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Tom Thorne novels volume 11
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English
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Struggling to adjust back to a life in service to the queen after twenty-five years as a detective, Tom Thorne is forced to work alone when he pursues suspicions that a series of elderly suicides is more sinister, a case that places his life at risk.
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Grand Central Publishing
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English
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Gabriela and Daniel, two professionals in Manhattan, have known each other for only one day when a ruthless underworld figure named Joseph confronts them on the street at gunpoint. He tells Gabriela he's kidnapped her daughter and if she doesn't pay a half million dollars and deliver a mysterious document known as the October List within 30 hours, she'll never see the young girl again.
3) Storm front
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English
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Wait a minute, laughs Virgil. Is this one of those "Da Vinci Code" deals? The secret scroll, the blockbuster revelation, the teams of murderous bad buys? Should I be boning up on my Bible verses? He looks at the cop. She's not laughing. As it turns out, there are very bad men chasing the relic. Maybe Virgil should start praying.
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Body farm mysteries volume 8
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English
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In this long-awaited prequel to his bestselling series, Jefferson Bass turns the clock back to reveal the Body Farm's creation - and Dr. Bill Brockton's deadly duel with a serial killer.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 27
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English
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Longtime fugitive Teddy Fay has managed to stay one step ahead of the law - and death - even after tangling with the likes of Stone Barrington and Holly Barker. When his newest identity seems burned, he packs up and starts a new life in New Mexico, and everything is going just fine when an unexpected complication rolls into town: Stone's son, Peter Barrington, in the midst of a road trip to Los Angeles.
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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 23
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English
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Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange linkages begin to emerge. In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clean, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised. Print run 1,000,000.
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Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 24
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English
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Gloria French was a jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, a raucous laugh and rosy cheeks. So it's quite the shock when she is found dead, murdered by a poisoned bottle of elderberry wine. Afraid the murder will be a blight on the small town, Parish councillor Jerry Tarrant hires private detective Agatha Raisin to track down the murderer.
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English
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In this emotionally powerful new entry in the vivid period mystery series, nurse Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred in India, a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling question: how can facts lie? Print run 50,000.
While tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess Crawford discovers that an officer from her father's regiment who had killed five people in...
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St. Martin's Minotaur
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English
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In line for the top position of the Shanghai Police Department, Chief Inspector Chen Cao is drawn into the investigation of a major party member's son, whose suspicious suicide in the face of corruption charges forces Chen to make a difficult choice.
13) Stranded
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Maggie O'Dell novels volume 11
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Description
Discovering the remains of a young woman in a highway ditch, FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, embark on a frantic cross-country effort to capture a serial killer who is targeting truckers and travelers at rest stops.
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 20
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English
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A summer getaway in Montana for Dave Robicheaux's family and friends is violently shattered by the arrival of serial killer and prison escapee Asa Surrette.
17) Deceived
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Hannah Smith novels volume 2
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English
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A twenty-year-old unsolved murder from Florida's pot-hauling days gets Hannah Smith's attention, but so does a more immediate problem. A museum scam is a front for a real estate power play, her entire village is in danger of being wiped out - and the forces behind it have no intention of letting anything, or anyone, stand in their way.
Hannah Smith uncovers a museum scam that is seeking contributions from her neighbors and friends in Sulfur Springs...
18) The fire witness
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Sarah Crichton books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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English
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When a medium contacts the police department with claims about a murder at a rural home for wayward girls, detective Joona Linna investigates bizarre clues only to find himself confronting more violent truths and a figure from his past.
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Sister Fidelma mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
Summoned by her brother, the king, when the body of a murdered noble is discovered near Cashel in 670 Ireland, Fidelma and her companion, Eadulf, follow clues linking the victim to a violent uprising under the leadership of a religious fanatic.
20) Eva's eye
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Inspector Sejer novels volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a man who had been missing for months, Inspector Sejer and his team discover that his death is linked to the murder of a prostitute and to Eva, a struggling artist who holds the key to solving both murders.
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