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The truth and other lies: a novel
by Sascha Arango
Famous author Henry Hayden is left to deal with the consequences after his wife - the actual writer of his books - meets an untimely death. A bestseller in Germany.
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| Normal by Graeme CameronWhile the narrator's neighbours like him just fine, they probably wouldn't if they knew that his favourite hobby is to kill young women, sometimes kidnapping them and holding them in a cage in his basement first. A happenstance meeting at a grocery store leads to his desire to cease his violent activities (our killer may be falling in love)... but the girl currently caged in his basement still needs dealing with. This debut - and its graphically depicted acts of violence - isn't for everyone, but fans of black comedy will enjoy it. |
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The friendship of criminals
by Robert Glinski
When a new head of the Italian mob threatens him, Port Richmond's long-entrenched Polish crime boss Anton Bielakowski must outmaneuver his enemies and the FBI to prevent a full-scale underworld war.
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| What you left behind: a novel by Samantha HayesIn this 2nd in a loosely connected series from British author Samantha Hayes (after Until You're Mine), DI Lorraine Fisher and her daughter are off to visit her sister Jo in the wealthy village of Radcote. But Jo's husband has left, and her teenage son is depressed and withdrawn. Despite knowing she should concentrate on helping her sister, Lorraine can't help but be drawn in when the bodies of two teens are found - two years previously, six teens had committed suicide in two weeks, and these two look to be suicides as well. But are they? Filled with plenty of red herrings, this fast-paced, suspenseful novel will please fans of police procedurals as well as domestic thrillers like those by Lisa Gardner. Also published with the title Before You Die. |
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The three-day affair
by Michael Kardos
Thirteen years after Will, Jeffrey, and Nolan met at Princeton, they're still having annual reunion weekends to catch up on each other's busy, successful lives (Nolan's running for Congress, Jeffrey's a dot-com millionaire, Will and his wife are expecting a baby). That all changes when Jeffrey steps into a convenience store for antacids and comes out dragging the clerk, demanding that Will drive what has now become a getaway car. For the next three days, Will, Jeffrey, and Nolan hide out and try to figure their way out of an impossible scenario - they're already guilty of kidnapping and robbery, and their situation, narrated by Will, soon becomes an "agonizing moral nightmare" (Kirkus Reviews).
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The lady from Zagreb
by Philip Kerr
Former Berlin homicide bull Bernie Gunther and a rising star in Germany's most prominent film company become pawns in the ambitious agendas of Hitler's dangerous Propaganda Minister. By the award-winning author of Field Grey.
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| Signature kill: a novel by David LevienFrank Behr was once an Indianapolis cop. Now he's a down-on-his-luck P.I., with no money in the bank and a dwindling circle of friends. Desperate enough to go after reward money for a girl who's been missing for a year, he finds links to a serial killer (who narrates alternating and increasingly gruesome chapters). Relentlessly driven, Behr will find the monster, but it's a terrifying journey. Be warned -- there are extremely graphic depictions of violence, but "for those who can take it, this is a stunning thriller" (Booklist). |
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Burnt paper sky
by Gilly MacMillan
On the day that Rachel Jenner's eight-year-old son Ben goes missing, the bottom falls out of her world. Desperate to find her boy, she's completely unprepared for how quickly her personal hell is thrust into the media spotlight. She let Ben out of her sight, and now he's gone so of course the nation thinks she is to blame. But what really happened that afternoon?
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Arab jazz
by Karim Miske
The 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered by the violent murder of Laura Vignole. Detectives Rachel Kupferstein and Jean Hamelot are not short of leads. What is the connection between a disbanded hip-hop group and the fiery extremist preachers that jostle in the streets for attention? And what is the mysterious new pill that is taking the district by storm? In this his debut novel, Karim Miske demonstrates a masterful control of setting, as he moves seamlessly between the sensual streets of Paris and the synagogues of New York to reveal the truth behind a horrifying crime.
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The lie
by C. L. Taylor
Best friends are there for each other through thick and thin. You trust them with your life. At least that's what Emma, Daisy, Leanne and Al think. But all that changes when they embark on a trip of a lifetime together. When they return home, only two of them are left alive and the group has been torn apart by lies and deception. Many years later, when the dust has settled and life has moved on, one girl receives a threatening letter. Someone knows the truth about what happened on that holiday and will stop at nothing to expose it.
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"I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned." ~ from Charles Portis' True Grit
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| The Sisters brothers by Patrick deWittWhen their boss, the enigmatic Commodore, sends gun-toting brothers Charlie and Eli Sisters to kill a gold prospector named Hermann Kermit Warm, the boys set out on a quest that takes them from trail's end Oregon City all the way to bustling San Francisco. But as their target proves elusive, the siblings - particularly Eli - begin to question the purpose of their mission. Set during the boom times of the California Gold Rush and narrated by Eli in a matter-of-fact voice that recalls Mattie Ross of Charles Portis' True Grit, The Sisters Brothers is a gritty, darkly humorous Western. |
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| The outcasts: a novel by Kathleen KentAfter escaping from a brothel in Fort Worth, epileptic prostitute Lucinda Carter heads for the tiny Texas town of Middle Bayou, planning to rendezvous with her lover and hunt for buried treasure. Meanwhile, Oklahoma transplant and new police recruit Nate Cannon, tasked by the government to track down murderer William McGill, teams up with veteran Texas Rangers George Deerling and Tom Goddard. As these colourful characters pursue their separate goals, their parallel storylines converge in surprising ways. Don't miss this suspenseful, compelling Western set in 1870, which explores the richly atmospheric and starkly beautiful landscape of post-Civil War Texas. |
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| Appaloosa by Robert B. ParkerAppaloosa, like many 19th-century frontier towns, is run by one man and his crew, who take what they want and hang the consequences. Old West lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole make a living cleaning up such towns, while adhering to the law and their own moral code. In Appaloosa, however, the remorseless bad guy gives them the slip, only to return with a presidential pardon. Published in 2005 to rave reviews, this series debut offers melancholy and honour, spare writing and in-depth character studies; it's been followed by several more. Though author Robert B. Parker died in 2010, the series has carried on with a new author, and the latest (The Bridge) was published in December. |
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| True grit by Charles PortisMattie Ross is only 14 when her father is killed and she decides to follow the murderer into Indian Territory to exact revenge. Convincing mean, deadly, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn to accompany her, Mattie proves to be just as smart as she is stubborn, outmaneuvering everyone who crosses her path. Fifty years later, irritated by inconsistencies told about her story, she sets the record straight in a deadpan narrative. With two well-known film adaptations, this is a well-travelled story; read the novel for the language, the characters, and the Western tropes it turns on its head. |
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