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Killing Floor
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Killing Floor
by Lee Child

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From its chilling opening page, you know all is not well in Margrave, Georgia. The sleepy, forgotten town hasn't seen a crime in decades, but within the span of three days it witnesses events that leave everyone stunned. An unidentified man is found...
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The Daughter of Time
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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey

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Josephine Tey re-creates one of history's most famous -- and vicious -- crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating...
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Death at La Fenice: A Novel of Suspense
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Death at La Fenice: A Novel of Suspense
by Donna Leon

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Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. For Guido Brunetti,...
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The Eyre Affair  :Thursday Next #01
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The Eyre Affair :Thursday Next #01
by Jasper Fforde

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The Eyre Affair took me a little time to really get into, but once Thursday Next — a literary detective from the future — enters Charlotte Bronte's novel and tries to save Jane and the story, the book is thoroughly fun, with all the digs at the...
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum Novels)
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum Novels)
by Janet Evanovich

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANET EVANOVICH ONE FOR THE MONEY A Stephanie Plum Novel "Comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air...Goes down like a tall, cool, drink." -The Washington Post READ THE DYNAMITE BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! "...
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Motherless Brooklyn
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Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem

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The narrator, Lionel Essrog, known as The Human Freakshow, suffers with Tourette's syndrome and though you might not want to know him in real life, he's got to be one of the most brilliant characters ever created. His quirky rants put me off at first...
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)
by Harlan Coben

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The Edgar-nominated, Anthony Award-winning novel that started the brilliant career of Harlan Coben. Introducing the quick-witted Myron Bolitar, sports agent and reluctant private eye, and his psychotic sidekick, Win, this furiously paced debut storms the...
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Knots and Crosses (Detective John Rebus Novels)
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Knots and Crosses (Detective John Rebus Novels)
by Ian Rankin

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"And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you...?" That sort of thing...is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad...
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The Big Sleep (Vintage Crime)
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The Big Sleep (Vintage Crime)
by Raymond Chandler

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When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications...
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One Step Behind
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One Step Behind
by Henning Mankell

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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...
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Big Over Easy : a Nursery Crime (05 Edition)
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Big Over Easy : a Nursery Crime (05 Edition)
by Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde does it again with a dazzling new series starring Inspector Jack Spratt, head of the Nursery Crime Division Jasper Ffordes bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant...
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Out
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Out
by Natsuo Kirino

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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...
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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)
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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)
by Lindsey Davis

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Fans of Steven Saylor and P. C. Doherty will be delighted with Lindsey Davis's clever mystery series featuring cheeky Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco and sharp-tongued senator's daughter Helena Justina. Recommended by Carrie, Powells.com...
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A Great Deliverance
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A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George

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To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of...
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The Last Good Kiss (Vintage Contemporaries)
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The Last Good Kiss (Vintage Contemporaries)
by James Crumley

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Tough, hard-boiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, The Last Good Kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author, he ends up on the...
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The Monkey's Raincoat
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The Monkey's Raincoat
by Robert Crais

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Taking the mystery community by storm, this Elvis Cole novel was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards and won both the Anthony and Macavity for Best Novel of the Year. Crais, a VP at Paramount, was previously head script writer...
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Hit Man
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Hit Man
by Lawrence Block

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Keller is a killer. Professional, cool, confident, competent, reliable. But he is also a complex person: Guarded and reclusive, icy and ruthlessly efficient, he is prone to loneliness and self-doubt, nightmares and career worries. He is known to his...
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Wreath of Deception (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)
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Wreath of Deception (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)
by Mary Ellen Hughes

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This first title in a new series introduces, Jo McAllister, a recent widow who opens a craft store in the small town she now calls home. But when the clown she's hired for opening day is murdered at the store, Jo realizes that no town is too small for...
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Triggerfish Twist
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Triggerfish Twist
by Tim Dorsey

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“ TRIGGERFISH TWIST makes for twisted fun....a must-read book on this summer’ s list.”...
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Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
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Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley

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Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will...
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