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The tenant
by Katrine Engberg
Copenhagen detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner investigate the murder of a woman whose story is being suspiciously chronicled in her landlady’s novel, in a U.S. debut of a best-selling series from Denmark. 100,000 first printing. Maps.
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A Bad Day for Sunshine
by Darynda Jones
Starring: single mom Sunshine Vicram, who, thanks to her interfering parents, is the new sheriff of her quirky hometown of Del Sol, New Mexico.
What happens: A teenager goes missing, a prisoner escapes, and Sunshine needs to work with both a handsome FBI agent and an attractive U.S. Marshal...and she also tries to remember details from her own unsolved abduction when she was a teen.
Who it's for: this compellingly funny 1st in a new series by the bestselling author of the Charley Davidson novels is perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries.
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One fatal flaw
by Anne Perry
Teaming up with brilliant scientist Miriam fford Croft to prove the innocence of a murder suspect, lawyer Daniel Pitt rules the case an accident before his client is found dead in the same manner, bringing Miriam’s test methods into question.
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Masked prey
by John Sandford
When a Senator’s daughter discovers that an unknown extremist has been posting politician kid photos online beside vicious but legal ideological rants, Lucas Davenport is summoned by influential Washington leaders to prevent dangerous attacks on their children.
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Hid from Our Eyes
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
What it is: the long-awaited (seven years!) 9th entry in the award-winning series that began in 2002 with In the Bleak Midwinter.
What happens: Millers Kill, New York, police chief Russ van Alstyne, with help from his wife, Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson, investigates a murder that closely resembles two old, unsolved killings, including one for which Russ, fresh from the Vietnam War, was the prime suspect.
You might also like: Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway mystery series or Deborah Crombie's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James novels -- though both popular series are set in the U.K., they feature compelling plots and complicated relationships.
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A conspiracy of bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan struggles to identify a faceless murder victim in possession of her cell number, a mystery that is entangled with a decade-old missing-child case. (suspense). By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
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The K team
by David Rosenfelt
A debut entry in a new spin-off series of the Andy Carpenter mysteries finds Andy’s wife, Laurie, returning to police work when she forms an investigative team with her detective ex-partner and his K-9 German shepherd helper.
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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
When her neighbor turns up dead, and then other bodies turn up under strange circumstances, Janine, a recluse in a remote Polish village who prefers the company of animals over humans, inserts herself into the investigation, certain she knows whodunit.
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Hit list
by Stuart Woods
Former New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker finds himself in rather hot water in a high-suspense latest entry in the best-selling series. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs. Read by Tony Roberts.
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