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New MysteriesSeptember 2017
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The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
by David Handler
An amateur investigator looks into the case of a reclusive writer who has suddenly sent mysterious typewritten letters to his estranged daughters. By the author of The Man Who Loved Women to Death.
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The color of fear
by Marcia Muller
When her famed Shoshone artist father is left in a coma by a racially driven beating during San Francisco's holiday season, private investigator Sharon McCone resolves to bring the attackers to justice, only to find herself targeted by hate-filled, racist threats. By the New York Times best-selling author of Looking for Yesterday.
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The amber shadows
by Lucy Ribchester
While doing her part for the British war effort during World War II, a transcriber of decrypted German messages begins receiving strange packages postmarked from Russia and realizes someone is trying to tell her something and resolves to unravel the mystery.
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The rat catchers' Olympics
by Colin Cotterill
When the boycotting of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow gives the Democratic People's Republic of Laos its first chance to build a team for previously underfunded athletes, ex-national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun finagles the job of Olympic medical overseer, only to uncover signs that one of the athletes in his care may be an assassin.
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I shot the Buddha
by Colin Cotterill
Retired coroner, Dr. Siri Paiboun, offers assistance when a quirky Buddhist monk tries to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River into Thailand, in the latest addition to the series following Six and a Half Deadly Sins.
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Holding : a novel
by Graham Norton
From the BAFTA-award-winning Irish television host and author of the memoirs The Life and Loves of a He Devil and So Me, comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime. A first novel.
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Without fear or favor : a novel
by Robert Tanenbaum
When a police officer shoots the son of a respected inner-city Baptist preacher, a public outcry for harsh justice pits prosecuting attorney Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, against a radical organization of armed militants who begin targeting uniformed cops.
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Continental crimes
by Martin Edwards
Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings -- cosmopolitan cities, rural idylls and crumbling chateaux -- to explore timeless themes of revenge, deception, murder and haunting. Including lesser-known stories by Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, J. Jefferson Farjeon and other classic writers, this collection reveals many hidden gems of British crime.
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More bitter than death
by Camilla Grebe
A follow-up to Some Kind of Peace finds psychologist Siri Bergman organizing a support group for victims of domestic abuse against a backdrop of a brutal beating murder for which the only witness is a traumatized 5-year-old girl. Original.
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Secrets in death : an Eve Dallas novel
by J. D. Robb
When a professional gossip informant is murdered in a chic Manhattan hotspot, Eve Dallas learns that the woman had been hiding her most shocking information through a system of strategic blackmail, a situation that forces Eve to uncover sordid secrets that threaten her own safety. By the best-selling author of Obsession in Death.
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Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline
An epic battle of wills and legal strategy ensues when DiNunzio and Rosato represent opposing sides in a wrongful termination lawsuit, triggering conflict-of-interest complications that estrange the partners and force their friends and colleagues to take sides.
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Fast falls the night
by Julia Keller
Investigating a series of suspicious overdose deaths in her Appalachian hometown, prosecutor Bell Elkins uncovers evidence of a tainted batch of heroin and begins a desperate race against time that is challenged by local opinions. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sorrow Road.
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The other girl
by Erica Spindler
The ritualistic murder of a beloved college professor forces a small-town Louisiana police officer to confront a traumatic night from her long-buried past. By the best-selling author of Justice for Sara.
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Gone to dust : a novel
by Matt Goldman
Investigating a murder complicated by the killer's strategic approaches to confounding all possible DNA evidence, private detective Nils Shapiro is forced by FBI interference to secretly uncover the potentially shattering identity of a mysterious woman.
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City of saviors
by Rachel Howzell Hall
An LAPD homicide detective looks deeper into the death of a 73-year-old woman who was a congregant of a megachurch that may be protecting a murderer. By the author of Trail of Echoes.
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Path into darkness
by Lisa Alber
A haunting tale of family secrets, madness, and healing in small-town Ireland Lisfenora, known across the British Isles for its yearly matchmaking festival. But a local man's murder and the grim discovery in his home have cast a somber mood over the town. Detective Sergeant Danny Ahern tries to make sense of the chaotic scene while struggling to set aside moral conflicts and grief for his comatose wife.
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Barely legal
by Stuart Woods
In the newest nonstop adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, the protege will become the hero: now is the time of Herbie Fisher. Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test as he finds himself embroiled in his most daring adventure to date.
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The room of white fire
by T. Jefferson Parker
A marine-turned-private investigator struggling from the recent death of his wife races against time to track down a shattered young soldier who has escaped from a mental institution and who possesses a dangerous secret. By the three-time Edgar Award-winning author of Crazy Blood.
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The smack : a novel
by Richard Lange
Forming a partnership with a prostitute who would find other ways to survive, a down-on-his-luck con man recklessly agrees to a friend's request to orchestrate a theft in a Los Angeles apartment, where a crew of soldiers is reputed to have stashed millions in cash smuggled out of Afghanistan. By the award-winning author of Angel Baby.
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