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I hear the sirens in the street  by Adrian McKinty

I hear the sirens in the street

Adrian McKinty

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Detective Inspector Sean Duffy returns for the incendiary sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground". Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. But a torso in a suitcase is pretty close. Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. A tattoo....

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Die trying  by Lee Child

Die trying

Lee Child

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Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm.And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach.Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know...

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Hard dough homicide  by Olivia Matthews

Hard dough homicide

Olivia Matthews

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"Spice Isle Bakery owner Lyndsay Murray is always looking for new ways to grow her family's business. But she already regrets agreeing to host the retirement dinner for local high school principal Emily Smith. The tyrant used to be her mother's boss and they...

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Death at the terminus  by Edward Marston

Death at the terminus

Edward Marston

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"1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at York station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil when an explosion ripsthrough the brake van of the train killing...

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The nurse's secret  by Liz Lawler

The nurse's secret

Liz Lawler

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"'My husband has been murdered. Everyone thinks I did it. Now I have to prove my innocence but I can't tell the truth. Because then I'd have to confess who I really am ... My name is Sarah Shaw. I'm a nurse. I'm working at the hospital on my usual night shift...

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The tumbling girl  by Bridget Walsh

The tumbling girl

Bridget Walsh

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"1876, Victorian London. Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found brutally murdered. She enlists the help of private detective Albert Easterbrook to help her find justice. Together they...

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Six ostriches  by Philipp Schott

Six ostriches

Philipp Schott

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"It's springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object. (Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the...

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Sepulchre Street  by Martin Edwards

Sepulchre Street

Martin Edwards

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"London, 1930s: Rachel Savernake is attending renowned artist Damaris Gethin's latest exhibition, featuring live models who pose as famous killers. But that's just the warm-up act... Unsure why she was invited, Rachel is soon cornered by the artist who asks...

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The vanishing hour  by Seraphina Nova Glass

The vanishing hour

Seraphina Nova Glass

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"When a string of missing persons brings two strangers to her inn, Grace Holloway, a trauma survivor, realizes she can help, and when the truth is revealed, the three of them might need to take matters into their own hands for justice to be...

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Between two strangers  by Kate White

Between two strangers

Kate White

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"Struggling artist Skyler Moore is flabbergasted when she receives a suspicious phone call from a lawyer she's never met regarding a 'private matter.' As soon as she arrives at the law firm's office, she learns she's the recipient of a large inheritance, a...

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Killing me  by Michelle Gagnon

Killing me

Michelle Gagnon

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"Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer - she's savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she's more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she's...

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Killing moon  by Jo Nesbø

Killing moon

Jo Nesbø

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"Two young women are missing. Strangers to each other, but last seen at the same party. When the body of one of them is found with fresh stitches along her hairline the hunt is on to find a murderer with particular tastes. Catching this criminal calls for a...

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The guest  by Emma Cline

The guest

Emma Cline

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"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources...

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The birthday party  by Laurent Mauvignier

The birthday party

Laurent Mauvignier

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"Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbor,...

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A wreath of red roses  by Karen Baugh Menuhin

A wreath of red roses

Karen Baugh Menuhin

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"A mediaeval moated Manor, and a series of strange deaths. Scotland Yard take an interest, and decide Lennox and Swift can investigate, but nothing is as simple as it looks and the bright days of Spring take a sinister turn. Barton-Regis is without an heir,...

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Cruel tides  by Maria Adolfsson

Cruel tides

Maria Adolfsson

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"Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby is not the only person to have returned to her native island nation, Doggerland, after years abroad. Following a ten-year hiatus, Luna has chosen to secretly record her comeback album where she was born and raised....

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Death Under a Little Sky  by Stig Abell

Death Under a Little Sky

Stig Abell

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"A detective ready for a new life. For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London. But then one day he receives a letter from his reclusive uncle - he has left Jake his property in the middle of the countryside. For Jake, it is the perfect...

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The Nightingale affair  by Timothy Mason

The Nightingale affair

Timothy Mason

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"Who is stalking Florence Nightingale and her nurses? Is it the legendary Beast of the Crimean, or someone closer to home? In 1855, Britain and France are fighting to keep the Russians from snatching the Crimean Peninsula from the Ottoman Empire, and...

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The monk  by Tim Sullivan

The monk

Tim Sullivan

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"Neurodiverse detective DS George Cross investigates the murder of a monk with a complicated past in the new thriller from Tim Sullivan."--Publisher.

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The last passenger  by Will (Novelist) Dean

The last passenger

Will (Novelist) Dean

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"Caz Ripley, a cafe owner from a small, ordinary town, boards the RMS Atlantica with her boyfriend Pete and a thousand fellow passengers destined for New York. The next morning, she wakes to discover that everyone else on board has disappeared. And that's just...

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The English Führer  by Rory Clements

The English Führer

Rory Clements

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"Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo, then blows itself to pieces. Former spy Professor Tom Wilde is enjoying peacetime in Cambridge, settling back into teaching and family life. Until a call from...

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The perfect ones  by Nicole Hackett

The perfect ones

Nicole Hackett

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"Two days after arriving in Iceland for a promotional trip, Instagram influencer Alabama Wood goes missing. With no leads, the Icelandic police start their investigation by focusing on the two influencers seemingly closest to Alabama on the trip: Celeste Reed,...

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Believe me  by Dreda Say Mitchell

Believe me

Dreda Say Mitchell

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"While working on a property dispute, lawyer Gabby is shocked to discover a name more familiar than her own on the title deeds: her mother's. But her mother died twenty-five years ago from an undiagnosed illness at forty, leaving Gabby with more questions...

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The house on Prytania  by Karen (Karen S.) White

The house on Prytania

Karen (Karen S.) White

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"Nola Trenholm may not be psychic herself, but she's spent enough time around people who are to know when ghosts are present, and there are definitely a few lingering spirits in her recently purchased Creole cottage in New Orleans. Something, or someone, is...

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The birthday reunion  by Claire Seeber

The birthday reunion

Claire Seeber

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"Four friends. One dream getaway. But who will make it out alive? When the gold-rimmed invitations arrive through the doors of best friends Simone, Hannah and Vicky they're instantly taken aback. Their ex-friend Jodie is inviting them to a lavish Mediterranean...

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Dedication to murder  by Lauren Elliott

Dedication to murder

Lauren Elliott

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"While preparing for her upcoming nuptials, bookstore owner and rare books expert Addie Greybourne makes a startling discovery in her attic that provides clues to unraveling a complex mystery in her family, setting in motion a shocking chain of events that...

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Pretty girls  by Karin Slaughter

Pretty girls

Karin Slaughter

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"More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single...

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Eye for an eye  by Nell Goddin

Eye for an eye

Nell Goddin

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"Murder follows wherever she goes.... It's just a relaxed visit to Provence to see old friends. A joyful reunion...until a murder spree breaks out in the neighborhood--and you know Molly's not going to rest until the killer is caught. But so many bodies, so...

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The night flowers  by Sara Herchenroether

The night flowers

Sara Herchenroether

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"In 1983, deep in New Mexico's Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her own...

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The twenty  by Sam (Novelist) Holland

The twenty

Sam (Novelist) Holland

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"When DCI Adam Bishop arrives at the crime scene in the dead of night, the sight of the body is bad enough--but what Adam notices next chills him to his core. More bodies surface. And the spray-painted numbers daubed above the corpses reveal the horrific...

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The monster of the mere  by Philip Purser-Hallard

The monster of the mere

Philip Purser-Hallard

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"When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London... A serene walking holiday in...

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Those empty eyes  by Charlie Donlea

Those empty eyes

Charlie Donlea

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"When you're living a lie, can you trust anything? Ten years ago, Alexandra Quinlan was the prime suspect in the massacre of her entire family. Her face was on every television show and front page, and she was given a nickname by the media: Empty Eyes. Now,...

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The lost wife  by Georgina Lees

The lost wife

Georgina Lees

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"A woman and a child arrive at a cottage in the Peak District in the dead of night. Alone. Desperate. Hunted. She knows they're coming for her. It's only a matter of time. Because her husband kept a secret from her. Until he was ready to destroy her. Now, it's...

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Nonna Maria and the case of the stolen necklace  by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Nonna Maria and the case of the stolen necklace

Lorenzo Carcaterra

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"A wealthy woman alleges a valuable necklace was stolen from her hotel room on island of Ischia. The necklace, she claims, has been in her family for decades. She blames one of the young women working on the cleaning crew as the most likely suspect-- a young...

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The senator's wife  by Liv Constantine

The senator's wife

Liv Constantine

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"After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they're ready to settle down...

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Viviana Valentine goes up the river  by Emily J. Edwards

Viviana Valentine goes up the river

Emily J. Edwards

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"Viviana Valentine--Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna--is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains...

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The rope artist  by Fuminori Nakamura

The rope artist

Fuminori Nakamura

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"Two detectives. Two identical women. One dead body--rapidly becoming two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan's underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing,...

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Double illusion  by Barbara Nadel

Double illusion

Barbara Nadel

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"When Ates Bocuk, son of a feared Istanbul gang leader, is arrested for the brutal murder of his Roma lover, feelings of vengeance are ignited among rival Turkish gangs and the Roma community. Forensic evidence is stacked against him, but Ates refuses to...

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The fall  by Louise Jensen

The fall

Louise Jensen

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"At her surprise 40th birthday party, Kate Granger feels like the luckiest woman in the world but just hours later her fifteen-year-old daughter, Caily, is found unconscious underneath a bridge when she should have been at school. Now, Caily lies comatose in...

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Presumed innocent  by Scott Turow

Presumed innocent

Scott Turow

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"When a beautiful lawyer from the prosecuting attorney's office, Carolyn Polhemus, is brutally murdered, assistant prosecutor Rusty Sabich is entrusted with the case. But he and Carolyn were much more than colleagues, and a zealous fellow prosecutor becomes...

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Trapper Road  by Rachel Caine

Trapper Road

Rachel Caine

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"Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can't protect them from. When a violent incident at Conor's school brings the press to Gwen's doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town...

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The lie  by Kathryn (Novelist) Croft

The lie

Kathryn (Novelist) Croft

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"Our new home was meant to be a chance for us to start again, to make new friends and forget the past. And as I look around the barbeque we've thrown for our neighbours, I dare to dream that things will be all right. I watch my husband joking as he flips...

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Their cold hearts  by Carla Kovach

Their cold hearts

Carla Kovach

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"Sasha loves her job finding accommodation for homeless people, and she's proud of the small but cosy apartment she rents on the good side of town. She's worked hard to leave her dark past behind her and make amends for the accident that still haunts her...

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The guilty mother  by Sam Vickery

The guilty mother

Sam Vickery

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"We've been best friends with Victoria and Russell since they first moved to Dragonfly Close. My children love Auntie Vic. We spend long summer evenings together sipping my homemade lemonade in the garden, laughing and chatting and sharing everything. But now...

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The marriage counselor  by Dea Poirier

The marriage counselor

Dea Poirier

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"As everything around me starts to blur, I go over the words once more: 'your husband is missing.' Four simple words with the power to shatter my whole world in an instant. Working as a marriage counselor I'm used to the tragedies that come out of nowhere....

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The ones who are buried  by Kerry Wilkinson

The ones who are buried

Kerry Wilkinson

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"Everyone in the small seaside town of Whitecliff knows the name Kevin Ashworth. Two boys disappeared thirty years ago - and although local teacher Kevin never admitted to knowing where their bodies are, he's been in prison ever since. Now, Kevin is finally...

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The one who was taken  by Kerry Wilkinson

The one who was taken

Kerry Wilkinson

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"In the darkness, the girl slumps against the rough tree bark. Her eyes are closed, her wrists tied. As consciousness fades, her last thought is of her best friend, and how much she regrets what she did... Seventeen-year-old best friends Nicola and Millie were...

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The one who fell  by Kerry Wilkinson

The one who fell

Kerry Wilkinson

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"Moonlight falls on the figure of the girl standing on the red-tiled roof. Her white dress and blonde hair flutter in the freezing night wind. And suddenly - she is gone. Volunteering at the local nursing home is Millie Westlake's one escape from the rumours...

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The slumber party  by Shannon Hollinger

The slumber party

Shannon Hollinger

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"We always swore nothing could break us, the friends who had each other's backs, no matter what. We were everything to each other. Until we weren't, until the night of the party when one of us died. And one of us became a killer. I've been living quietly since...

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The magistrate  by Brian Klingborg

The magistrate

Brian Klingborg

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"In Northern China, a loosely organized group of high level civil servants has a grip on the extensive graft and corruption in the Nangang district. For years, the behind-the-scenes activities of this group, the so-called Nangang Benevolent Society, has been...

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A pen dipped in poison  by J. M. Hall

A pen dipped in poison

J. M. Hall

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"Retired schoolteachers Liz, Pat and Thelma are back at their usual table at the Thirsk Garden Centre café with a brand-new mystery to solve... Curious white envelopes have been delivered to friends and neighbours. Inside are letters revealing the deepest...

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Dressed to drill  by Kate Carlisle

Dressed to drill

Kate Carlisle

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"While Shannon Hammer is thrilled to attend the premiere of the movie based on her boyfriend Mac's latest book, she can't wait to trade her killer heels for work boots and start her next renovation project in Lighthouse Cove: a quaint Victorian church that has...

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Sidney Sheldon's reckless  by Tilly Bagshawe

Sidney Sheldon's reckless

Tilly Bagshawe

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"Tracy Whitney was one of the best thieves in the business until she settled down, had a baby, and planned to spend the rest of her days quietly. When tragic news forces Tracy to face her greatest nightmare, she's more dangerous than ever. A group of global...

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The case is closed  by Patricia Wentworth

The case is closed

Patricia Wentworth

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"Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that her husband will never leave prison. After the horrors of a very public trial she's almost able to find relief in her resignation. But when new evidence suggests her spouse may be innocent after all, she hires a...

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Grey mask  by Patricia Wentworth

Grey mask

Patricia Wentworth

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"Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds...

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The snow girl  by Javier Castillo

The snow girl

Javier Castillo

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"After vanishing from the crowd at the 1998 Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City, Kiera Templeton's parents, Aaron and Grace Templeton, receive a package on Kiera's eight birthday in 2003 that only deepens the mystery surrounding what happened after...

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Lancashire hotpot peril  by Steve Higgs

Lancashire hotpot peril

Steve Higgs

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"Visiting a small Lancashire town to learn their culinary secrets, a retired detective and his former police dog dream of delicious dishes... what they get is the dead body of a famous TV chef. Instantly plunged into a mystery that threatens to test their...

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Watching you  by Arne Dahl

Watching you

Arne Dahl

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"Someone is watching. At each abandoned crime scene there's a hidden clue: a tiny metal cog, almost invisible to the naked eye. Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message, and that someone knows that only he will understand the cryptic trail. Someone...

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The neighbor  by Lisa Gardner

The neighbor

Lisa Gardner

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"A young mother, blond and pretty, vanishes from her South Boston home, leaving behind only one witness - her four-year-old daughter - and one suspect - her handsome, secretive husband. From the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Joneses'...

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Where are the children?  by Mary Higgins Clark

Where are the children?

Mary Higgins Clark

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"Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against her. She changed her name, dyed her hair, and left California for the windswept peace of Cape Cod. Now remarried,...

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Ukulele of death  by E. J. Copperman

Ukulele of death

E. J. Copperman

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"After losing their parents when they were just babies, private investigators Fran and Ken Stein now specialize in helping adoptees find their birth parents. So when a client asks them for help finding her father, with her only clue a rare ukulele, the case is...

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Murder on the home front  by Jessica Ellicott

Murder on the home front

Jessica Ellicott

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"1940. It's been a month since rector's daughter Billie Harkness left her rural village to make a fresh start in the northern city of Hull. Now she has a new home and an exciting new job as one of only two female police constables in the whole city. But Hull...

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The cargo from Neira  by Alys Clare

The cargo from Neira

Alys Clare

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"February, 1605. A series of killings shake the quiet life of Devon's Tavy Valley. Country doctor Gabriel Taverner, summoned by the coroner to examine the bodies, believes that the murders are somehow connected to a mysterious woman recently discovered in...

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Bad blood  by Lyndon Stacey

Bad blood

Lyndon Stacey

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"When freelance journalist Ben Copperfield hands his business card to a woman whose runaway horse he's helped recapture, he couldn't possibly predict the events that are triggered by this simple gesture . . . For the woman is the wife of none other than...

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Mortal arts  by Anna Lee Huber

Mortal arts

Anna Lee Huber

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"Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue - in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. After her foray into murder investigation, Kiera must journey to Edinburgh with her family so that her pregnant sister can be close to proper medical...

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Fateful words  by Paige Shelton

Fateful words

Paige Shelton

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"When Edwin, Delaney's boss at the Cracked Spine bookstore, leaves town on secret business, Delaney is called upon to guide his yearly literary tour around Edinburgh. But on the first night of the tour, at the inn where the tour group is staying, the inn...

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Such pretty flowers  by K. L. Cerra

Such pretty flowers

K. L. Cerra

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"A woman investigating her brother's apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspect - his darkly mysterious girlfriend - in this edgy Southern gothic thriller. 'Get it out of me.' It was the last message Holly received from her brother, Dane,...

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The woman before  by Jenny Moore

The woman before

Jenny Moore

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"When Fern and Paul move into the large, old house on Crenellation Lane, with beautiful high ceilings and a luscious garden, they think they've found their dream home. After the devastating loss of Fern's twin sister, it will be a fresh start and somewhere to...

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Natchez burning  by Greg Iles

Natchez burning

Greg Iles

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"Raised in the southern splendor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned all he knows of duty from his father, Dr. Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor has been accused of murdering the African American nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of...

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Lonesome Road  by Patricia Wentworth

Lonesome Road

Patricia Wentworth

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"There were times when Rachel Treherne fervently wished that her beloved father had left his fortune to somebody else, so overburdened did she feel with the administration of her estate. And never more so than now for, although she was surrounded by relatives...

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Burnt echo  by Rhys Dylan

Burnt echo

Rhys Dylan

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"In a dark, dark, hole... When the putrid smell oozing out of an old mine shaft in the Cambrian hills' 'green desert' of Wales turns out to be a corpse, DCI Evan Warlow and his team quickly slip into gear. But this is no pot-holing adventure gone wrong. Soon,...

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Gravely concerned  by Rhys Dylan

Gravely concerned

Rhys Dylan

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"In broad daylight, on a quiet rural road, six year old Osian Howells disappears from his own front garden. In the blink of an eye he's a missing person, taken, in the words of a headline hungry press, for nefarious purposes. DCI Evan Warlow knows that the...

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Suffer the dead  by Rhys Dylan

Suffer the dead

Rhys Dylan

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"Nothing bad ever happens in the countryside... right? When a farmer and his son go missing whilst chasing rustlers, DCI Evan Warlow and his team are called in to investigate. Everything points to a botched raid by heartless thieves, but with no bodies, and...

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A mark of imperfection  by Rhys Dylan

A mark of imperfection

Rhys Dylan

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"Evan Warlow is a man with enemies. When two of his most vicious critics turn up dead in a macabre tableau, difficult questions need to be asked. The uncomfortable answers lead Evan and the team back to his roots and an old case that has haunted him for years....

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The birdcage murders  by Karen Baugh Menuhin

The birdcage murders

Karen Baugh Menuhin

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"Major Heathcliff Lennox is called in, along with ex Detective Inspector Swift, to help the police investigate a macabre death. The dead man is Lord De Ruyter, a man inextricably linked to the notorious Birdcage Murders. Nothing is as it appears, witnesses to...

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Cornish pasty conspiracy  by Steve Higgs

Cornish pasty conspiracy

Steve Higgs

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"Following a trail of clues to a sleepy seaside village in the southwest corner of England, retired police detective, Albert Smith, aims to prove his theory of a master criminal by catching the 'Gastrothief's' agents red-handed. With trusted former police dog,...

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Eton mess massacre  by Steve Higgs

Eton mess massacre

Steve Higgs

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"When the chef tipped to win this year's Eton Mess competition falls to his death, Albert races to investigate - surely this is the work of the Gastrothief again. However, Albert barely makes it out of the train station before witnessing another crime. With a...

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Lady's Well  by L. J. Ross

Lady's Well

L. J. Ross

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"When the ancient waters of Lady's Well in the rural village of Holystone begin to run red, it seems to be a nasty Hallowe'en prank and nothing more. But things take a sinister turn when the entire village suffers severe poisoning, and one old man turns up...

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The net of steel  by Fiona Buckley

The net of steel

Fiona Buckley

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"April, 1590. Ursula Stannard, the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, has just left Sir Francis Walsingham's funeral when she is summoned back to her childhood home, Faldene House, by her aunt. Uncle Herbert has died suddenly from natural causes,...

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Echo Lake  by Joan Sauers

Echo Lake

Joan Sauers

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"In the sleepy, scenic Southern Highlands of New South Wales, a beautiful young woman goes missing. Six years later, recently divorced historian Rose McHugh leaves the city to start a new life in the Highlands and finds a roll of film buried in her back...

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After the smoke clears  by Kylie Kaden

After the smoke clears

Kylie Kaden

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"Her family offered her a neat life of privilege and power, until Lotti turned away from her father's plans and toward what she really wanted. Now happy as a primary school teacher, Lotti may even have found the right man, a single dad, not the kind of guy who...

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Sunset and Jericho  by Sam Wiebe

Sunset and Jericho

Sam Wiebe

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"The mayor's brother is missing. A transit cop lies beaten and blinded. A new series of graffiti tags are appearing, linked to an underground group calling themselves the Death of Kings. Class warfare has broken out on the streets of Vancouver, and PI Dave...

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The wrong side of the grass  by Stephen Solomita

The wrong side of the grass

Stephen Solomita

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"It was a sure thing. A truck with a thousand cartons of cigarettes, at a wholesale price of sixty dollars each. Mike Tedesco had thought through the foolproof plan for the early-morning hijacking. The only tricky part was disabling the GPS system that enabled...

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The fall between  by Darcy Tindale

The fall between

Darcy Tindale

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"On a hot November morning, the first body lies in a cattle trough . . . It will be another two hours before rigor mortis sets in. Until then, the slim fingers will float below the water's surface, gently bobbing, beckoning Detective Giles to come and find...

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Austin noir

Austin noir

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"You've probably heard of Austin. You may have been here for South by Southwest. Your best friend may have recently relocated here from California. You might have thought about moving here yourself, then decided it wasn't worth it to live in Texas. You may...

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We love to entertain  by Sarah Strohmeyer

We love to entertain

Sarah Strohmeyer

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"Holly and Robert Barron are attractive young real-estate investors and contestants in a competition run by To the Manor Build, the nation's most popular home renovation app. With millions in product endorsements and online followers at stake, they're...

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Mastering the art of French murder  by Colleen Cambridge

Mastering the art of French murder

Colleen Cambridge

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"As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight, recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather, is on her own journey of discovery. Paris isn't just the City of Light; it's the city of history, romance, stunning...

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The red dahlia  by Lynda La Plante

The red dahlia

Lynda La Plante

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Detective Anna Travis is working on a horrific, brutal murder case that has created a media frenzy. The victim, Louise Pennel, a 24-year-old, single, 'fun-loving' girl, was last seen in a London night club wearing a sequinned mini-dress and a red rose in her...

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The crime that binds  by Laurie Cass

The crime that binds

Laurie Cass

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"Late March is prime reading weather in the small northern Michigan town of Chilson. Though snowfall and cloudy skies deter outdoor activities, life inside the bookmobile is warm and cheerful. But as Minnie and Eddie are making the rounds to deliver comforting...

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Blackpool rock bloodshed  by Steve Higgs

Blackpool rock bloodshed

Steve Higgs

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"Arriving in the famous English seaside resort, Albert plans only to reminisce about a childhood holiday more than seventy years in the past. While there he will eat the town's most famous creation - the sugary treat known as rock. But when he walks into a...

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Dundee cake deception  by Steve Higgs

Dundee cake deception

Steve Higgs

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"Snoozing on the train ride into Dundee, a horrified scream tears both Albert and Rex from their dreams and back to reality... where they discover a woman has just witnessed a murder. It would be easy to dismiss her claim; she saw something in the window of a...

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Death of a Yorkshire Pudding  by Steve Higgs

Death of a Yorkshire Pudding

Steve Higgs

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"After the drama in Biggleswade, our crime-busting duo head to York for the annual Yorkshire pudding competition and a well-earned rest ... ... well fat chance of that because they interrupt a violent robbery before they can even get to the venue. When Albert...

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The murder room  by P. D. James

The murder room

P. D. James

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"When Commander Dalgliesh is persuaded by an old friend to visit the Dupayne, a small private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath, he can have no idea that he will return to it one week later under very different circumstances. One of the family trustees has...

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Evidence  by Jonathan Kellerman

Evidence

Jonathan Kellerman

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"In the half-built skeleton of a monstrously vulgar mansion in one of L.A.'s toniest neighborhoods, a watchman stumbles on the bodies of a young couple-murdered in flagrante and left in a gruesome postmortem embrace. Though he's cracked some of the city's...

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Hide  by Lisa Gardner

Hide

Lisa Gardner

Book

"Annabelle Granger was seven years old when it first happened. She arrived home to find the suitcases packed and her parents desperate to flee their home. Then followed years spent running, from what, or who, she doesn't know, just an endless blur of new faces...

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The rush  by Michelle Prak

The rush

Michelle Prak

Book

"The first drops start to fall when Quinn spies the body. With no reception and nothing but an empty road for miles, does she stop to help or keep driving to safety? Back at the iconic country pub where Quinn works, Andrea is sandbagging the place in...

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The money club  by Fiona Lowe

The money club

Fiona Lowe

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"Izzy Harrington's fiancé is a successful entrepreneur and everyone's friend, but today she's waiting for him to get home so she can tell him they're over. Except Brad never arrives. Instead, three angry men knock on the door and insist on talking to Brad....

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Murder on Bedford Street  by Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

Murder on Bedford Street

Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

Book

"Nobody could accuse Frank Malloy of being a snob. As a former Irish Catholic policeman, he was, in fact, the kind of person snobs usually looked down on. He might be a millionaire now, but lots of people still looked down on him because he'd always be Irish...

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Playing it safe  by Ashley Weaver

Playing it safe

Ashley Weaver

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"As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell - formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country - is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She...

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For you and only you  by Caroline Kepnes

For you and only you

Caroline Kepnes

Book

"Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he's writing them. And he's off to a good start. Invited to join a tight-knit writing fellowship at Harvard, Joe thinks he's finally found a place where talent matters more than pedigree. Where...

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Dying breath  by Liz Mistry

Dying breath

Liz Mistry

Book

"The killer is closing in, can she find him before he finds her? When Detective Nikki Parekh receives a set of threatening postcards, she knows it can only mean one thing. The man who escaped arrest after murdering her mother two years ago is back. Each...

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Don't look back  by Jo Spain

Don't look back

Jo Spain

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" For one week, everything in Luke Miller's life is perfect. Surprised with a belated honeymoon by his wife, Rose, he's had seven days with her in a Caribbean paradise. It's more than he ever thought he'd deserve. But as they pack their bags, Rose breaks down,...

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The democracy game  by Riley Chance

The democracy game

Riley Chance

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"Populist political parties are increasing their influence across the world. It couldn't happen in New Zealand, could it? Journalist Grace Marks is investigating two unrelated stories - New Zealand's alt-right, and the emergence of a new organisation,...

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Adrift  by Lisa Brideau

Adrift

Lisa Brideau

Book

"Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat in the remote Pacific Northwest with no memory of who she is or how she got there. She finds a note, but it's more warning than comfort: Start over. Don't make yourself known. Don't look back. Ess must have answers. She sails...

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The messenger  by Megan (Novelist) Davis

The messenger

Megan (Novelist) Davis

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"Wealthy and privileged, Alex has an easy path to success in the Parisian elite his father mingles with. But the two have never seen eye to eye. Desperate to escape the increasingly suffocating atmosphere of their apartment, Alex seeks freedom on the streets...

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Hard rain  by Samantha Jayne Allen

Hard rain

Samantha Jayne Allen

Book

"In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as...

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