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The Ice Princess
by Camilla Lackberg
Staff Pick
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by Ann-Marie MacDonald
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by Ken Kesey
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
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The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases
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The Dead Lie Down
by Sophie Hannah
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by Tana French
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The Alienist
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Acqua Alta
by Donna Leon
Staff Pick
"If you haven't treated yourself to this mystery series yet, you owe it to yourself to indulge. Venice in the rain. Get out your hip boots. There's a crime to be solved."... (read more)

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I ventured into Out having gone on a detective murder mystery kick — the great Raymond Chandler, the invincible Dorothy L. Sayers... So it was no surprise that I next turned to Japan's queen of crime writing. Out is a can't-stop-reading, classy... (read more)

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (The Millennium Trilogy #2)
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Before the Frost (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by Henning Mankell
Staff Pick
Henning Mankell's mysteries make many others pale in comparison. In this, his tenth, Kurt Wallander is joined by daughter Linda in an incredibly suspenseful search for a religious psychopath. Combining an urgent and complex plot with politics and... (read more)

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