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New & Coming Soon: Mysteries December 2017
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The ghosts of Galway by Ken BruenRecovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt, Jack Taylor takes a job at a night-shift security job that involves an off-the-record search for a first true book of heresy, currently in possession of a rogue priest and involving the multifaceted woman who has intrigued Jack for years. MYSTERY BRUEN (#13)
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Every breath you take by Mary Higgins ClarkStruggling with the departure of co-host Alex Buckley, television crimesolver Laurie Moran is teamed with a despised Ryan Nichols, who draws her into the cold case of a wealthy widow pushed to her death from the roof of a famous museum. MYSTERY CLARK
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Much ado about murder by Elizabeth J DuncanCostume designer turned amateur sleuth Charlotte Fairfax investigates the death of a disagreeable director. By the author of Untimely Death. MYSTERY DUNCAN (#3)
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Heaven's crooked finger by Hank EarlyEarl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ’s church, but when rumors swirl that his father has risen from the dead and taken residence high in the mountains—and a number of teenage girls in the area have disappeared, only to return with strange tattoos—he knows he must go back home to solve the mystery. MYSTERY EARLY (#1)
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Hardcore twenty-four by Janet EvanovichReluctantly agreeing to babysit a professional grave robber's pet boa constrictor, Stephanie Plum is embroiled in a bizarre series of crimes that escalate from the violation of stolen corpses to the murder of a homeless man, a case that is complicated by the return of the hunky but reckless Diesel. MYSTERY EVANOVICH (#24)
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Wild Chamber by Christopher FowlerOctogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May investigate the baffling case of a girl and a dog who vanish into thin air from London's Regent Park on an early summer morning. By the award-winning author of Strange Tide. MYSTERY FOWLER (#14)
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Easy errors by Steven HavillIn 1986, a suspicious car accident claims victims from the families of both rookie office Robert Torrez and the district attorney, and a series of bizarre twists and turns soon makes it even more difficult for Undersheriff Bill Gastner and his team to crack the case. MYSTERY HAVILL (#22)
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Canada's premier author of historical mystery fiction returns with a brand new and highly anticipated Murdoch Mystery, with an older and wiser Detective Murdoch. MYSTERY JENNINGS (#9)
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Beau death by Peter LoveseyWhen human remains in 18th-century clothing are discovered on a demolition site, Chief Inspector Peter Diamond eagerly embarks on a mission to prove that a scandal-marked fashion icon from Bath may have had quite a different end than the one popularly believed. MYSTERY LOVESEY (#17)
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The house of unexpected sisters by Alexander McCall SmithInvestigating a case of wrongful dismissal, Precious Ramotswe discovers information that causes her to rethink her views about the case before meeting a local nurse who shares her unusual surname. MYSTERY MCCALL SMITH (#18)
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Insidious intent by Val McDermidA latest entry in the best-selling series by the award-winning author of Splinter the Silence finds Tony Hill and Carol Jordan on the trail of a serial killer who targets single women at weddings. MYSTERY MCDERMID (#10)
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A Christmas return : a novel by Anne PerrySpurred by holiday cheer and a surprise hidden in a Christmas pudding, an elderly aristocrat endeavors to correct a past wrong by solving a decade-old murder. By the best-selling author of The Sheen on the Silk. MYSTERY PERRY (#15)
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Trespass by Anthony QuinnDetective Celsius Daly searches for a missing boy, which leads to an unsolved mystery from the era of The Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century. MYSTERY QUINN (#4)
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