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| Love Like Blood by Mark BillinghamPolice Procedural. When her partner Susan is brutally murdered at their apartment, DI Nicola Tanner (introduced in last year's Die of Shame) decides she must have been the real target -- Tanner works with the Honour Crimes Unit, where she's discovered there's a pair of professional killers at work...and she believes these men killed Susan. Though on compassionate leave, Tanner gets rule-bending detective Tom Thorne to help her check things out. With plot twists and thrills aplenty, this 14th Tom Thorne novel may keep you up late. |
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The shadow district : a thriller
by Arnaldur Indriðason
"A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man is discovered dead on his bed, smothered with his own pillow. Konrad, a former detective now bored with retirement, finds newspaper cuttings reporting the WWII shadow district murder the dead man's home. It's a crime that Konrad remembers, having grown up in the same neighborhood. A MISSING LINK Why, after all this time, would an old crime resurface? Did the police arrest the wrong man? Will Konrad's link to the past help him solve the case and finally lay the ghosts of WWII Reykjavik to rest?"
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What's become of her : a novel
by Deb Caletti
Returning to her island hometown of artists and eccentrics, recently divorced Isabelle Austen confronts a difficult choice when she discovers that a new love interest is hiding because of the suspicious fates of his previous wives. By the National Book Award finalist author of He's Gone. Original.
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Need you dead
by Peter James
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex Police investigates the murder of a woman in a love nest where she'd been having an affair.
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| Persons Unknown: A Novel by Susie SteinerMystery. Having left the Met police for Cambridgeshire in order to give her adopted 12-year-old son a new start, detective Manon Bradshaw finds things aren't going as planned. Her black son is being bullied, she's single and pregnant, and most troubling, someone close to her family has been murdered and the police think her son may be involved. The case pits her against colleagues, but Manon will do whatever she can to find the real killer and prove her son's innocence. Told from multiple points of view, this thought-provoking 2nd book to feature Manon (after Missing, Presumed) slowly builds momentum and addresses timely topics. |
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| The Force: A Novel by Don WinslowCrime Fiction. Denny Malone is a highly decorated NYPD detective at the head of an elite anti-gang task force -- he's also a dirty cop who skims cash and drugs, and worse. Tracing Denny's rise and fall and his attempts to avoid federal jail time, The Force showcases authentic dialogue and shockingly believable characters in a taut, gritty book. If you're on the hold list for this bestseller, try other atmospheric novels that examine police corruption, such as Joseph Wambaugh's The Choirboys, Thomas Mullen's Darktown, or Ian Rankin's Malcolm Fox mysteries. |
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| Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay FayeHistorical Mystery. In 1888 London, Jack the Ripper is killing women and terrorizing the city's East End. Inspector Lestrade calls in Sherlock Holmes, who quickly becomes embroiled in the case and is even accused of being the Ripper by one newspaper. Though author Lyndsay Faye isn't the first person to pit Sherlock against the Ripper (there've been books, movies, games), Holmes fans will certainly want to read Dust and Shadow since talented novelist Faye wonderfully captures Watson's voice and presents an insightful look at Holmes and his time. |
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| The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or, On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. KingHistorical Mystery. When 15-year-old orphan Mary Russell runs into Sherlock Holmes, she isn't aware that the Sussex beekeeper is the famous, retired detective. She soon learns the truth, and the chance encounter proves pivotal as Holmes, impressed with Mary's intellect, becomes her mentor and teacher -- and eventually something more -- as the two solve crimes together. The Beekeeper's Apprentice is the 1st in Laurie R. King's popular continuation of the Sherlock Holmes oeuvre. If you like well-researched stories and intelligent lead female characters, be sure to check out this intricately plotted series. |
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The great game : a Professor Moriarty novel
by Michael Kurland
Criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty matches wits with an even more diabolical adversary when he is drawn into a deadly conspiracy in which a mysterious cabal threatens to use a series of high-level assassinations to destabilize Europe. By the author of A Plague of Spies. Reprint.
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| The Baker Street Letters by Michael RobertsonMystery. Lawyers and brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath rent offices at 221B Baker Street and, as part of their lease agreement, they must answer every letter that arrives for Sherlock Holmes. When Nigel reads a letter written by a little girl whose father is missing and decides he must help, the two men find themselves dealing with a murder and taking a trip to Los Angeles. If you like this "lively and inventive" (Kirkus Reviews) debut, be sure to look for others in the Baker Street Brothers series. |
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