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Dangerous minds : a Knight and Moon novel
by Janet Evanovich
A follow-up to Curious Minds pits mismatched partners Riley Moon, a financial analyst; and Emerson Knight, an eccentric billionaire's son, against a big-league criminal whose activities pose a series of puzzle-like clues. By the best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum novels.
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A Dark So Deadly
by Stuart MacBride
Stuck on a squad with all the other officers no one else wants, but who can’t be fired, DC Callum MacGregor and his colleagues accidentally get handed the biggest murder investigation Oldcastle has ever seen and work together to solve the case and bring a serial killer to swift justice. A #1 Sunday Times best-seller.
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Date with the executioner
by Edward Marston
After the Bow Street Runners break up a duel, Mark Bowerman, one of the duelists, is found murdered and Paul Skillen, his second, uncovers a series of mysterious events involving an inheritance and a betrayal in his hunt for the killer
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The daughter of Sherlock Holmes : a novel
by Leonard S Goldberg
A highly skilled nurse with unique mental talents is recruited into the investigative team of the elderly Dr. John Watson and his handsome son before being swept up in a Holmesian mystery with ties to the Second Afghan War, a hidden treasure and a murder at the highest levels of British society. By the best-selling author of Fever Cell.
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Dis mem ber and other stories of mystery and suspense
by Joyce Carol Oates
A latest collection of stories by the best-selling author of We Were the Mulvaneys focuses on the inner lives of vulnerable female protagonists struggling through victimization, provocation or deep emotional unrest to commit violent retaliatory acts.
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Dying breath
by Heather Graham
Historian Vickie Preston, who saw a ghost for the first time as a teenage survivor of an attack by a serial killer, is recruited to aid the authorities in tracking down another killer with the assistance of the spirit of one of the victims.
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Endgame
by Bill Pronzini
Two cases challenge the Nameless Detective agency's resources, including those of a woman who resolves to learn the truth about her late husband's possible infidelity in a remote Sierras cabin; and a man who would clear his name of his agoraphobic wife's murder.
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Knife Creek
by Paul Doiron
Investigating the horrifying discovery of a baby's body in a shallow woodland grave, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch uncovers links between the victim and a woman believed to have died years earlier, a cold case that raises suspicions around neighbors who may not be who they seem. By the award-winning author of The Poacher's Son.
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The long drop
by Denise Mina
Centered around the “trial of the century” in Glasgow in 1950, the innocence and guilt of those involved is explored, starting with Peter Manuel who has been found guilty of a string of murders, starting with the Watt family, and is waiting to die by hanging.
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Magpie murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Ignoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder. By the best-selling author of Moriarty.
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Murder games
by James Patterson
A tenacious Manhattan police officer determined to stop a serial killer who leaves playing cards at the scenes of unrelated victims teams up with a brilliant professor whose book has been connected to the murders against a backdrop of high-profile tabloid speculation. By the National Book Award-winning co-author of Truth or Die.
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Not a sound
by Heather Gudenkauf
Losing her hearing in a tragic accident, nurse Amelia Winn suffers through two years of depression before rebuilding her life with the help of an assistance dog, only to find herself enmeshed in a fellow nurse's suspicious death. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Weight of Silence.
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Odd numbers : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel
by Anne Holt
"When bombs explode at the Islamic Cooperation Council's headquarters in Oslo, detective Hanne Wilhelmsen is on the case in the ninth and penultimate installment of the award-winning series from Norway's bestselling crime writer Anne Holt--"the godmotherof Norwegian crime fiction" (Jo Nesbo). On an early April afternoon, a bomb goes off in the Islamic Cooperation Council's offices in Oslo, killing twenty-three people. The Police and Security Service suspect an extremist organization to be responsible for the attack, a suspicion that grows stronger when threats of yet another, bigger explosion during the planned celebration of the Norwegian constitution reach the authorities. As a special adviser on cold cases, Hanne Wilhelmsen has cut all of her official ties to the Security Service and lives contentedly--or at least as contentedly as someone like her can manage--in solitude with her partner Nesir and their young daughter. A small computer monitor is Hanne's only window to the outside until the day ofthe attacks, when her closed-off world is broken open. Hanne is approached by her long lost friend, Billy T., whose son Linus has undergone some disturbing changes recently. As the mood of the city darkens, Hanne tries to help Billy T. reach out to Linusand realizes that Oslo is up against forces far more terrible and menacing than ever before"
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Only skein deep
by Maggie Sefton
"In the latest novel from The New York Times bestselling author of Knit to Be Tied, Kelly Flynn and The Lambspun Knitters are eagerly awaiting a bundle of joy but find themselves heaped with trouble instead.
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Penance of the damned
by Peter Tremayne
Shocked to learn that a loyal advisor to the king has been murdered in an enemy fortress and that the chief suspect is scheduled to be brutally executed, Fidelma is challenged to sift through overwhelming evidence to clear the suspect's name and identify the true killer.
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Perish the day : a thriller
by John Farrow
A conclusion to the series that includes Seven Days Dead finds retired detective Emile Cinq-Mars secretly investigating the murders of three people, including his niece's friend and a former spy, whose only common link is their connection to a local college.
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Shadow man : a novel
by Alan Drew
When a serial killer begins breaking into random homes in California's quiet Rancho Santa Elena, detective Ben Wade and forensic specialist Natasha Betencourt confront a long-buried secret and the tragedy of a teen's suicide in order to get ahead of the killer. By the author of Gardens of Water.
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| Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love by James RuncieCozy Mystery/Short Stories. Like previous entries in this charming series, this 6th collection features clergyman-detective Sidney Chambers investigating cases big and small. First, while on a walk in the 1970s Cambridgeshire woods with his seven-year-old daughter, the archdeacon discovers a corpse. With his friend DI Geordie Keating sometimes helping, Sidney also aids a friend who's been raped, looks for a runaway teen, and tries to locate a missing medieval book. Slightly cozier than Grantchester, the TV series based on them, these leisurely paced novels are reminiscent of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries. |
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Sticks and bones
by Carolyn Haines
Clashing with an arrogant local writer whose best-selling memoir is being turned into a documentary, private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by the film crew to discern the truth about the writer's story only to find herself targeted by someone who would kill to protect a long-held secret.
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Take out
by Margaret Maron
A debut entry in a spin-off series by the best-selling author of the long-running Deborah Knott mysteries focuses on NYPD Detective Sigrid Harald. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Three Day Town.
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The Templars' last secret : a Bruno, Chief of Police novel
by Martin Walker
Investigating the death of a woman found at the foot of a cliff where the long-ago Knights Templar stronghold stands, Bruno, assisted by Haitian newcomer Amélie, learns that the victim was searching for a religious artifact of incredible importance. By the best-selling author of Fatal Pursuit.
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What the dead leave behind
by David Housewright
Reluctantly investigating a cold-case murder as a favor for his stepdaughter, millionaire detective Rushmore McKenzie discovers links to a second killing before a series of suspicious coincidences reveals the activities of a dangerous adversary. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Stealing the Countess.
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You will pay
by Lisa Jackson
Investigating remains found at a summer camp where a prank gone wrong led to the disappearances of two teens decades earlier, senior detective Lucas Dalton struggles with his father's ties to the case while meeting with five former counselors, including an erstwhile crush, to piece together what happened.
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