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The Last Camel Died at Noon

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The Painted Queen

Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess Β· 464 pages

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O Jerusalem

Laurie R. King Β· 367 pages

Mary Russell once again teams up with Sherlock Holmes as they are pursued by murderous strangers through the bazaars of 1918 Jerusalem.

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The Other Guy's Bride

Connie Brockway

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The Hexologists

Josiah Bancroft Β· 318 pages

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Death Wears a Mask

Ashley Weaver Β· 354 pages

Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship. However, she soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when Serena Barrington asks her to look into th

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Beastly Bones

William Ritter Β· 307 pages

When dinosaur bones from a recent dig mysteriously go missing, and an unidentifiable beast starts attacking animals and people, leaving their mangled bodies behind, Abigail and her eccentric employer R. F. Jackaby, investigators of the supernatural in 1892 New England, find themselves hunting for a thief, a monster, and a murderer.

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Dark Road to Darjeeling

Deanna Raybourn Β· 368 pages

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People of the Silence

Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear Β· 568 pages

By A.D. 1150 the Anasazi had created an empire in the Southwest that would never again be equalled in North America. Master astronomers, traders, and architects, they built extraordinary roads linking thousands of square miles. Their Great Houses stood five stories tall and contained hundreds of rooms. Yet at the height of their civilization, cataclysm struck; the Anasazi began to destroy themselv

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What the River Knows

Isabel IbaΓ±ez Β· 404 pages

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A Body in the Bathhouse

Lindsey Davis Β· 354 pages

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Empire Of Gold

Andy McDermott Β· 576 pages

While working with Interpol investigating smuggled artifacts, archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, Eddie Chase, get close to the mythical city of El Dorado and may have to sacrifice everything to solve the mystery of this legend.

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Sahara

Clive Cussler Β· 572 pages

1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, DIRK PITT thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from en

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The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie Β· 242 pages

Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.β€”"willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their first as

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Night Train to Memphis

Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Mertz Β· 400 pages

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Owl and the City of Angels

Kristi Charish Β· 361 pages

Alix Hiboux, better known as Owl, international antiquities thief for hire, is settling into her new contract job for Vegas mogul Mr. Kurosawa, a red dragon with a penchant for ancient, supernatural artifacts. And now he has his sights set on some treasures of the mysterious Syrian City of the Dead that are sitting in a recluse's private collection.

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The Lost Army Of Cambyses

Paul Sussman Β· 592 pages

An adrenaline-packed adventure thriller set in Egypt about the hunt for a fabulous lost treasure.In 523 BC, the Persian emperor Cambyses dispatched an army across Egypt's western desert to destroy the oracle of Amun at Siwa. Legend has it that somewhere in the middle of the Great Sand Sea his army was overwhelmed by a sandstorm and destroyed. Fifty thousand men were lost. Two and a half thousand y

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The Eye of Heaven

Clive Cussler, Russell Blake Β· 481 pages

"The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved--and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing cl

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The Tombs

Clive Cussler, Thomas Perry Β· 440 pages

Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder . . . a bounty that h

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A Second Chance

Jodi Taylor Β· 310 pages

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Lost Empire

Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood Β· 402 pages

Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.

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Don't Look Back

Amanda Quick Β· 323 pages

In this most entrancing tale of mystery and romance by the New York Times bestselling author AMANDA QUICK, lovers and partners-in-crime investigators Lavinia Lake and Tobias March continue their exciting newfound relationship, with its delicious mix of risky business, rising passion, and now--murder. As if a head for business and a nose for trouble aren't enough to distinguish fiercely independent

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Sword-Dancer

Jennifer Roberson Β· 286 pages

SOUTHRON BLADE SKILL, NORTHERN SWORD MAGIC... He was Tiger, born of the desert winds, raised as a slave and winning his freedom by weaving a special kind of magic with a warrior's skill. Now he was an almost legendary sword-dancer, ready to take on any challenge--if the price was right...or the woman pretty enough. She was Del, born of ice and storm, trained by the greatest of Northern swor

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A Presumption of Death

Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L. Sayers Β· 384 pages

Drawing on the events of "The Wimsey Papers," a tale set during the Blitz in 1940 London finds Lord Peter conducting secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet, caring for the family, is shocked by the murder of a young Land Girl.

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