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The Adventuress: A Lady Emily Mystery

Tasha Alexander · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304

Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion - the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But the merrymaking is cut short with the shocking death of one of the party in an apparent...
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Death Wears a Mask: A Mystery

Ashley Weaver · Minotaur Books; First Edition edition

Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship....
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Front Runner: A Dick Francis Novel

Felix Francis · G.P. Putnam's Sons

Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest Dick Francis thriller by the New York Timesbestselling author of Damage. In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff Hinkley is approached by a multi-time champion jockey to discuss the delicate matter of losing...
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Ghost to the Rescue

Carolyn Hart
Pages: 288

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart's ghostly gumshoe Bailey Ruth Raeburn is frequently amusing ... but this is the first time she's been a muse.

When you wish upon a star, you get ... Bailey Ruth? You do if you're a little girl whose mom needs...
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The Haunted Season: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books

A Demon Summer makes the case that Malliet may be the best mystery author writing in English at the moment along with Tana French. Shes certainly the most entertaining, raved The Cleveland Plain Dealer about the fourth Max Tudor Mystery.Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed...
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Icarus

Deon Meyer · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 352

South Africa's preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor's-edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and nuanced portrayals of contemporary life in his native country. The fifth pulse-pounder starring Captain Benny Griessel, a lead detective...
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Parchment and Old Lace: A Scrapbooking Mystery

Laura Childs · Berkley Books
Pages: 336

The New York Times bestselling author of Gossamer Ghost returns to the Big Easy and the historic Garden District, where scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand discovers a bride-to-be murdered in the legendary Lafayette Cemetery ...

Carmela couldn't imagine...
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The Theory of Death: A Decker/Lazarus Novel

Faye Kellerman · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 384

Now living in upstate New York, former LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker is plunged into a bizarre web involving academia, underworld crime, and calculating killers in this compulsive novel in New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman's beloved Decker and Lazarus series.

Former...

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Career of Evil

Robert Galbraith · Mulholland Books
Pages: 512

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.
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City of Echoes

Robert Ellis
Pages: 344

On Detective Matt Joness first night working Homicide in LA, hes called to investigate a particularly violent murder case a man has been gunned down in a parking lot off Hollywood Boulevard, his bullet-riddled body immediately pegged as the work of a serial robber who has been haunting...
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Fear the Dark: A Bishop/SCU Novel

Kay Hooper · Berkley Books
Pages: 288

In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper's new novel, an SCU team investigates a troubling string of disappearances. But how do you find someone who has vanished without a trace?

Something strange is happening in the small mountain town of Serenity, Tennessee....
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The Grave Soul

Ellen Hart · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320

When Guthrie Hewitt calls on restaurateur and private investigator Jane Lawless, he doesn't know where else he can turn. Guthrie has fallen for a girl-Kira Adler. In fact, he was planning to propose to her on Christmas Eve. But his trip home with Kira over Thanksgiving made him uneasy....

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Murder by Suspicion: An Ellie Quicke British Murder Mystery

Veronica Heley · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 240

Ellie Quicke finds herself the target of a local cult-like church, but are their motives truly Christian or is there darkness at their heart?

Ellie is desperate to find someone to look after their elderly housekeeper, whose health is failing. But employing a carer found...
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Swag Bags and Swindlers

Dorothy Howell · Kensington

Haley Randolphs 25th birthday is just around the corner, and the full-time fashionista knows it might be time to edge into being an adult. All she has to do is ace the upcoming performance review for her hot L.A. event-planning gig, and she can finally quit her credit card-paying job at Holts...
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Switchback: A San Francisco Cozy

Susan Dunlap · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 192

A new smart and sassy mystery featuring intrepid stunt double and Zen student Darcy Lott

When her Zen teacher is attacked in front of her by a silent, hoodie-clad assailant, Darcy Lott feels uncharacteristically helpless. If she cannot identify Garson-roshi's attacker,...
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What You See: A Jane Ryland Novel

Hank Phillippi Ryan · Forge
Pages: 384

What You See: another thrilling installment in Hank Phillippi Ryan's award-winning Jane Ryland mystery series.

Why would a father abduct his own child? A wedding is planned in Jane Ryland's family, but there's a disaster instead. Nine-year-old Gracie-supposed...

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Wrath of the Furies: A Novel of the Ancient World

Steven Saylor · Minotaur Books

In 88 B.C., it seems as if the entire ancient world is at war. In the west, the Italian states are rebelling against Rome in the east, Mithridates is marching through and conquering the Roman Asian provinces. Even in the relatively calm Alexandria, a coup has brought a new Pharaoh to power...
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