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Bittersweet: A China Bayles Mystery

Susan Wittig Albert · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

New from the author of Death Come Quickly and Widow's TearsThis Thanksgiving, be grateful for China Bayles - who teams up with an old friend to solve a complex case of theft and murder in a South Texas ranching community ... It's Thanksgiving in Pecan Springs, and China is planning...
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A Study in Revenge: A Novel

Kieran Shields · Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In 1893, a trail of ashen footprints leads Deputy Archie Lean to the body of a murdered thief. The man’s exposed flesh has been horribly burned and occult symbols mark the nearby walls. Most troubling of all is what Lean witnessed two days earlier: this same man being lowered into...
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Terrified

Kevin O'Brien · Pinnacle; 1 edition
Pages: 416
Format: Mass Market Paperback

TruthMegan Keeler died years ago--or so everyone believes. In fact, she disappeared to escape from her sadistic husband, Glenn. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife's murder. And Megan, terrified for her unborn child's safety, never...
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A Twist of the Knife: A Novel

Becky Masterman · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"A crime novel that transcends the genre -- a twisting, high-stakes story with characters so real and so recognizably human, that it breaks your heart a little. Brilliant."
-Shari Lapena, author of the New York Times bestseller The Couple Next Door

Ex-FBI...

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The Marauders: A Novel

Tom Cooper · Crown
Format: Print book

When the BP oil spill devastates the Gulf coast, those who made a living by shrimping find themselves in dire straits. For the oddballs and lowlifes who inhabit the sleepy, working class bayou town of Jeannette,  these desperate circumstances serve as the catalyst that pushes them to enact...
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The Purity of Vengeance: A Department Q Novel

Jussi Adler-Olsen · Dutton; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Jussi Adler-Olsens Department Q series, with more than fourteen million copies sold worldwide, continues with the most chilling cold case yet.In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement...
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The Brothers of Baker Street: A Mystery

Michael Robertson · Minotaur Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The second in a highly original and absolutely marvelous series about two brother lawyers who lease offices on London's Baker Street--and begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock HolmesWhen brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath choose 221B Baker Street as the location for their law office,...
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The Woodpecker Always Pecks Twice

J.R. Ripley · Kensington
Pages: 288
Format: Mass Market Paperback

A red-bellied woodpecker may lead to a yellow-bellied killer ...

One morning when unwilling early bird Amy Simms grabs her binoculars for a closer look at the woodpecker who's been waking her up, she can't believe her eyes. Across Ruby Lake, through a curtain of rain,...
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Snow White Must Die

Nele Neuhaus · Minotaur Books
Pages: 374
Format: Hardcover

Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus is a tremendous new contemporary mystery series and huge international bestseller -- with more than 3.5 million copies in print!

On a rainy November day police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious...

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Shamed: A Kate Burkholder Novel

Linda Castillo · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting new thriller in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling series, Kate Burkholder races against the clock to find a missing Amish girl.

An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate...

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Nothing Ventured

Jeffrey Archer · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making...

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A Whisper of Bones

Ellen Hart · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jane Lawless new and old will be fascinated by newly minted Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Hart's latest intricate puzzle in A Whisper of Bones.

Britt Ickles doesn't remember much from her only visit to her mother's childhood home when she was a kid,...

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