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31061) Love Her Madly: A Novel
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A tense, death-row drama-meet brash FBI investigator Poppy Rice in Love Her Madly, the first of a winning new series by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Poppy Rice is home in her D.C. apartment with very little furniture and lots of boxes she still hasn't unpacked after five years. It's three a.m. and she's suffering from her usual insomnia. While polishing her nails, she watches a tape of the CBS Evening News-Dan Rather is interviewing convicted ax-murderer...
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I.O.U. Murder, first published in 1942 as Rough on Rats, is a noir murder mystery set in California. Private detective Anthony Martin is called in to find a missing man who left his business-partner with a large debt. Martin delves into the racy (at that time) blue movie industry, mixing tough-guy investigator with a good dose of humor. William Francis was a pseudonym for William Francis Urell (1913?-1979) who wrote 3 novels set in Los Angeles featuring...
31063) Death Of A Unicorn
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For best-selling author Lady Margaret, the past is no longer a pleasant memory. Her first lover's mysterious death and the seeming inevitability of her inheriting the family's stately home are cast in new light by secrets unwillingly revisited. The first in a series of reprints of Peter Dickinson's mysteries, this classic British mystery will win fans currently engrossed in Downton Ab-bey. Peter Dickinson has twice received the Crime Writers' Association's...
31064) What the Cluck? It's Murder
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A broody hen. A dead body. The ultimate test of a relationship.
Pet psychic Frankie Chandler finally (and reluctantly) agrees to meet Detective Martin Bower's family. All she has to do is impress the pack of sisters who raised him. Not difficult, right? The only thing at stake is her relationship with the man she loves.
The weekend at his eldest sibling's farm surpasses her worst nightmares. His former guardians excel at finding her faults. Even...
31065) Dead Ends
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Main Street Mysteries #2 A small lake town tucked into the mountains of North Carolina, picturesque Sutherton charms tourists and locals alike-though Sutherton may have more sinister secrets hiding behind its gentle Southern comfort… Back home to care for her help her mother with her main street restaurant, Annalise Griggs is mortified to run into her former lover-and his family. Driven to distraction worrying that small town mouths are wagging…tragedy...
31066) Meurtre au Manoir d'Archly
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A murder in high society. A brilliant lady detective. Will she be able to unmask the killer before an innocent takes the blame? London, 1923. Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she is penniless. Determined to gain her independence, she jumps at the chance when she is offered an atypical job: investigating her cousin's fiancé, Alfred. Alfred appeared in London's high society, but is very vague about his background. Before...
31067) South Side Genocide
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Someone is murdering black people in Chicago in record numbers. Tommy, Vicky, Tara, and Leroy trace the killers back to a national gang run buy the governor of Georgia. A new Detective arrives, and goes after Vicky with a vengeance. Lots of action and humor. Adult language, racial humor, and violence.
31068) In Farm's Way
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"An adorable pug and characters you can invest in enliven a very cherry-centric mystery." - Kirkus Reviews
When the biggest catch at the annual Ice Fishing Derby is the body of brewmaster Wallace, Shiloh must reel in the killer before her farm goes belly-up.
Shiloh Bellamy still expects the last few Winter months to be busy with repairs, spring planning, and networking with local businesses. She might even be able to broker a new partnership...
31069) Dangerous Beauty
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Ten years ago, James Prescott was found dead at a high school party. His death was ruled a homicide, but his killer was never found. Now, Taylor Sawyer returns to Pleasant Harbor for her class reunion. After being back for less than a day, one of Taylor's old friends, Emma Shaw, has gone missing and another friend, Nick Anderson, is the top suspect. As she attempts to prove Nick's innocence, Taylor reunites with old friends and her one true love,...
31070) Escape From the Future
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Less than forty years into the future, most of mankind has elected to upload themselves to digital nirvana, where they can live as many lives as they care to in parallel, in as many different fantasy worlds as they desire.A small percentage of humans, however, are loath to give up the mortal coil. These last holdouts are the escapees from the future. The question is, for how long? Will Mother, the sentient internet, be content with gentle prodding...
31071) The Black Fin Case
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For several months, Detective Greg Williams and his partner have been trying to catch the Black Fin gang. Their latest intelligence is good, so they go on their most risky raid yet. But, things go horribly wrong. While recuperating from the wounds he received during the botched raid, Detective Williams and his captain realize there might be a leak in the Portland police department. When they begin digging, things get worse for Williams.
At the urging...
31072) Un Plat Qui se Mange Froid
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UN PLAT QUI SE MANGE FROID est le 8ème tome de la populaire série de thrillers RILEY PAIGE, qui commence avec SANS LAISSER DE TRACES – un roman plébiscité par les lecteurs! C'est l'affaire classée qui hante la carrière de l'agent spécial Riley Paige. C'est une affaire qui reste toujours là, dans un coin de sa tête, et qui réclame son attention, encore et encore. La seule affaire qu'elle n'a jamais résolue. Elle pensait avoir enfin tourné...
31073) The Baron's Cufflinks
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What starts as Girl's Night Out ends in murder, and Harmony Duprie is a suspect.
She's innocent, of course, but with no alibi, the sheriff's department won't remove her from the list of suspects. It doesn't help when a waitress from the bar gets beaten up and the only clue is a slip of paper with Harmony's name on it. Throw in a rookie deputy dead set on building his reputation and Harmony must tread carefully.
But caution isn't Harmony's middle...
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When James Locker's boss the legendary Michael Fuller is forced to resign from the Central Sydney Murder Investigation unit, James' dream to become a crime detective finally comes true. James' dream soon turns into a nightmare however as his mental state is deteriorating and Sydney is plagued by a psychopathic serial killer who seems to have a personal interest in James.
31075) Una Razón Para Temer
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Del autor exitoso de misterio Blake Pierce llega una nueva obra maestra del suspenso psicológico: UNA RAZÓN PARA TEMER (Un misterio de Avery Black-Libro 4)
Cuando un cuerpo es hallado flotando debajo del río Charles congelado, la Policía de Boston convoca a su más brillante y polémica detective de homicidios, Avery Black, para cerrar el caso. Avery no se tarda mucho en darse cuenta que este no es un asesinato aislado, sino la obra de un asesino...
31076) The Conspiring Woman
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When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries. After discovering young Teddy's been taken by his mother, her worry lessens. But further investigation reveals other well-to-do women have disappeared. Have they been kidnapped? Killed? Or is there something even more sinister going on...
To muddle the mix further, the Duke of Blackford has asked to speak with Georgia when he returns...
31077) The Hit and The Marksman
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Two short novels from a master of hard-boiled storytelling Simon Crane is an ex-cop with a bad leg, a small pension, and a former lover, Joanne, who works for Sal Aiello, undisputed crime boss of a dusty southwestern city. When Aiello and his millions disappear, the city's underworld whips into a frenzy that could get Joanne killed. To save her life, Crane must find the dead mobster's cash before anyone else does. Somebody put a hit out on Aiello,...
31078) Smoking Ash
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Lester Calvin isn't your typical detective. He knows cigars, he knows Tampa, but mostly, he knows people who can help solve problems. As he likes to put it, he's "a guy, who knows a guy." But when a beautiful woman walks in and drops a load of cash into his lap for doing absolutely nothing, he lands into a world of trouble, that even his connections might not be able to get him out of. The stakes have never been higher, as Lester must discover who...
31079) A Streetcar Named Murder
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Blackmail in the Big Easy turns to cold-blooded murder in this debut cozy mystery perfect for fans of Jane K. Cleland. When the mysterious letter arrives by courier, Valerie Cooper doesn't know what to make of it. She's become the beneficiary of her late husband's estranged uncle's will-a man she never knew-and inherited a majority partnership in the family's company, New Orleans Fine Antiques. Valerie knows nothing about antiques, but she decides...
31080) Antes De Que Sienta
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De Blake Pierce, el autor de éxitos de ventas como ONCE GONE (un #1 con más de 900 críticas de cinco estrellas), llega el libro #6 en una trepidante serie de misterio con Mackenzie White.
En ANTES DE QUE SIENTA (Un Misterio con Mackenzie White-Libro 6), la agente especial del FBI Mackenzie White se topa con un caso donde las víctimas no encajan con ninguno de los perfiles que ella haya conocido hasta ahora: sorprendentemente, todas las víctimas...
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