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Shanghai Redemption: An Inspector Chen Novel

Qiu Xiaolong · Griffin
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the promises made by his job. He was both a Chief Inspector of Special Investigations of the Shanghai Police Department and the deputy party secretary of the bureau. He was considered a potential rising star...
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Dishonorable Intentions

Stuart Woods · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 341
Format: Audiobook

Stone Barrington gains an adversary that he can't seem to shake in the electrifying new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Stone Barrington's latest lady friend is full of surprises, both good and ill. A sensual woman with unexpected desires, Stone finds her revelations...
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Hunting the Five Point Killer

C M WENDELBOE · Midnight Ink
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

"A terrific debut . . . Wendelboe is a skilled writer who ratchets up the suspense." -- Margaret Coel, New York Times bestselling author of Winter's Child On the tenth anniversary of a series of unsolved murders, the Five Point Killer is back for blood -- and retired cop Arn Anderson...
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Beautiful Criminals: A Novel

Eric Tipton · Atria/Emily Bestler Books/Alloy Entertainment
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the Spellman Files comes an irreverent family drama about love, crime, and the ties that bind as three generations of women attempt to go straight ... or not.When Amanda Cooper steps foot out of jail, she's determined to never go back. Two years behind bars means she's missed...
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A Game for All the Family: A Novel

Sophie Hannah · William Morrow
Pages: 447
Format: Print book

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling...
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Forgotten City: A Claire Codella Mystery

Carrie Smith · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

NYPD Detective Claire Codella is chomping at the bit for a new case. Lieutenant McGowan is determined to keep her out of the news, but she's about to be back in the public eye in a big way.Broadway legend Lucy Merchant has tragically succumbed to early onset Alzheimer's. At age fifty-six,...
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Murder Has Nine Lives

Laura Levine · Kensington Books
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny." --Joanne FlukeThe future is looking bright for freelance writer Jaine Austen. She's signed up for a new job, she's looking forward to a tropical vacation, and her cat Prozac is slated to star...
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The Whispering Room: A Jane Hawk Novel

DEAN KOONTZ · Bantam
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Jane Hawk - fiction's most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine - continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner. "No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this." These are the words...
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Hunted

James Patterson · BookShots
Pages: 20
Format: Print book

Evil has a new game....Someone is luring men from the streets to play a mysterious, high stakes game in the English countryside. Former Special Forces officer David Shelley will go undercover to shut it down--but this might be a game he can't win.BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES...
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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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The Doubly Dead Angel-Thief

Marc Whelchel · Open Books
Pages: 371
Format: Paperback

Meet V.C. Almond, Mastermind Sleuth, Jack of Some Trades, and the Delmar Loop's Private Investigator Ordinaire. V.C. Almond's life is in the gutter. Divorced and broke, he's living in a rat trap apartment above the loudest punk music venue in the Delmar Loop. Worse, his dear...
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Dead, to Begin With: A Dan Rhodes Mystery

Bill Crider · Minotaur Books
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover

Sheriff Dan Rhodes is back again in Bill Crider's thrilling Dead, to Begin With."Readers will cheer Rhodes along as he sorts through a tangle of old secrets and personal relationships en route to the satisfying solution." Publishers WeeklyIn Clearview, Texas, a wealthy recluse...
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The Blinds: A Novel

ADAM STERNBERGH · Ecco
Pages: 382
Format: Hardcover

From the Edgar Award-nominated author of Shovel Ready, a blistering new thriller that Dennis Lehane calls "propulsive and meaningful"For fans of Cormac McCarthy, Jim Thompson, the Coen Brothers, and LostImagine a place populated by criminals - people plucked from their lives,...
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The King of Shanghai: The Triad Years

Ian Hamilton · Spiderline
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant, specializing in recovering debts and stolen money for wealthy clients. At 115lbs., she hardly seems a threat, but her razor sharp intellect and resourcefulness allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.In The King...
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You Were Never Really Here

Jonathan Ames · Vintage
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Now a major motion picture starring Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is a gritty, harrowing story of corruption and one man's violent quest for vengeance. Movie Tie-in edition. Vintage Original.Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive...
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