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Overkill: An Alex Hawke Novel

TED BELL · William Morrow
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

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The Perfect Mother: A Novel

Aimee Molloy · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE SUMMER--SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SCANDAL'S KERRY WASHINGTONAn addictive psychological thriller about a group of women whose lives become unexpectedly connected when one of their newborns goes missing.A...
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The Other Lady Vanishes

AMANDA QUICK · Berkley
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Knew Too Much sweeps readers back to 1930s California where even the brightest razzle dazzle can't always hide the darkest secrets...New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick returns to the exclusive seaside community of Burning...
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Murder on Union Square

VICTORIA THOMPSON · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series...Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine,...
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Probable Claws: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

RITA MAE BROWN · Bantam
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a new tale in their bestselling Mrs. Murphy series, as mysteries past and present converge in Albemarle County, Virginia. Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her friends and animal companions pursue the threads...
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The Dark Angel

ELLY GRIFFITHS · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway - "a captivating amateur sleuth" (Louise Penny) - and DCI Nelson investigate a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones. It's not every day that you're summoned to the Italian countryside...
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The Favorite Sister

Jessica Knoll · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From Jessica Knoll - author of Luckiest Girl Alive, the instant New York Times bestseller and the bestselling debut novel of 2015 - comes a blisteringly paced thriller starring competitive sisters whose dark secrets and lies result in murder when they sign onto a reality TV show.When five...
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Alter Ego

Brian Freeman · Quercus
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

When a freak auto accident kills a driver on the remote roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover that the victim appears to be a "ghost," with a false identity and no evidence to suggest who he really was. What's worse, the man has a gun locked in the trunk-...
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Gruesome Discovery, A: A mystery set in 1920s Ireland

Cora Harrison · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The Reverend Mother receives a decidedly gruesome gift in this compelling Irish historical mystery.Ireland. 1925. Like all who seek charitable contributions, Reverend Mother Aquinas is used to being gifted some fairly dubious items. But nothing like this. On opening the evil-smelling trunk,...
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Murder in the Locked Library

ELLERY ADAMS · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to Storyton Hall, Virginia, where book lovers travel from near and far to enjoy the singular comforts of the Agatha Christie Tea Room, where they can discuss the merits of their favorite authors no matter how deadly the topic . . . With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back...
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Dial M for Mousse

Laura Bradford · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Murder takes the cake in an irresistible Emergency Dessert Squad mystery from the national bestselling author of The Silence of the Flans. The Emergency Dessert Squad business is booming, with owner and baker Winnie Johnson working overtime to satisfy the emergency cravings of Silver Lake,...
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Biscuits and Slashed Browns

MADDIE DAY · Kensington
Format: Mass Market Paperback

For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from late-winter in South Lick, Indiana - until murder saps the life out of the celebration . . .As Robbie arranges a breakfast-themed cook-off at Pans 'N Pancakes, visitors pour into Brown County...
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Hiroshima Boy

Naomi Hirahara · Prospect Park Books
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

LA gardener Mas Arai returns to Hiroshima to bring his best friend's ashes to a relative on the tiny offshore island of Ino, only to become embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy who was about the same age Mas was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945. The boy's death affects...
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Curses, Boiled Again!

SHARI RANDALL · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages: 320
Format: Mass Market Paperback

"Delightful! A fun whodunit full of New England coastal charm and characters who feel like friends. Warm humor, a delectable plot, and clever sleuthing will keep you turning the pages." -- Krista Davis, New York Times bestselling author of the Domestic Diva MysteriesWelcome to the seaside...
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The Girl in Times Square: A Novel

Paullina Simons · HarperLuxe
Format: Paperback

International bestselling author Paullina Simons delivers a riveting novel about a young woman whose search for her missing friend turns into a life-shattering odyssey.The truth will change her forever.Living in bustling New York City, Lily Quinn has plenty of distractions and is struggling...
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Insidious Intent

Val McDermid · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Powerful . . . McDermid's prose is pure pleasure to read . . . The plot is tight, the story is thrilling, the ending is as satisfying as they come . . . A master operating at the height of her considerable powers. Prepare to be swept away." -- Mystery Scene on Splinter the SilenceWidely...
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Weeping Waters

KARIN BRYNARD · World Noir
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

Winner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, ATKV Literature Prize, and twice winner of the M-Net Literature Awards"Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant." -- Deon Meyer, author of Blood SafariInspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing...
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Another One Bites the Crust

ELLIE ALEXANDER · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Torte -- the beloved small-town bakeshop run by Jules Capshaw -- is set to hit the stage. But who would have guessed that murder would makes a surprise appearance?It's the role of a lifetime for Jules. The Shakespeare Festival has returned to Ashland, Oregon, for the season and Torte has been...
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Beneath the Mountain: A Novel

Luca D'Andrea · Harper Paperbacks
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

In Luca D'Andrea's atmospheric and brilliant thriller, set in a small mountain community in the majestic Italian Dolomites, an outsider must uncover the truth about a triple murder that has gone unsolved for thirty years.New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making...
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Untimely Death: A Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery

Elizabeth J Duncan · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A Catskills resort's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who wouldn't? Seems like just about everyone...
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Heritage of Darkness

Kathleen Ernst · MIDNIGHT INK
Format: Paperback

Dark Secrets Hidden in Norwegian Traditions For curator Chloe Ellefson, a family bonding trip to Decorah, Iowa, for rosemaling classes seems like a great idea - until the drive begins. Chloe's cop friend Roelke takes her mother's talk of romantic customs good-naturedly, but it inflates...
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A Memory of Muskets

Kathleen Ernst · Midnight Ink
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Dead Loudmouth

Victoria Houston · Tyrus Books
Pages: 206
Format: Print book

It's a bright summer morning in Loon Lake when Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris is called to the scene of a horrific accident that occurred in the dead of night at a local gentleman's club. The club is owned by one of the victims, a member of the private Deer Creek Fishing and Hunting...
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Dead Spider

Victoria Houston · Gallery Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

In the next installment to the Loon Lake Mystery series, Lewellyn Ferris and Doc Osborne must solve a murder that shatters the picturesque Wisconsin lake town community at the height of summer.On a lovely Sunday afternoon in late June, the annual Loon Lake Youth Fishing Tournament is coming...
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Forgotten City: A Claire Codella Mystery

Carrie Smith · Crooked Lane
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

NYPD Detective Claire Codella is chomping at the bit for a new case. Lieutenant McGowan is determined to keep her out of the news, but she's about to be back in the public eye in a big way.Broadway legend Lucy Merchant has tragically succumbed to early onset Alzheimer's. At age fifty-six,...
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The Vineyard Victims

ELLEN CROSBY · Minotaur Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

When Jamison Vaughn -- Virginia real estate mogul, vineyard owner, and failed US presidential candidate -- drives his gold SUV into a stone pillar at the entrance to Montgomery Estate Vineyard, Lucie Montgomery is certain the crash was deliberate. But everyone else in town is equally...
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Bloodstains with Bronte: A Crime with the Classics Mystery

Katherine Bolger Hyde · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Classic novels and crime solving intertwine in Katherine Bolger Hyde's charming series. Bloodstains with Bronte is the second in a series that will puzzle and please fans of mystery and masterpieces alike.Windy Corner is being remodeled into a writers' retreat. Two of the young workers,...
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The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey · Soho Crime
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree...
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Dead of Winter: A Lily Dale Mystery

WENDY CORSI STAUB · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Just as a murderer dumps his corpse into the lake across Valley View in Lily Dale, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. Unbeknownst to her, the killer spots her silhouette and prowls straight to her door. That is, until he's interrupted by a black...
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