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Unholy City: A Claire Codella Mystery

CARRIE SMITH. · Crooked Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

Despite their rocky history, Detective Claire Codella and Precinct Detective Brian Haggerty come together when senior churchwarden Philip Graves's bloody body is found lying in the herb garden of historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side just two days before Good...
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The Essence of Malice: A Mystery

ASHLEY WEAVER · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the next installment in the Amory Ames mystery series. The Essence of Malice is filled with her trademark style, wit and clever plotting, sure to delight and charm traditional mystery fans."In this highly enjoyable and engrossing...
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Kill the Heroes

David Thurlo · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Charlie Henry, co-owner of a pawnshop and Iraq war veteran, has, for the most part, settled into his somewhat quieter life in Albuquerque. He is invited to attend the dedication of a memorial in a park, where he, other local heroes, and first responders are to be honored for their military...
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Pretty, Nasty, Lovely

ROSALIND NOONAN · Kensington
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Sisterhood has a price . . .Pledging to Theta Pi at Merriwether University seemed to offer Emma Danelski a passport to friendship, fun, and popularity. But the excitement of pledge training quickly fades, as does the warmth of her so-called sisters. What's left is a stifling society...
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The Way of All Flesh

Ambrose Parry · Canongate Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder.Young women are being discovered dead across the Old Town, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. In the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.Simpson's...
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A Mask of Shadows: A Novel

OSCAR DE MURIEL · Pegasus Books
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Edinburgh's most unlikely detective duo -- "Nine-Nails" McGray and Inspector Ian Frey -- must try to solve a murder mystery on the Scottish stage, as a new production of Macbeth is attracting the machinations of a serial killer . . . Edinburgh, 1889. The Scottish Play is coming...
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Bullseye: SEAL

Carol Ericson · Harlequin Intrigue
Pages: 256
Format: Mass Market Paperback

A navy SEAL's mission is to protect a vulnerable target, not give in to temptation ... Saving Gina De Santos from attempted kidnappings is one thing. But navy SEAL sniper Josh Elliott's assignment requires getting close to the ravishing widow to ascertain what she knows. And that...
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The Long Deception

Hoge Raad. · Little A
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback

The sudden death of a childhood friend forces a woman to rethink her own life - and make an impossible decision.Alison Eastlake has come a long way from the wild days of her youth in England. Now, instead of streaking her hair purple, dreaming of becoming an artist, and sneaking cigarettes...
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The Mars Room: A Novel

RACHEL KUSHNER · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Gritty, empathetic, finely rendered, no sugary toppings, and a lot of punches, none of them pulled." - Margaret Atwood via Twitter "A page turner ... one of those books that enrage you even as they break your heart." - The New York Times...
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Headhunter

Nick Oldham · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover

Accused of murder, former marine and disgraced ex-cop Steve Flynn is on the run - and on the hunt ... Wanted for murder, Steve Flynn finds himself on the run, alone and without resources, driven only by a burning desire to avenge himself on the men who murdered his girlfriend. Ex-cop...
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Lola: A Novel

Melissa Scrivner Love · Crown
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing debut crime thriller about an unforgettable woman who combines the genius and ferocity of Lisbeth Salander with the ruthless ambition of Walter WhiteThe Crenshaw Six are a small but up-and-coming gang in South Central LA who have recently been drawn into an escalating war between...
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In the Hush of the Night

Raymond Benson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a gritty, riveting tale of modern crime, featuring a female FBI agent embroiled in a Russian human trafficking case. Chicago Special Agent Annie Marino examines the case of a dead young woman who possesses a tattoo Annie has come across...
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Spook Street

Mick Herron · Soho Crime
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but don't remember they're secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good? These are the questions River Cartwright must ask when his grandfather, a Cold...
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NYPD Red 5

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller The richest of New York's rich gather at The Pierre's Cotillion Room to raise money for those less fortunate. A fatal blast rocks the room, stirring up horrifying memories of 9/11. Is the explosion an act or terrorism--or a homicide? A big-name female...
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Out of Season: A Novel

Antonio Manzini · Harper Paperbacks
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A clever, engaging new novel from bestselling Italian author, Antonio Manzini, following the dashing deputy police chief, Rocco Schiavone, who confronts his most riveting case ever.It's the bitterly cold spring season in alpine Aosta, and a girl has been kidnapped. Chiara Berguet, daughter...
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