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Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

Benjamin Stevenson · 358 pages

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The Man With a Load of Mischief

Martha Grimes · 296 pages

Inspector Richard Jury mysteries #1 The quaint, many-hued cottages lining Long Piddleton's High Street were capped with new snow and glittering in the morning sunshine. Pretty enough to be a Christmas card, the hamlet was, instead, the scene of two singularly gruesome murders. Martha Grimes's delightfully British novel of detection introduces Inspector Richard Jury, an affable, pragmatic inves

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Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Jeff Lindsay · 304 pages

Kriminalroman. Miamipolitiet og politiofficer Deborah Morgan prøver at finde en seriemorder. Deborah håber sagen vil fremme hendes karrieremuligheder, og hun får hjælp af sin bror Dexter, der arbejder for politiet. Han er også seriemorder - men det er ikke ham, sagen drejer sig om

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Frost At Christmas

R.D. Wingfield · 280 pages

D.I. Frost takes over the search for a missing child at Christmastime.

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Don't Ever Get Old

Daniel Friedman

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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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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley · 375 pages

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found

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An Affair to Dismember

Elise Sax · 323 pages

"Three months has been Gladie Burger's limit when it comes to staying in one place. That's why Gladie is more than a little skeptical when her eccentric Grandma Zelda recruits her to the family's matchmaking business in the quaint small town of Cannes, California. What's more, Gladie is also highly unqualified, having a terrible track record with romance. Still, Zelda is convinced that her grandda

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Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett · 384 pages

Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is

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We Solve Murders

Richard Osman · 460 pages

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he likes his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he gets home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul: she doesn’t stay still long enough fo

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Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

John Layman · 128 pages

Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the pl

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In the Heat of the Night

John Dudley Ball · 186 pages

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The Two-Bear Mambo

Joe R. Lansdale · 273 pages

Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's son. Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do the investigating the good ol' boy cops can't--or won't--do themselves. Lansdale's new hardcover, Bad Chili, is due for release in August.

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Evans Above

Rhys Bowen · 224 pages

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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story

Leonie Swann · 352 pages

The mysterious death of their shepherd has sent a flock of sheep into a frenzy trying to piece together "whodunit." Overcoming their "sheepish" ways, the members of the flock realize that they may be the only ones who can solve it. The more intelligent sheep, who have better retention or the intuition to ask the right questions, develop a list of potential suspects. As the investigation continues,

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Tricky Twenty-Two

Janet Evanovich · 320 pages

Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date

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Murder Before Evensong

Richard Coles · 352 pages

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Calamity Jayne

Kathleen Bacus · 296 pages

How does a blonde spell "Farm"? E-I-E-I-O Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that's harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Thanks to one Rick Townsend, Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer, local hottie, and general pain in Tressa's behind, everyone knows her as "Calamity Jayne". Just because she may be a

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Curious Minds

Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton · 336 pages

"Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Emmy-winning writer Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of thrillers featuring charmingly eccentric Emerson Knight and professional go-getter Riley Moon"-- "A brand-new series introducing a fun and entertaining crime-solving team with great romantic chemistry--fiesty financial analyst Riley Moon and

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The Long Way Home

Louise Penny · 392 pages

At first enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor search for her missing estranged husband and teams up with two former colleagues on a search that reveals the workings of a psychologically damaged mind.

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The Big Over Easy

Jasper Fforde · 416 pages

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John Dies at the End

David Wong · 428 pages

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

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The Rabbit Factory

Marshall Karp · 574 pages

Welcome to Familyland, an offshoot of Lamaar Studios. Once a small, Southern California animation house, it has grown into an entertainment conglomerate encompassing movies, television, music, video games, and a sprawling theme park.When an actor portraying Familyland's beloved mascot, Rambunctious Rabbit,is brutally murdered on park grounds, Lamaar executives are worried that the idyllic image of

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