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One Shot: A Jack Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels) by Lee Child Staff Pick Everybody remembers their first roller coaster ride. The train turns a corner, there are no tracks ahead, and the contents of your stomach are making their way towards your mouth. Miraculously, tracks appear, your stomach settles, and the ride is over... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 7 ) by Henning Mankell Staff Pick Discover Europe's favorite mystery writer. Sweden's Henning Mankell writes a first-rate police procedural that also serves as an indictment of contemporary society. His characters are fully drawn, full of frailties, unexpected courage, and are utterly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh Staff Pick Wow! A first novel with an intriguing plot and totally believable characters. An excellent writer who allows you to empathize with a protagonist who is not always deserving.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dialogues of the Dead by Reginald Hill Publisher Comments Normally, there would be nothing sinister about a death by drowning and a motorcycle fatality -- had these tragic occurrences not been predicted before the fact in a pair of macabre "Dialogues" submitted to a Yorkshire short story competition. Yet the... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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With No One as Witness (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels) by Elizabeth George Publisher Comments Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley takes on the case of his career. When it comes to spellbinding suspense and page-turning excitement, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George always delivers. As the Wall Street Journal raves, "Ms. George... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson Publisher Comments The anonymous report of a domestic disturbance sends two young Yorkshire officers into a local couple's home; they expect to encounter a violent scene. But even the most intense training cannot prepare them for the horror they discover. A young wife lies... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Lost Light by Michael Connelly From Powells.com "Lost Light is fast and furious, with the murder's implications expanding the investigation far and wide, possibly implicating police corruption, FBI conspiracy, and international terrorism. The twists and turns are never predictable, and are revealed in... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) by Lawrence Block Publisher Comments Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life. The crime rate's down and the stock market's up. Gentrification's prettying-up the old neighborhood. The New York streets don't look so mean anymore. Then all hell breaks loose. Scudder quickly... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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A Place of Execution by Val Mcdermid Publisher Comments Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezlng day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from her town... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Torment of Others: a Novel by Val Mcdermid Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author Val McDermid resurrects two of her most compelling characters in her most chilling novel yet... THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD... Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the... (read more) Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Ice House by Minette Walters Publisher Comments With this stunning debut--a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication--Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel. The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Ash and Bone (Frank Elder Mysteries) by John Harvey Publisher Comments In the depths of his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by the abduction and rape... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flesh and Blood: A Novel of Crime by John Harvey Publisher Comments After his wife's betrayal and his own retirement from the force, Detective Inspector Elder has fled as far as possible to go in England without running out of land. But he is haunted by the past and in particular by the unsolved disappearance of sixteen... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Falls by Ian Rankin Publisher Comments "A...beautifully written series." -The New York Times Book Review When the privileged daughter of a merchant banker disappears, a search through her e-mails uncovers her secret life-and a bizarre correspondence with an on-line game player who delights in... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor Staff Pick This wonderful, elegant mystery is a real page-turner. The historical context of 19th-century England and the inclusion of a young Edgar Allan Poe make this unique thriller truly irresistible.... (read more) List Price $34.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Stranger House by Reginald Hill Publisher Comments In The Stranger House, Reginald Hill takes a break from his Dalziel and Pascoe series, and delivers a stunning stand-alone novel full of suspense, romance, history, and an exploration of the sometimes twisted side of the human psyche. The tiny village of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher Comments Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fleshmarket Alley: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Mysteries) by Ian Rankin Publisher Comments A shocking murder in the dark streets of the flesh trade exposes an even more sinister underworld. On a notorious street where propriety and decadence clash, in the basement of a newly renovated bar, the bones of a woman and child are discovered... (read more) Your price: $33.25 New - Hardcover
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Call for the Dead by John Le Carré Publisher Comments Praise for Call for the Dead "A finely wrought and compelling admixture of three types of crime writing: the novel of action and excitement that we commonly call a thriller, the spy story, and the detective story."-- P. D. James, from the Foreword "A... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Trudeau Vector: A Novel by Juris Jurjevics Staff Pick Part Smilla's Sense of Snow and part John le Carré espionage thriller, The Trudeau Vector is chilling and addictive. I found myself up very late, with bitten nails and pages flying by. Yet for all its adherence to the mystery and thriller genres The... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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