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The Accidental Apprentice: A Novel

Vikas Swarup · Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

In life you never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.A business empire worth ten billion dollars. This is the tantalizing offer made by Vinay Mohan Acharya, one of Indias richest men, to Sapna Sinha, a simple salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi. She can be the next...
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Invisible Dead

Sam Wiebe · Quercus
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

An ex-cop who navigates by a moral compass stubbornly jammed at true north, Dave Wakeland is a talented private investigator with next to zero business sense. And even though he finds himself with a fancy new office and a corporate-minded partner, he continues to be drawn to cases that...
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All the Beautiful Lies: A Novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Her Every Fear and The Kind Worth Killing comes a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder - a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the vein of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Patricia Highsmith.Harry Ackerson has always...
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Emma in the Night: Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Both twisted and twisty, this smart psychological thriller sets a new standard for unreliable narrators." -BOOKLIST , Starred ReviewOne night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without...
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The Gods of Guilt

Michael Connelly · Little Brown & Company
Pages: 387
Format: Print book

Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder...
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The Widow's House: A Novel

Carol Goodman · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 6
Format: Paperback

This chilling novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends the gothic allure of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca and the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty, contemporary edge of A.S.A. Harrison's The Silent...
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Sun, Sand, Murder: A Mystery

John Keyse-Walker · Minotaur Books
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

As a Special Constable, Teddy Creque is the only police presence on the remote, sun-drenched island of Anegada, nestled in the heart of the British Virgin Islands. In all his years on the job, Teddy has never considered the possibility that he might have to address an actual crime on his peaceful...
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A Talent for Murder: A Novel

Andrew Wilson · Atria Books
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

Discover the real-life mystery centered on the queen of crime herself: Agatha Christie. In this tantalizing new novel, Christie's mysterious ten-day disappearance serves as the starting point for a gripping novel, in which Christie herself is pulled into a case of blackmail and murder."I...
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A Catered Tea Party

Isis Crawford · Kensington Books
Pages: 311
Format: Print book

Quiet Longely, New York, is abuzz with excitement over the opening of a revamped art complex - and catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are helping put on an elaborate tea party for the opening night gala fundraiser. But when the billionaire behind the project drops dead, the Simmons...
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Dry Bones

Peter Quinn · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

Fintan Dunne, the detective at the center of The Man Who Never Returned and Hour of the Cat, is back in this spellbinding story of an ill-fated OSS mission into the heart of the Eastern front and its consequences more than a decade after the war's end. As the Red Army continues its unstoppable...
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The Witchfinder's Sister

Beth Underdown · Ballantine
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A thrilling debut novel, a literary historical thriller based on the devastating witch hunts in 1640s England conducted by "Witchfinder General" Matthew Hopkins - for readers of Sarah Waters and Katherine Howe. Before Salem, there was Manningtree. . . . "This summer,...
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Wayfaring Stranger: A Novel

James Lee Burke · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

In his most ambitious work yet, New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life - connecting a fateful encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to heroic acts at the Battle of the Bulge and finally to the high-stakes gambles and cutthroat...
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Murder on the Serpentine: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

Anne Perry · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In the history of Anne Perry's bestselling Victorian mystery series, the stakes have never been greater than now - as a mission for queen and country places the future of the British Empire squarely in Thomas Pitt's hands. It is not the custom for the commander of Special Branch to receive...
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The Black Book

James; Ellis David Patterson · Little
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Three bodies in a beautiful and luxurious bedroom.Billy Harney was born to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Alongside Detective Kate Fenton, Billy's tempestuous, adrenaline-junkie partner, there's nothing...
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Accused: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel

Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling readers with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong and relatable...
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