March 2020 list by S. Ward
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Blame the Dead
by Ed Ruggero
A former Philadelphia beat cop turned World War II military police lieutenant navigates an advancing battle line to investigate the murder of a field-hospital doctor, before rumors of internal assaults expose deep corruption within the unit.
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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.
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A Conspiracy of Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan struggles to identify a faceless murder victim in possession of her cell number, a mystery that is entangled with a decade-old missing-child case.
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Devoted
by Dean R. Koontz
A child who has not spoken since his father’s death befriends a dog who understands his wordless communications, which are complicated by the boy’s conviction that an evil is targeting his family.
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The Eighth Girl
by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
A woman with multiple personality disorder finds her other selves becoming assets and vulnerabilities in her effort to rescue her friend, a worker at a London gentlemen’s club who has uncovered a dangerous secret.
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The Evil Men Do
by John McMahon
P.T. Marsh and Remy Morgan investigate the murder of a real-estate baron before uncovering a dark pattern of crimes linked to an accident from Marsh’s recent past.
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Hit List
by Stuart Woods
Former New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker finds himself in rather hot water.
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The Last Odyssey
by James Rollins
When a medieval ship containing a clockwork gold atlas by famous Muslim inventor Ismail al-Jazari is discovered beneath Greenland’s frozen tundra, Sigma Force is challenged to prevent a regional uprising inspired by the tales of Homer.
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Long Range
by C. J Box
Assisting an investigation into a fatal grizzly attack that is not what it seems, Joe Pickett become embroiled in the case of a prominent judge’s wife by a would-be assassin who was shooting from a confoundingly long distance.
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Please See Us
by Caitlin Mullen
Two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer in Atlantic City as mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home.
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A Reasonable Doubt
by Phillip Margolin
When a magician linked to suspicious deaths goes missing in the middle of performing a new trick, criminal defense attorney Robin Lockwood untangles dangerous clues to identify a killer among numerous suspects.
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The Red Lotus
by Chris Bohjalian
Falling in love with a wounded former patient and accompanying him on a cycling trip to Vietnam, an emergency-room doctor uncovers a bizarre series of deceptions that culminate in her boyfriend’s unexplained disappearance.
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The Sea of Lost Girls
by Carol Goodman
A teacher with a secret past endures attacks on her family when her son is implicated in the death of his girlfriend just before she discovers her husband’s involvement.
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Stop at Nothing
by Michael Ledwidge
Stealing a fortune in cash and diamonds from a Gulfstream jet that has crashed in the Bahamas, an expat diving instructor uses elite skills from his secret former life to outmaneuver the conspirators behind the crash.
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Victim 2117
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
The death of a seemingly random refugee in the Mediterranean Sea triggers powerful reverberations in a teen with murderous impulses, an Abu Ghraib terrorist and Department Q’s Assad, who uncovers links to a family he assumed was long dead.
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Watching From the Dark
by Gytha Lodge
When a vibrant young woman is murdered over video chat, a small-town detective wades into a circle of friends and lovers with dangerous secrets.
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Without Sanction
by Don Bentley
An operative struggling with PTSD in the aftermath of a mission gone wrong is forced to confront his biggest failure to prevent an ISIS splinter cell from creating a weapon of mass destruction.
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You Are Not Alone
by Greer Hendricks
A lonely misfit with a dead-end job quietly envies a circle of popular sisters who hide dangerous vengeful truths beneath a veneer of friendship, glamour and accomplishments.
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