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The Mercy Rule

John Lescroart

Former San Francisco police officer Dismas Hardy is living the life his wife and kids always wanted for him. Safely enclosed within a labyrinthine downtown office, he is now working as a highly paid corporate lawyer. His quiet existen...

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Published: Aug 1999

The Vig

John Lescroart

Ex-cop, part-time investigator, and sometime bartender Dismas Hardy returns to face a death threat as he investigates the bloody disappearance of his friend Rusty Ingraham, an investigation that exposes foot-dragging police, corruptio...

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Published: Aug 2006

The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector...

Louise Penny

"Many mystery buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the type of traditional murder mystery made famous by Agatha Christie. . . . The book's title is a metaphor not only for the month of April but also for Gamache's...

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Published: Apr 2011

Mercy Street of Suspense

Mariah Stewart

New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart crafts compelling stories of romantic suspense, full of richly imagined characters, dazzling plot twists, and breathless action that keeps the pages turning. Now Stewart begins a thrill...

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Published: Feb 2009

Watchers of Time: An Inspector Ian Ru...

Charles Todd

In the latest entry in Todd's much-acclaimed series, Inspector Ian Rutledge goes to a Norfolk port town to investigate the strange death of a priest, whose obsession with the recently-sunk Titanic may have had something to do with his...

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Published: Jul 2002

In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft M...

Juliet Blackwell

Lily Ivory is living her dream of owning a vintage clothing store—and practicing magic on the side. But when she encounters a sinister sleeping spell, Lily comes face-to-face with a nightmarish evil… Taking a night off from runni...

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Published: Jul 2012

In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudde...

Lawrence Block

Jerry Broadfield knew it wouldn't be easy blowing the whistle on his fellow cops, but he didn't quite realize the full price he would have to pay to fight police corruption. When he discovers a dead prostitute in his room, he soon fin...

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Published: Jun 1992

Baby Shark

Robert Fate

In a roadside pool hall out west of Abilene, Kristin Van Dijk, 17, is forced by four thugs to watch the murder of three men, including her pool hustler father. She's assaulted and beaten and left for dead as Henry Chin, a Chinese immi...

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Published: Sep 2006

Yankee Doodle Dead (Death on Demand M...

Carolyn G. Hart

The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town. After all, murder is Annie's business--well so...

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Published: Aug 1999

Pandemic

DANIEL KALLA

When infectious disease specialist Dr. Noah Haldane is called in to investigate when a deadly new virus, the Gansu Flu, makes a sudden appearance in rural China, he discovers a lethal new disease that kills one in every four victims a...

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Published: Feb 2005

Blood Hollow (Cork O'Connor Mysteries...

William Kent Krueger

A high school student disappears into a Minnesota blizzard after a New Year's Eve party and is later found murdered. The death is pinned on her boyfriend, Solemn Winter Moon, an Ojibwa boy with a bad reputation who is clearly a victim...

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Published: Jun 2005

The Right Attitude to Rain

Alexander McCall Smith

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwi...

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Published: Jul 2007

Spackled and Spooked (A Do-It-Yoursel...

Jennie Bentley

A mystery surfaces behind the walls in the new Do-It-Yourself series. Avery Baker and her boyfriend, Derek Ellis, are flipping a seriously stigmatized house rumored to have ghosts. Soon they'll have even bigger problems—and this ren...

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Published: Aug 2009

The Romanov Prophecy

Steve Berry

Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 16, 1918. Ten months have passed since Nicholas II’s reign was cut short by revolutionaries. Tonight, the White Army advances on the town where the Tsar and his family are being held captive by the Bol...

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Published: Nov 2007

Dust to Dust (Diane Fallon Forensic I...

Beverly Connor

A woman dies under suspicious circumstances, supposedly after finding evidence of her incarcerated brother's innocence. Now to prove a possible murder, Diane Fallon must root through the victim's family secrets—and the many skeleton...

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Published: Aug 2009

The Old Fox Deceiv'd

Martha Grimes

Scotland Yard Inspector Richard Jury and his trusty partner Melrose Plant arrive in a tiny English seaside village to investigate the murder of a costumed woman who is linked to one of the most wealth and influential families in town....

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Published: Jun 2003

Bowled Over

Victoria Hamilton

Stirring up trouble…Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has been estranged from her high school best friend Kathy Cooper since they were teenagers, but she never knew what turned Kathy against her. After firew...

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Published: Mar 2013

Murder at Five Finger Light: A Jessie...

Sue Henry

Invited to a housewarming party at her friends’ recently acquired old lighthouse on the Alaskan Inside Passage, sled dog racer Jessie Arnold is delighted to spend the weekend with friends restoring the old building until a guest...

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Published: Mar 2006

Cat Trick: A Magical Cats Mystery

Sofie Kelly

Kathleen Paulson enjoys her life as a small-town librarian with two extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules, who provide companionship during the quiet times and have a remarkable talent for sleuthing when murder disturbs the peace....�...

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Published: Feb 2013

With Child

Laurie R. King

San Francisco detective Kate Martinelli agrees to help a friend locate a missing person. The friend is her partner's 12-year-old stepdaughter, Jules, and the missing person is a street urchin named Dio who always sleeps in a local par...

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Published: Mar 1997

The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel

Jo Nesbo

From one of the most celebrated crime writers in Europe comes an epic new novel, brilliant in scope and design—a deep and fearless investigation of betrayal spanning two centuries and three continents. Police Detective Harry Hole ...

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Published: Jan 2009

Smile of a Ghost (A Merrily Watkins M...

Phil Rickman

The border town of Ludlow has it all: exquisite medieval streets, an imposing ruined castle, a parish church the size of a cathedral and a weight of history and legend. Wealthy people, famous people, have come to Ludlow to live. A sad...

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Published: Nov 2006

Oh Danny Boy (A Molly Murphy Mystery)...

Rhys Bowen

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less…exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain D...

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Published: Mar 2007

Royal Flush (A Royal Spyness Mystery)...

Rhys Bowen

1930's London: Poor Lady Georgiana-thirty-fourth in line to the throne- has been sent home due to a little scandal. Now she must keep the entirely unsuitable Mrs. Simpson from seducing the Prince of Wales-and help Scotland Yard by pre...

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Published: Sep 2010

The Diva Cooks a Goose (A Domestic Di...

Krista Davis

A Scrooge steals presents right from under Sophie Winston's family Christmas tree. Then her sister-in-law's father show's up with a diva girlfriend just a month after his separation. More than one person is thinking of committing a me...

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Published: Dec 2010

Best Served Cold

Jimmie Ruth Evans

Wanda Neil is worried when her estranged brother, Rusty, arrives in town, looking to stir up trouble and settle the score with the inhabitants of Tullahoma, especially when a man is found murdered and Rusty, the prime suspect in the c...

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Published: Jan 2007

Broken Harbor: A Novel (Dublin Murder...

Tana French

The latest New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of In the Woods and Faithful Place Tana French's rise can only be called meteoric. Starting with her award-winning debut, French has scored four consecutive New York Time...

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Published: Apr 2013

Believing the Lie: An Inspector Lynle...

Elizabeth George

After writing sixteen Inspector Lynley novels, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has millions of fans waiting for the next one. As USA Today put it, "It's tough to resist George's storytelling." With Believi...

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Published: Dec 2012

The Dirty Duck

Martha Grimes

Superintendent Richard Jury has been wrong before. But when stating that 'nothing ever happens in Stratford,' he never imagined just how wrong he could be. Besides the stage murders committed nightly at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, ...

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Published: Jun 2004

Eggsecutive Orders (A White House Che...

Julie Hyzy

Chef Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket-and is feeling like a basket-case... When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Olivia Paras's staff had prepared, all forks point to them. Now the Secret Servi...

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Published: Jan 2010
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