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Double Jeopardy  by Stef Harris

Double Jeopardy

Stef Harris

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Watch out, Jack Reacher, here comes Frank Winter. Frank Winter is an ex-cop, a former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft centre living in curmudgeonly retirement with his beloved dog, Dolly. But when his daughter's killer is released on parole, Frank's...

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The only survivors  by Megan Miranda

The only survivors

Megan Miranda

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"Ten years ago, a tragic accident tore through a community. Ever since, the nine survivors, just teenagers at the time, have met on the anniversary to remember those they lost. They made a promise to keep each other safe from harm. For Cassidy, always the...

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The last dance  by Mark Billingham

The last dance

Mark Billingham

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"He's a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority - and he's the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder in a seaside hotel sees a grieving Miller return to work to solve what...

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Beware the woman  by Megan Abbott

Beware the woman

Megan Abbott

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"Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy has everything she ever wanted. When she and her husband, Jed, go to visit his father in his remote cottage, Jacy feels bathed in love by Dr. Ash, if less so by his housekeeper, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt. Then...

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Missing persons  by David Barry

Missing persons

David Barry

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"A young man's drinking binge sets in motion a sequence of violent and lethal crimes, leading Swansea detective, DI Harry Lambert, suspecting foul play in a suicide verdict, to continue his own investigations. Lambert is warned off the case by a Serious...

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The wrecking bar  by David Barry

The wrecking bar

David Barry

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"Investigating a series of gruesome murders, Swansea police detective, Harry Lambert, discovers the victims are a ring of paedophiles who have been targeted by a serial killer. When the truth about the victims' years of abuse becomes apparent, it stirs up...

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Lady Odelia's secret  by Jane Steen

Lady Odelia's secret

Jane Steen

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"Do you ever really know your family? In the 1880s a sixth daughter learns not to ask for much, even if she's the daughter of an earl. Even if she married the richest man in her corner of Sussex. Even if she's now a widow with a splendid Georgian mansion. Lady...

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A killer in the Crystal Palace  by Deb Marlowe

A killer in the Crystal Palace

Deb Marlowe

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"A grand showcase for technology, art, design and. . . murder. London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over--and Miss Kara...

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Final term  by Leigh Russell

Final term

Leigh Russell

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"When a pupil accuses a teacher of molesting her, his career and marriage are threatened... The girl's corpse is discovered in the woods, and the teacher becomes a suspect in a murder enquiry. The victim's best friend is then murdered so she cannot reveal the...

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Where the guilty hide  by Annette Dashofy

Where the guilty hide

Annette Dashofy

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"On the shore of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, a body lays half hidden, the waves slowly moving it with the rising tide... In the early morning mist, freelance photographer Emma Anderson takes pictures of the rocky coastline. She moved to Erie to escape a past that...

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Death in a Shetland lane  by Marsali Taylor

Death in a Shetland lane

Marsali Taylor

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"Days before the final Shetland fire festival, in broad daylight, a glamorous young singer tumbles down a flight of steps. Though it seems a tragic accident, sailing sleuth Cass Lynch, a witness at the scene, thought it looked like Chloe sleepwalked to her...

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The younger woman  by Mandy Byatt

The younger woman

Mandy Byatt

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"She knows him better than anyone. She doesn't know him at all... Lottie and Nick once had a dream marriage, but a series of failed IVF attempts has left Lottie feeling insecure, and her paranoia is further stoked by the arrival of a new starter at Nick's...

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Web of lies  by Paul Gitsham

Web of lies

Paul Gitsham

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"When mother-of-two Louisa doesn't return home from work one night, her husband raises the alarm. Investigating the workshop where she ran her mail-order business reveals signs she was taken by force - and DCI Warren Jones is put on the case. As Warren and his...

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The vanishing of Class 3B  by Jackie Kabler

The vanishing of Class 3B

Jackie Kabler

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"One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head off on a much-anticipated day trip. But as night falls and the well-heeled parents - one or two of them famous, as well as wealthy - wait at the school to...

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The serial killer's sister  by Alice (Novelist) Hunter

The serial killer's sister

Alice (Novelist) Hunter

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"She thought she'd left her past behind. She was wrong ... Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the odds and built herself the perfect life, complete with a beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a job she loves. Then a policeman...

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Murder in a heatwave

Murder in a heatwave

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"As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nightfall lingers and a sun-drenched picnic can end in panic. No matter how murderously high the temperatures rise, these stories will chill you to the bone. So...

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Lost women  by Neil Humphreys

Lost women

Neil Humphreys

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"Detective Inspector Stanley Low - belligerent, bipolar and brilliant. A Chinese-Singaporean, educated in London with a foot in both cities, his mission to eradicate violent crime wherever he finds it. Twelve women are found in the back of a truck, dumped in...

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Unsolved  by Heather Critchlow

Unsolved

Heather Critchlow

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"Thirty-five years ago two women disappeared. Now, their secrets may finally be told... Cal Lovett's sister, Margot, has been missing since he was a child. When Marc Dubois, The Woodland Killer, learns of Cal's true crime podcast, Finding Justice, he invites...

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The bones at Point No Point  by D. D. Black

The bones at Point No Point

D. D. Black

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"Thomas Austin was once a prominent NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer dubbed "The Holiday Baby Butcher." Now retired in a small beach town in the Pacific Northwest, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his...

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Date with evil  by Julia Chapman

Date with evil

Julia Chapman

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"From stolen washing to inheritance investigations, Bruncliffe's Dales Detective Agency is being inundated with cases. But with Samson O'Brien still in London helping the Met Police clear his name, and the newly appointed member of the investigations team, Ida...

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Game of mirrors  by Andrea Camilleri

Game of mirrors

Andrea Camilleri

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"Inspector Montalbano and his colleagues are stumped when two bombs explode outside empty warehouses - one of which is connected to a big-time drug dealer. Meanwhile, the alluring Liliana Lombardo is trying to seduce the inspector over red wine and arancini....

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The girls in the glen  by Lynne McEwan

The girls in the glen

Lynne McEwan

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"With her daughter on an archaeological dig, the only bodies DI Shona Oliver expects to find are long-dead. But when a corpse from the 1980s is unearthed, Shona quickly realises that it may be one of the missing 'Girls in the Glen', victim of a notorious...

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Never go back  by Jessie Keane

Never go back

Jessie Keane

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"Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate lives in separate countries: past hurts and broken promises cannot be resolved. But then a summons to Majorca and a tragic death makes Max question all that has happened to him over many...

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The chateau  by Jaclyn Goldis

The chateau

Jaclyn Goldis

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"Welcome to Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on...

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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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