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Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense

Joyce Carol Oates - Mysterious Press
Format: Hardcover

In the title story of her taut new fiction collection, Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense, Joyce Carol Oates writes: Life was not of the surface like the glossy skin of an apple, but deep inside the fruit where seeds are harbored. There is no writer more capable of picking...
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Mister Tender's Girl: A Novel

Carter Wilson - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Paperback

How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender?At fourteen, Alice Hill was viciously attacked by two of her classmates and left to die. The teens claim she was a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender, but that could never be true: Mister Tender doesn't exist. His sinister character...
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Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1950s: Mischief / The Blunderer / Beast in View / Fools' Gold

Charlotte Armstrong - Library of America
Format: Hardcover

The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline. Though women crime...
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Dark Angel

John Sandford - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers.Letty Davenport's days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight...
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She Lover of Death

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Those Who Wish Me Dead

Michael Koryta - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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Perish the Day: A Storm Murders Mystery

John Farrow - Minotaur Books
Format: Print book

A co-ed is found murdered on campus, her body scarcely touched. The killer paid meticulous attention to the aesthetics of his crime. Coincidentally (or not) , a college custodian is also found dead. While an epic rainstorm assails the Holyoake, New Hampshire campus, overflowing rivers...
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Chaos: A Scarpetta Novel

Patricia Cornwell - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with another scintillating thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. On a hot late summer evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her investigative partner Pete Marino...
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Shanghai Redemption: An Inspector Chen Novel

Qiu Xiaolong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

"The system has no place for a cop who puts justice above the interests of the Party. It's a miracle that I survived as long as I did." For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the promises made by his job. He was both a Chief Inspector...
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Christmas Cow Bells

Mollie Cox Bryan - Kensington
Format: Mass Market Paperback

The first novel in Mollie Cox Bryan's brand new mystery series, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, will keep you guessing until the cows come home . . . Christmas is a time for new beginnings, so after her big breakup, Brynn MacAlister takes the gouda with the bad. With her three Red Devon...
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