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The Winter Queen
by B. Akunin
When a young student from a wealthy family unexpectedly commits suicide in the Alexander Gardens, Erast Fandorin of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police to investigate the supposedly open-and-shut case and discovers that the student's suicide is not an isolated case. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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Tell me, pretty maiden
by Rhys Bowen
With her turn-of-the-twentieth-century detective agency busier than ever, Irish-born P.I. Molly Murphy finds her life further complicated when she and her beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, stumble upon a mute young woman lying unconscious in the snow in Central Park. By the author of Oh Danny Boy. 25,000 first printing.
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Wed, read & dead
by V. M. Burns
While penning her next historical mystery set in England between the wars, bookstore owner Samantha Washington must catch the killer of an obnoxious wedding planner before her mother and her groom-to-be say “I do.” Original.
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New England White
by Stephen L. Carter
In the peaceful New England university town of Elm Harbor, a murder threatens to unravel the thin veneer hiding the racial complications of the town's past, the hidden secrets of a prominent family, and African-American political influence in the United States. By the author of The Emperor of Ocean Park. 300,000 first printing.
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Dim sum of all fears
by Vivien Chien
While running her parents' noodle shop while they are in Taiwan, dutiful daughter Lana Lee finds herself an Asia Village mystery when the newlyweds who just opened the souvenir store next door turn up dead. By the author of Death by Dumpling. Original
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Winter's child
by Margaret Coel
Investigating the death of a lawyer hired by a Native American couple to help them adopt an abandoned child, Vicky and Father John unravel a connection between the child, the lawyer's death, a missing Arapaho, and a Wind River secret
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Christmas cake murder
by Joanne Fluke
Juggling the responsibilities of opening her shop with the demands of Christmas, Hannah Swensen is surprised by the writing talents of an elderly local whose murder story chillingly comes true
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Ice cold : a Rizzoli & Isles novel
by Tess Gerritsen
Stranded with her traveling companions in an eerily deserted Wyoming village during a blizzard, Maura discovers that they are being watched and pursues help when a party member is injured, an effort that turns nightmarish when she is abducted into the woods
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Hypothermia
by Arnaldur Indriðason
Unofficially investigating a suspicious suicide, Inspector Erlendur becomes increasingly unsettled by the unsolved cases of two young people who went missing decades earlier under circumstances tied to his own past. By the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning author of Arctic Chill.
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Mrs. Claus and the Santaland slayings
by Liz Ireland
April Claus is adjusting to life in the North Pole with her new husband, Nick, when the suspicious death of an ill-tempered elf, initially ruled an accident, motivates her to investigate suspects on a potentially lethal naughty list. Original.
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Burial rites
by Hannah Kent
Based on a true story, tells the tale of a young woman in Iceland in 1829 who was accused of murder and sent to an isolated farm to await execution and tells the farmer's family her side of the story.
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The ice princess : a novel
by Camilla Läckberg
After she returns to her hometown to learn that her friend, Alex, was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book and soon joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.
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The widows of Malabar Hill
by Sujata Massey
A debut entry in a new series by the Agatha Award-winning author of The Sleeping Dictionary introduces Bombay's first female lawyer, Oxford graduate Perveen Mistry, as she investigates a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in strict purdah seclusion who become subject to a murderous guardian's schemes for their inheritances.
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The winter people : a novel
by Jennifer McMahon
Coming of age in an old farmhouse, 19-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances. By the best-selling author of Island of Lost Girls.
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The snowman
by Jo Nesbø
Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found on a mysteriously built snowman, a case that is complicated by subsequent abductions and a menacing letter
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Eight perfect murders : a novel
by Peter Swanson
Years after establishing a literary career through his compilation of the mystery genre’s most unsolvable classics, an unsuspecting bookseller is tapped by the FBI for help solving murders that eerily mimic the books on his list. 75,000 first printing.
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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
When her neighbor turns up dead, and then other bodies turn up under strange circumstances, Janine, a recluse in a remote Polish village who prefers the company of animals over humans, inserts herself into the investigation, certain she knows whodunit.
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One by one
by Ruth Ware
When an offsite company retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive. 400,000 first printing.
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Winter counts : a novel
by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
A vigilante enforcer on South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation enlists the help of an ex to investigate the activities of an expanding drug cartel, while a new tribal council initiative raises controversial questions. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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