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Body on Baker Street: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery

VICKI DELANY · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are busy managing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium on Baker Street and adjoining Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room in anticipation of the store's upcoming book signing with the illustrious Renalta Van Markoff, author of the controversial Hudson and Holmes mystery...
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A Conspiracy in Belgravia

SHERRY THOMAS · Berkley
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes returns in USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas's Victorian-set Lady Sherlock series. Being shunned by Society gives Charlotte Holmes the time and freedom to put her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting...
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Dead Woman Walking

SHARON BOLTON · Minotaur Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, a man murders a young woman. At the same time, a hot-air balloon crashes out of the sky. There's just one survivor. She's seen the killer's face - but he's also seen hers. And he won't rest until he's eliminated the only witness to his crime....
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Death at the Seaside: A Kate Shackleton Mystery

FRANCES BRODY · Minotaur Books
Pages: 391
Format: Hardcover

"Frances Brody writes marvelous British mysteries, and if you haven't met the wonderful Kate Shackleton, Death at the Seaside is the perfect place to start this terrific series! Whether you are already a Brody fan or new to the Kate Shackleton series, Death at the Seaside is a mystery...
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The Deep Dark Descending

Allen Eskens · Seventh Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent...
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Don't Let Go

Harlan Coben · Dutton
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover

With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller.Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year...
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The Downside

Mike Cooper · MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

The acclaimed author of the Silas Cade Thrillers introduces Finn, a thief who's about to learn that when you steal big, there's always a downside. In an age of cybercrime, Finn is the last hardhat. He's a professional thief with a unique specialty: He only steals big things - autoracks,...
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An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel

ANNE PERRY · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting new William Monk novel, Anne Perry delves into the diverse population of Victorian London, whose disparate communities force Monk to rethink his investigative techniques - lest he be caught in the crosshairs of violent bigotry. In the course of his tenure with the Thames...
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The Essence of Malice: A Mystery

ASHLEY WEAVER · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the next installment in the Amory Ames mystery series. The Essence of Malice is filled with her trademark style, wit and clever plotting, sure to delight and charm traditional mystery fans."In this highly enjoyable and engrossing...
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Friends and Traitors

JOHN LAWTON · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

John Lawton's Inspector Troy series is regularly singled out as a crime series of exceptional quality, spy thrillers that have earned comparisons to John le Carré, Philip Kerr, and Alan Furst and have been described as "vivid, moving, and wonderfully absorbing" by the Washington...
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Ghost on the Case

CAROLYN HART · Berkley
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Bailey Ruth Raeburn is back, racing against the Heavenly clock in an all-new mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Times Two. Bailey Ruth finds herself comforting a distraught sister when she's sent to Adelaide, Oklahoma, on her latest mission. Susan Gilbert receives...
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The Lies Within

Jane Isaac · Legend Times Group
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Grace is distraught after her daughter's body is found in a Leicestershire country lane. With her family falling apart and the investigation going nowhere, Grace's only solace is the re-emergence of Faye, an old friend who seems to understand her loss. When the police discover another...
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Madness Treads Lightly

Polina Dashkova · AmazonCrossing
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

Only three people can connect a present-day murderer to a serial killer who, fourteen years ago, terrorized a small Siberian town. And one of them is already dead.As a working mother, Lena Polyanskaya has her hands full. She's busy caring for her two-year-old daughter, editing a successful...
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The Missing Masterpiece

JEANNE M DAMS · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover

Quelle horreur! A French holiday leads to disaster for American Anglophile Dorothy Martin in this engaging new cozy mystery. When Dorothy Martin goes to France - alone because Alan is stuck back home in Sherebury with a broken ankle - she worries about her ability to get along in a language...
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Passport to Murder

Mary Angela · Camel Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Start with an unlucky number. Throw in a romantic location. Include a dashing Frenchman and an uncompromising professor. And you have all the ingredients for a passport to murder.This semester, it seems that Professor Prather's dreams are about to come true. Ever since she was a young...
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The Property of Lies: A 1930s' historical mystery

MARJORIE ECCLES · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover

DI Herbert Reardon is drawn into a world of secrets and lies when a body is discovered at a girls' boarding school. 1930. When a body is discovered on the premises of the newly-established Maxstead Court School for Girls, Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon is called in to investigate....
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The Scarred Woman

JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN · Dutton
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet - perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest...
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Sleep Like a Baby

CHARLAINE HARRIS · Minotaur Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In Sleep Like a Baby, the latest installment of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden series, Robin and Aurora have finally begun their adventure in parenting. With newborn Sophie proving to be quite a handful, Roe's mother pays for a partially trained nurse,...
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The Western Star

CRAIG JOHNSON · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The thirteenth novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix series LongmireSheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts...
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The Witches' Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

M. C. Beaton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The Witches' Tree continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin mystery series -- now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.Cotswolds inhabitants are used to inclement weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Devere, the new vicar and his wife,...
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