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The Captives: A Novel

Debra Jo Immergut · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of a woman convicted of a brutal crime, the prison psychologist who recognizes her as his high-school crush - and the charged reunion that sets off an astonishing chain of events with dangerous consequences for bothAs an inmate psychologist at a state prison, Frank Lundquist...
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All Things Murder

Jeanne Quigley · Five Star
Format: Hardcover

In this debut cozy mystery, soap actress Veronica Walsh returns to her Adirondack hometown after her show is canceled. She soon finds herself playing the role of amateur sleuth after finding the body of her controversial neighbor.
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The Other Child

Joanne Fluke · Kensington; Reprint edition

Where Innocence Dies. . .Expectant parents Karen and Mike Houston are excited about restoring their old rambling Victorian mansion to its former glory. With its endless maze of rooms, hallways, and hiding places, it's a wonderful place for their nine-year-old daughter Leslie to play...
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A Darker Place

Jack Higgins · Putnam Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Dillon and company are back in the ultimate blockbuster from the 'legend' that is Jack Higgins Disillusioned with the Putin Government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. However he is under no illusions about...
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Beyond the Truth: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Seven

Anne Holt · Scribner
Pages: 307
Format: Print book

In the seventh installment of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series, the brilliant female detective must untangle the complex and bitter history of one of Oslo's wealthiest families after a celebratory get together at their home ends in a multi-victim homicide.Shortly before Christmas, four people...
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Dead Man Switch

Matthew Quirk · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"WHEN IT COMES TO QUIRK, I FOLLOW A SIMPLE THREE-STEP PLAN: BUY, CANCEL PLANS, READ." --Gregg Hurwitz, bestselling author of Orphan X and The Nowhere ManSomeone is hunting down America's most elite special ops soldiers--in their homes.A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California...
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Racing the Devil: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

Charles Todd · William Morrow
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series.On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group of English officers having a last...
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Deadly Decor

Karen Rose Smith · Kensington
Format: Book

Book 2 in Karen Rose Smith's Caprice De Luca cozy mystery series.Quiet Kismet, Pennsylvania, may look like any other small town, but as a home stager, Caprice De Luca can see behind closed doors--and it seems someone has designs on murder. . .Life is a full house for Caprice these days....
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The Invention of Fire: A Novel

Bruce Holsinger · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The author of the acclaimed historical thriller A Burnable Book once again brings medieval London alive in all its color and detail in a riveting novel that imagines the beginnings of gun violence in the Western world. London, 1386: A mass murder has taken place within the city walls....
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The Furies: A Novel

Natalie Haynes · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Steady pacing paired with well-timed foreshadowing and fully realized characters make this one compelling from the beginning. Fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History (1992) , Erin Kelly's The Poison Tree (2011) , and Tana French's The Likeness (2008) will likely enjoy...
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Macramé Murder

MOLLIE COX BRYAN · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Mass Market Paperback

"The perfect weekend getaway: crafting, food and a murder or two!" - New York Times bestselling author Lynn CahoonAs the head of a bustling crafting retreat, Cora Chevalier could use a break of her own. So she and her creative cohorts temporarily swap small-town Indigo Gap for the Sea Glass...
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Arrowood: A Novel

Laura McHugh · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

"This robust, old-fashioned gothic mystery has everything you're looking for: a creepy old house, a tenant with a secret history, and even a few ghosts. Laura McHugh's novel sits at the intersection of memory and history, astutely asking whether we carry the past or it carries us."...
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This Fallen Prey

Kelley Armstrong · Minotaur Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

In This Fallen Prey, the next installment of New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's thriller series, Casey Duncan is about to face her toughest job as police detective in Rockton yet.When Casey first arrived at the off-the-grid town, an isolated community built as a haven...
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The Stolen Ones

Richard Montanari · Mulholland Books
Format: Hardcover

In Richard Montanari's chilling new suspense novel, a sealed-off network of secret passages connects all of Philadelphia to the killer hidden within.Luther Wade grew up in Cold River, a warehouse for the criminally insane. Two decades ago the hospital closed it doors forever, but Luther...
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2nd Chance

James Patterson · Warner Books
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously-or was it intentionally?-only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire,...
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