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Soft Summer Blood

Peter Helton · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A seemingly open-and-shut case becomes increasingly complicated for Detective Inspector Liam McLusky in this intriguing police procedural.It all seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi: DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges all his earlier...
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The Dead of Summer

Mari Jungstedt · Stockholm Text
Format: Paperback

"One of Scandinavia's best crime writers"—The London TimesWhile vacationing on the Swedish island Gotland, a young father of two is shot on the beach while jogging. Assistant commissioner Karin Jacobsson, who must lead the investigation while Anders Knutas is on vacation,...
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Everyone in Their Place: The Summer of Commissario Ricciardi

Maurizio de Giovanni · Europa Editions
Format: Paperback

Book three in the Commissario Ricciardi series. Naples 1931. Together with his indefatigable partner, Brigadier Maione, Ricciardi, a man driven into solitude by his paranormal “gift” of seeing the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths—a talent that also...
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Aunt Dimity and the Summer King

Nancy Atherton · Viking
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Cozy mystery lovers' favorite paranormal sleuth is back with her twentieth otherworldly adventureIt's June, the roses are in bloom, and the small English village of Finch may be in big trouble. Two cottages are for sale, but something - or someone - is driving buyers away. Has a developer...
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Summer Death: A Thriller

Mons Kallentoft · Atria/Emily Bestler Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

IN THE ACCLAIMED MALIN FORS SERIES, EVERY SEASON IS PERFECT FOR MURDER. The tiny town that Detective Malin Fors calls home is plagued by a sweltering heat wave and resulting raging forest fires. It is the hottest summer anyone can recall, and it's about to become the most violent and grim,...
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A Spear of Summer Grass

Deanna Raybourn · Harlequin MIRA; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Paris The daughter of a scandalous mother Delilah Drummond is already notorious even among Paris society But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfathers savanna manor house until gossip subsidesFairlight...
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Blackberry Days of Summer: A Novel (Zane Presents)

Ruth P Watson · Strebor Books; Original edition
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

In an exciting historical whodunit, a young black man is murdered and even though suspects abound, no one is trying too hard to find his killer. The novel begins as “The Great War” is coming to an end. As Robert Parker’s body is lowered into the grave, Herman Camm introduces...
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Summer Session

Merry Jones · Severn House Publishers
Format: Book

The first in a new series from the author of the lsquoZoe Hayesrsquo books - Harper Jennings is an Iraqi war veteran with PTSD Now a teaching assistant at Cornell her life is rosy until carrying out repairs on their home her husband Hank falls off the roof The accident damages his brain...
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The Blood Red Indian Summer: A Berger and Mitry Mystery

David Handler · Minotaur Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

This newest mystery featuring Mitch Berger and Connecticut State Trooper Des Mitry presents Des with her first genuine racially charged case in the historic New England village of Dorset, the gem of Connecticuts Gold Coast.Tyrone Da Beast Grantham, the famously volatile NFL superstar linebacker,...
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A Death in Summer: A Novel

Benjamin Black · Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

One of The Chicago Tribunes Best Reads of 2011One of Dublins most powerful men meets a violent end— and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yetOn a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond...
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Summer in the South: A Novel

Cathy Holton · Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Cathy Holton, author of the popular Beach Trip, returns with an intriguing and mysterious tale of dark deeds and family secrets in a small Southern town.After a personal tragedy, Chicago writer Ava Dabrowski quits her job to spend the summer in Woodburn, Tennessee, at the invitation of her old college...
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A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

*Nominated for the 2014 Agatha Award*Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees everywhere with Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, and Pagan Spring, the critically acclaimed mysteries featuring handsome former-spy-turned-cleric...
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