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"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping...
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Frankie Elkin volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
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In death novel volume 58
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night...
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"We didn't call the police right away. When Mia's father doesn't come home from a walk in the local nature reserve, she doesn't think much of it. He must've turned off his phone. Or his battery died. Or he probably stopped for an errand-but doing what exactly? Soon more questions arise and it becomes clear to Mia and her family that he is missing. Or is he?"--
"We didn't call the police right away." Those are the first words of this extraordinary...
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"Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy and reclusive (but also brave and ethical) homebody in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers and End of Watch to a full-fledged, smart and occasionally tough private detective on her own in The Outsider and If It Bleeds. In this new novel, Holly once again claims the spotlight,...
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“As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find….The action never stops, the language sings and stings.”
—Washington Post
The City Primeval in Elmore Leonard’s relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the author’s much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand Master’s acclaimed crime novels. The “Alexander the Great of crime fiction”
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2023.
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English
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"Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. InBerkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs....
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Prakash Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Join the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion Dr. Watson as they unravel baffling mysteries, outwit cunning criminals, and employ razor-sharp intellect. This masterfully curated collection delivers hours of suspenseful reading, showcasing Doyle's genius for storytelling and intricate plot weaving-- a must-have for every mystery enthusiast and a timeless addition to any library. Unmatched storytelling by Arthur Conan Doyle. Witness...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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The NEW cosy crime novel from million-copy-selling author Leigh Russell! Emily and Poppy are living happily in the quaint village of Ashton Mead, where every household is friendly - with one exception. Unlike the other villagers, Silas Strang and his mother have a bad reputation. Rude and aggressive, they terrorise their neighbours and no one stops them. That is until Silas sets his sights on Emily's beloved dog Poppy, which Emily won't stand for....
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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'Boss, we've got a body...' Hardly what Detective Inspector Jack Dylan needs to hear on his day off, especially in the middle of house-hunting with his wife, Jen . Detective Sergeant Vicky Hardacre greets him at the scene, and what awaits them behind the blood-red door of Colonial House is undoubtedly a murder. Dylan is quick to identify several prime suspects but before the killer can be caught, another body is discovered, half-rotted and abandoned...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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There are no easy choices when the dark clouds gather DI Shona Oliver’s past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate - now a famous actor - comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James’s coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted James...
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ePublishing Works!
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2024.
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English
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Young Woman's Body Discovered in Library Gazebo, Lou Prophet Accused in Library Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan --1926, Pasadena, California-- When Daisy’s old nemesis, Stacy Kincaid, is found murdered in the Pasadena Public Library’s gazebo, suspicion is cast upon the one-legged Lou Prophet--former bounty hunter, current curmudgeon, and reluctant Pasadena citizen. Daisy, who has had remarkable success in the kitchen considering...
13) The Juliet Code
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Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn...
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2024.
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"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"--
15) Struck Dead
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Forensic instincts volume 10
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English
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The fragile line between life and death…
Families that will never be the same…
When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened.
But before the NYPD can establish Hillington's guilt, he himself is brutally murdered in his own home. As he lays dying, he scrawls the name Casey Woods...
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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"Thirteen-year-old new girl Anna Hunt decides to make an investigative podcast about how fellow classmate Rachel Riley went from being the most popular girl in school to the most hated"--
Anna Hunt may be the new girl at East Middle School, but she can already tell there's something off about her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social outcast. But no one, including Rachel...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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The legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case , the last book Agatha Christie published before her death. The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle--they are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together. Both Hercule Poirot and Great Styles have...
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HarperCollins / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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“ Third Rail gets off to a ripping start and never lets off the gas. Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch.”--Jess Walter, author of the best-selling Beautiful Ruins Harvard-educated Eddy Harkness was a rising star in an elite Boston Police Department narcotics unit--until he was blamed for the death of a Red Sox fan in the chaotic aftermath of a World Series win. Scapegoated and exiled, Harkness now empties parking meters in the sleepy town...
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Red Dog Press/Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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For three sleuthing sisters, crime doesn’t get much more personal than this . . . Following the successful takedown of a cheating husband, Martha, Helen, and Geri are glowing with triumph--until the news arrives that their mother has died after being the victim of a hit-and-run. But the devastated Parker sisters are determined to catch the driver. Things take an even worse turn when bodies start disappearing from the city morgue--their mother’s...
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Open Road Media
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2017.
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English
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The first three volumes of the bestselling detective series set in the twenty-second century by the legendary actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek In the twenty-second century, mankind has expanded the horizons of science and technology. But some want to go farther. Tek takes them there. It’s a bio-digital microchip more powerful and mind-altering than any other drug ever known. For those who become addicted, it’s out of this world . . ....
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