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    Red Mist (Scarpetta)

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Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
by Laurie R. King
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   In England’s young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels... (read more)

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Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire Mysteries)
Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire Mysteries)
by Craig Johnson
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Gripping, gritty, and hilarious, Junkyard Dogs is the sixth in the Walt Longmire series, but you can dive in and thoroughly enjoy it without reading the previous books. Though once you've read one Craig Johnson novel, you'll feel the need to read all of them. A fellow Johnson addict pointed out that his writing is similar in flavor to Richard Russo's, another master of character. I have to agree that if Walt Longmire ever met Hank Devereaux from Russo's Straight Man, they'd probably be the best of friends.
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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
by Alan Bradley
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I let out a little sigh of relief when I realized that book two of the Flavia de Luce series is just as great as the first one: fears of a sophomore slump were unfounded.

The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag finds Flavia again stumbling upon an unexpected death, which turns out to be a murder. In this installment, 10 year-old Flavia becomes involved with a traveling puppet show, complete with a surly puppeteer and his put-upon assistant. When the puppet master dramatically turns up dead, Flavia is in the thick of it again. Her almost super-human powers of observation serve her well, and with a little tinkering in her chemistry lab, she proves her hunches.

While trying to avoid her father's wrath, her sisters' tauntings and her aunt's prickly presence, Flavia makes her way around town questioning all possible sources of information and untangling the connections and relationships that lie underneath the surface. Bishop Lacey's inhabitants are a motley crew of charming eccentrics, and Flavia manages to coerce even the most guarded townsfolk into dropping tantalizing nuggets of information.

Luckily for us, Flavia misses nothing, and her discoveries build a complex tale of love, need, sorrow, revenge and madness. With her fabulous chemistry lab, ubiquitous notebook, and trusty bicycle, Gladys, there's no containing the force that is Flavia. I wish many long years of fruitful writing upon Alan Bradley. The man is, like no one else, uncannily able to crawl inside a 10-year-old girl's precocious mind. Bravo!
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (The Millennium Trilogy #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (The Millennium Trilogy #2)
by Stieg Larsson
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Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo caught the world by surprise with its relevant and riveting story. The Girl Who Played with Fire, the second novel in the Millennium trilogy, reads even more smoothly. It leaves me wanting much more from this... (read more)

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    The Book of Lost Things: A Novel

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    The Careful Use of Compliments

    Alexander Mccall Smith 9781400077120
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    A Darkness More Than Night

    Michael Connelly 9780446667906

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Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum Novels)
Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum Novels)
by Janet Evanovich
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In the 11th entry of Evanovich's "New York Times" bestselling series, Stephanie decides to quit her job as a bounty hunter. She wants something safe and normal. She's tired of creeps, weirdoes, and stalkers. Then just when she thinks she's out, they pull... (read more)

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A Beautiful Place to Die
A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn
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Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power... (read more)

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