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New & Coming Soon: Mysteries June 2017
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The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel BjorkWhen a troubled teenager disappears from an orphanage and is found murdered, her body arranged on a bed of feathers, veteran investigator Holger Munch and his team are called into the case. Star investigator Mia Kruger, on temporary leave while she continues to struggle with her own demons, jumps back on the team and dives headfirst into this case: just in time to decode the clues in a disturbing video of the victim before she was killed, being held prisoner like an animal in a cage. MYSTERY BJORK (#2)
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Proving ground by Peter BlaunerA traumatized Iraqi war veteran who is unable to get anyone to care that his controversial criminal defense attorney father has been murdered finds unexpected help from a disgraced New York police detective who would prove herself in the aftermath of a career setback. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The Intruder. MYSTERY BLAUNER (#1)
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A hiss before dying : a Mrs. Murphy mystery by Rita Mae BrownThe popular characters from Tail Gait and Tall Tail return in a contemporary mystery that explores the dangers of a wild animal poaching ring with historical ties to America's post-revolutionary past. By the award-winning author of the "Sister" Jane Arnold Outfoxed series. MYSTERY BROWN (#26)
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Perish the day : a storm murders mystery by John FarrowA conclusion to the series that includes Seven Days Dead finds retired detective Emile Cinq-Mars secretly investigating the murders of three people, including his niece's friend and a former spy, whose only common link is their connection to a local college. MYSTERY FARROW (#3)
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Magpie murders by Anthony HorowitzIgnoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder. By the best-selling author of Moriarty. 150,000 first printing. MYSTERY HOROWITZ
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The long drop by Denise MinaCentered around the “trial of the century” in Glasgow in 1950, the innocence and guilt of those involved is explored, starting with Peter Manuel who has been found guilty of a string of murders, starting with the Watt family, and is waiting to die by hanging. 35,000 first printing. MYSTERY MINA
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The thirst : a Harry Hole novel by Jo NesbøHarry Hole is inextricably drawn back into the Oslo police force by a serial murderer who has been targeting Tinder daters using methods reminiscent of a nemesis from Harry's past. By the award-winning author of The Snowman. MYSTERY NESBO
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Robert B. Parker's little white lies by Ace AtkinsBoston private eye Spenser and his sidekick, Hawk, follow a con man's schemes on cable news shows and within police precincts in the wake of an elaborate double cross that has victimized a smitten woman as well as a cache of investors, cops and paramilitary contractors. MYSTERY PARKER (#20)
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The right side : a novel by Spencer QuinnDisfigured from a war injury incurred during an operation she barely remembers, a woman veteran of the war in Afghanistan embarks on an obsessive search for her missing daughter before forging a deep bond with a stray dog and discovering new perils beyond the combat zone. By the best-selling author of the Chet and Bernie mysteries. MYSTERY QUINN
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The Birdwatcher by William ShawPolice Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a murderer himself. A methodical, diligent, and exceptionally bright detective, South is an avid birdwatcher and trusted figure in his small town on the rugged Kentish coast. He also lives with the deeply buried secret that, as a child in Northern Ireland, he may have killed a man. When a fellow birdwatcher is found murdered in his remote home, South's world flips. MYSTERY SHAW
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Love & death in Burgundy by Susan C SheaEndeavoring to gain acceptance into a small but proud Burgundy village, American expat Katherine Goff is drawn into the community's secrets and begins to wonder who she can trust in the wake of an elderly neighbor's suspicious death. MYSTERY SHEA
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Crime song by David SwinsonWorking as a private investigator for a defense attorney, a retired D.C. police detective with a secret drug addiction and dwindling cocaine supplies scams a college student in an upscale nightclub in the hopes of stealing a fix before discovering that his home has been burglarized and that the student he targeted has been murdered. 25,000 first printing. MYSTERY SWINSON (#2)
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Murder in the Bowery by Victoria ThompsonA latest entry in the series by the best-selling author of Murder in Morningside Heights investigates the murder of a newsboy against the backdrop of the victim's brother's account of a young society woman whose penchant for risky behaviors implicates several suspects in and out of her family. MYSTERY THOMPSON (#20)
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A cold case : a Maurice Mundy mystery by Peter TurnbullRetired detective Maurice Mundy returns to Scotland Yard to investigate the ten-year-old unsolved murder of a boy and learns that a sex worker was also murdered that night, but as Mundy probes deeper, his maverick approach could prove dangerous. MYSTERY TURNBULL (#1)
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