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  • A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

    “‘A Better Man,' with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre.” ―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal"Enchanting... one of his most ennobling missions." ―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book ReviewCatastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny. It’s Gamache’s first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approach... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1250066212
    • ASIN: 1250066212
    • ISBN: 1250066212
    • Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

  • No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in Georgia—and whose killer may be hiding in plain sight. In “Not a Drill,” Reacher tries to take some downtime, but a pleasant hike in Maine turns into a walk on the wild side—and perhaps somet... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0399593594
    • ASIN: 0399593594
    • ISBN: 0399593594
    • Manufacturer: Dell

  • Brass Keys to Murder (Mystery & Suspense Short Stories Collection)

    U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steve Craig is in one hell of a mess. Being accused of murder is bad enough, but the local police are convinced he’s killed his own father. Alfred Hitchcock couldn’t have conceived a more diabolical plot for Cary Grant … and now, for Steve Craig, the plot is about to get down and dirty.Steve’s safe from the cops as long as he stays aboard his Navy ship—but the word safe isn’t in his vocabulary. He slips off the vessel and vanishes into the seamy underside of the city, determined to find out who took his father’s life … even if it means risking his own.He follows a trail of smoke and mirrors and sudden violence to the Brass Keys to Murder. With them, Steve will seek to unlock the terrible truth behind his father’s death … and an astonishing secret th... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B0094O3XJI
    • ASIN: B0094O3XJI
    • Manufacturer: Galaxy Press

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

    Number-one New York Times best seller A Reese's Book Club + Hello Sunshine on Audible Pick "I can't even express in words how much I love this book...the way it's performed on Audible just took me right back to my long summers in Tennessee. This story has a special place in my heart - I didn't want it to end." (Reese Witherspoon)  "Painfully beautiful." (The New York Times Book Review) "Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver." (Bustle) How long can you protect your heart? For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years a... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B07FSXPMHY
    • ASIN: B07FSXPMHY
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Audio

  • Seventh Chapter (A Writer's Retreat Mystery Book 7)

    Some say it was the spirt of one of the pirates that haunt the island that killed him. Others say the death was the result of greed and revenge. All that was known for certain, was that death did not come peacefully for the last inhabitant of a now deserted island. The lighthouse on Skull Island is a mysterious place steeped in legend and folklore. The lighthouse which had stood tall for over a century was abandoned when the last lighthouse keeper died under mysterious circumstances. When a friend of George's, a fellow author, disappears while researching the history and legend surrounding the now dilapidated structure, the Mystery Mastermind group pull together to find the missing writer and solve the mystery of the death of the lighthouse keeper once and for all.
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    • ASIN: B07D9TCYY1
    • ASIN: B07D9TCYY1
    • Manufacturer: Kathi Daley Books

  • The Good Lawyer: A Legal Thriller Inspired By A True Story (The Good Lawyer Series Book 1)

    An Amazon Top 10 Bestseller   #1 Thriller Bestseller   Over 1 Million Copies Sold!Inspired By A True Story "Spectacular. I have not read a book about a legal eagle this good in a long time. I absolutely cannot wait for the next in the series." Amazon 5 star review*****"A good book you cannot put down!!!!! DON'T PASS THIS BOOK UP-GREAT STORY LINE"!!!!! Amazon 5 star review*****"I'd give it 10 stars If I could and can hardly wait to read his next book." Amazon 5 star review*****INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. A young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in. ... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B007OWO0YE
    • ASIN: B007OWO0YE
    • Manufacturer: Landview Books

  • Girl in the Shadows

    Abby Silver is a temp secretary with a super memory. When she's assigned to work with an unusual detective, Abby discovers she likes investigative work. No, she loves it. Within a week, she's helping her boss (and his trusty beagle, Chewie) chase down a murder suspect. Literally. Hijinx ensue!From the author of Stormy Day and Wisteria Witches comes a cozy murder mystery featuring the highly-skilled Abby Silver, her unusual detective boss, Derek Diamond, and a brilliant beagle named Chewie.
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    • ASIN: B019S204OC
    • ASIN: B019S204OC

  • In Cold Blood: Detective Forrest Albu

    A boarding school steeped in tradition. A killer cloaked in darkness. A campus soaked in blood.For Detective Forrest, evil has a distinctive smell. When a dead girl’s severed organs are found strung from a tree, Forrest fears that French Revolution-era savagery is making a comeback…Sara Damsgaard is in debt, newly widowed, and desperate to provide for her young sister. Her new position as a boarding school headmistress seems like the perfect fresh start… if it weren't for the brutal attacks sweeping through the student body. To save the school, Forrest and Damsgaard must team up and catch the killer. When the trail of clues takes an unexpected turn, they come face-to-face with a sinister school tradition with the power to call forth a new reign of terror… If you like disturbing mys... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B0799RG65R
    • ASIN: B0799RG65R
    • Manufacturer: BUOY MEDIA

  • Dance with the Devils: Revenge: Best served bloody (Nate & Clare Book 3)

    A Brutal Murder Brings Nate Out Of RetirementAfter a savage murder leaves the crime scene looking like a slaughterhouse, Jack Mill can see he is in over his head. Fortunately, he knows just the man for the job, Nate Burns. Trouble is that Nate is retired. Regardless, Jack sets out to do what he can to bring the retired detective to Vegas. ˃˃˃ More Than A Simple RequestIt seems like a straightforward job, but it will lead Nate not only on a manhunt across the country but also back in time thirty years where he will struggle to understand the implications of the Cold War.All the while, Nate continues to struggle as he comes to terms with being medically retired from the department. Unsure who he is any longer, he hesitates to accept the challenge. For the first time, he's afraid he might ... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B07BV6822S
    • ASIN: B07BV6822S

  • Holes (Holes Series)

    Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes becaus... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0440414806
    • UPC: 042516291046
    • ASIN: 0440414806
    • ISBN: 0440414806
    • Brand: Ingram Book & Distributor
    • Manufacturer: Yearling

  • The Best Max Carrados Detective Stories

    Written during the first flowering of detective fiction, these tales of a blind sleuth combine intellectual thrills with imagination and style. Ten mysteries range in settings from Edwardian London through the early
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    Sightless detective Max Carrados solved his first cases in Edwardian London, in the early days of the 20th century when the city was the beating heart of the vast British Empire. This collection contains the very best tales of the blind sleuth, 10 adventures that range from his first challenge, "The Coin of Dionysus," to mysteries set during the World War I era and the early 1920s. Like Sherlock Holmes, Max Carrados debuted in The Strand magazine, and his stories rivaled those of the Baker Street detective in popularity. Since then, compilation volumes of the frequently anthologized tales have long

    • UPC: 55747053
    • Rating: 3.0

  • The Journey Prize Stories 28 : The Best of Canada's New Writers

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    The celebrated annual fiction collection showcasing the best stories by the best new writers in Canada, all contenders for the prestigious $10,000 Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.Like the O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and the Best American Short Stories series, The Journey Prize Stories is one of the most celebrated annual literary anthologies in North America. But what makes it unique is its commitment to showcasing the best short stories published each year by some of Canada's most exciting new and emerging writers. For more than 25 years, the anthology has consistently introduced readers to

    • UPC: 52610932
    • Rating: 3.0

  • Manhattan Mayhem : New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America

    From Wall Street to Harlem, the borough of Manhattan is the setting for all-new stories of mystery, murder, and suspense, presented by best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark and featuring an exclusive Jack Reacher story by Lee Child, as well as other takes from top Mystery Writers of America authors. In Lee Child's "The Picture of the Lonely Diner," legendary drifter Jack Reacher interrupts a curious stand-off in the shadow of the Flatiron Building. In Jeffery Deaver's "The Baker of Bleecker Street," an Italian immigrant becomes ensnared in WWII espionage. And in "The Five-Dollar Dress," Mary Higgins Clark unearths the contents
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    From Wall Street to Harlem, the borough of Manhattan is the setting for all-new stories of mystery, murder, and suspense, presented by best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark and featuring an exclusive Jack Reacher story by Lee Child, as well as other takes from top Mystery Writers of America authors. In Lee Child's “The Picture of the Lonely Diner,” legendary drifter Jack Reacher interrupts a curious stand-off in the shadow of the Flatiron Building. In Jeffery Deaver’s “The Baker of Bleecker Street,” an Italian immigrant becomes ensnared in WWII espionage. And in “The Five-Dollar Dress,” Mary Higgins Clark unearths the contents of a mysterious hope chest found in

    • UPC: 49118659
    • Rating: 3.833

  • Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare - eBook

    Cyril Hare's short stories were mostly written for the London Evening Standard. Among them, The Story of Hermione, in which the eponymous character grows rich from the all too convenient deaths of several relatives, has been called one of the most chilling short stories ever written. Sister Bessie describes vividly the agonies of a blackmail victim and the desperate crimes he commits in the hope of freeing himself from his tormentor. Miss Burnside's Dilemma describes the predicament of a person who uncovers a piece of unscrupulous, but entirely legal chicanery by someone she had previously admired. A Life for a Life explores the possibility of atonement for one's earthly sins
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    Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare - eBook

    • UPC: 595491556
    • Rating: 3.0

  • American Short Story Masterpieces : A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America's Best Modern Writers

    This collection of thirty-six classic short stories from the fifties to the eighties features works by authors such as James Baldwin, Barry Hannah, Bernard Halamud, Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth, Anne Beattie, and Tobias
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    This highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades. Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that “tells a story”–and tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether it’s the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Manson’s “Shiloh,” or the struggle with self-esteem and weight in Andre Dubus’s “The Fat Girl,” the 36 works included her probe issues that give

    • UPC: 446464
    • Rating: 5.0

  • 20 Best Fictional Detective Book Series | Recommended Reads

    Big list of the 20 best detective series books recommended for you to read if you love detective stories and crime fiction. With a central character, some of these series have more than 20 books. ...
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    Building a Mystery: Four Writers on Crafting Crime Fiction

    To celebrate the 2017 Edgar Awards for mystery writing, four crime novelists talk about what it takes to write stories that kill. Explore the dark alleyways of the publishing industry with this pan...
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