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Beyond the Truth: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Seven

Anne Holt · Scribner
Pages: 307
Format: Print book

In the seventh installment of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series, the brilliant female detective must untangle the complex and bitter history of one of Oslo's wealthiest families after a celebratory get together at their home ends in a multi-victim homicide.Shortly before Christmas, four people...
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Bryant & May: Strange Tide: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

Christopher Fowler · Bantam
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

London's most brilliant but unconventional detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, must plumb the depths of a particularly murky mystery. The Peculiar Crimes Unit faces its most baffling case yet - and if Bryant and May can't rise to the challenge, the entire unit may go under. Near the Tower...
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The Cat Sitter and the Canary

· Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This time out, Dixie's got a furry partner-in-crime, an irascible Lhasa Apso named Charlie. They've just arrived at the home of one of Dixie's regular clients to check in on Franklin, a mackerel tabby with avocado-green eyes and a luxuriant coat the color of dried beach grass. Despite a couple...
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Crimson Snow

Martin Edwards · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases behaving oddly, a famous fictional detective in a Yuletide drama, mysterious tracks in the snow, and some very unpleasant carol singers. There's no denying that the supposed...
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Don't Turn Out the Lights

Bernard Minier · Minotaur Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

"You did nothing." Christine Steinmeyer knows the suicide note she found in her mailbox on Christmas Eve has nothing to do with her. But the man calling in to her radio show seems convinced otherwise. "You let her die..." That's only the beginning. Bit by bit, her life...
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Dry.

Jane Harper · Flatiron Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Every word is near perfect." -- David BaldacciA small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent...
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Expecting to Die

Lisa Jackson · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 346
Format: Print book

Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment,...
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The Fifth Petal: A Novel

Brunonia Barry · Crown
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Beloved author Brunonia Barry returns to the world of THE LACE READER with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction and murder.When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, now married to gifted lace reader...
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The Garden of Lamentations

Deborah Crombie · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing - and deadly - complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series.On a beautiful morning in mid-May, the body of a young woman is found in one of Notting...
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The Hermit

Thomas Rydahl · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

"Stunningly conceived and expertly executed." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"If Danish debut author Rydahl is launching a series, he's come up with a winner... A languid stroll with a sage detective through vivid locales that leaves a lasting impression." - Kirkus...
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The Old Man

Thomas Perry · The Mysterious Press
Pages: 337
Format: Print book

Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move "almost faster than a speeding bullet" (Wall Street Journal) . The Old Man is his latest whip-smart standalone novel.To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown...
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Rather Be the Devil

Ian Rankin · Little
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Rebus investigates a cold case that just turned red hot.As he settles into an uneasy retirement, Rebus has given up his favorite vices. There's just one habit he can't shake: he can't let go of an unsolved case. It's the only pastime he has left and up until now, it's the only one that...
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Resume Speed

Lawrence Block · Subterranean Press
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

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Right Behind You

Lisa Gardner · Dutton
Pages: 389
Format: Print book

Lisa Gardner's next thriller following her runaway New York Times bestseller Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights. Is he a hero? Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash's older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both...
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The Trapped Girl

Robert Dugoni · Thomas & Mercer

When a woman's body is discovered submerged in a crab pot in the chilly waters of Puget Sound, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself with a tough case to untangle. Before they can identify the killer, Tracy and her colleagues on the Seattle PD's Violent Crimes Section must figure...
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