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If it bleeds : new fiction
by Stephen King
The award-winning literary master presents a collection of four novella-length tales, complementing the title piece with the stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck and Rat. One million first printing
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The 20th victim
by James Patterson
Investigating three simultaneous murders in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, SFPC sergeant Lindsay Boxer identifies an unsettling link between the victims before the killer's escalating shootings galvanize the country. 700,000 first printing.
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The last trial
by Scott Turow
A brilliant octogenarian defense lawyer on the brink of retirement seeks to prove the innocence of a long-time friend, a former Nobel Prize winner who has been charged with murder. By the best-selling author of Presumed Innocent. 400,000 first printing. Tour
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The boy from the woods
by Harlan Coben
A man with a past shrouded in mystery searches desperately for a missing teenage girl whose disappearance is triggering disastrous consequences throughout her community and the world. By the best-selling author of Fool Me Once. 750,000 first printing.
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| Jane and the Waterloo Map by Stephanie BarronWhat happens: In November 1815, Jane Austen is in London to negotiate the publication of her novel Emma when a hero from the Battle of Waterloo is poisoned. The colonel's enigmatic final words spark Jane's hunt for a missing map and a murderer.
Reviewers say: "Barron deftly imitates Austen’s voice, wit, and occasional melancholy" (Library Journal).
Read this next: If you like this 13th series entry and want more atmospheric mysteries set in Regency England, try Anna Dean's Dido Kent novels. |
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Bye bye Bertie : a Joe LaFlam mystery
by Rick Dewhurst
Private detective Joe LaFlam is desperately searching for a mate as he attempts to solve two kidnapping cases, save the day, and get the girl, although not necessarily in that order
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| The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues by Nova JacobsThe task: To honor her (possibly murdered) genius grandfather's last wish, failed bookstore owner Hazel must solve the clues he's left in her favorite novel and on a map in order to deliver his mathematical work into safe hands. But there are others who want his groundbreaking equation...and they might be willing to kill for it.
For fans of: literary mysteries, family dramas, inventive stories, and books dealing with big ideas, like chaos theory and free will.
Awards buzz: This delightful debut won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was one of The Wall Street Journal's Best Mysteries of 2018. |
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| Broken Ground by Val McDermidWhat it is: a gritty, deftly plotted police procedural and the 5th DCI Karen Pirie novel by acclaimed Scottish writer Val McDermid.
What happens: In search of two American motorcycles hidden by her grandfather in a Highland peat bog in 1944, a woman finds a corpse wearing circa 1995 clothing. Persistent cold-case expert DCI Pirie digs into the past to find the killer and takes on an unusual domestic violence case.
Read it for: fascinating forensics, masterly plotting, and well-wrought characters. |
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| A Great Reckoning by Louise PennyWhat happens: Thoughtful Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, now in charge of Quebec's police academy, searches for a killer when a corrupt instructor is murdered. Found near the body is an odd World War I-era map of Three Pines, the small village where Gamache lives.
Reviewers say: Penny's "work is rich with luminous prose, complex but uncluttered plots, and profound compassion" (The Seattle Times).
Series alert: Newcomers can start with this award-winning 12th Gamache mystery, but it's best enjoyed by those familiar with earlier entries. |
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