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Takedown Twenty

Janet Evanovich · 337 pages

New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in -- not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even

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Hen of the Baskervilles

Donna Andrews · 336 pages

Helping a friend who is at risk of losing her farm and freedom when her unfaithful husband is discovered murdered at the state fair, Meg Langslow struggles to find the real killer and recover a stolen prize chicken to clear her friend's name.

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Eighth Grave After Dark

Darynda Jones · 304 pages

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Whiskey Rebellion

Liliana Hart · 312 pages

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Vampire Games

J.R. Rain · 230 pages

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Them Bones

Carolyn Haines · 327 pages

If only I hadn't kidnapped the dog...but the ransom paid the mortgage....Now I seem to be a private eye....I shouldn't have listened to that ghost....Meet Sarah Booth Delaney...an unconventional Southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi...if it doesn't make her the deadest.No self-respecting lady would allow herself to end

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Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights

Kyra Davis · 348 pages

Considering the kind of disasters that usually befall the half-black, half-Jewish mystery writer, probably both. Because the last time Sophie saw sexy P.I. Anatoly Darinsky, he practically danced a jig when she waved goodbye—a normal reaction for a man who'd nearly bought the farm trying to protect her from her own foolishness. What are the chances he'd agree to take incriminating pictures of her

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The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

Rob Thomas, Jennifer Graham · 324 pages

"The first book in an original mystery series featuring twenty-eight-year-old Veronica Mars, back in action after the events of Veronica Mars: The Movie. With the help of old friends -- Logan Echolls, Mac Mackenzie, Wallace Fennel, and even Dick Casablancas -- Veronica is ready to take on Neptune's darkest cases with her trademark sass and smarts." -- "Ten years after graduating from high school

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The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss

Max Wirestone · 321 pages

"Meet Dahlia Moss, the reigning queen of unfortunate decision-making in the Saint Louis area. Unemployed, broke, and on her last bowl of ramen, she's not living her best life. But that's all about to change. Before Dahlia can make her life any messier on her own she's offered a job. A job that she's woefully under-qualified for. A job that will lead her to a murder, an MMORPG, and possibly a fella

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Tell Me, Pretty Maiden

Rhys Bowen · 314 pages

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Shame on Me

Tara Sivec · 146 pages

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B is for Burglar

Sue Grafton · 229 pages

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

Camilla Chafer · 316 pages

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Venus in Copper

Lindsey Davis

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Dog on It

Spencer Quinn · 305 pages

Fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI and his offsider, Chet, a dog (and the captivating narrator of the story).I could smell him - or rather the booze on his breath - before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours.So begins this fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel

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Bitter Gold Hearts

Glen Cook · 253 pages

Nothing is worse that a family at war with its members, unless a very rich family that lives on the hill, a Storm Warden at the head of it and a good unhealthy sprinkling of kidnapping, unclean sex, murder and grand theft. Our old pal Garrett gets pulled into that unholy mess and Glen Cooks ability to write an interesting book is once again proven. gmb 3/26/20

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The Doorbell Rang

Rex Stout · 186 pages

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The Hexologists

Josiah Bancroft · 318 pages

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Limoncello Yellow

Traci Andrighetti · 324 pages

An unfortunate 911 call involving her boyfriend, Vince, and a German female wrestler convinces Francesca "Franki" Amato that she just isn't cut out for a life on the police force. So Franki makes the snap decision to move from Austin to New Orleans to work at her friend Veronica's detective agency, Private Chicks, Inc. Hopes for a more stable life are dashed when Private Chicks is hired to find ou

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McNally's Secret

Lawrence Sanders · 341 pages

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Storm Front

Jim Butcher · 362 pages

The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop fun. Storm Front is Jim Butcher's first novel and introduces his most famous and popular character-Harry Dresden, wizard for hire.For his first case, Harry is called in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with the blackest of magic. At first, the less-than-solvent Harry's eyes light up w

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Body Work

Sara Paretsky · 443 pages

A shooting in Chicago is nothing new, certainly not to V.I., who is hired by a veteran's family to clear his name after his arrest for the murder of a performer known as the Body Artist. As V.I. seeks answers, her investigation will take her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War.

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Free Fall

Robert Crais

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Blue Screen

Robert B. Parker · 327 pages

Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star and girlfriend, Erin Flint, Sunny knows from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to b

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