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The Last Best Friend

George Sims · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"The small man standing on the narrow ledge stared fixedly forward with eyes made wide and blank by terror."At 2pm on a Monday in 1966, Ned Balfour wakes in Corsica beside a beautiful woman.In the same instant, back in London, fellow art dealer and Dachau survivor Sam Weiss falls...
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Parchment and Old Lace

Laura Childs · Berkley Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Gossamer Ghost, scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand investigates a murder in New Orleans' legendary Lafayette Cemetery ... Enjoying dinner at Commander's Palace with her beau, Detective Edgar Babcock, Carmela finds the food and the company...
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The Banker's Wife

Cristina Alger · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Immersive, satisfying, tense--and timely: This is probably happening for real right now."--Lee ChildOn an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered...
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The Grave's a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

Alan Bradley · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"The world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth" (The Seattle Times) , Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley.In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old...
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Rush of Blood: A Novel

Mark Billingham · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 389
Format: Print book

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder.In the standalone novel Rush of Blood, internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham puts a sinister twist on a deceptively innocent topic: the beach vacation.Three British couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday...
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No Charm Intended

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 CahoonSettling into her new life and career in small-town Indigo Gap, North Carolina, Cora Chevalier is preparing to host a "wildcrafting" retreat at her Victorian...
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In Prior's Wood: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"G. M. Malliet has crafted the English village of our dreams." -- Charlaine HarrisAgatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees with her critically acclaimed mysteries, and this newest one featuring handsome spy-turned-cleric...
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The Big Showdown

Mickey Spillane · Kensington Pub Corp, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling authors Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins--the legend of Caleb York continues as the renowned gunslinger fights to bring justice to the blood-soaked streets of Trinidad, New Mexico.Caleb York has made up his mind and packed his bags. He'll be on the next...
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Montreal Noir

John McFetridge · Akashic Books
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback

"These 15 new stories celebrate the differences between us and our northern neighbor. As in any good noir, poverty, drugs, and despair cloud many of the characters' lives. But even the stories about druggies have a certain je ne sais quoi...Whether it's the quirkiness of the characters,...
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Exit Strategy

Charlton Pettus · Hanover Square
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes you just need to escape. For crooked politicians, military brass from third-world nations, and white-collar criminals looking to avoid either prison or a deadlier form of payback, there's Exit Strategy. With just one call, Exit Strategy helps these wealthy-but-wanted types disappear...
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The Deep Dark Descending

Allen Eskens · Seventh Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent...
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Charlatans

ROBIN COOK · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 435
Format: Hardcover

The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook. Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from...
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Saratoga Payback

Stephen Dobyns · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The latest installment in Stephen Dobyns's Charlie Bradshaw mysteries, Saratoga Payback follows the latest exploits of Saratoga Springs' most unusual and sardonic detective. Ever since the cops revoked his private investigator's license, Charlie Bradshaw has been adjusting to life as a regular...
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Walk Away

Sam Hawken · Mulholland Books/Little
Pages: 323
Format: Print book

Camaro Espinoza is "the deadliest female protagonist since Jon Land's Caitlin Strong and Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander" (BOOKLIST ) . Camaro Espinoza is a former combat medic whose past is shrouded in mystery. Having finally achieved a measure of calm and anonymity, Camaro...
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