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LISA JACKSON · Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan join together in a gripping novel of suspense, as a long-guarded secret plunges three friends into a new nightmare. NO WARNING In the photograph, three teenaged girls splash in the lake on a sweltering...
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MURDER IN THE MANUSCRIPT ROOM

CON LEHANE · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The second in Con Lehane's 42nd Street Library mystery series, Murder in the Manuscript Room is a smart, compelling mystery in which the characters themselves are at least as interesting as the striking sleuthing."Not to be missed." -- Megan Abbott"A story utterly relevant...
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The Spy Across the Table

BARRY LANCET · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 438
Format: Hardcover

In this exciting international thriller featuring Japanese antiques art dealer and PI Jim Brodie, a double-murder at the Kennedy Center forces Brodie into a dangerous game of espionage - putting him in the crosshairs of the Chinese, North Korean, and American governments.Jim Brodie is an antiques...
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X Marks the Scot

KAITLYN DUNNETT · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The old Chadwick mansion on the edge of Moosetookalook, Maine, has been shrouded in mystery for generations - until Scottish Emporium owner Liss MacCrimmon uncovers a forgotten family secret. But she never imagined that a little curiosity would lead her into such deadly territory . . . While...
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Murder for Nothing

VERONICA HELEY · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

No good deed goes unpunished, as Ellie Quicke finds out in this engaging and entertaining mystery. Ellie Quicke believes in helping people in trouble. But it would appear that her latest good deed has returned to bite her when she takes in a weeping girl who needs somewhere to stay. Selfish,...
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Smoke and Mirrors

Casey Daniels · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover

Introducing museum curator and amateur sleuth Miss Evie Barnum in the first of a deliciously quirky new historical mystery series. Evie Barnum is in charge of her brother's museum, a place teeming with scientific specimens and "human prodigies" including a bearded woman and the lizard...
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Ginger Snapped: A Spice Shop Mystery

GAIL OUST · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Piper Prescott and Police Chief Wyatt McBride might have gotten off on the wrong foot but, over the past year, their interactions have evolved into a friendship of sorts. And when the body of Shirley Randolph is found floating in a fishing hole, their relationship reaches entirely new territory.Shirley,...
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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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Protected by the Shadows

Helene Tursten · Soho Crime
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

With gang violence escaling in Goteborg, Sweden, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the situation. But could there be a mole on the force?In this final installment of the internationally bestselling Irene Huss investigations, the gang warfare that...
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Murder in the Lincoln White House

C M GLEASON · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

March 4, 1861: On the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, the air is charged with hope and apprehension. The last thing anyone wants is any sort of hitch in the proceedings - let alone murder! Fortunately the president has young Adam Quinn by his side . . .At the inaugural ball, Lincoln's...
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Under Water

CASEY BARRETT · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Here be the beginnings of a superb series." - Ken Bruen, author of the Jack Taylor series Duck Darley should have been a winner. Once a competitive swimmer destined for Olympic gold, he drank away his gilded youth and followed his fraudster father's footsteps into prison....
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Monument Road: A Florida noir mystery

Michael Wiley · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Introducing former death-row inmate turned private investigator Franky Dast in the first of an intriguing new crime noir series. Having spent eight years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, Franky Dast now works as an investigator for the Justice Now Initiative, seeking to help...
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