Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Lockdown : a novel of suspense
by Laurie R King
A school career day that is hosted by a range of presenters is thrown into turmoil by an anonymous enemy with a thirst for revenge in a stand-alone novel of psychological suspense by the best-selling author of the Mary Russell series.
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The Last Place You Look
by Kristen Lepionka
Hired by the sister of a man on death row who swears he is innocent of the murders of his missing girlfriend and her parents, private investigator Roxane Weary, reeling from her police officer father's death in the line of duty, links sightings of the missing girl to one of her late father's cold cases.
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The owl always hunts at night
by Samuel Bjørk
A follow-up to the best-selling I'm Traveling Alone finds veteran detective Holger Munch and star investigator Mia Kruger hunting for a sadistic killer who filmed his teen victim before her death, a case that is complicated by an enticing stranger who lures away Munch's daughter. Original.
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The Crime Writer
by Jill Dawson
Moving into a small cottage in Suffolk, England, seeking time to write, novelist and chronicler of murder and violence, Patricia Highsmith, while dealing with constant interruptions by a nosy reporter, discovers that crime has its consequences when tension between her secret lover’s husband and her escalates with deadly results.
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The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes
by Leonard 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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Bearly Departed
by Meg Macy
When Will Taylor, a sales rep who is trying to change her family’s teddy bear shop and factory, is found dead, 31-year-old Sasha Silverman, launching her own investigation, must patch together the clues to prove that her hot-tempered Uncle Ross is not a killer. Original.
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Two nights : a novel
by Kathy Reichs
A stand-alone thriller by the best-selling author of the Temperance Brennan series introduces Sunday Night, a woman whose secret past has left her with scars and a killer instinct that proves helpful to a desperate family in the wake of a bomb explosion and a girl's disappearance.
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Forever and a death
by Donald E Westlake
Academy Award nominee Donald Westlake (The Grifters) returns with a never-before-published thriller based on his story for a James Bond movie that never got made! With an afterword by Bond producer Jeff Kleeman.
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About a dog
by Jenn McKinlay
Returning home to Bluff Point, Maine, to attend a friend’s wedding, Mackenzie Harris, after rescuing a stray puppy, must face Gavin Tolliver, the town’s veterinarian—and the brother of her ex-fiancé who left her at the altar—and, with a little canine coercion, gets a second chance at love with Mr. Right. By a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
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Beautiful Tempest
by Johanna Lindsey
While the Malory and Anderson families set aside longtime rivalries to hunt down a man who has abducted James and Georgina's beloved daughter from her American debutante party, Jack discovers that her captor is an alluring nobleman who would settle an old score against her father.
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Contemporary Women's Literature
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