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My Lovely Wife

Samantha Downing · Berkley
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting... Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest...
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Redemption Point

Candice Fox · Forge Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Candice Fox delivers a compulsive new crime thriller in Redemption Point. When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he hoped the Queensland rainforest town of Crimson Lake would be a good place to disappear....
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The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel

Niklas Natt och Dag · Atria Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In this breathtakingly bold, intricately constructed novel set in 18th century Stockholm, a dying man searches among the city's teeming streets, dark corners, and intriguing inhabitants to unmask a ruthless murderer - perfect for fans of Perfume and The Alienist. Named Best Debut Novel...
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Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna

MARIO GIORDANO · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

When Auntie Poldi finds a body in a vineyard, she sets out to solve another murder - with the Mafia nipping at her heels - in the next adventure from this national bestselling "smash series." (People Magazine) "There's a new star in the mystery firmament, and her name...
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Before She Knew Him: A Novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Catching a killer is dangerous - especially if he lives next doorFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder...
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The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

ANNE HILLERMAN · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman that combines crime, superstition, and tradition and brings the desert Southwest vividly alive.Joe Leaphorn may have retired from...
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Bones Behind the Wheel: A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery

E J COPPERMAN · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Barry Award-winning author E. J. Copperman is back with the tenth hilarious installment in his national bestselling Haunted Guesthouse mysteries.Haunted Guesthouse proprietress Alison Kerby and her ghostly guest detective, Paul, "auto" know better than to dig into the case of a long-buried...
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The Elephant of Surprise

Joe R. Lansdale · Mulholland Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Hap and Leonard are an unlikely pair--Hap, a self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard--a tough-as-nails Black, gay, Vietnam vet and Republican--but they're the closest friend either of them has in the world. After years of crime-solving companionship, something's changed: Hap, recently...
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Triple Jeopardy: A Daniel Pitt Novel

ANNE PERRY · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Young lawyer Daniel Pitt must defend a British diplomat who's accused of a theft that may hide a deadly crime in this compelling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Twenty-one Days.Daniel Pitt, along with his parents, Charlotte and Thomas, is delighted that his sister Jemima...
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Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce

A.L. Herbert · Kensington
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Mahalia's Sweet Tea boasts the most flavorful soul food in all of Prince George's County, Maryland. But as events at the beauty industry's leading trade show turn ugly, owner Halia Watkins needs to bite into an unsavory new item on the menu - murder! When the chicest hair convention...
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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

T.J. Martinson · Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

30 years ago a superhero tried to save Chicago. Now the city is again under siege, in this gritty, suspenseful, and beautifully written novel from award-winning debut author T.J. MartinsonSomewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one,...
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Grand Slam Murders

R.J. Lee · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

After four bridge players are poisoned, newspaper reporter Wendy Winchester sets out to catch a killer who's not playing with a full deck . . . When the four wealthy widows who make up the venerable Rosalie Bridge Club never get up from their card table, this quiet Mississippi town has its first...
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Woman 99: A Novel

Greer Macallister · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

She's only a number now.When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged...
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Save Me from Dangerous Men: A Novel

S. A. Lelchuk · Flatiron Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Nikki Griffin isn't your typical private investigator. In her office above her bookstore's shelves and stacks, where she luxuriates in books and the comfort they provide, she also tracks certain men. Dangerous men. Men who have hurt the women they claim to love. And Nikki likes to teach...
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg Novel

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH · Pantheon
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved and bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted comedic novel about a Swedish police department tasked with solving the most unusual, complicated, and, often, insignificant crimes.The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department...
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Before She Was Found

Heather Gudenkauf · Park Row
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A gripping thriller about three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence.For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary...
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House on Fire: A Novel

Bonnie Kistler · Atria Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng, a tightly wound and suspenseful novel about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead - and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter. Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett...
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A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself: A Novel

William Boyle · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Goodfellas meets Thelma and Louise when an unlikely trio of women in New York find themselves banding together to escape the clutches of violent figures from their pasts. After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her eighty-year-old neighbor Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes...
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