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This Body of Death
by Elizabeth George
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his team investigate a murder in London.
"George explores her characters' dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy." — Washington Post Book World "Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Just One Evil Act
by Elizabeth George
A mother's desperate search for her kidnapped daughter leads to a web of lies and deceit.
Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can’t really help—Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn’t on ... (Goodreads)
A Banquet of Consequences
by Elizabeth George
A gripping whodunit set in England, as a detective unravels a complex web of secrets.
Inspector Lynley investigates the London end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted ... (Goodreads)
The Dogs of Riga
by Henning Mankell
A murder investigation leads Inspector Wallander to Riga, Latvia, where he uncovers a web of corruption and political intrigue.
Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, ... (Goodreads)
Broken Harbor
by Tana French
A detective investigates a murder case in a ghostly housing estate, uncovering a web of secrets.
Mick “Scorcher" Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the half-abandoned ... (Goodreads)
1105 Yakima Street
by Debbie Macomber
Follow the lives of the residents of 1105 Yakima Street as they navigate through love, loss, and new beginnings.
1105 Yakima Street Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, You’ve probably heard that my wife has left me. Rachel’s pregnant, and she says that she can’t handle the stress in our household anymore. My ... (Goodreads)
Down River
by John Hart
After serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Adam Chase returns home to face his family's dark secrets and a new murder investigation.
Everything that shaped him happened near that river...,Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder... John Hart 's debut, The King of Lies , was compelling and lyrical, with Janet ... (Goodreads)
How the Light Gets In
by Louise Penny
Detective Armand Gamache investigates a murder in a small Canadian town, uncovering secrets and lies.
Christmas is approaching, and in Québec it's a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive ... (Goodreads)
In a House of Lies
by Ian Rankin
Detective John Rebus investigates a cold case involving a missing person and uncovers a web of lies and corruption.
Some boys discover a car in a deep gully in some woodland. Inside is a handcuffed corpse; the ex-lover of the dead man was the son of a serving detective inspector in what was the old Lothian & ... (Wikipedia)
Defending Jacob
by William Landay
A father must defend his son who is accused of murder, unraveling the truth of a complex crime.
Andy Barber is an assistant district attorney in Newton , Massachusetts. He is investigating the murder of a 14-year-old boy, Ben Rifkin, who was a classmate of his son Jacob and was found stabbed to ... (Wikipedia)
The Beginner's Goodbye
by Anne Tyler
A man's journey of healing and acceptance after the death of his beloved wife.
Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent ... (Goodreads)
Birds of a Feather
by Jacqueline Winspear
Private investigator Maisie Dobbs investigates the murder of a wealthy aviatrix in 1920s London.
An eventful year has passed for Maisie Dobbs. Since starting a one-woman private investigation agency in 1929 London, she now has a professional office in Fitzroy Square and an assistant, the ... (Goodreads)
T is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton
Detective Kinsey Millhone investigates the disappearance of a client's daughter, uncovering a web of secrets and lies.
Kinsey's cantankerous neighbor Gus is badly injured in a fall and hires Solana Rojas, a private nurse, to help him while he recuperates. Kinsey becomes suspicious when Gus becomes isolated and ... (Wikipedia)
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
Three women's lives intersect during WWII as a postmistress decides whether to deliver a letter that could change everything.
CDs, 9 CDs, 11 hours What would happen if someone did the unthinkable-and didn't deliver a letter? Filled with stunning parallels to today, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of ... (Goodreads)
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
An investigative journalist unravels a mystery of a vigilante killer in search of justice.
In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves - symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw. Sullen ... (Goodreads)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce
An elderly man's unexpected quest of faith, discovering the power of hope and love.
Harold Fry, 65, has cut the lawn outside his home at Kingsbridge on the south coast of Devon when he receives a letter. A colleague of twenty years ago, Queenie Hennessy, has cancer and is in a ... (Wikipedia)
The Silkworm
by Robert Galbraith
Detective investigates the murder of a novelist, uncovering shocking secrets.
Several months after solving the Lula Landry case , Cormoran Strike is asked by Leonora Quine to locate her novelist husband Owen, a former literary genius whose attempts to recreate his past success ... (Wikipedia)
Still Missing
by Chevy Stevens
A woman's struggle to free herself from captivity, and reclaim her life.
On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals - sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient ... (Goodreads)
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
A shy spinster's journey of self-discovery, exploring the limitations of life as a single woman in 1950s England.
The book details the everyday life of its narrator, Mildred Lathbury, , a spinster in her thirties in 1950s Britain. Perpetually self-deprecating, but with the sharpest wit, Mildred is a part-time ... (Wikipedia)
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
A historical fiction about the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry ... (Goodreads)
H is for Homicide
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of a claims adjuster.
These are troubling times for California Fidelity, the insurance company for whom Kinsey Millhone does occasional freelance work in return for office space. First, a recent employee and friend of ... (Wikipedia)
A Rule Against Murder
by Louise Penny
A murder mystery centered around a small Quebec town, unraveling its secrets along the way.
"What happened here last night isn't allowed," said Madame Dubois. It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on ... (Goodreads)
The White Lioness
by Henning Mankell
A Swedish detective investigates the murder of a South African woman, uncovering political corruption and racial tensions.
The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch ... (Goodreads)
Death of an Expert Witness
by P.D. James
A detective investigates a suspicious death in a hospital laboratory, uncovering a sinister conspiracy.
Dr. Lorrimer appeared to be the picture of a bloodless, coldly efficient scientist. Only when his brutally slain body is discovered and his secret past dissected does the image begin to change. Once ... (Goodreads)
The Black Box
by Michael Connelly
A police detective's pursuit of justice in the face of a relentless killer.
Bosch tackles a 20-year-old cold case which took place during the 1992 Los Angeles riots . A white photojournalist is found killed near a burned-out store. Harry Bosch and Jerry Edgar were the ... (Wikipedia)
Faithful Place
by Tana French
A woman's search for the truth behind her childhood sweetheart's disappearance.
When 19-year-old Frank Mackey was left waiting outside of an abandoned house one fateful night, he believed that his lover backed out on their plans of elopement. After finding a note inside the ... (Wikipedia)
A Trick of the Light
by Louise Penny
A murder mystery set in a small Quebec village, as a young detective uncovers secrets of the past.
"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden ... (Goodreads)
The Trespasser
by Tana French
A detective investigates a murder case, uncovering secrets, lies, and hidden motives.
Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a ... (Goodreads)
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni
Sam Hell, born with ocular albinism, navigates life's challenges with the help of his mother, a nun, and a friend.
Wall Street Journal, and, New York Times, bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to, Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
A woman's quest for knowledge and self-fulfillment, spanning through the 19th century.
A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed. In The Signature of All Things, ... (Goodreads)
