of unexpected sisters
by Alexander McCall Smith
Investigating a case of wrongful dismissal, Precious Ramotswe discovers information that causes her to rethink her views about the case before meeting a local nurse who shares her unusual surname.
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Let Darkness Bury the Dead
by Maureen Jennings
In November 1917, the Great War continues. William Murdoch is a widower and senior detective who spends his time tracking down bootleggers and tipplers. His wife, Amy, died giving birth to their second child, a girl who died as well. Murdoch, racked by grief, withdrew from his other child Jack, which he comes to regret. Jack, now twenty-one, returns from France after being wounded in battle. The night after Jack and his comrade McKinnon arrive home, a young man is found beaten to death in an impoverished area of Toronto known as the Ward. Soon after, Murdoch has to deal with the tragic suicide of a young man. Two more attacks follow in quick succession. The only common denominator is that all of the men were exempted from conscription. Increasingly worried that Jack knows more than he says, Murdoch must solve these crimes before more innocent lives are lost.
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The midnight line : a Jack Reacher novel
by Lee Child
Spotting a hard-won women's West Point class ring in a pawn shop, Jack Reacher fights a biker gang and a South Dakota gangster to discover the truth about the ring and why its owner sold it. By the best-selling author of Night School.
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Mind game
by Iris Johansen
Searching for a long-missing treasure in Scotland, Jane MacGuire experiences vivid dreams of a girl in danger at the same time she reconnects with a volatile ex and is confronted by stunning changes in the lives of those closest to her. By the best-selling author of Hide Away.
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Parting shot
by Linwood Barclay
A standalone spin-off from the Promise Falls trilogy finds Cal Weaver investigating threats made against an accused killer's family in spite of local outrage, a case that embroils him in a vicious revenge plot. By the best-selling author of Trust Your Eyes.
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The people vs. Alex Cross
by James Patterson
Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Alex Cross is wrongly portrayed as a trigger-happy corrupt cop while he struggles to prove to a skeptical jury and dwindling supporters that his actions were in self defense. By the award-winning author of Alex Cross, Run.
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Quick & dirty
by Stuart Woods
A latest entry in the best-selling series finds New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington tackling an explosive case that tests his signature composure. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs.
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Sleeping in the ground
by Peter Robinson
In the wake of a massacre outside a picturesque Yorkshire church, Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are challenged to unravel a baffling mystery involving a killer who is hiding in plain sight. By the Edgar Award-winning author of When the Music's Over.
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Two kinds of truth : a novel
by Michael Connelly
An investigation into the murder of a young pharmacist leads Harry Bosch and San Fernando's detective squad into the big-business world of pill mills and prescription drug abuse at the same time an old case from Bosch's days with the LAPD returns to haunt him. 750,000 first printing.
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