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Lovemurder
by Saul Black
Investigating an eerily familiar crime scene before discovering a note written in the style of a killer she helped put away six years earlier, San Francisco Homicide detective Valerie Hart is forced to ask the imprisoned psychopath to help capture a copycat..
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Let the dead speak
by Jane Casey
Investigating the suspected murder of a West London woman whose home was found covered in blood, detective Maeve Kerrigan and her homicide team struggle to piece together the testimonies of suspicious neighbors, including an ultra-religious family that is hiding something and a local ne'er-do-well who was once accused of stabbing a classmate.
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The late show
by Michael Connelly
Relegated to the night shift after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor, a once up-and-coming LAPD detective disobeys orders by refusing to walk away from two cases, including an assault on a prostitute and the death of a young woman in a nightclub shooting.
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Unsub : a novel
by Meg Gardiner
A psychological thriller inspired by the unsolved case of the Zodiac Killer follows the efforts of a young detective who resolves to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city 20 years earlier.
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Every day above ground
by Glen Erik Hamilton
Searching for a fortune in hidden gold revealed to him by a terminally ill ex-con, Van Shaw is compelled to rescue the man's innocent daughter from a mysterious predator with ties to an illegal bare-knuckle fighting ring and darker underworld operations.
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Death of a bachelorette
by Laura Levine
While working on a knock-off reality TV show in the tropics, freelance writer Jaine Austen finds murder entering the script when one of the finalists, determined to win her prince, dies in a freak accident, which traps them all on the island while the police investigate, forcing Jaine to join in the fray before any of the other contestants suffer the same fate.
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Cold hearted river
by Keith McCafferty
Sheriff Martha Ettinger reunites with erstwhile lover and private detective Sean Stranahan to investigate the suspicious death of a woman whose demise may be linked to a local fly-fishing club and priceless collectibles believed to have once belonged to literary master Ernest Hemingway.
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Collared
by David Rosenfelt
Astonished when an anonymously surrendered dog is linked to the kidnapping of a baby more than two years earlier, canine rescuer and lawyer Andy Carpenter reopens the case to search for the stolen child and determine if the right person was sent to jail.
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The lies we tell
by Theresa Schwegel
Hiding her multiple sclerosis from her department because of her need to support a young family member, a Chicago police officer struggles with the truth when she attempts to track down a suspect who knows her secret.
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Soul cage
by Tetsuya Honda
Investigating the disappearance of a man whose blood and severed hand have been found in different locations, Lt. Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department encounters numerous dead ends in a case that is complicated by a childhood friend's declaration that the victim is not who he is believed to be.
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If You Like: Lindsey Davis
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The apostle killer
by Richard Beard
Going back and forth between the present and ancient times, a wildly inventive and darkly thrilling tale follows a detective who is convinced there is an earthly explanation for Christ¡s resurrection, a belief bolstered by the (fact-based) murder of the apostles one by one.
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Tabula rasa : a crime novel of the Roman Empire
by Ruth Downie
Tending to the reluctant builders of Hadrian's Great Wall in the aftermath of a costly rebellion, the medicus Ruso and his wife, Tilla, investigate the disappearances of Ruso's clerk and the son of a native family, an effort that is complicated by rising tensions between the Britons and Romans.
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| Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinIn 1171 Cambridge, England, someone is killing Christian children. The locals are blaming the Jews, who have taken refuge in a protected castle. King Henry II thinks the Jews are innocent, so he requests the best master of the art of death (medical examiner) from a famous Sicilian school to examine the bodies, but what he gets is a mistress of the art of death. For her part, the engaging, intelligent Adelia Aguilar struggles with life in less-civilized England as she tries to catch a killer. |
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