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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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Locard Institute volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts' increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who--and what--is at the heart of the crime.
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Liars Society volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life"--
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County. Though her mother-in-law is an excellent host, Molly quickly grows bored. And when her friends Sid and Gus invite her to visit, Molly jumps at the chance to stay with them at...
5) Three
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
560 pages 20 cm
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English
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1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater, move to Paris, and never part. 2017: A car is dragged up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past reports on the case while also reflecting on the relationship between the three friends, who were unusually close when...
6) Last night
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"During a blizzard in Rhode Island, a renowned artist is found murdered and her young daughter gone missing, plunging Detective Conor Reid, his brother Tom and the woman's grieving sister into a chilling investigation"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A crackling mystery-horror novel with big-hearted characters and Southern charm with a bite, Bless Your Heart is a gasp-worthy delight from start to finish from debut author Lindy Ryan. Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It's 1999 in Southeast Texas and the Evans women, owners of the only funeral parlor in town, are keeping steady with...normal business. The dead die, you bury them. End of story. That's how Ducey Evans has...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Deadhart, Alaska. Population: 673. Living. In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven't seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know...
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Castle Knoll files volume 1
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English
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"A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece Annie must solve the crime to avenge her great aunt's death, and in so doing uncovers the dark heart of the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, where she might just find herself in the path of the...
10) Toxic prey
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls - is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest...
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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 9
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"Museums are great places to see really old stuff. The Kersville Museum has old paintings, old statues, and even old mummies that come with old curses. Sounds like a perfectly safe place to visit for family fun. Until the mummies start to disappear!"--Page 4 of cover
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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Desmond and Andres face a snowman that was built by a schoolmate but seems to have a mind of its own, as well as a snowball-throwing bully.
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English
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"The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start...
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"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm--except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
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"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Then the body of the Salters' neighbor--Duncan Ackerley is found floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, two families shattered by tragedy have secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed"--
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Frankie Elkin novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Asked by a female serial killer, with only 21 days left to live, to locate her long-lost sister who was kidnapped over a decade ago, Frankie Elkin is led to a tech mogul's remote island where she goes undercover to learn the truth and possibly save a young woman's life.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Philadelphia, 1921. When Edie Shippen returns home after spending years in California recovering from Influenza, she’s shocked to discover that her childhood sweetheart is engaged to her twin sister. Heartbroken and adrift, Edie vows to begin living her life as a modern woman—and to hell with anyone who gets in her way. But as young women start to disappear from the city, her newfound independence begins to feel dangerous.
19) Cheater
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San Diego case files volume 2
Language
English
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San Diego Detective Kit McKittrick investigates a nursing home with numerous skeletons in the closet after a resident is found stabbed to death with his apartment ransacked.
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Dr. Julia Lewis volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
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