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The Ophelia Cut
The Ophelia Cut
by John Lescroart
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Defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close friend against murder charges in New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart’s most suspenseful and intricately plotted novel to date. Brittany McGuire is the beautiful, twenty-three-year-... (read more)

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Cuts Through Bone: A Mystery
Cuts Through Bone: A Mystery
by Alaric Hunt
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Winner of the PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition At first, Rachel Vasquez found her new job working for private detective Clayton Guthrie promising. He got her a gun and a license and took her to target practice. But lately shes just been... (read more)

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Little Green (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Little Green (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
by Walter Mosley
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When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress — a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright — he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers... (read more)

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All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill Mystery)
All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill Mystery)
by Walter Mosley
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Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That’s not why she did eight years of hard time on a sixteen-year sentence. It’s that the shooting inadvertently led to charges of grand theft. Talk about bad luck. Leonid McGill has reasons... (read more)

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Mirror Image: A Kings of Vice Novel
Mirror Image: A Kings of Vice Novel
by Ice-t
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Marcus “Crush” Casey should have it made. After two long decades in Attica, he's back on top and ruling the streets he left behind. But maintaining control of New York's underworld is harder than he anticipated. Crush has built an... (read more)

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Mirror Image
Mirror Image
by Ice-t
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Marcus “Crush” Casey should have it made. After two long decades in Attica, he's back on top and ruling the streets he left behind. But maintaining control of New York's underworld is harder than he anticipated. Crush has built an... (read more)

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Juggernaut
Juggernaut
by Adam Baker
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 “A high-voltage shock to the system. Its smart, witty, crammed with action and disturbingly plausible. Highly recommended.” -Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Assassins Code   A brilliant, gripping portrait of... (read more)

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Screwed
Screwed
by Eoin Colfer
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The second crime novel by internationally bestselling writer Eoin Colfer is a gritty and utterly compelling follow-up to the critically acclaimed Plugged. In Screwed, Colfer adds and entirely new chapter to the adventures and misadventures of Daniel... (read more)

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Where the Bodies Are Buried
Where the Bodies Are Buried
by Christopher Brookmyre
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Where the Bodies Are Buried is the latest work from Scottish crime writer Christopher Brookmyre, best known for his comic crime novels. His latest book is just as richly Scottish as his earlier work, but it is his grittiest and most realistic novel yet... (read more)

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Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery
Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery
by Michael Stanley
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Girls are disappearing in Botswana. The rumor is they're being harvested for muti, a witch doctor's potion traditionally derived from plants and animals—and which, some believe, can be made more potent by adding human remains. Detective... (read more)

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A Fatal Fleece (Seaside Knitters Mysteries)
A Fatal Fleece (Seaside Knitters Mysteries)
by Sally Goldenbaum
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This summer in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, one of the Seaside Knitters gets tangled up with a precocious granddaughter, and another stands accused of sending a local resident on a permanent vacation… As Izzy and the Seaside Knitters prepare her... (read more)

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Virus Thirteen
Virus Thirteen
by Joshua Alan Parry
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Virus Thirteen is an irreverent and contagious thriller from debut author Joshua Alan Parry. Scientists James Logan and his wife, Linda, have their dream careers at the worlds leading biotech company, GeneFirm, Inc. But their happiness is interrupted by... (read more)

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The Mask of Fu-Manchu (Fu-Manchu)
The Mask of Fu-Manchu (Fu-Manchu)
by Sax Rohmer
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After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. The heretic sect faithful to Mokanna interpret the fireball as their prophet's... (read more)

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Black Water Rising
Black Water Rising
by Attica Locke
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist) “A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot... (read more)

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Blink of an Eye
Blink of an Eye
by William S Cohen
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It is Americas worst nightmare: A nuclear bomb destroys a major city. Thousands of Americans are dead and many more will die from radiation poisoning. Threats promising more attacks flood the news. Panic has broken out in several major cities. How could... (read more)

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The Sound of One Hand Killing (Borja and Eduard Barcelona Murder Mysteries)
The Sound of One Hand Killing (Borja and Eduard Barcelona Murder Mysteries)
by Teresa Solana
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"Solana's excellent novel, set in the streets and parlors of Barcelona, offers probing social commentary and an excellent crime story."—Booklist Two detectives, brothers Borja and Eduard, are contracted by best-selling author Teresa Solana to... (read more)

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Black Orchid Blues
Black Orchid Blues
by Persia Walker
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"Walker's exuberant third Harlem Renaissance mystery [is a] dark, sexy novel." --Publishers Weekly "[T]he tale is strengthened by plenty of period detail and a fine feel for both the gay underworld of Harlem in the 1920s and the sociopsychological... (read more)

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Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife
Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife
by Nikki Turner
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Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit!    Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife.   Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate... (read more)

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Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch
by Arni Thorarinsson
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Newspaper reporter Einar has given up his old stomping ground of chronicling the crime beat in Reykjavik, and moved to the small town of Akureyri, where he's expected to boost the circulation of the Evening Press. But on his way to a theater rehearsal... (read more)

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The Warlord of Willow Ridge
The Warlord of Willow Ridge
by Gary Phillips
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"Phillips's uneven thriller mixes streetwise grit with wry reflections on personal survival strategies in present-day recession-era America. Though approaching middle age, career criminal O'Conner is as tough as ever, but he's weary enough of the road to... (read more)

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