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In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Jacqueline Winspear · Harpercollins
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Sunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain's declaration of war with Germany,...
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Shiver Hitch

Linda Greenlaw · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Jane Bunker thought she'd escaped the pollution, noise, and dead bodies of the big city when she left her job as a Miami homicide detective and moved back to the idyllic town of Green Haven, Maine. But through her work as a marine insurance investigator, it appears she's left behind the bustle...
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Gothic Tales

Darryl Jones · Oxford University Press 2016.
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

'There was a rumour, too, that he was a devil-worshipper, or something of that sort, and also that he had the evil eye...' Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels,...
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The Way You Die Tonight

Robert J. Randisi · Severn House Digital; First World Publication edition
Format: eBook

Edward G Robinson is in Las Vegas researching his new movie, The Cincinnatti Kid with Steve McQueen. Frank Sinatra puts him in touch with Eddie G., floor manager of the Sands Casino and friend to the Rat Pack who frequent it. But rumour has it that Howard Hughes is also in town looking...
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Saints of the Shadow Bible

Ian Rankin · Little
Format:  eBook : Document : Fiction : English : First United States editionView all editions and formats

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years...
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Insatiable Appetites

Stuart Woods · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Stone Barrington returns in the new action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. It's a time of unexpected change for Stone Barrington. A recent venture has achieved a great victory, but is immediately faced with a new challenge: an underhanded foe who's...
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Kill Fee

Owen Laukkanen · Putnam Adult
Format: Kindle Edition

The new Stevens and Windermere novel from one of the most dazzlingly acclaimed new writers in crime fictionThe billionaire picked a heck of a way to die On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens and FBI special agent Carla Windermere witness...
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The Divided City

Luke McCallin · Berkley Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Luke McCallin, author of The Pale House and The Man from Berlin, delivers a dark, compelling thriller set in post-World War II Germany featuring ex-intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt. A year after Germany's defeat, Reinhardt has been hired back onto Berlin's civilian...
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The Vanishing Season

Joanna Schaffhausen · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition, Joanna Schaffhausen's accomplished debut The Vanishing Season will grip readers from the opening page to the stunning conclusion.Ellery Hathaway knows a thing or two about serial killers, but not through...
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Dying for a Taste: A Sally Solari Mystery

Leslie Karst · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

After losing her mother to cancer, Sally Solari quits her job as an attorney to help her dad run his old-style Italian eatery in Santa Cruz, California. But managing the front of the house is far from her dream job.Then in a sudden twist her Aunt Letta is found murdered in her own restaurant,...
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On Night's Shore: A Novel

Randall Silvis · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Step into the dark alleys of 1840 New York City...Standing on the grimy banks of the Hudson River, street urchin Augie Dubbins spots a young woman toss her baby into the water, then jump in herself. As the only witness to the tragedy, Augie sees an opportunity to make a few pennies recounting...
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Lockdown: A Novel of Suspense

LAURIE R KING · Bantam
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A community comes together when threatened by someone with a thirst for revenge in this stunningly intricate, tautly plotted novel of rich psychological suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell mysteries. Career Day at Guadalupe Middle School: A day given...
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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 Illegal: A Novel

Lawrence Hill · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

"A gripping political thriller readers may find hard to put down." -- Dallas Morning News Keita Ali is an elite runner living in Zantoroland, a poor, fictional island that is erupting in political violence. When his father, a journalist, is murdered, Keita escapes to the wealthy...
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