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Magazine, 68 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2016 - ISBN: mystscene146
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Aaronovitch, Ben
Peter Grant #6: The Hanging Tree
In London, the Tyburn gallows once stood where Marble Arch stands today. The walk there, along Oxford Street and past Mayfair mansions, was the last trip of the condemned. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy, and now both blood and ghosts have returned to the mansions of the world's super rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant.
Novel, 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st US Edition
DAW - 2017 - ISBN: 0756409675 / 9780756409678
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Allingham, Margery
The White Cottage Mystery
Eric Crowther collected secrets and used them as weapons to torture those around him, so there are plenty of suspects when he is found dead. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry will have to dig deep into everyone's past to find out who pulled the trigger.
Novel, 157 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1927)
East works for a Los Angeles drug gang. His uncle sends him and some other teens to kill a witness, connected to a major case, who is hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of a city he's never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the UK Crime Writers' Association 2016 Gold Dagger ♦ Winner of the UK Crime Writers' Association 2016 New Blood Dagger ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Novel, 290 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
When she hears that her former fiance has been arrested for a triple homicide, criminal defense lawyer Olivia Randall has no doubt he is innocent. But who would go to such great lengths to frame him, and why?
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Novel, 285 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Harper - 2017 - ISBN: 006239049X / 9780062390493
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Buzzelli, Elizabeth Kane
Little Library #1: A Most Curious Murder
Jenny's mother's little library has been destroyed. Neighbor Zoe Zola suspects local curmudgeon Adam Cane. When he's found dead in Zoe's garden, Jenny and Zoe team up to clear Zoe's name and find the real killer.
Novel, 325 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Crooked Lane - 2016 - ISBN: 1683310179 / 9781683310174
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Casey, Donis
Alafair Tucker #9: The Return of the Raven Mocker
1918: The influenza pandemic is sweeping through Boynton, Oklahoma. When her daughter Alice's neighbors unexpectedly succumb, something about the way they died makes Alafair suspect it was poison rather than influenza.
Charlotte Holmes & James Watson #1: A Study in Charlotte
Ages 13 and up. At a Connecticut prep school, someone is committing crimes based on Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and framing students Charlotte Holmes and James Watson (descendants of the Great Detective and his companion). With danger mounting and no one else they can trust, they set out to uncover the truth.
Recommended by Elizabeth
Novel, 321 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Harper - 2017 - ISBN: 0062398911 / 9780062398918
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Coleman, Reed Farrel
Gus Murphy #1: Where It Hurts
When TJ Delcamino's battered body is discovered in the woods, the police don't seem interested in pursuing the killer, so ex-con Tommy Delcamino turns to retired cop Gus Murphy for help. Gus discovers everyone TJ knew seems to have something to hide - and so do the police.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Thriller Award for Best Novel ♦ Winner of the 2017 Anthony Award for Best Novel ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel
Novel, 353 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Putnam - 2017 - ISBN: 0425283275 / 9780425283271
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Coleman, Reed Farrel
Gus Murphy #2: What You Break
Gus and his girlfriend Magdalena are put in harm's way when Gus is caught up in the distant aftershocks of heinous crimes committed decades ago in Vietnam and Russia.
Novel, 357 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Putnam - 2017 - ISBN: 0399173048 / 9780399173042
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Crais, Robert
Cole & Pike #16: The Promise
PI Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike team up with LA cop Scott James and his patrol dog Maggie on an investigation that leads from inner-city drug traffickers to Afghan war veterans with ties to a terrorist cell.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2016 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel
Novel, 417 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Putnam - 2016 - ISBN: 0425272850 / 9780425272855
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Daheim, Mary
Bed & Breakfast #30: Here Comes the Bribe
Judith has her hands full with unexpected family ties and a body in the backyard.
Novel, 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
William Morrow - 2016 - ISBN: 0062318306 / 9780062318305
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Davis, Krista
Paws & Claws #4: Mission Impawsible
The inn is hosting a matchmaking event for pet owners, and Holly's grandmother is hoping to play Cupid for her granddaughter. Unfortunately, what Holly finds is a dead guy. Includes recipes.
Novel, 284 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley - 2017 - ISBN: 1101988568 / 9781101988565
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Dorsey, Tim
Serge Storms #19: Coconut Cowboy
Obsessed with 1960s classic film Easy Rider, Floridaphile serial killer Serge Storms mounts his motorcyle - with Coleman literally riding shotgun - and sets a course for the Florida panhandle, in search of the real America.
Novel, 412 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
William Morrow - 2017 - ISBN: 0062656317 / 9780062656315
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Douglas, Carole Nelson
Midnight Louie #28: Cat in an Alphabet Endgame
A resurgence of the long-vanquished Las Vegas mob could have Temple searching for an undertaker rather than a Justice of the Peace. Luckily, Midnight Louie and the Las Vegas Cat Pack are planning their finest moments to bring down the baddies.
Novel, 301 pages, Trade Paperback, Print on Demand
A local writer is found dead in the bookshop moments before a scheduled reading of the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Daisy will need to rely on Poe's works to solve the murder, with some help from her trusty cat Emerson and shop crow Faulkner
Novel, 323 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley - 2016 - ISBN: 0451477456 / 9780451477453
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Fowler, Christopher
Bryant & May Peculiar Crimes Unit #12: Bryant & May and the Burning Man
In the weeks before Guy Fawkes Day, riots are sweeping the streets of London, and detective Arthur Bryant is convinced the seemingly separate incidents are connected. Confined to his bed after surgery, his investigation leads him to the unit's case history, where he uncovers solutions to ten previously unsolved cases that relate to the events unfolding in the present.
Novel, 410 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Bantam UK - 2016 - ISBN: 0857502352 / 9780857502353
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Freeman, Brian
Jonathan Stride #7: Goodbye to the Dead
When detective Serena Dial witnesses a murder outside a Duluth bar, she stumbles onto a case with roots that go all the way back to the last year of Cindy Stride's life.
Novel, 402 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Quercus - 2017 - ISBN: 1681443066 / 9781681443065
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Gardner, Erle Stanley
Cool & Lam: The Knife Slipped
A tale of adultery and corruption, of doublecrosses and triple identities, that was meant to be the second in the series, but was shelved when the publisher objected to (among other things) Bertha Cool's behavior.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original
Novel, 238 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Hard Case Crime - 2016 - ISBN: 1783299274 / 9781783299270
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Gilliland, Rhonda (editor) / Mallory, Michael Allan (editor)
Cooked to Death: Tales of Crime and Cookery
Midwestern authors serve up murderous tales revolving around food, accompanied by recipes that have been tried and proven entirely non-lethal.
Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned, to spend the rest of their careers pushing paper. When one of them is kidnapped and held for ransom, they must breach the security of MI5 headquarters and steal intel to exchange for their comrade's safety. Along the way, they uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves a group of private mercenaries as well as the highest authorities in the Secret Service.
Awards: ♦ Shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association 2016 Gold Dagger (best novel) ♦ Shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association 2016 Steel Dagger (best thriller)
Novel, 343 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
The owner of a New Age gift shop is being threatened. When things escalate to murder, the Wiccan community turns to Keli for help. Can she stop the harassment and catch the killer, and still maintain her privacy about her religion?
Novel, 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
1979: A man's body has been found in the blue lagoon. Apparently the victim fell from a great height. Was he thrown out of an airplane? Detective Erlendur is also asked to investigate the case of a girl who vanished on her way to school forty years earlier.
Novel, 345 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Picador - 2017 - ISBN: 1250111439 / 9781250111432
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James, Miranda
Cat in the Stacks #07: No Cats Allowed
When the irritating new library director's body is discovered, the list of suspects is long. Things take a turn for the worse when a threatening email throws suspicion on Melba. Can Charlie and his Maine Coon cat Diesel clear their friend's name?
Novel, 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Berkley - 2017 - ISBN: 0425277755 / 9780425277751
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Lansdale, Joe R.
Hap & Leonard #09: Honky Tonk Samurai
Hap Collins is a former 1960s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel. Leonard Pine is a tough, gay, black Vietnam veteran and Republican. Lilly Buckner brings a cold case to their new PI office: she wants them to look for her missing granddaughter. They discover that the used car lot where the young woman worked is a front for a prostitution ring, and the mystery of her disappearance only deepens from there.
Novel, 340 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Little, Brown Mulholland - 2017 - ISBN: 031632941X / 9780316329415
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Lee, J.M. (Jung-Myung)
The Investigation
Korea, 1944: As young prison guard Watanbe Yuichi investigates the murder of another guard, he begins to discover what is really going on inside this violent institution which few inmates survive - and becomes determined to protect a poet whose works hold great beauty.
Novel, 327 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Pegasus - 2016 - ISBN: 1681772515 / 9781681772516
Book Condition: New.
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Mankell, Henning
Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being
An autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life.
Nonfiction, 303 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Vintage - 2017 - ISBN: 0525432159 / 9780525432159
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Marsh, Ngaio
Roderick Alleyn #29: Last Ditch
Ricky Alleyn, now twenty-one, has relocated to a secluded island to write a novel. When he stumbles across a murder and then gets himself kidnapped, Inspector Alleyn heads to the island to get to the bottom of things.
Novel, 264 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1977)
Exhausted from the stresses of family life, wealthy Sybil Foster heads to a local hotel that specializes in soothing shattered nerves. When she's killed, Inspector Alleyn has a real puzzler on his hands.
Novel, 269 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1978)
On a visit to a lavish island estate in New Zealand, Inspector Alleyn winds up investigating when a diva is murdered. Soprano Isabella Sommita was widely loathed, and Alleyn finds himself with an abundance of suspects.
Novel, 248 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1980)
When a young woman is murdered in a darkened cinema, DI Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy find themselves pursuing a killer who has no qualms about slaying his victims in public.
Novel, 381 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
Rusty Mason, scion of one of Nantucket's wealthy summer families, fled the US under a legal cloud a decade ago. So what was he doing back on Nantucket, and who murdered him? Thirty-two-year-old detective Merry Folger, the daughter and granddaughter of local police chiefs, investigates.
Recommended by Elizabeth
Novel, 356 pages, Trade Paperback, 2nd Edition (rewritten from the 1994 edition)
When a fishing boat captain is swept overboard during a spring storm, his death is pronounced an accident. But his daughter Del isn't convinced, and turns to her old friend, police detective Merry Folger, for help.
Novel, 331 pages, Trade Paperback, 2nd Edition (rewritten from the 1995 edition)
After being named the only female US commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1900, Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer enlists Emily to act as her social secretary. Emily investigates when several young women meet untimely deaths and a member of the Palmer's circle is accused of the crimes.
Novel, 257 pages, Trade Paperback, Print on Demand
Allium - 2016 - ISBN: 0996755837 / 9780996755832
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New036217
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Moffat, Steven (writer) / Gatiss, Mark (writer) / Jay. (artist)
Sherlock: A Study in Pink
Manga adaptation of the TV episode.
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Titan - 2017 - ISBN: 1785856154 / 9781785856150
Book Condition: New.
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$12.99
Nesbø, Jo
Midnight Sun
A wayward hitman, calling himself Ulf, arrives in a tiny town in northern Norway, where the locals ask few questions and supply him with food, shelter, and a gun. Once a fixer for a cruel drug lord, Ulf has become a man his boss needs fixed. Can this strange town offer Ulf a chance at redemption while he awaits the arrival of those hunting him?
Novel, 260 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
In County Cork, the O'Sullivans run a family bistro. When they unlock the shop one morning and discover a dead body at one of the tables, Siobhan sets out to solve the crime and restore the bistro's reputation.
Novel, 344 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
When a Jewish teacher is shot to death, and a few hours later two Jewish boys go missing, Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht of the Stockholm police face their toughest challenge ever.
Novel, 484 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Washington Square - 2016 - ISBN: 1476734062 / 9781476734064
Book Condition: New.
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Parker, Robert B. - of interest: Knott, Robert
Cole & Hitch #08: Blackjack
There's new trouble in Appaloosa: Boston Bill Black, owner of the new casino. The man vanishes when word comes through he's wanted for murder. It's up to territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch to track him down.
Novel, 353 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Putnam - 2017 - ISBN: 1101982527 / 9781101982525
Book Condition: New.
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Pattison, Eliot
Shan Tao Yun #08: Soul of the Fire
Startled to be chosen to fill a vacancy on an international commission investigating Tibetan suicides, Shan Tao Yun soon learns that his predecessor was murdered, and that the commission is presenting self-immolation protests as acts of crime and terrorism. When he discovers that the most recent immolation was actually a murder, he must make a desperate effort to uncover the commission's secrets.
Novel, 292 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2017 - ISBN: 1250118611 / 9781250118615
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New036714
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Pavone, Chris
The Expats
When her husband is offered a job in Luxembourg, Kate Moore jumps at the chance to leave her own double life behind. But when another American couple arrives, she grows to suspect that they are not who they claim to be. Is her own past catching up with her? Kate begins to dig, and uncovers a mind-boggling long-play con that threatens her family and her life.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2013 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author ♦ Winner of the 2013 Anthony Award for Best First Novel ♦ Finalist for the 2013 Thriller Award for Best First Novel ♦ Shortlisted for the 2012 UK Crime Writers' New Blood Dagger
Novel, 498 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2012 HC
When a bomb goes off during an important - and secret - police raid, killing several officers, Pitt investigates. The evidence trail leads him straight to a deadly crime in the drawing rooms of London's elite.
Novel, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
On a trip to an auction, a silver samovar gives Lee visions of murder. Guided by her gift and by her wise tabby cat, Lee sets out to catch the killer. Includes recipes.
Novel, 367 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Sid and Ronnie Abel are a married detective team. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins. The couples have little in common, until they're both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. The Abels have been hired to crack the case - and the Hoyts have been hired to make sure that doesn't happen.
Novel, 356 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Five years ago, a gigantic meteorite - actually a complex organism from the reaches of space - implanted itself deep under the ocean. Now it's growing, and the mission to save the planet requires Gideon's expertise with nuclear weapons. He and his team soon discover the organism has no intention of going quietly.
Novel, 371 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Grand Central - 2016 - ISBN: 1455525871 / 9781455525874
Book Condition: New.
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Rankin, Ian
John Rebus #20: Even Dogs in the Wild
After a lawyer is killed during a robbery, DI Siobhan Clarke discovers a note indicating the attack might not have been random. When local gangster Big Ger Cafferty receives an identical message, Clarke calls in the recently retired John Rebus to help. Together the two old adversaries might just stand a chance of saving Cafferty's skin.
Novel, 347 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Back Bay - 2016 - ISBN: 0316342548 / 9780316342544
Book Condition: New.
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$15.99
Rollins, James (aka Clemens, James)
SIGMA Force #12: The Seventh Plague
Publisher's signed edition with signature page tipped in; 'Signed First Edition' sticker on front of jacket. After two years, a missing archaeologist reappears in the Egyptian desert, but dies before he can explain what happened. But something had begun mummifying his body while he was still alive. It's up to SIGMA Force to figure out what's going on.
Novel, 425 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
William Morrow - 2016 - ISBN: 0062381687 / 9780062381682
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New035642
$27.99
Ross, Barbara
Maine Clambake #5: Iced Under
Julia and her mom are hunkered down for the winter when a package arrives, containing a valuable family heirloom that disappeared in the 1920s. Who could have sent it, and why? Includes recipes.
Novel, 294 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Rose delivers a customer's purchase just in time to see the man murdered by his wife. She is knocked out, and when she wakes up, the police don't believe her - the wife has evidence showing that he ran off with another woman. It's up to Charlotte's Angels to uncover the truth.
Novel, 291 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley - 2017 - ISBN: 1101991208 / 9781101991206
Book Condition: New.
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$7.99
Shelton, Paige
Scottish Bookshop #1: The Cracked Spine
f. Delaney is excited about starting a new job in Edinburgh, at a rare book and manuscript shop. When a precious artifact goes missing and a coworker's sister is murdered, Delaney decides to apply some American ingenuity to the case.
Novel, 279 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
St. Martin's - 2017 - ISBN: 1250118220 / 9781250118226
Book Condition: New.
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Tursten, Helene
Irene Huss #8: The Treacherous Net
Inspector Huss faces a sudden influx of cases: a teen's body found in the woods; a mummified body in a bricked-up chimney; and the city's ongoing problem with gang violence. When another dead teen is found, the investigation takes Irene and her colleagues deep into a shadowy world of online predators.
Novel, 306 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Erica planned to keep her winter visit to Otter Lake free of sleuthing and hijinks, but a guest has been murdered at her mother's retreat. With the island snowed in, Erica has to muster up some investigative skills to reveal the killer.
Novel, 322 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
St. Martin's - 2017 - ISBN: 1250077796 / 9781250077790
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New036629
$7.99
Walters, Minette
The Cellar
For years, the Songolis have kept Muna as a slave in their British household. When their son fails to come home from school, and Scotland Yard arrives to investigate, they pretend she is their daughter. But she doesn't know how to read or write, and cannot speak English. Or at least that's what the Songolis believe.
Novel, 177 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
The pedophile who raped Scottsdale PI Lena Jones when she was a foster child has been released from prison. When the man's wife (who knew about his crimes but did nothing) and then the man are found gruesomely murdered, suspicion falls first on Lena, and then on the man's other victims.
1938: When the German government agrees to release a British citizen from Dachau, the British Secret Service sends Maisie to collect the man. In the heart of Nazi Germany, she encounters unexpected dangers.
Novel, 285 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
