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Boo

Neil Smith · Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Boo is the highly anticipated debut novel from one of the most incomparable voices in Canadian literature: Bang Crunch author Neil Smith. Oliver Dalrymple, nicknamed "Boo" because of his pale complexion and staticky hair, is an outcast at his Illinois middle school--more...
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In the Blood: A Novel

Lisa Unger · Touchstone
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Book of 2014, Amazon Best Book of the Month, Sun Sentinel Best Mystery Novels of 2014, Suspense Magazine Best Books of 2014 and Indie Next pick!Liar, liar, pants on fire . . . College senior Lana Granger has told so many lies about her past that...
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Golden Lane: A Novel

Benjamin Black · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to sixteenth century Prague and a story of murder, magic and the dark art of wielding extraordinary powerChristian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune...
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The Polaris Protocol

Brad Taylor · Dutton
Pages: 390
Format: Hardcover

Retired Delta Force commander Brad Taylor returns with the fifth propulsive thriller in his New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series. Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it's Jennifer's brother...
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The Martini Shot: A Novella and Stories

George Pelecanos · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 295
Format: Hardcover

Short stories and a novella from one of crime fiction's most revered writers. Whether they're cops or conmen, savage killers or creative types, gangsters or God-fearing citizens, George Pelecanos' characters are always engaged in a fight for their lives. They fight to advance or simply...
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Brownies and Broomsticks: A Magical Bakery Mystery

Bailey Cates · Signet
Format: Paperback

EASY BAKE COVEN Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. While working at the Honeybee Bakery—named...
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Hyde

Daniel Levine · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

What happens when a villain becomes a hero?Mr. Hyde is trapped, locked in Dr. Jekyll’s surgical cabinet, counting the hours until his inevitable capture. As four days pass, he has the chance, finally, to tell his story—the story of his brief, marvelous life.Summoned to life...
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The Fever

Megan Abbott · Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community.The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student....
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The Winter People: A Novel

Jennifer McMahon · Doubleday; Unabridged Version edition
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters . . . sometimes too unbreakable. West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange...
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Stop the Presses!

Robert Goldsborough · Open Road Media, 2016.
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are tasked with protecting the most hated columnist in New York City There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, the famously brilliant - and notoriously lazy - detective is inclined...
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Booked 4 Murder

J C EATON · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Never judge a book by its cover...Sophie "Phee" Kimball is not a cop. She's a divorced, middle-aged mom who works as an account clerk for the police department in a small city in Minnesota. But her retired mother, Harriet Plunkett, is convinced Phee is the only one who can solve...
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Perfidia

James Ellroy · Knopf
Format: Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER     AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARLos Angeles. December, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. War fever and racial hatred grip the city.   The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. LAPD captain William H. Parker...
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Closed For Winter

Jorn Lier Horst · Sandstone Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The summer cottages are closed and peace is settling over the coast of Vestfold, Norway, but the autumn fog conceals evil deeds. In the novel Closed for Winter, William Wisting has a new case to solve during the off-season. Ove Bakkerud, newly separated and extremely disillusioned, is looking...
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The Readymade Thief

AUGUSTUS ROSE · Viking
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"A debut novel that's unexpected, uncategorizable, unputdownable." -Robin Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour BookstoreAn addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society...
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Cat Shout for Joy: A Joe Grey Mystery

Shirley Rousseau Murphy · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Awaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet...
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