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New and Coming Soon Mysteries September 2019
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The Bitterroots by C. J. BoxFormer police officer-turned-private investigator Cassie Dewell reluctantly accepts a sexual assault defense case before her search for answers among twisted family loyalties reignites the ghosts of her own past. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Joe Pickett series. MYSTERY BOX #19
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The Cold Way Home by Julia KellerDiscovering a body at the ruins of a psychiatric hospital that burned down decades earlier, Bell and her partners confront private torments as well as the site's dark history. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Killing in the Hills. MYSTERY KELLER #8
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A Dangerous Man by Robert CraisRescuing a bank teller from an abduction attempt, Joe Pike tackles the most perilous case of his career when the would-be kidnappers are found murdered and the bank teller goes missing. By the best-selling author of The Wanted. MYSTERY CRAIS #18
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Death in a Desert Land by Andrew WilsonAgatha Christie travels to the excavation of the ancient city of Ur where she must solve a crime with motives that may be as old as civilization itself. MYSTERY WILSON
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A Keeper by Graham NortonReturning to Ireland after her mother’s death, Elizabeth Keane is focused only on saying goodbye to that part of her life until, while she is going through her mother’s belongings, she discovers a small stash of letters that reveal a startling truth. 40,000 first printing. MYSTERY NORTON
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The Last Good Guy by T. Jefferson ParkerReluctantly accepting a case involving a missing teen, private investigator Roland Ford uncovers a dark conspiracy involving an American Nazi compound and a celebrity evangelist. By the award-winning author of Swift Vengeance. MYSTERY PARKER #3
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The Last Widow by Karen SlaughterAn electrifying latest entry in the best-selling series finds Will and Sara pitted against a mysterious group that would unleash a deadly epidemic. By the Edgar-nominated author of Cop Town. 250,000 first printing. MYSTERY SLAUGHTER #9
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Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys BowenGeorgie and her husband, Darcy, navigate the decadent parties and rampant infidelities of the aristocracy in Kenya’s paradise Happy Valley to identify a killer in hiding. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy Mysteries. MYSTERY BOWEN #13
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The Man in the White Linen Suit by David HandlerA latest entry in the Edgar Award-winning series finds 1990s New York City ghostwriter-sleuth Stewart Hoag and his faithful neurotic basset hound, Lulu, investigating three murders that are linked by a stolen manuscript. 25,000 first printing. MYSTERY HANDLER
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Off the Grid by Robert B. McCawWhen he discovers that two recent murders are linked to the CIA, the Chinese government and the Defense Department, Hilo police Chief Koa Kane soon realizes that these grisly crimes on Hawaii’s Big Island could rewrite history—or cost him his career. MYSTERY MCCAW #1
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Peach Clobbered: A Georgia B&B Mystery by Anna GerardNina's life ought to be as sweet as a Georgia peach, but she's barely settled into her new B&B-to-be when a "penguin" shows up on her porch. Harry is making ends meet as a mascot and has a letter from his great-aunt, pledging to leave him the house. Gregory intends to turn a convent into a golfing community, so Nina is persuaded to take in the elderly nuns. Whoever is out to stop Harry from contesting the sale of his great-aunt's house may also be after Nina, so they team up to catch the killer. MYSTERY GERARD #1
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The Shameless by Ace AtkinsApproached by two New York reporters to reopen a 20-year-old suicide case, Sheriff Quinn Colson finds the investigation complicated by a local crime syndicate's involvement in a gubernatorial election. By the best-selling author of The Lost Ones. MYSTERY ATKINS #9
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Terns of Endearment by Donna AndrewsWhen her family’s cruise vacation is interrupted by a ship breakdown and reports of a passenger’s suspicious leap overboard, Meg races against time to uncover the truth. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Toucan Keep a Secret. MYSTERY ANDREWS #25
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Twisted at the Root by Ellen HartPrivate investigator Jane Lawless works with her father, Ray, on a wrongful conviction case he defended originally to get justice for a grieving widower, in the latest addition to the series following A Whisper of Bones. MYSTERY HART #26
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Vanishing in the Haight by Max TomlinsonAfter serving her time for killing her husband, an ex-con private investigator in 1978 San Francisco accepts the case of a retired industrialist whose daughter was brutally murdered in Golden Gate Park 11 years earlier. MYSTERY TOMLINSON #1
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The Whisperer by Karin FossumAfter receiving threatening letters, a woman watches her carefully structured and deliberately isolated life begin to unravel, involving her in a man’s death and an interrogation with Inspector Sejer, in the latest addition to the Norwegian series. 15,000 first printing. MYSTERY FOSSUM #13
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Greasy Bend by Kris LackeyWhen tribal policeman Bill Maytubby teams up with Deputy Hannah Bond to solve the murders of an elderly woman, and a local stickball hero, they find a remote airstrip in Oklahoma and a neo-Nazi compound in Texas are somehow connected. MYSTERY LACKEY #2
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A House Divided: A Lincoln and Speed Mystery by Jonathan F. PutnamThe bond between Abraham Lincoln and his best friend Joshua Speed is tested by the arrival of the beautiful Mary Todd while they are working to solve a harrowing murder case in Springfield in the fourth novel of the series. MYSTERY PUTNUM #4
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The Pawful Truth by Miranda JamesEnrolling in a medieval history course, librarian Charlie Harris bonds with fellow adult student Dixie Bell, who is found dead days later in the aftermath of an angry exchange with the class's charismatic professor. MYSTERY JAMES #11
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This Poison Will Remain by Fred VargasCommissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer. MYSTERY VARGAS #7
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A Killer Edition by Lorna BarrettBalancing a baking contest with her rocky volunteer efforts at the local animal shelter, Tricia Miles searches for answers when a woman is found dead in the aftermath of a neighbor dispute. By the best-selling author of Poisoned Cages. MYSTERY BARRETT #13
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