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Other countries
by Jo Bannister
Detective Constable Hazel Best’s latest assignment takes an unexpected turn when a TV historian she is assigned to shadow becomes the target of an apparent jihad attack.
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Murder in Saint-Germain
by Cara Black
Accosted by a paranoid counterterrorism agent who may be compromised by PTSD, private investigator Aimée Leduc wonders if the Serbian warlord who the agent was tracking may have come to Paris with a blood vendetta, a case that is challenged by Aimée's wedding, the demands of early motherhood and a series of attacks on other agents.
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Blackout : a novel
by Marc Elsberg
A former hacker and activist is wrongly implicated in an attack that exploits vulnerabilities in the world's power grid, forcing him to go on the run with a young American reporter in an effort to restore power, prevent further attacks and clear his name.
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| The Chalk Pit by Elly GriffithsBeneath Norwich, England lies a number of medieval and chalk-mining tunnels, and in one of them, a surveyor unearths recent human bones. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway teams up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate the bones amid reports of cults, cannibals, a man who vanished into thin air, and a missing homeless woman. |
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Magpie murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Ignoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder.
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Lockdown : a novel of suspense
by Laurie R King
A school career day that is hosted by a range of presenters is thrown into turmoil by an anonymous enemy with a thirst for revenge in a stand-alone novel of psychological suspense by the best-selling author of the Mary Russell series.
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| A Rising Man by Abir MukherjeeNewly arrived in 1919 Calcutta, former Scotland Yard detective Sam Wyndham joins the Imperial Police Force and lands a big case: a murdered British official is found with a sinister note in his mouth. Working with likable Sgt. Banerjee and jealous sub-Inspector Digby, Wyndham travels through all levels of Colonial Indian society to find a killer. |
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| What the Dead Leave Behind by Rosemary SimpsonA spring blizzard hits 1888 New York City, taking the lives of many and lawyer Charles Linwood was one of them. His fiancée, strong-willed heiress Prudence MacKenzie, suspects foul play and with help from Charles' friend, former Pinkerton agent Geoffrey Hunter, she gathers her courage and hunts for the truth. |
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Midnight at the Bright Ideas bookstore : a novel
by Matthew Sullivan
A first novel by an award-winning short story writer follows the efforts of a bookstore clerk to unravel a puzzle left behind by a patron who has committed suicide, an effort that is complicated by memories of the clerk's violent childhood.
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The force : a novel
by Don Winslow
A highly decorated NYPD detective at the head of an elite anti-gang task force risks betraying his colleagues, his city and the woman he loves when federal agents discover the corrupt activities that have enabled him to skim millions in drugs and cash.
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Focus on: Mysterious Russia
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| The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin; translated by Andrew BromfieldIt's a lovely spring day in a Moscow park when a university student -- the heir to millions -- unexpectedly kills himself while playing "American roulette." Though he's young and inexperienced, Erast Fandorin of Moscow Police's Criminal Investigation Division believes there's more to the story and discovers the death may be related to a terrorist group. |
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| A Man Without Breath by Philip KerrThe Nazis want evidence of a rumored Soviet massacre of Polish officers (Josef Goebbels hopes to use it as propaganda against the Soviets). To that end, Bernie Gunther of the War Crimes Bureau heads to Smolensk, where the former Berlin cop works with the Wehrmacht's Prussian aristocrats, interviewing people and sifting through the evidence. |
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| The Twelfth Department by William RyanIn 1937 Moscow, Stalin is in control, corruption is rampant, and everyone is afraid; even loyalists like Captain Alexei Korolev of the city's Criminal Investigation Division don't feel safe. When party members want him to close a murder case before he's ready, Korolev's worries become reality: his 12-year-old son will be hurt if he doesn't comply. |
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| Gorky Park: A Novel by Martin Cruz SmithThis is the 1st appearance of Russian investigator Arkady Renko and he investigates a creepy triple murder -- three faceless, frozen bodies wearing ice skates have been found in the middle of Moscow's popular Gorky Park -- but the case is complicated by a New York City cop, several KGB agents, and a woman who captures Renko's heart. |
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