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The Murder Bag

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Birdman

Mo Hayder · 379 pages

Greenwich, south-east London. The Met's crack murder squad is called out by CID detectives to a grim discovery. Five bodies, all young women, are ritualistically murdered and dumped. Post mortems reveal a most dangerous sexual serial killer on the loose.

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Now You See Me

Sharon Bolton · 400 pages

Stumbling onto a murder scene that a reporter likens to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, young detective constable Lacey Flint races against time to prevent additional deaths and realizes that the killer is taunting her with secrets from her past.

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The Jackdaw

Luke Delaney

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Darkness, Take My Hand

Dennis Lehane · 480 pages

The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of

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A Garden Of Vipers

Jack Kerley · 368 pages

The Hundredth Man and The Death Collectors impressed critics everywhere. Now Jack Kerley is poised to break out to the next level as his crime-thriller series continues in A Garden of Vipers.When a young reporter is found murdered, Mobile detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus wonder if there may be more to this slaying than a standard homicide.Simultaneously, the detectives are drawn into the

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Career of Evil

J.K. Rowling · 512 pages

When a woman's severed leg is delivered to Robin Ellacott, her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, looks into his past to determine who is responsible.

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A Ticket to the Boneyard

Lawrence Block · 320 pages

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Police

Jo Nesbo · 435 pages

The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and h

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Kiss the Girls

James Patterson · 466 pages

First came the stunning number-one bestseller Along Came a Spider. Now comes the scariest, most unforgettable novel in several years. In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever patter

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The Burning Girl

Mark Billingham · 356 pages

Once burned...By rights, the horrific schoolyard crime should have been laid to rest twenty years ago. An alleged perpetrator confessed and now is growing old behind bars. But the case still haunts ex-Detective Chief Inspector Carol Chamberlain — and she has asked DI Tom Thorne to uncover a disturbing truth that lies buried in the ashes.A series of brutal gangland slayings — each victim found with

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Last Breath

Robert Bryndza · 368 pages

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Tooth and Nail

Ian Rankin · 304 pages

Rebes accepts help from Dr Liza Frazer in an attempt to catch the 'Wolfman', a serial killer who takes a bit from his victims and leaves them on Wolf Street.

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The Calling

Neil Cross · 400 pages

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Blood Eagle

Craig Russell · 384 pages

"The message was sent to Kriminalhauptkommissar Fabel by email." "'Time is strange is it not? I write and you read and we share the same moment. Yet, as I write this, Herr Hauptkommissar, you sleep and my next victim still lives. As you read it, she is already dead. Our dance continues...'" "The same gruesome ritualistic method of killing. The same mocking tone in the emails. It all points to the

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Déjà Dead

Kathy Reichs · 509 pages

Un beau jour d'été à Montréal, sur la table de dissection du laboratoire de médecine légale de la police provinciale, arrive un cadavre découvert dans l'ancien parc du Grand Séminaire. Le docteur Temperance Brennan est chargé d'autopsier ce qu'il reste d'une femme découpée en morceaux. Sa sinistre expertise va l'amener en première ligne de l'enquête, face à l'assassin pervers qui collectionne les

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Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King · 496 pages

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop n

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A Song for the Dying

Stuart MacBride · 525 pages

Eight years ago, the Inside Man abducted and killed four women. He left another three in critical condition, their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. Then he disappeared. Until now. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation. Things haven't exactly gone well since: his family has been destroyed, his career is in tatters, and one of Oldcastle's most vic

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Walk in Darkness

Victor Methos · 225 pages

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The Reckoning

Jane Casey · 496 pages

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Shadow Prey

John Sandford · 358 pages

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Dance of Death

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 580 pages

Two brothers. One, top FBI Agent, Aloysius Pendergast. The other, Diogenes, a brilliant and twisted criminal.An undying hatred between them.Now, a perfect crime.And the ultimate challenged: Stop me if you can.

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Dead Man Walking

Paul Finch · 535 pages

As a brutal winter takes hold of the Lake District, a prolific serial killer stalks the fells. The Stranger has returned and for DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg, the signs are all too familiar. Last seen on Dartmoor 10 years earlier, The Stranger murdered his victims in vicious, cold-blooded attacks - and when two young women go missing, Heck fears the worst. As The Stranger lays siege to a remote commu

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The Bone Collector

Jeffery Deaver · 432 pages

Number one bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his most famous characters Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs in beautifully reissued editions.

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A Book of Bones

John Connolly · 720 pages

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