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In death novel volume 58
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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“Joyful, occasionally heartbreaking, deeply moving.” —R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship, allyship, and finding your way in a complicated world.It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to...
3) Death Writes
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Language
English
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A local author dies on stage at a literary festival. Ben O' Keeffe has to sort through his complicated estate- and find his murderer while she' s at it.
Solicitor Benedicta " Ben" O' Keeffe and her boyfriend Police Sergeant Tom Molloy race to Dublin after hearing that some strangers had moved in with Ben' s parents. When they arrive, only Ben' s parents and their strange lodger remain, but come morning...
Author
Series
Frankie Elkin volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
5) Stigma
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Series
Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Incarcerated in a Norwegian high - security prison, a broken Alexander Blix joins forces with Emma Ramm to find a ruthless killer who has escaped from a German jail. Pulse - pounding Nordic Noir
Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter's death, he is now being held in one of Norway's high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to challenge and humiliate the former police investigator. On the...
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Deutsch
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Ungeachtet der Tatsache, dass eine Krankheit die Hälfte der Untertanen dahinrafft, gibt Prinz Prospero, der sich in eine von ihm entworfene Abtei zurückgezogen hat und in Sicherheit wiegt, einen pompösen Maskenball. Prinz Prospero liebt das Außergewöhnliche, sein Geschmack ist sonderbar. Er hat einen guten Blick für Licht und Farben. Durch die Gestaltung der Räumlichkeiten nimmt er beträchtlichen Einfluss auf die Erscheinung der Maskierten,...
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Deutsch
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Der französische Ich-Erzähler wartet auf dem damaligen Theaterplatz (heutiger Rathenauplatz) von Frankfurt am Main vergeblich auf drei Stadtverordnete, die an seiner Ballonfahrt teilnehmen wollten. Aufgrund der enttäuschten Zuschauer, die dem Start entgegenfiebern, beschließt der Ballonpilot den Aufstieg allein durchzuführen. Im Moment des Ballonstartes springt ein Fremder zu ihm in die Gondel. Der Blinde Passagier zwingt den Ballonfahrer immer...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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DON't MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK's FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA. From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love. A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK FIVE STARRED REVIEWS Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
There are no easy choices when the dark clouds gather DI Shona Oliver’s past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate - now a famous actor - comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James’s coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted James...
11) The Wham Curse
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English
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A legendary cold case from Arizona history may help solve the suspicious death of an Apache boy in this mystery series debut.
More than a century ago, Maj. Joseph Wham was killed during a payroll robbery in Arizona Territory. The case was never solved, leaving behind a legacy of death and distrust. Now the mysterious killing of a young Apache boy has local law enforcement wondering if the tragic incident might be connected to the curse of Major...
12) Rabbit hole
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English
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"Ten years ago, Theodora "Teddy" Angstrom's older sister, Angie, disappeared. Her case remains unsolved. Now--on the anniversary of Angie's disappearance--Teddy's father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark's family, he had been actively investigating conspiracy theories sourced from a Reddit community of true crime fans fixated on Angie, and Teddy soon finds herself falling down that same rabbit hole. After all, if hope dies last, Angie...
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Series
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Plans for peaceful seaside holidays rarely work out well in the world of classic British mysteries. Retired professor Andrew Basnett, for example, envisioning sandcastles and the blessings of a pale English sun on his pale English skin, is startled to meet his nephew, Peter, on the beach. He’s more startled (and not entirely thrilled) when Peter gets him invited to dinner with a celebrity novelist. And he’s extremely startled when the novelist’s...
14) The Double
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A London police detective stumbles upon a bizarre burglary during a storm in a thriller by "one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century" (Mystery Scene).
Cambridge-educated Richard Staines, newly promoted to DI by Scotland Yard, has enjoyed a meteoric rise in his career, but he is about to face his most profoundly puzzling case yet. As a policeman, he wouldn't typically break into a house-but when he finds himself trapped...
Author
Publisher
The Red Herrings Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A bloodstained note left for P.I. Georgia Davis reveals the shocking existence of a half-sister she never knew about. Her sister Savannah is pregnant and begging for Georgia’s help. Determined to track her down, Georgia finds herself heading deep into the secretive and dangerous underworld of Chicago’s illegal sex trafficking business. She soon discovers that trafficking is just a small part of the horrifying and deadly situation in which her...
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Publisher
D.G.L.M.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An unseemly lesson… in murder. The year is 1896, and college professor Concordia Wells has her hands full: teaching classes, acting as live-in chaperone to a cottage of lively female students and directing the student play, Macbeth. But mystery and murder are not confined to the stage, especially when the death of Concordia’s sister Mary appears to be foul play. To make matters worse, the women’s college is plagued by malicious pranks, arson,...
Author
Publisher
Bleak House Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat. But Georgia Davis — former cop and newly-minted P.I. — is hired to look into the incident at the behest of the accused's sister, and what she finds hints at a much different, much darker answer. It seems the privileged, preppy schoolgirls on Chicago's North Shore have learned just how much their innocence is worth to hot-under-the-collar businessmen....
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
This short story anthology explores the shadowy worlds of noir, mystery and crime fiction. The stories range in tone from hardboiled detective to parody. Altogether, this collection has something for everyone who enjoys dark or edgy crime fiction. This book includes a sixth bonus short story.
19) Impala
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Publisher
Stolen Time Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Russell Fitzpatrick has a problem. After four years on the straight and narrow, he’s got a boring job, the wrong woman, and an itch for something more. When he receives a cryptic email from a legendary and slightly deranged fellow hacker—his old friend, Charlie, whom he knows to be dead—he tries to tell himself it’s none of his concern. But the guy who stalks him across town at night, the two thugs waiting in the alley, and a ruthless FBI...
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Publisher
Renegade Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A New York Times eBook Bestseller A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed, and Stephanie Ann “Sam” McRae’s client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with an offbeat private investigator to discover the truth about...
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