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Dark Crimes

Michael Hambling · 266 pages

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Good Bait

John Harvey · 404 pages

When a 17-year old Moldovan boy is found dead on Hampstead Heath, the case falls to DCI Karen Shields and her Homicide & Serious Crime Unit. What she doesn't know is that her new case is tied inextricably to a much larger web of gang warfare and organised crime which infiltrates almost every aspect of London society.

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Dead to Me

Cath Staincliffe · 320 pages

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A Song From Dead Lips

William Shaw · 468 pages

London, October 1968. As Beatles fans encamp outside Abbey Road Studios up the road, the Marylebone CID is as much an old boys' club as it ever was. Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen is the pariah of the office, having just run out on a fellow officer held at knifepoint, when it's shaken up by the arrival of WPC Helen Tozer: awkward chatterbox, farmgirl, and the first woman to enter the murder unit

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Bitter Fruits

Alice Clark-Platts

The murder of a first-year student at Durham University shocks the city. But the very last thing anyone expects is an instant confession ... As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite, she finds a close-knit community of secrets, jealousy and obsession. The picture of the victim, Emily Brabents, that begins to emerge is that of a girl wa

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Those We Left Behind

Stuart Neville · 355 pages

Returning to work after battling breast cancer, Belfast DCI Serena Flanagan re-opens a closed case after Ciaran Devine, the "schoolboy killer" who, at the age of twelve, confessed to killing his foster father, is released from prison.

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M is for Malice

Sue Grafton · 372 pages

"M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction, one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune - four men with very different outlooks, temperaments, and needs, linked only by blood and money

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Heat Wave

Richard Castle · 240 pages

Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.

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Cruel Justice

M.A. Comley · 320 pages

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Cut Short

Leigh Russell · 352 pages

DI Geraldine Steel thought that life in the quiet town of Woolsmarsh would be dull and uneventful, but finds herself investigating the brutal murder of a young woman as the prime suspect is eliminated and the disturbed killer strikes again.

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Case Histories

Kate Atkinson · 336 pages

"Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. More than thirty years later, two of her surviving sisters, each achingly lonely in her own way, reunite when their cruel and distant father dies. There, among the clutter of their childhood home, they unearth a shocking clue to Olivia's disappearance." "Case Two: All of Theo's h

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The Dogs of Rome

Conor Fitzgerald · 391 pages

Arturo Clemente is sloppily murdered in his Roman apartment by a mysterious slasher. Police inspector Alec Blume has a favorite suspect, but the investigation is already being manipulated by both the Senate and the Fusco crime ring. As the details of the case continue to trickle out, Blume soon realizes he is being watched from on high--and that solving this crime may be the least of his worries.

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Whisky from Small Glasses

Denzil Meyrick, D.A. Meyrick · 368 pages

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Shallow Waters

Rebecca Bradley · 377 pages

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Stone Coffin

Kjell Eriksson · 360 pages

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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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Behind Closed Doors

Elizabeth Haynes · 484 pages

An old case makes Detective Inspector Louisa Smith some new enemies in this spellbinding second installment of New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes's Briarstone crime series that combines literary suspense and page-turning thrills. Ten years ago, Scarlett Rainsford vanished while on a family holiday in Greece. Was she abducted, or did she run away from her severely dysfunctional fam

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The Hummingbird

Kati Hiekkapelto · 363 pages

Anna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has a past. Just beginning her career as a criminal investigator in northern Finnish coastal town, she is thrust into a high-profile, seemingly unsolvable case that has riveted the nation. It doesn't help that her middle-aged new partner, Esko, doesn't bother hiding his racist prejudices, and Anna becomes the target of a systematic campaign to

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Over Tumbled Graves

Jess Walter · 383 pages

Rich with the darkly muted colors of the Pacific Northwest skies, Over Tumbled Graves established Jess Walter as a novelist of extraordinary emotional depth and dimension. During a routine drug bust, Spokane detective Caroline Mabry finds herself on a narrow bridge over white-water falls in the center of town, face-to-face with a brutal murderer. Within hours, the body of a young prostitute is fou

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A Deadly Thaw

Sarah Ward · 384 pages

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Follow The Leader

Mel Sherratt

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Mummy's Favourite

Sarah Flint · 328 pages

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Dead Gone

Luca Veste · 408 pages

When it becomes apparent that each victim has ties to the university, the detectives realize they're chasing a killer unlike any they've hunted before one who doesn't just want his victims bodies, but their minds as well. As they rush to prevent any more deaths, they are forced to delve into the darkest channels of psychological research in an attempt to understand the motives of the madman.

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Forty Words for Sorrow

Giles Blunt · 378 pages

In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is quickly identified as Katie Pine, a teenager who had disappeared months ago. At the time, Detective John Cardinal insisted that Katie was no ordinary runaway. His relentless pursuit and refusal to give up on the case got him demoted from Homicide. But now the Canadian police force wants Car

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