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Unspoken

Lisa Jackson · 400 pages

WHEN SECRETS ARE REVEALED Shelby Cole thought she'd put Bad Luck behind her. Bad Luck, Texas, that is. She'd left her hometown ten years ago, her world shattered and her illegitimate baby dead. Now she's receiving anonymous letters claiming that her daughter is alive. But going home means demanding answers that her father, Judge Jerome Cole, won't be happy to give--and facing Nevada Smith, the m

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The Slow Burn of Silence

Loreth Anne White · 422 pages

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Weirdo

Cathi Unsworth · 288 pages

An atmospheric thriller about a teenage girl convicted of murder in a 1980s seaside town and the private investigator who reopens the case to discover that she may not have acted alone.

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Parting Shot

Linwood Barclay · 475 pages

"If you made a mistake that took someone's life, you'd remember it...wouldn't you? After a tragedy rocks the community of Promise Falls, Cal Weaver is asked to investigate the threats being made to the accused's family. He's heard all about it on the news: the young man who drank too much, stole a Porsche and killed a girl, and who claimed afterwards not to remember a single thing. The whole town

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Haunting Rachel

Kay Hooper · 346 pages

Danger wears many faces....Ten years ago Rachel Grant's fiance, Thomas, disappeared. His body was never found. Now there's a stranger in town, a man who could be Thomas's twin--or his ghost.His name is Adam Delafield. He's been watching Rachel for days. He has the locket she gave Thomas before he vanished. And he says he owed her father three million dollars.But there's no record of the loan--or a

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Virtue Falls

Christina Dodd · 490 pages

"Twenty-three years ago, Misty Banner was brutally slashed to death in her home in Virtue Falls, Washington. Her husband was convicted of the murder. Their four year old daughter Elizabeth witnessed the crime, but has no memory of the killing. Now, two decades later, Elizabeth is back in Virtue Falls. She soon discovers her father is innocent. The real killer is still out there. And her investigat

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Carnal Innocence

Nora Roberts · 512 pages

In the small town of Innocence, Mississippi, days are long, nights are fragrant, and secrets are hard to keep. But when a brutal killer starts claiming the lives of the town's most attractive women, lifelong neighbors are forced to wonder if the culprit is a stranger lurking in the bayou. Or someone right next door. Burned out by a whirlwind career, world famous concert violinist Caroline Waver

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All the Missing Girls

Megan Miranda · 400 pages

It's been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left Cooley Ridge. Ten years since she broke up with Tyler, the man she thought she'd marry. Ten years since her best friend Corinne disappeared, never to be heard from again. When the call comes that her father is ailing. Nic is living in Philadelphia light-years away from her younger self. She drops everything to care for her dad, but within days of h

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Bonfire

Krysten Ritter · 328 pages

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Walking on Her Grave

Melinda Leigh

The electrifying conclusion of the romantic suspense novella series from Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot. The sleepy town of Solitude, Oregon, has turned into ground zero for a turf war between the manufacturers and distributors of a lethal new drug. When a teenage witness disappears, social worker Carly Taylor must find him before he’s silenced permanently. Rogue County investigator Seth Ha

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Best Kept Secrets

Sandra Brown · 458 pages

From the blockbuster New York Times bestselling author of Texas Sage! and A Whole New Light comes a sizzling tale of a love that bridges two different worlds. Out-of-print for over four years, Temperature's Rising tells a story of love and passion set in the contemporary South Pacific.

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Her Last Breath

Linda Castillo · 336 pages

When her best friend's husband and two children are killed in a suspicious car accident, Amish community member Kate Burkholder maintains a vigil by a grievously injured survivor who may hold answers before investigating a brutal killer who makes her question everything about her Amish culture.

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Salem Falls

Jodi Picoult · 434 pages

Another fluent and absorbing tale by the author of The Pact, Nineteen Minutes and Plain Truth. Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels. She is gifted with an ability to make us share her characters' feelings.'Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships.' -The Boston GlobeWrongfully convicte

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Home Before Dark

Riley Sager · 389 pages

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Midnight Secrets

Ella Grace · 440 pages

"On a hot southern night, with a storm on the horizon, a family is shattered. Three beautiful daughters--Savannah, Samantha, and Sabrina Wilde--go on with their lives, each significantly changed, as they bear the memory of the murder-suicide that killed their parents. For years, they have stayed away from Midnight, Alabama. Until Midnight calls them home. Savannah is the first one back, when a gru

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Wild Hearts

Sharon Sala · 378 pages

"Dallas Phillips refuses to believe her father committed suicide, even though things were tough on his farm and he was deeply in debt. When she hears he'd told a neighbor about an upcoming windfall, she grows suspicious, and her suspicion only deepens when she realizes someone is lurking in the nearby mountains after dark. For help, she turns to Trey Jakes, local police chief--and her former lover

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The Last Sister

Kendra Elliot · 328 pages

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Watch Me

Brenda Novak · 440 pages

Someone tried to kill her twelve years agoTeenagers Sheridan Kohl and Jason Wyatt were parked at the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee, when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both. Sheridan lived but Jason died--and the stranger was never caught. Even though Sheridan's family moved away right afterward, she's never been able to put the crime behind her.And now that someone doesn't want her to com

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These Things Hidden

Heather Gudenkauf · 376 pages

"When teenager Allison Glenn is sent to prison for a heinous crime, she leaves behind her reputation as Linden Falls' golden girl forever. Her parents deny the existence of their once-perfect child. Her former friends exult her downfall. Her sister, Brynn, faces whispered rumors every day in the hallways of their small Iowa high school. It's Brynn--shy, quiet Brynn--who carries the burden of what

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Dead By Midnight

Beverly Barton · 444 pages

In the ten years since her Hollywood career imploded, Lorie Hammonds has built a good life in her Alabama hometown. When the first death threat arrives, she assumes it's a joke. Then she gets a second note. Sheriff Mike Birkett, her high-school sweetheart, has avoided Lorie since she returned to Dunmore, but when investigators uncover her connection to a string of recent murders, he's drawn into a

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The Last Party

Clare Mackintosh · 432 pages

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Still Waters

Tami Hoag · 464 pages

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP... When Elizabeth Stuart searched for a quiet, peaceful home for herself and her son, Still Creek seemed perfect. Nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, this small, idyllic Minnesota town would allow her to put a shattering divorce behind her. But the locals were noticeably cool to the newcomer-who was rumored to be a gold digger-especially when she started stirring u

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Into the Water

Paula Hawkins · 388 pages

"A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the car

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Desaparición para expertos (Edición mexicana)

Holly Jackson · 410 pages

Alguien ha desaparecido. Nadie habla. Pero todos escuchan... Pippa no quiere dedicarse a la investigación: el precio que hay que pagar e demasiado alto. Después de resolver el asesinato de Andie Bell, Pippa decide cerrar esa etapa para siempre. Y, aunque el pódcast que grabó con Ravi sobre el caso se ha hecho viral, insiste en que sus días de detective quedaron atrás... O eso es lo que ella cree.

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