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A Christmas Message: A Novel

Anne Perry · Ballantine
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

In the spirit of the season, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry presents readers with the gift of another holiday mystery, taking them to the Holy Land for an intriguing and miraculous journey of discovery.

The year is 1900, and Victor Narraway is giving...
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There Was a Crooked Man: A Cat DeLuca Mystery

K.J. Larsen · Poisoned Pen Press

Life is looking up these days for Chicago P.I. Cat DeLuca. Her Pants on Fire Detective Agency is booming and FBI boyfriend, Chance Savino, still curls her toes. She both adores and dodges her outrageous Italian family. Mama's latest scheme to marry her off involves a romantic cruise,...
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I, Ripper: A Novel

Stephen Hunter · Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Pages: 309
Format: Print book

"[A] dark, bloody triumph...convincingly mad, alternatively even-tempered, hallucinatory and cackling...the book's characters are great, its race to capture the murder is beautifully tense, and it has one of the best twists I can remember in any recent historical thriller."...
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The Dismantling: A Novel

Brian DeLeeuw · Plume
Format: Print book

How much of yourself are you willing to sell?Brian DeLeeuw hits that sweet spot between literary and commercial suspense with his brilliantly adept, ingeniously plotted novel - a chilling, fast-paced drama that urges readers to question the meaning of atonement and whether revenge might...
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Keeper of the Flame: A Crang Mystery

Jack Batten · Dundurn
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder. Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn't mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to represent a famous hip-hop performer who's...
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Inherit the Bones

Emily Littlejohn · Minotaur Books
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

Secrets and lies can't stay buried forever in Cedar Valley.

In the summer, hikers and campers pack the small Colorado town's meadows and fields. And in the winter, skiers and snowboarders take over the mountains. Season by season, year after year, time passes and the lies, like...

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Everything I Don't Remember: A Novel

Jonas Hassen Khemiri · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE, SWEDEN'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY HONOR One of Sweden's most celebrated young writers and activists spins an exhilarating, innovative, and gripping murder mystery reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial.A young man named Samuel dies in a horrible car crash....
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Night Night, Sleep Tight: A Novel of Suspense

Hallie Ephron · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of There Was an Old Woman comes a riveting tale of domestic noir, infused with old Hollywood folklore and glamour, set in a town rife with egotism and backstabbing and where fame and infamy are often interchangeable.Los Angeles 1986: When Deirdre Unger arrived...
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Devil's Breath: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees with her critically acclaimed mysteries featuring handsome spy-turned-cleric Max Tudor.

In The Haunted Season, Max's former life as an MI5 agent caught up with...

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Triple Crown

Felix Francis · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country.

Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority,...
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The Girl from Venice

Martin Cruz Smith · Simon and Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith, whom The Washington Post has declared "that uncommon phenomenon: a popular and well-regarded crime novelist who is also a writer of real distinction," The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World...
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The Day I Died: A Novel

Lori Rader-Day · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Little Pretty Things comes this gripping, unforgettable tale of a mother's desperate search for a lost boy.

Anna Winger can know people better than they know themselves with only a glance - at their handwriting. Hired out by companies wanting to land...

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Hot Start

David Freed · The Permanent Press
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

A notorious, international big game hunter and his beautiful, former flight attendant wife are gunned down at long range late one sweltering summer night while swimming naked on their seaside estate in opulent Rancho Bonita, California. Police investigators are convinced that the killer...
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Desolation Flats: A Mystery

Andrew E Hunt · Minotaur Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

In the summer of 1938, as war clouds loom overseas, auto racers from around the world gather at the Bonneville Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City, intent on breaking the land-speed record. But when Clive Underhill, a wealthy English motorist, mysteriously disappears, and his younger brother,...

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