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Bones to Ashes
by Kathy Reichs
A forensic anthropologist investigates a cold case, uncovering secrets & dark truths.
The opening two chapters provide details of Brennan's childhood and her holiday friendship on Pawleys Island, South Carolina , with an Acadian girl, Evangeline Landry, who mysteriously disappeared in ... (Wikipedia)
Monday Mourning
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a series of murders involving young girls in Montreal.
The plot of the story revolves around Brennan trying to decipher the clues left behind by the skeletons of three girls found in a pizza parlor basement in Montreal, Quebec , Canada, which has a ... (Wikipedia)
Break No Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist uncovers secrets of a long-forgotten crime while investigating a murder.
Brennan and her students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees Island , South Carolina (a barrier island ), when a decomposing body is uncovered in a shallow grave off a lonely beach. ... (Wikipedia)
Triptych
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime novel exposing a dark web of secrets, lies, and vengeance.
Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is on the trail of a serial rapist with a gruesome inclination when he comes into contact with Michael Ormewood, an Atlanta homicide detective with a ... (Wikipedia)
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
A detective unravels the secrets of a mysterious murder in Los Angeles.
The first Alex Delaware novel. It's a good one! We meet Dr. Morton Handler who practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler ... (Goodreads)
End of Watch
by Stephen King
A retired detective confronts a powerful and mysterious force that has returned to terrorize a small town.
Retired detective Bill Hodges, who now with his sidekick Holly runs the private investigation agency Finders Keepers, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer . Given only months to live, he finds himself ... (Wikipedia)
Well-Schooled in Murder
by Elizabeth George
Detective Lynley investigates a murder at an exclusive boarding school.
Teacher John Corntel asks his former Eton schoolmate Lynley for help when the 13 year old schoolboy Matthew Whateley has disappeared. Initially Lynley refuses, until Deborah St James finds the naked ... (Wikipedia)
The Empty Chair
by Jeffery Deaver
A quadriplegic detective investigates a kidnapping case while dealing with personal struggles.
Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina with his aide Thom and his companion and partner Amelia Sachs in order to receive experimental spine surgery, which may improve or further worsen his C4 ... (Wikipedia)
The Sinner
by Tess Gerritsen
A woman must face the sins of her past to unravel the mystery of a murder.
The Sinner involves Detective Jane Rizzoli and a main character new to the series, first seen in "The Apprentice" as a minor figure, medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. When a young novice nun about to ... (Wikipedia)
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George
A detective investigates a murder in the countryside, uncovering secrets in a rural community.
To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in ... (Goodreads)
Die Again
by Tess Gerritsen
A homicide detective races to solve a murder and uncover a dark conspiracy hidden within the city.
The latest enthralling case in Tess Gerritsen's New York Times bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series, the blockbuster books behind the smash hit TNT series. Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case ... (Goodreads)
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
by Alexander McCall Smith
A tale of the accidental proprietor of a small café in an African country.
Mma Makutsi has decided to start a new venture: The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café. She envisages this to be place for fashionable men to hobnob, and in her excitement ignores the various warning signs, ... (Wikipedia)
Fallen
by Karin Slaughter
A small town is rocked by a brutal crime that exposes long-held secrets and threatens to tear the community apart.
Agent Faith Mitchell is late leaving a training workshop with the GBI. She was supposed to pick up her baby at noon, but there's no answer at her mother's house. Retired Atlanta Police Captain Evelyn ... (Wikipedia)
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
Collection of short stories exploring the hidden secrets in everyday life.
Just after sunset—call it dusk; call it twilight; it’s a time when human life takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they ... (Goodreads)
Desert Heat
by J.A. Jance
Detective Beaumont investigates a case of murder in the Arizona desert.
A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun—a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting ... (Barnes & Noble)
Criminal
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime thriller that follows a police detective's search for the truth behind a mysterious murder.
Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is ... (Goodreads)
Dark Angel
by V.C. Andrews
A young girl is forced to confront her family's dark secrets and navigate the treacherous world of high society.
At last, Heaven would find the happiness she longed for...free from the scorn and contempt of her past! In her grandmother's fine, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreamed of a wonderful new ... (Goodreads)
The Lucky One
by Nicholas Sparks
A Marine finds a photograph of a woman while on duty in Iraq and sets out to find her. They fall in love, but secrets threaten their happiness.
The book starts from Keith Clayton's perspective. Keith is a local police officer. He is at a location where local college students go for nude swimming. He is carrying a camera he borrowed from the ... (Wikipedia)
Postmortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.
The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)
Definitely Dead
by Charlaine Harris
A murder mystery featuring a telepathic waitress who must track down the killer before it's too late.
After surviving a Were attack while attending a play in Shreveport with her new boyfriend John Quinn, Sookie Stackhouse goes to New Orleans to sort out the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a vampire who ... (Wikipedia)
The Loneliest Cottage
by Melissa Storm
A heartwarming story of a woman who finds love and belonging in a small town after inheriting a cottage.
An imaginative, Beauty and the Beast, retelling set against the Alaskan wilderness… Lauren Dalton’s world shattered the day her father died. It shattered again when she found a box of old keepsakes ... (Goodreads)
Cause of Death
by Patricia Cornwell
A medical examiner and her team investigate a series of murders connected to a mysterious virus.
It is New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted ... (Goodreads)
Onyx and Ivory
by Mindee Arnett
A tale of two former lovers, one a rebel and the other a princess, who must unite to save their kingdom from dark magic.
“At once fresh, at once classic, Onyx and Ivory is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance.” —Susan Dennard, New York Times bestselling author of Truthwitch Acclaimed author Mindee ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Cows
by Dawn O'Porter
Three women's lives collide after a public act of defiance. A feminist novel that explores modern womanhood and societal expectations.
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*, Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O'Porter needs to be talked about. COW [n.], /kau/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; ... (Barnes & Noble)
At Risk
by Patricia Cornwell
A Virginia pathologist investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a girls' school, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but ... (Goodreads)
The Rocky Road to Romance
by Janet Evanovich
A young woman, with a passion for animals, lands a job as a radio show host and falls in love with her co-host.
“[Evanovich] is funny and ceaselessly inventive.",—,Los Angeles Times Book Review, “Do yourself a favor and read this one.”,—,Washington Post, The author of so many spectacularly successful mystery ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dying for Chocolate
by Diane Mott Davidson
Caterer Goldy Schulz investigates a murder at a chocolate-themed party. Recipes included.
The Caterer Meet Goldy Bear: a bright, opinionated, wildly inventive caterer whose personal life has become a recipe for disaster. She's got an abusive ex-husband who's into making tasteless threats, ... (Goodreads)
Back to the Bedroom
by Janet Evanovich
A young woman's life is turned upside down when she falls for a handsome stranger who moves in next door.
For months he’d thought of her as the Mystery Woman, draped in a black velvet cloak, with outrageous red curls, flawless skin, and carrying a large, odd case — but the night David Dodd saw a ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dawn and the Impossible Three
by Gale Galligan
Dawn joins the Babysitters Club and faces challenges with a difficult client. She learns about friendship and responsibility.
Dawn Schafer is the newest member of The Baby-sitters Club. While she's still adjusting to life in Stoneybrook after moving from sunny California, she's eager to accept her first big job. But taking ... (Barnes & Noble)
Club Dead
by Charlaine Harris
A vampiress joins forces with a werewolf to battle a powerful vampire king.
The novel takes place in December. Sookie discovers Bill working secretively on his computer. Bill closes a file but not before Sookie sees the screen. Bill informs Sookie he has to leave to complete ... (Wikipedia)
