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Robert B. Parker's little white lies
by Ace Atkins
Boston 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.
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Sycamore : a novel
by Bryn Chancellor
When human remains are linked to the unsolved disappearance of a teen 18 years earlier, the residents of the victim's hometown rekindle stories, rumors and recollections while examining the complicated history that led to the tragedy.
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What's become of her : a novel
by Deb Caletti
Returning to her island hometown of artists and eccentrics, recently divorced Isabelle Austen confronts a difficult choice when she discovers that a new love interest is hiding because of the suspicious fates of his previous wives.
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| Conviction by Julia DahlAmbitious Rebekah Roberts writes for a New York City tabloid, but longs for a more prestigious byline. So when she learns of an inmate who claims that his murder confession -- given as a teen -- was coerced, it could be a career-making story. |
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| A Fever of the Blood by Oscar de MurielAn inmate, Lord Ardglass, escapes from Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, leaving a behind a fatally injured nurse before heading to town and attacking his elderly mother. Tracking down the escapee are eccentric Scot Adolphus "Nine-Nails" McGray and London dandy Ian Frey. A Fever of the Blood,is the atmospheric follow-up to The Strings of Murder, |
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Threads of suspicion
by Dee Henderson
Pressured to deliver results through the governor's new Missing Persons Task Force, Detective Evie Blackwell and her new partner, David, investigate two cold cases while navigating growing suspicions about public agendas and questions in Evie's personal life.
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Walking on my grave
by Carolyn G Hart
When a wealthy shop owner who has written several cash-strapped locals into her will suffers a suspicious accident, Annie and her husband, Max, race to identify a calculating killer from among several suspects.
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The thirst : a Harry Hole novel
by Jo Nesbø
Harry 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.
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Murder in the Bowery
by Victoria Thompson
A 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.
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If You Like: Nancy Atherton
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| The Tale of Holly How: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig AlbertIn The Tale of Holly How, the 2nd in a series, Beatrix Potter must make time to solve the murder of a well-liked local shepherd, who's found dead in a field. It features charming animals, richly described settings, small-town intrigues, and a chaste but developing romance between Potter and her solicitor Will Heelis. |
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Die like an eagle
by Donna Andrews
When the twin brother of a vindictive youth baseball manager is found dead, supermom Meg investigates suspicions that the wrong twin was killed, a case that is complicated by the survivor's caustic personality.
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Death of a ghost
by M. C Beaton
Spending an investigative night at a local castle reputed to be haunted, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth and his policeman associate, Clumsy, discover a dead body that suddenly goes missing.
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The cold light of mourning
by Elizabeth J. Duncan
When an unpopular self-made beauty goes missing on her wedding day, manicurist Penny Brannigan, an ex-patriate Canadian who has lived in the bride's North Wales market town for nearly twenty-five years, realizes that another woman had posed as the bride.
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