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Traci Hunter Abramson · Covenant Communications, Inc.
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback

Jane Napierski is back at work at the job she loves - being a personal assistant to her friend Sienna Blake, a rising star actress. The duo is on location in Virginia Beach to film Sienna's new TV series, along with costar Reed Forrester - the man with whom the world thinks Sienna is in love....
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Twenty-one Days: A Daniel Pitt Novel

ANNE PERRY · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In this first book in a new series, Thomas Pitt's son Daniel races to save his client from execution, setting him against London's Special Police Branch.It's 1910, and Daniel Pitt is a reluctant lawyer who would prefer to follow in the footsteps of his detective father. When the biographer...
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Raspberry Danish Murder

JOANNE FLUKE · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden. But that won't be happening for newlywed Hannah Swensen Barton - not after her husband suddenly disappears . . .Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their...
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Then She Was Gone: A Novel

Lisa Jewell · Atria Books
Format: Print book

"Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty....
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Twisted Prey

JOHN SANDFORD · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever as a U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey seriesLucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before.A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate,...
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The Escape Artist

BRAD MELTZER · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"Meltzer is a master and this is his best. Not since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have you seen a character like this. Get ready to meet Nola. If you've never tried Meltzer, this is the one."--- Harlan Coben Who is Nola Brown? Nola is a mystery Nola is trouble. And Nola is supposed...
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The Fallen

David Baldacci · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series featuring detective Amos Decker--the man who can forget nothing.Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex's sister in Barronville, a small...
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Dodging and Burning: A Mystery

JOHN COPENHAVER · Pegasus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In a small Virginia town still reeling from World War II, a photograph of a beautiful murdered woman propels three young people into the middle of a far-reaching mystery. A lurid crime scene photo of a beautiful woman arrives on mystery writer Bunny Prescott's doorstep with no return address...
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The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel

ELIZABETH GEORGE · Viking
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George returns with another character-driven crime drama featuring beloved characters Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley.Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard and his pugnacious and deeply loyal Detective Sergeant Barbara...
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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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The Cutting Edge

JEFFERY DEAVER · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to New York City from their honeymoon in Italy to discover a killer is terrorizing New York City. Dubbed the Fiancé Killer, their latest foe targets newly engaged couples by following them into jewelry stores, ending the couples' lives just before...
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Sweet Vengeance

FERN MICHAELS · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels' new novel is a deeply satisfying and uplifting story of one woman's journey from heartbreak to triumph. Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband - until she was convicted of their...
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The Sixth Day

CATHERINE COULTER · Gallery Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take on a ruthless mastermind in the fifth highly anticipated thriller in the New York Times bestselling A Brit in the FBI series.When several major political figures die mysteriously, officials declare the deaths are from natural causes....
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The Mitford Murders

Jessica Fellowes · Minotaur Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"A real murder, a real family and a brand new crime fiction heroine are woven together to make a fascinating, and highly enjoyable, read. I loved it." -- Julian Fellowes, creator and writer of Downton Abbey and BelgraviaSet amid the legendary Mitford household, a thrilling Golden...
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Rainbirds

Clarissa Goenawan · Soho Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan's dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man's path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister's murder. Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister's violent...
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Nine Lessons: A Josephine Tey Mystery

NICOLA UPSON. · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Called to the peaceful wooded churchyard of St-John's-at-Hampstead, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces one of the most audacious and unusual murders of his career. The body of the church's organist is found in an opened grave, together with a photograph of a manor house and a cryptic...
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Traitor: A Thriller

Jonathan De Shalit · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In the exhilarating tradition of I Am Pilgrim comes a sprawling, international high-stakes thriller that pits the intelligence of one man against one of the most successful spies ever to operate against American interests.When a young Israeli walks into an American embassy and offers to betray...
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AFTER ANNA

LISA SCOTTOLINE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a fast-paced, thrilling new novel full of suspense and emotional justice.John Himmel, widower and single father, has remarried a wonderful woman, Ellen, and for the first time in a long time he and his son are happy. But their...
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The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues

Nova Jacobs · Touchstone
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The Family Fang meets The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry in this literary mystery about a struggling bookseller whose recently deceased grandfather, a famed mathematician, left behind a dangerous equation for her to track down - and protect - before others can get their hands on it.Just days...
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Sometimes I Lie

ALICE FEENEY · Flatiron Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I'm in a coma. 2. My husband doesn't love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie.Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can't move. She can't speak. She can't open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have...
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Crimson Lake: A Novel

Candice Fox · Forge Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Complex, human characters, and a dark, meaty story, and fine writing, and a great sense of place - this is one of the best crime thrillers of the year. Sign me up as a big-time Fox fan!" -- Lee ChildCrimson Lake by Sydney-based, Ned Kelly award-winning author Candice Fox is a thrilling...
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Fifty Fifty

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Detective Harriet Blue is a relentless detective--but when her own brother is accused of murder, will she self-destruct? Sam Blue stands accused of the brutal murders of three young students, their bodies dumped near the Georges River. Only one person believes he is innocent: his sister,...
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Not That I Could Tell

Jessica Strawser · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell, the next page-turner from Jessica Strawser. When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered...
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Untitled Solo 1

Mary Higgins Clark · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author and "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark.After a party when her parents are away, eighteen-year-old Kerry Dowling is found fully dressed at the bottom of the family pool. The immediate suspect is her boyfriend who had a bitter...
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The Temptation of Forgiveness: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

DONNA LEON · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife's, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti...
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Dark in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel

J.D. Robb · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in the new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense, and takes on a case of death imitating art ... It was a stab in the dark.On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel...
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Shoot First

STUART WOODS · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The irresistible Stone Barrington returns for another racy adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods.Stone Barrington has faced intrigue before and come out clean on the other side, but this latest turn of events might be too scandalous even for him.
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Agent in Place

Mark Greaney · Berkley
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The Gray Man is back in another nonstop international thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novelsCourt Gentry is back in action. This time he's working on behalf of a well-connected group of Syrian expats to secure the Syrian president's mistress...
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Let Me Lie

CLARE MACKINTOSH · Berkley
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us...Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable...
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