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Bad Seeds

Jassy Mackenzie · Soho Crime
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Relentless South African private investigator Jade de Jong tracks a saboteur in a race to prevent a nuclear disaster in Jassy Mackenzie's new, pulse-pounding thriller. Despite her checkered history with law enforcement, Johannesburg private investigator Jade de Jong is attempting to operate...
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The English Agent

Phillip DePoy · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In 1583, young Christopher Marlowe -- student, brawler, rakehell, and would-be playwright -- has had a dreadful evening. The first performance of his play in the corner of a very disreputable Cambridge bar is a humiliating flop, and then he's attacked on the streets while in the company...
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A Taste of Blood and Ashes

Jaden Terrell · Permanent Pr Pub Co
Format: Print book

When Nashville PI and horse whisperer Jared McKean is hired to investigate a suspicious barn fire, he finds evidence of soring, the practice of using painful shoeing or caustic chemicals to affect the gait of a Tennessee Walking Horse. But the owners, Zane and Carlin Underwood, are known...
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The Spy: A novel

Paulo Coelho · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. The story of her celebrated yet mysterious life as an exotic dancer and courtesan, and her controversial execution as a spy during the First...
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Seduced

Randy Wayne White · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 330
Format: Print book

Hannah Smith returns in the stunning new adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series by the author of the Doc Ford novels. A fishing guide and part-time investigator, Hannah Smith is a tall, strong Florida woman descended from many generations of the same. But the problem before...
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Gone And Done It

Maggie Toussaint · Five Star
Format: Hardcover

While planting a cherry tree, landscaper Baxley Powell's shovel strikes something solid. Intrigued, she clears the sand away and reveals a human skull. After calling the sheriff, Baxley use her dreamwalking abilities to get a jump-start on identifying the victim. The deputies arrive...
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Death Comes to the Fair

Catherine Lloyd · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

It's harvest time in the village of Kurland St. Mary as Lucy and Robert prepare to take their vows - but a murderer has taken an unseasonable vow of vengeance . . . As Miss Lucy Harrington, daughter of the village rector, and Major Sir Robert Kurland plan their nuptials, the major...
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Strangers

Bill Pronzini · Forge
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The latest in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini's acclaimed Nameless Detective Series -- Strangers. Cody Hatcher is the kind of teenager you don't want your kids hanging with. That's the book on him and it's why the citizens of Mineral Springs have no problem...
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The Shattered Tree: A Bess Crawford Mystery

Charles Todd · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded soldier's background - and uncover his true loyalties - in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the bestselling "vivid period mystery series" (New York Times Book Review) .At the foot...
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First Strike

Ben Coes · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 471
Format: Print book

Deep within the Pentagon, a covert, multi-billion arms-for-influence program was created. The objective was to protect the United States and its allies from terrorist acts by secretly enabling a hand-picked man to emerge as the most powerful leader in the Middle East. But the charismatic...
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Bliss House: A Novel

Laura Benedict · Pegasus
Format: Hardcover

Death never did come quietly for Bliss House . . . and now a mother and daughter have become entwined in the secrets hidden within its walls. Amidst the lush farmland and orchards in Old Gate, Virginia, stands the magnificent Bliss House. Built in 1878 as a country retreat, Bliss House...
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Dead Water: A Shetland Mystery

Ann Cleeves · Minotaur Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series with this stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning. When the body of a journalist is found, Detective Inspector Willow...
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Executive Power

Vince Flynn · Pocket Books
Pages: 517
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn - "the best pure adrenaline-charged action writer out there today" (The Providence Journal) - puts Mitch Rapp in the crossfire as America's enemies tighten their grip.Returning from a covert mission, Mitch Rapp was publicly hailed...
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The Bone Seeker: An Edie Kiglatuk Mystery

M. J. McGrath · Viking
Format: Hardcover

The intrepid Edie Kiglatuk discovers one of her female students dead in a toxic lake in her third arctic mystery In the third novel in this highly praised mystery series that will appeal to fans of The Killing, Top of the Lake, and The Bridge, Edie Kiglatuk works as a summer school teacher...
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That Old Black Magic

Mary Jane Clark · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

That Old Black Magic is New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark’s savory and suspenseful confection filled with murder, mystery, history and voodoo, in which Piper Donovan must unmask a devious killer striking in New Orleans’s legendary French Quarter.Aspiring actress...
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