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Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery

FRED VAN LENTE · Quirk Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Fred Van Lente's brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group includes...
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Before the Fall

Noah Hawley · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Audiobook

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A Crack in the Wall

Claudia Pineiro · Bitter Lemon Press
Format: Paperback

Praise for Claudio Piñeiro:"An agile novel, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society."—José Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"Thursday Night Widows is a gripping story. The dystopia portrayed is an indictment not solely of an assassin...
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The Naked Eye: A Novel

Iris Johansen · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

How can you catch a killer when everyone thinks he's dead?Kendra Michaels was instrumental in bringing serial killer Eric Colby to justice. And yet, despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The problem is that she can't prove...
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Well-Offed in Vermont

Amy Patricia Meade · MIDNIGHT INK; Original edition
Format: Book

A NEW SERIES FROM ACCLAIMED MYSTERY AUTHOR AMY PATRICIA MEADE  In bucolic small-town Vermont, tapestries expert Stella Thornton Buckley feels out of her element—and not just because she’s fresh from Manhattan. Mere hours after moving to maple syrup country, she and her husband,...
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Farewell, Dorothy Parker

Ellen Meister · Berkley Trade
Format: Book

When it comes to movie reviews, critic Violet Epps is a powerhouse voice. But that’s only because she’s learned to channel her literary hero Dorothy Parker, the most celebrated and scathing wit of the twentieth century. If only Violet could summon that kind of strength in her personal...
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The Eyes of Abel

Daniel Jacobs · West Hills Press
Format: Print book

If truth stared you in the face but everyone called it a lie, would truth survive?Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Charlin prepared for intense worldwide attention following publication of his next explosive exposé. It never crossed his mind that, instead, a seductive Israeli agent would...
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Blue Light Yokohama

Nicolas Obregon · Minotaur Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Newly reinstated to the Homicide Division and transferred to a precinct in Tokyo, Inspector Iwata is facing superiors who don't want him there and is assigned a recalcitrant partner, Noriko Sakai, who'd rather work with anyone else. After the previous detective working the case killed himself,...
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Hello Mr. Bones & Goodbye Mr. Rat

Patrick McCabe · Quercus
Format: Hardcover

Patrick McCabe is the acclaimed author of The Butcher Boy, Breakfast on Pluto--both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into films by Neil Jordan--and Winterwood, which was awarded the 2007 Hughes HughesIrish Independent Irish Novel of the Year award. Hello Mr. Bones...
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The Chalk Pit

Elly Griffiths · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

In the ninth Ruth Galloway mystery, Ruth and Nelson investigate a string of murders and disappearances deep within the abandoned tunnels hidden far beneath the streets of Norwich. Norwich is riddled with old chalk-mining tunnels, but no one's sure exactly how many. When Ruth is called in to investigate...
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Growth

Jeff Jacobson · Pinnacle Books
Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats

"A talent with an amazing ability to astonish." --David MorrellThis Time The Enemy Is Inside YouCorn is America's grain and the very stuff of life. Now, scientists have created a genetically modified strain that repels all pests. It also unknowingly contains the DNA of a rare...
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Indelible: An English murder mystery set around Bath

Peter Helton · Severn House Publishers; First World Publication edition
Format: Hardcover

Chris Honeysett uncovers strange goings-on at the Bath Arts Academy in this intriguing new mysteryAgainst his better judgement, laidback painter and private investigator Chris Honeysett has accepted a role as tutor at the Bath Arts Academy and agreed to take part in an anniversary exhibition....
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Force of Habit

Alice Loweecey · MIDNIGHT INK
Format: Paperback

Giulia Falcone is convinced she's going to Hell. First, because she left the convent. Second, her new job with a private investigator has her sneaking around and lying. Adjusting to life in the outside world isn't easy. Makeup, dating, and sex are all new to her. And despite a crush...
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Red 1-2-3

John Katzenbach · Pgw
Pages: 400
Format: Book

Three women. They have nothing in common. They are different ages, come from different background, and lead drastically different lives. The only thing that binds them together is their red hair - and that each of them has been targeted for murder.When each 'Red' receives a chilling letter...
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Bad Wolf: A Novel

Nele Neuhaus · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

She looked at herself in the mirror, touched her fingertips to the little red hood on her head, and laughed. The dress was a real dirndl, with a short skirt and apron. Papa had plaited her hair into two braids, and she really looked exactly like Little Red Riding Hood in her fairy-tale...
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