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City of the Lost: A Thriller

Kelley Armstrong · Minotaur Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband....
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Echolocation

Mark Powell · Tyrus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In this thrilling new novel for fans of Adam Johnson's Fortune Smiles and Denise Johnson's The Laughing Monsters, four people's lives converge as they are consumed by the dangers of the world, both real and imagined.Tess is a stay-at-home mother who has developed an odd obsession:...
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Chime and Punishment

Julianne Holmes · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Expert clockmaker Ruth Clagan has another murder on her hands in the third Clock Shop Mystery from the author of Clock and Dagger. Years ago, the serenity of picturesque Orchard, Massachusetts, was shattered by a fire that destroyed the town's beloved clock tower. Ruth inherited the dream...
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Inside V

Paula Priamos · Rare Bird Books, a Vireo Book
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

When Ava wakes up in an empty hotel room to find her husband missing, she must question her own responsibility in his disappearance. He has been accused of a reprehensible crime and up until this moment everything she thought about him and their life together could well be a lie. When she digs...
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The Zero and the One: A Novel

Ryan Ruby · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A gothic twist on the classic tale of innocents abroad, THE ZERO AND THE ONE is a meditation on the seductions of friendship and the power of dangerous ideas that registers the dark, psychological suspense of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley and the intellectual and philosophical...
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Murder in All Honour: A Doyle and Acton Mystery

Anne Cleeland · Artemis Press
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback

Things are a bit grim at Scotland Yard, this Christmas. On the heels of a nasty corruption scandal, the CID must now contend with a killer who is murdering pregnant women, so as to steal their babies. Chief Inspector Acton doesn't want Doyle anywhere near this case, of course, but she can't...
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As Good as Gone: A Novel

Larry Watson · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The American West is bestselling author Larry Watson's forte, and in this, his tenth novel, he has created his most vivid, genuine antihero yet in Calvin Sidey, a man stuck in a myth. Calvin Sidey, steely, hardened, with his own personal code, is one of the last cowboys. It's the 1960s,...
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Crimes of Winter: An Inspector Sebag Mystery

PHILIPPE GEORGET · EUROPA EDITIONS
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

An Inspector Sebag MysteryCrime, suspense, and marital woes combine in this atmospheric procedural set in the seemingly quiet Mediterranean town of Perpignan.This winter is going to be a rough one for Inspector Gilles Sebag, for he has discovered a terrible truth: Claire has been cheating...
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The Chosen: A Novel

Kristina Ohlsson · Atria Books
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

In her phenomenal #1 international bestseller - fifth in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Fredrika Bergman series - "one of Sweden's best younger writers" (Los Angeles Times Magazine) delivers a tense, atmospheric mystery featuring an enigmatic killer rooted in folklore.On...
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Trail of Echoes: A Detective Elouise Norton Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall · Forge
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Trail of Echoes: the latest Elouise Norton mystery novel from critically acclaimed writer Rachel Howzell Hall. On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of thirteen-year-old...
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Field of Graves

J T Ellison · Mira Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

With FIELD OF GRAVES, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison goes back to where it all began ... All of Nashville is on edge with a serial killer on the loose. A madman is trying to create his own end-of-days apocalypse and the cops trying to catch him are almost as damaged as the killer....
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The Painted Queen: A Novel

ELIZABETH PETERS · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Egypt, 1912 - Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment...
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Tom Clancy Power and Empire

MARC CAMERON · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

A newly belligerent Chinese government leaves US President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options in this continuation of the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy series. Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggressive challenge from the Chinese government. Pawns are being moved around...
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Dry.

Jane Harper · Flatiron Books
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A breathless page-turner, driven by the many revelations Ms. Harper dreams up ... You'll love [her] sleight of hand ... A secret on every page." -- The New York Times"One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Every word is near...
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Pudding Up With Murder

Julia Buckley · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Secret chef Lilah Drake has a killer casserole to deal with in the latest Undercover Dish mystery from the author of Cheddar Off Dead....Customers trust Lilah Drake to keep her mouthwatering meals under wraps, but when a millionaire meets his untimely end, some sinister secrets become the main...
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