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The Believer: A Novel
The Believer: A Novel

Joakim Zander · Harper
Pages: 378
Format: Print book

An intricately plotted and brilliantly conceived stand-alone sequel to the international bestseller The Swimmer that turns the hottest political topics of our times into a complex, resonant thriller in the vein of John LeCarré.Yasmine Ajam has fled her past in the rough Stockholm borough...
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Her Every Fear: A Novel
Her Every Fear: A Novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 333
Format: Print book

The author of the wildly popular The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying and downright Hitchcockian psychological thriller - as tantalizing as the cinema classics Rear Window and Wait Until Dark - involving a young woman caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, manipulation,...
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Clownfish Blues: A Novel
Clownfish Blues: A Novel

Tim Dorsey · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A (Serge A.) Storm is brewing for a cabal of bad guys gaming the Florida state lottery in this insanely funny novel from the maestro of mayhem, Tim Dorsey.If you're loud and proud Floridian Serge A. Storms, how do you follow up your very own remake of Easy Rider? You shoot your own "episodes"...
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The Girl Before: A Novel
The Girl Before: A Novel

J P Delaney · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE...
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Different Class
Different Class

Joanne Harris · Touchstone
Pages: 407
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat comes a dark, suspenseful tale in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous secret.After thirty years at St. Oswald's...
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Fall from Grace
Fall from Grace

Tim Weaver · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

International bestselling author Tim Weaver returns with his next David Raker mystery, a high-stakes search for a recently retired detective who vanishes from his own home After decades of service, Leonard Franks has stepped down from the Metropolitan Police as a high-ranking detective...
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Six Four: A Novel
Six Four: A Novel

Hideo Yokoyama · Farrar
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT.For five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would...
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The Hammett Hex
The Hammett Hex

Victoria Abbott · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The national bestselling author of The Marsh Madness takes rare book collector Jordan Bingham on a trip to San Francisco - home to Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled heroes - where nothing is as it seems. On a getaway to the City by the Bay, book collector Jordan Bingham becomes entangled...
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Killing Thyme
Killing Thyme

Leslie Budewitz · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In Seattle's Pike Place Market, Spice Shop owner Pepper Reece is savoring her business success, but soon finds her plans disrupted by a killer in the latest from the national bestselling author of Guilty as Cinnamon. Pepper Reece's to-do list is longer than the shopping list for a five-course...
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It's Your Party, Die If You Want To
It's Your Party, Die If You Want To

Vickie Fee · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Down home and delightful." - Carolyn HartBetween a riverboat gambler-theme engagement party and a murder mystery dinner for charity, Dixie, Tennessee, party planner Liv McKay is far too frenzied to feel festive. Add to the mix her duties at the annual businesswomen's retreat...
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Claws for Alarm
Claws for Alarm

T.C. LoTempio · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

"The purrfect sleuthy duo"* is back, and this time murder hits close to home for Nora Charles and her partner Nick, a stealthy little feline gumshoe groomed to solve a shocking crime. Since inheriting her mother's sandwich shop, Nora Charles is more about hot grilled paninis...
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Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends
Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends

Mary Mchugh · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Cozy adventure for mystery buffs." --Library JournalMurder's a showstopper ... The fancy-footed Happy Hoofers--Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini-- are kicking off Carnival by entertaining posh guests at the most elegant hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Stunning beaches and spectacular...
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High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides
High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides

Mary Mchugh · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Hilarity and camaraderie." - RT Book ReviewsMurder takes center stage . . . It's a Christmas miracle for the Happy Hoofers - Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini. They've scored a gig at New York City's Radio City Music Hall with the legendary Rockettes, complete...
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Murder of a Cranky Catnapper
Murder of a Cranky Catnapper

Denise Swanson · Berkley Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Murder of an Open Book, a school psychologist has her hands full after a school board sourpuss meets a bitter end... With her morning sickness finally abated, Skye Denison-Boyd is ready to pounce on the pertinent problems she faces...
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Masking for Trouble
Masking for Trouble

Diane Vallere · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Halloween brings more tricks than treats for costume shop owner Margo Tamblyn in the second in a new cozy series from the national bestselling author of the Material Witness Mysteries. Halloween conjures up big business for Margo Tamblyn's costume shop, Disguise DeLimit, but this year,...
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Death Crashes the Party
Death Crashes the Party

Vicki Fee · Kensington Pub Corp, 2015.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In the quirky, close-knit town of Dixie, Tennessee, party planner Liv McKay has a knack for throwing Southern-style soirées, from diamonds-and-denim to black tie affairs, and her best friend Di Souther mixes a mean daiquiri. While planning a Moonshine and Magnolias bash for high maintenance...
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Murder of an Open Book: A Scumble River Mystery
Murder of an Open Book: A Scumble River Mystery

Denise Swanson · New American Library
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

New York Times Bestselling Scumble River SeriesA nasty faculty feud leaves one Scumble River teacher belly-up. . . .Her honeymoon may have been less than relaxing, but Skye Boyd née Denison is still high on marital bliss with her new husband, Wally. The fact that their family is about...
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