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Til Death Do Us Part

Sara Fraser · Severn House Publishers
Format: Book

Matrimony. An Officer of the Honourable East India Company is greatly desirous of finding a soul-mate to share his life and fortune”. Lonely spinster Phoebe Creswell responds to an advertisement in the Worcester Herald, but are the outwardly charming Major Christophe de Langlois...
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Joe Victim: A Thriller

Paul Cleave · Atria Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback

NOMINATED FOR THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALSometimes reality can really get in the way of a good story.Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there' s no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim,...
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The Escape Room

Megan Goldin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"One of my favorite books of the year." -- Lee Child

"Cancel all your plans and call in sick; once you start reading, you'll be caught in your own escape room -- the only key to freedom is turning the last page!" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"A...

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Blind Vigil

Matt Coyle
Format: Hardcover

Blinded by a gunshot wound to the face while working as a private investigator nine months ago, Rick Cahill is now sure of only one thing: he has to start a new life and leave his old one behind. He's still trying to figure out what that life is when his onetime partner, Moira MacFarlane,...
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Dark Deeds: A Thriller

ARNALDUR INDRIDASON
Format: Hardcover

The Shadow Killer is the extraordinary second book in the compelling new series from award-winning Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, following The Shadow District. "Indridason is an international literary phenom. " -Harlan Coben "Puts Iceland on the map as a major destination...
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Tart of Darkness

Denise Swanson · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 352
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Right when Dani thinks she's hit a dead-end in her career, she unexpectedly inherits an enormous old house in a quaint college town. This gives her the perfect opportunity to pursue her true passion -- cooking! So Dani opens Chef-to-Go, preparing delicious, ready-made meals for hungry...

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The Night Child: A Novel

ANNA QUINN · Blackstone Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks -- ''a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating...
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The Jealous Kind: A Novel

James Lee Burke · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Audiobook

From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke - an atmospheric, coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korea War rages.

On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality....
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Irene: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy

Pierre Lemaitre · MacLehose Press
Format: Hardcover

Pierre Lemaitre is known for writing crime fiction with an alchemical mix of white-knuckle intensity, fearlessly unconventional plotting, and psychologically intricate character development. In Irene Lemaitre ingeniously uses five contemporary and classic literary murder scenes--from William...
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The Hidden Things

Jamie Mason · Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A hair-raising, atmospheric thriller from the acclaimed author of the "ripping good" (The New York Times) novel Three Graves Full, inspired by the real-life unsolved theft of a seventeenth-century painting.

Twenty-eight seconds.

In less than half...
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