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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him--to save him....
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Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of classic murder mysteries - the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by the most famous practitioners A Penguin Classic These are not the usual suspects. When Edgar finalist Michael Sims formed the line-up for The Penguin Book of Murder, he did not include the familiar classics that you can find anywhere. Although he wanted to explore the first century of murder mysteries (from 1827 to 1924), he sought out the...
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El absorbente nuevo thriller de un narrador magistral.
¿CÓMO SE PROTEGE A LA MUJER MÁS FAMOSA DEL MUNDO?
48 horas para localizar a un asesino... pero menos para salvar a la Corona.
La misión más difícil del detective William Warwick hasta la fecha...
Londres, 1988. La fiebre monárquica causa furor en una Gran Bretaña enamorada de la «princesa del pueblo».
Scotland Yard tiene la atención puesta en el comando de élite de Protección de la...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Working for his mother, the sheriff of an idyllic Midwestern resort town, Eli North, when the body of a teenage boy is found in the lake, is drawn into an investigation related to America's opioid epidemic that becomes much more than just a hunt for a killer.
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job...
8) Knowing you
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Series
Pictures of the heart volume 3
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English
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"May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, longing to know more about her mother's heritage. When she's reunited with childhood friend Lee Munro, they become entangled in a dangerous heist involving samurai armor, and their love is threatened. Will they be able to overcome the odds against them?"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Plants, borders, and various horticultural paraphernalia make surprisingly frequent appearances in mystery plots. In this wide-ranging survey of classic and contemporary murder fiction, Marta looks at the detectives, motives, methods, opportunities, and writers that have used the garden as their point of departure. The result is a diverting and eye-opening study that deepens our appreciation of the great crime fiction writers while illuminating the...
10) The taken ones
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out. Dead silent. Memory gone. No trace of her friends. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide - a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls....
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Series
Detective Kimberly King volume 1
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by the serial killer she never caught, Detective Kimberley King leaves her job in New York and relocates to the sleepy town of Dead Woman Crossing, Oklahoma. Kimberley hopes to bring her daughter Jessica up close to her family, far from the bad memories the city holds. But her quiet new home is not the peaceful place she dreamed of. Within days of her arrival, Kimberley is called to the scene of a terrible crime: her friend Hannah, a single...
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Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 7
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
When the Hardy boys reached the caves, they came unexpectedly upon a queer old hermit.
13) The ghost orchid
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Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 39
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English
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LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinvention's a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past . . . and who can still find you. A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bright blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor...
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A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait goes missing, and to clear her name, she must unearth the town's secrets--and her own.
15) A cold trail
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Series
Tracy Crosswhite novels volume 7
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister's killer put behind bars. Now she's returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape. Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town's revitalization. And Tracy is urged by the...
17) Foxglove
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Series
Belladonna (Grace) volume 2
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate nearby. He's hellbent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago... and now he's determined to have Signa for himself, no matter the cost. Signa and her cousin Blythe are certain that Fate can save Elijah Hawthorne from prison if they will entertain his presence. But...
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Black Gat Books, a division of Stark House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They plan the perfect heist until the trailer park girls get involved. Burt, Al and Jack are fresh out of the army, living in a trailer park on the cheap. Jack sells insurance, Al races cars and Burt tends bar. But they're all restless for something else, particularly Burt, who was planning to be a doctor until his brother stole the inheritance that was going to put him through medical school. Then Burt hears about a department store that can easily...
19) One last kill
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Series
Tracy Crosswhite novels volume 10
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English
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"Tracy Crosswhite is reopening the investigation into Seattle's Route 99 serial killer. After thirteen victims, he stopped hunting and the trail went cold, stirring public outrage. Now, nearly three decades after his first kill, Tracy is expected to finally bring closure to the victims' families and redeem the Seattle PD's reputation. Even if it means working with her nemesis, Captain Johnny Nolasco. Lead detective of the original task force, Nolasco...
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"Only Murders in Gotham, the smash hit streaming show, is famous for filming in authentic New York City locations and using real New Yorkers as extras. For their latest episode, they've chosen to spotlight the century-old Village Blend and its quirky crew of baristas. But when the film crew's week of shooting delivers an actual shooting, Clare Cosi and her staff find themselves at the scene of a true crime"--
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