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New MysteriesDecember 2016
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A Christmas message : a novel
by Anne Perry
A latest novel by the best-selling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series follows the Jerusalem Christmas holiday of Victor Narraway and Lady Vespasia, who realize that they have landed in grave danger when an elderly man leaves them a mysterious envelope before being murdered.
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Turbo twenty-three
by Janet Evanovich
A latest entry in the best-selling series starring intrepid bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds her receiving support from prostitute-turned-bounty hunter Lula, gun-toting Grandma Mazur, on-again-off-again paramour Officer Hottie and mentor Ranger.
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The wrong side of goodbye : a novel
by Michael Connelly
The award-winning author of such best sellers as The Crossing and The Burning Room presents a latest thriller starring irrepressible detective Harry Bosch.
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The Wicked Go to Hell
by Frederic Dard
At one of France's toughest prisons, an undercover cop is attempting to trap an enemy spy by posing as a fellow inmate. So Frank and Hal find themselves holed up together, each warily eyeing the other. As they plan an escape, an unexpected friendship ensues -- but which is the copy and which is the spy?
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The twenty-three
by Linwood Barclay
When hundreds of people are sickened by deliberately contaminated water in a small New York community's water supply, Detective Barry Duckworth scrambles to identify the culprit while investigating the murder of a college student whose crime scene disturbingly resembles those of two other victims.
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The secrets of wishtide : a Laetitia Rodd mystery
by Kate Saunders
A debut entry in a new series by the award-winning author of Five Children on the Western Front introduces archdeacon's widow and private investigator Laetitia Rodd, who goes undercover to assist her barrister brother during a case involving the illicit affairs of a nobleman's son.
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The mistletoe murder : and other stories
by P. D James
Four previously uncollected stories by the late Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award-winning author include two featuring her popular detective hero, Adam Dalgliesh, in his early years.
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The man who wanted to know everything : a novel
by Dror Mishani
Called to investigate the murder of a victim he is shocked to recognize, newly appointed investigations commander Avraham Avraham risks the ire of his colleagues when the only suspect is identified as a policeman who has gone missing.
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The inheritance
by Charles Finch
Receiving a cryptic plea from a former schoolmate who has subsequently disappeared, Charles Lenox infiltrates East End gangs and Royal Society denizens to discover the identity of a mysterious benefactor from his friend's past who may have had a sinister ulterior motive.
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Stick or Twist
by Diane Janes
The attempted kidnap of a wealthy heiress throws up a series of unanswered questions in this twisting tale of suspense. Wealthy heiress Jude Thackeray lost her trust in men following her terrible ordeal at the hands of a ruthless kidnapper. Now she's met Mark Medlicott, she is finally learning to love again. But is Mark who - and what - he seems? No one was ever arrested following the kidnap; there were no credible suspects even. Detective Sergeant Peter Betts and his colleague, DS Hannah McMahon, are determined to crack the case.
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Santorini Caesars
by Jeffrey Siger
Andreas Kaldis investigates the assassination of a protest leader in Athens, leading him to the island of Santorini, where he discovers a secret gathering of Greece's top military leaders looking to find a deadly solution to the nation's crises.
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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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Night school : a Jack Reacher novel
by Lee Child
The iconic Jack Reacher embarks on an unprecedented adventure after a pivotal day marked by a medal, his return to school and his work with teammates Marian Sinclair and Frances Neagley. By the best-selling author of Never Go Back.
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Her nightly embrace
by Adi Tantimedh
A failed religious scholar working as a private detective at a London agency full of brilliant but quirky staff finds himself hallucinating visions of Hindu gods as he becomes involved in increasingly complex and crazy cases.
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Escape clause
by John Sandford
Virgil Flowers' investigation into the theft of two rare Siberian tigers from the Minnesota zoo is complicated by a summer visit from his girlfriend's sister, who aims to seduce him. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Prey series.
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Crush
by Frederic Dard
Bored with her mundane factory job, her nagging mother and her alcoholic father-in-law, Louise is captivated by a glamorous American couple who move to her industrial hometown in Northern France. The Roolands' home is an island of colour, good humour and easy living in drab 1950s LĂ©opoldville, and soon Louise is working there as a maid. But once she is under her new employers' roof, their model life starts to fall apart - painful secrets from their past emerge, cracks in their relationship appear and a dark obsession begins to grow, which will end in murder.
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Cross the line
by James Patterson
When a prominent police official in Washington D.C. is murdered, leaving police scrambling for answers, Alex Cross is swept up in a series of deadly attacks by a vigilante killer who is targeting suspected criminals. By the award-winning author of Cross Justice.
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Chaos : a Scarpetta novel
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Suspicious of a bizarre death by lightning strike, Cambridge forensics examiner Kay Scarpetta identifies links between the case and a series of poetry emails being sent to her by an anonymous cyber-stalker who has gained access to Kay's personal information.
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Black widow
by Christopher Brookmyre
Rogue reporter Jack Parlabane investigates the case of a skilled surgeon and fierce blog activist who endured brutal persecution before her whirlwind romance and marriage to a man who she has been accused of killing. By the award-winning author of Dead Girl Walking.
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Ash Island : a Belltree mystery
by Barry Maitland
Accepting a post in Newcastle, Australian Detective Sergeant Harry Belltree hopes to live a quieter life but the discovery of a dead body on Ash Island summons him back into the car accident that killed his parents and blinded his wife.
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