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Triple crown
by Felix Francis
Asked by the U.S. FACSA to find a mole who has been passing on information to those under suspicion in American horse racing, British Horseracing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley participates in a raid on a corrupt trainer's barn before three Kentucky Derby contenders become suspiciously ill. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Out of bounds
by Val McDermid
When a teen joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to a twisted unsolved murder from more than two decades earlier. By the award-winning author of Forensics.
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The sleepwalker : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing. By the author of The Guest Room.
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Clownfish blues
by Tim Dorsey
Hitting the byways of the Sunshine State to shoot their own episodes of a favorite classic television show, proud Floridian Serge A. Storms and his perpetually toked sidekick, Coleman, find themselves confronting a large-scale underworld operation to rig the state lottery. 75,000 first printing.
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Stone coffin : a mystery
by Kjell Eriksson
Detective Ann Lindell investigates after a man goes missing on the same day his wife and daughter are run over by a car near Uppsala, in the latest addition to the Swedish mystery series following Open Grave.
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Vanished
by Karen Robards
Ten years after her five-year-old daughter disappears without a trace, Sarah Mason receives a phone call from a child with her daughter's five-year-old voice, causing Sarah to turn in desperation to private investigator Jake Hogan
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| Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy AthertonCozy Mystery. Lori Shepherd is down on her luck: she's divorced, broke, and still grieving over her mother's death. To comfort herself, she has a stuffed bunny and her mother's "Aunt Dimity" stories -- but Lori soon finds out from upper-crust Boston lawyers (including a young one, who seems more than a little interested in Lori) that the indomitable Dimity was real! A rich English lady and friend of Lori's mom, she's named Lori in her will. Leaving Boston for the Cotswolds (along with the young lawyer) and the house she's inherited, Lori discovers that even though Dimity has died, she has not exactly passed on to the other world entirely. Readers who enjoy English villages, sweet romances, and a touch of the supernatural will relish this charming series, of which this is the 1st entry. |
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| Fast Women by Jennifer CrusieHumorous Mystery. Divorced and unemployed at 42, businesswoman Nell Dysart wonders if her life is ever going to turn around -- so when she lands a job as private investigator Gabe McKenna's secretary, Nell is determined to make the most of the opportunity. Sparks fly between Nell and Gabe, who clash over her attempts to clean up the disaster area that is Gabe's office as they fight their mutual attraction. But with an alphabet soup of crime to contend with -- including arson, blackmail, conspiracy, dog-napping, and embezzlement -- there's little time to think about love, especially once murder is added to the mix. This "entertaining romantic caper" (Publishers Weekly) boasts sharp dialogue, quirky characters, and a generous dose of screwball comedy. |
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Twisted
by Andrea Kane
Warned to stop making trouble when she rallies for an investigation into the disappearances of her childhood friend and other women, former FBI agent Sloane Burbank clashes with her ex over how the case is being handled, in a case that leads to unsettling discoveries and the stoking of unresolved feelings. 50,000 first printing.
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| I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-FlemingMystery. Opening with a tense scene in which a man holding women and children hostage in a rural New York farmhouse is shooting at police outside, I Shall Not Want follows the investigation of murders targeting the migrant community of the Adirondack mountains. In charge is recently widowed police chief Russ van Alstyne, who consults with Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson for help since she works with that community. But since Clare and Russ have complex, unresolved feelings for each other, that colors their time together as the case is plagued by media hysteria and a conflict within the police unit. This 6th of eight books in a superb series is fine for readers who don't mind jumping into something midstream, but those who want to see the slow burn of the romance slowly ignite can start with the initial entry, In the Bleak Midwinter. |
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