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Death in a Strange Country
by Donna Leon
Commissario Brunetti investigates the murder of a young American soldier in Venice, uncovering corruption and secrets in the process.
Early one morning Brunetti is confronted with the body of a young American serviceman fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. All clues point to a mugging, but robbery seems too convenient a motive. ... (Wikipedia)
Acqua Alta
by Donna Leon
A Venetian mystery novel where Commissario Brunetti investigates a murder during the city's high water season.
Donna Leon's growing American fan base is hungry for more of the books from her internationally bestselling series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. Now in what many consider one of the finest in ... (Goodreads)
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
A Venetian detective investigates a murder at the La Fenice opera house.
A world-famous German opera conductor has died at La Fenice , and Commissario (Detective) Guido Brunetti pursues what appears to be a murder investigation without leads. Leon, who completed a ... (Wikipedia)
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
A young Irish woman's migration to America, exploring themes of identity and belonging.
Eilis Lacey is a young woman who is unable to find work in 1950s Ireland . Her older sister Rose organises a meeting with a Catholic priest called Father Flood on a visit from New York City , who ... (Wikipedia)
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
A man's quest to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his wife, uncovering a deeper mystery.
For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night ... (Goodreads)
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
A gripping murder-mystery set in 19th century New York, exposing the dark underbelly of the city.
Narrated from the first-person perspective of John Moore, a crime reporter for, The New York Times, , the novel begins on January 8, 1919, the day that Theodore Roosevelt is buried. Moore has dinner ... (Wikipedia)
True to Me
by Kay Bratt
A woman discovers her true identity and family secrets while navigating love and loss in a small coastal town.
From the bestselling author of, Wish Me Home, comes a breathtaking novel about the secrets that families keep and one woman’s illuminating search for the truth., Quinn Maguire has a stable life, a ... (Goodreads)
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A writer's journey through a supernatural world of secrets and lies.
The Angel's Game is set in Barcelona in the 1920s and 1930s and follows a young writer, David Martin. In a once-abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, Martín makes his living by writing ... (Wikipedia)
The Institute
by Stephen King
Children with psychic abilities are kidnapped and taken to a sinister institution where they are subjected to cruel experiments.
Tim Jamieson leaves his job in Florida and prepares to head to New York City . By coincidence, en route, he gives up a seat on a plane and finds himself in the fictional small town of Dupray, South ... (Wikipedia)
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
Confronting the past and present, a woman struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of her hometown.
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a single 26-year-old, returns from New York to her hometown, Maycomb, Alabama, for her annual fortnight-long visit to her father Atticus, a lawyer and former state ... (Wikipedia)
Depraved Heart
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of murders connected to her past, while dealing with personal and professional challenges.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a highly suspicious death scene in a historic home in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages, ... (Goodreads)
Dust
by Patricia Cornwell
Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of murders linked to a long-dead serial killer.
The plot opens with Kay Scarpetta receiving a phone call from Marino informing her about a body, later identified as Gail Shipton, recovered in a field adjoining Massachusetts Information Technology ... (Wikipedia)
The Dead
by Charlie Higson
A deadly virus has wiped out most of the world's population, leaving a group of children to fend for themselves in a post-apocalyptic London.
The Dead begins a year before the events in, The Enemy, , where an unnamed user posts a video on Youtube titled "The Scared Kid". In it, a boy frantically talks to the camera about how his friends ... (Wikipedia)
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
A family's summer home on an island holds secrets and memories spanning generations, revealing the complexities of privilege, race, and identity.
An unforgettable love story, a novel about past mistakes and betrayals that ripple throughout generations,, The Guest Book, examines not just a privileged American family, but a privileged America. ... (Goodreads)
Bloodstream
by Tess Gerritsen
A medical thriller about a doctor who discovers a deadly virus outbreak in a small town and races to find a cure before it spreads.
With her acclaimed novels, Harvest, and, Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling ... (Goodreads)
The Burial Hour
by Jeffery Deaver
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race against time to stop a sadistic killer who buries his victims alive.
Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme is back with his most harrowing case yet in this newest installment of Jeffrey Deaver's, New York Times, bestselling series. A businessman snatched from an Upper East ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
by Katherine Pancol
Two sisters navigate love, family, and deception in Paris. One writes a bestseller, the other takes credit.
Le Divorce, meets, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, in this hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with ... (Goodreads)
The Zig Zag Girl
by Elly Griffiths
A murder mystery set in 1950s Brighton, where a magician's assistant is found dead in a trunk. Detective Edgar Stephens investigates.
“Captivating.” —,Wall Street Journal, “An absorbing read, the debut of another great series.” —,San Jose Mercury News, , “A labyrinthine plot, a splendid reveal, and superb evocation of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
by Elizabeth George
Detective Lynley and Havers investigate a murder in the Lake District, uncovering secrets and lies in a tight-knit community.
A theatrical producer shoots himself on the night of his greatest triumph. A young woman camping on the Derbyshire moors is bludgeoned to death. A motorcyclist is found stabbed to death in the center ... (Goodreads)
The Knitting Circle
by Ann Hood
A group of women come together to knit and share their stories of loss, grief, and healing.
After the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island, as a way to fill the empty hours and lonely days. The women welcome her, each teaching Mary a ... (Goodreads)
Red Mist
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a young woman, while dealing with personal and professional challenges.
The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta ... (Goodreads)
Knit Two
by Kate Jacobs
A group of women come together to knit and support each other through life's challenges. A heartwarming story of friendship and community.
The Sequel to the Beloved #1, New York Times, Bestseller, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The sequel to the number-one New York Times bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club, KNIT TWO returns to ... (Goodreads)
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
by Alexander McCall Smith
Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur sleuth, navigates the complexities of love and loss while solving a mystery involving a rare manuscript.
ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 2 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether ... (Goodreads)
Seize the Night
by Dean Koontz
A thrilling story of a detective hunting down a killer in the dark of night.
Seize the Night begins a few months after Fear Nothing . It starts with Chris and his dog Orson happening upon Chris's ex-girlfriend, Lilly Wing, whose son Jimmy has just disappeared. Chris swears to ... (Wikipedia)
Redemption Road
by John Hart
Ex-convict's journey to redemption, searching for peace and justice in a violent world.
“Hart has taken it to another level…read this novel.” —David Baldacci, From the award-winning author of five New York Times bestselling novels comes a “gripping, believable story that doesn’t rest ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Nightmare
by Lars Kepler
A series of gruesome murders lead Detective Joona Linna to investigate a hypnotist who may be controlling the killer's actions.
A drowned young woman is discovered on an abandoned pleasure boat drifting by the Stockholm archipelago–-strangely, her clothes are dry. The next day in Stockholm, a man turns up dead, hanging from a ... (Goodreads)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
A nostalgic tale of friendship, courage and resilience set in the American South.
Throughout the novel the narrator and time period change, and the reader relies on the chapters' headings to establish the date and the source of the chapter. Some of the narration comes in the form ... (Wikipedia)
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
by Annabel Pitcher
A young boy's story of loss and the search for identity.
Ten-year-old Jamie hasn't cried since it happened. He knows he should have—Jasmine cried, Mum cried, Dad still cries. Roger didn't, but then he is just a cat and didn't know Rose that well, really. ... (Goodreads)
The Man With the Golden Gun
by Ian Fleming
James Bond is tasked with assassinating the world's most dangerous assassin, Francisco Scaramanga.
Almost a year after James Bond's final confrontation with Ernst Stavro Blofeld , while on a mission in Japan , a man claiming to be Bond appears in London and demands to meet the head of the Secret ... (Wikipedia)
Native Tongue
by Carl Hiaasen
A family of environmental activists take on a powerful corporation intent on destroying the Everglades.
When the precious blue-tongued mango voles at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills on North Key Largo are stolen by heartless, ruthless thugs, Joe Winder wants to uncover why, and find the voles. Joe is ... (Goodreads)
