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Playing with Fire
by Tess Gerritsen
A female detective confronts a sinister cult while investigating a murder case.
A beautiful violinist is haunted by a very old piece of music she finds in a strange antique shop in Rome. The first time Julia Ansdell picks up The Incendio Waltz, she knows it’s a strikingly ... (Goodreads)
I Know a Secret
by Tess Gerritsen
A gripping medical mystery thriller, uncovering a sinister conspiracy.
In the twelfth gripping novel featuring Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, the crime-solving duo—featured in the smash-hit TNT series Rizzoli & Isles—are faced with the gruesomely staged murder of a ... (Goodreads)
The Mephisto Club
by Tess Gerritsen
A series of gruesome murders lead a detective to a secret society obsessed with the devil. A thrilling and chilling mystery.
In Gerritsens latest New York Times bestseller, medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli take on a society of scholars that studies the history of evil–and the grisly killer it has ... (Goodreads)
As Time Goes By
by Mary Higgins Clark
A young woman's life is turned upside down when she discovers a shocking family secret that leads her on a dangerous journey of self-discovery.
The #1, New York Times, bestselling “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark crafts a thrilling mystery in which a news reporter develops an interest in her birth parents just as she is assigned to ... (Barnes & Noble)
Begin Again
by Mona Kasten
College student Allie moves to a new city and falls for her brooding, tattooed neighbor, Kaden. But their pasts threaten to tear them apart.
He makes the rules. She breaks them all. A new start. It's the only thing keeping Allie Harper going, when she packs up her life and moves across the country to Woodshill, Oregon. She's about to ... (Barnes & Noble)
Justice Burning
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer takes on a case that could bring down a corrupt police department. But the stakes are high and danger lurks around every corner.
Former defense attorney Darren Street is desperately trying to put his life back together after spending two years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s rebuilding his law ... (Goodreads)
The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth
by Juliet Gauvin
American artist Elizabeth travels to Ireland to escape her past and finds love and healing in a quaint Irish cottage.
A story about losing your way and finding your life. Book 1 of 3. Elizabeth Lara built a perfect life as San Francisco's top divorce attorney, but when she loses her great-aunt Mags, the woman who ... (Barnes & Noble)
Cardboard
by Doug TenNapel
A boy creates a magical cardboard box that brings his drawings to life, but soon discovers the consequences of his actions.
When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Cam's down-and-out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows it's the worst present ever. ... (Goodreads)
Deadline
by Chris Crutcher
High school senior Ben Wolf has only one year to live, but he's determined to make the most of it by uncovering a dark secret in his small town.
Ben Wolf is an 18-year-old high school student from Trout, Idaho. He lives with his father, his mother, who is mentally ill, and his younger brother, Cody, who is a superb football player and attends ... (Wikipedia)
The Bitter Season
by Tami Hoag
A string of murders in Minneapolis leads detectives Kovac and Liska on a dangerous hunt for a killer.
EVERY FAMILY HAS A SECRET. THEIRS WILL CHILL YOU TO THE CORE. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will ... (Goodreads)
A Fire Sparkling
by Julianne MacLean
A family secret is uncovered when a woman discovers a WWII soldier's ring in her grandmother's house.
An Amazon Charts and, Washington Post, bestseller.,, From the, USA Today, bestselling author of, A Curve in the Road, comes a spellbinding novel about one woman’s love, loss, and courage during ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Owl Always Hunts At Night
by Samuel Bjørk
A complex and twisted murder investigation that delves into the darkest corners of human nature.
When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the scene is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene laboriously set. And there is almost no forensic ... (Goodreads)
A Man of Some Repute
by Elizabeth Edmondson
A British spy mystery set in a post-WWII Europe. A man's death leads to uncovering secrets and conspiracies.
Truth is rarely pure and never simple… Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past. Or so it seems to intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth, ... (Goodreads)
Justice Redeemed
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer seeks justice for a man wrongly accused of murder, uncovering corruption and danger along the way.
Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, ... (Goodreads)
In the Dark
by Loreth Anne White
A psychological thriller about a woman who returns to her hometown to investigate her father's death, only to uncover dark secrets and danger.
A secluded mountain lodge. The perfect getaway. So remote no one will ever find you., The promise of a luxury vacation at a secluded wilderness spa has brought together eight lucky guests. But ... (Barnes & Noble)
White Chrysanthemum
by Mary Lynn Bracht
Two sisters are separated during the Japanese occupation of Korea, and one is forced into sexual slavery. The other risks everything to save her.
In the spirit of Lilac Girls , the heartbreaking history of Korea is brought to life in this deeply moving and redemptive debut that follows two sisters separated by World War II. Korea, 1943. Hana ... (Goodreads)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
by Agatha Christie
An elderly couple investigate a suspicious death, uncovering dark secrets in the process.
While visiting Tommy's Aunt Ada at Sunny Ridge Nursing Home, Tuppence encounters some odd residents including Mrs. Lancaster who mystifies her with talk about "your poor child" and "something behind ... (Goodreads)
Snow White Must Die
by Nele Neuhaus
A small town is shaken by the return of a woman who was convicted of killing two girls years ago. Secrets and lies are uncovered as the truth is sought.
Snow White Must Die, by Nele Neuhaus is a tremendous new contemporary mystery series and huge international bestseller—with more than 3.5 million copies in print!,On a rainy November day police ... (Barnes & Noble)
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)
The Violets of March
by Sarah Jio
A woman escapes to a small island to heal from a failed marriage and discovers a mysterious diary that changes her life forever.
A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2011 A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a ... (Goodreads)
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
by Sarah Dunant
A historical fiction novel about the infamous Borgia family, their rise to power, and their scandals and betrayals.
By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys ... (Goodreads)
The Quiet Game
by Greg Iles
A lawyer returns to his hometown to defend a man accused of murder, uncovering dark secrets and corruption.
The novel is of investigative crime fiction genre, entailing the main character of Penn Cage . Cage travels back to his home town of Natchez, Mississippi with his young daughter after the death of ... (Wikipedia)
The Piano Tuner
by Daniel Mason
A piano tuner is sent to Burma in the late 1800s to repair a rare piano for an eccentric British officer. He becomes embroiled in political intrigue and a forbidden love affair.
In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano ... (Goodreads)
The Hideaway
by Lauren K. Denton
After inheriting her grandmother's dilapidated B&B, Sara uncovers family secrets and finds love in a small Alabama town.
In the South, family is always more complicated than it seems. After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Anatomy of a Scandal
by Sarah Vaughan
A high-profile politician is accused of a terrible crime, and his wife must confront the truth about their marriage.
An astonishingly incisive and suspenseful novel about a scandal amongst Britain’s privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake. Sophie’s husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a ... (Goodreads)
The Art of Inheriting Secrets
by Barbara O'Neal
After her mother's death, Olivia discovers a family estate in England and uncovers secrets that change her life forever.
When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Wife
by Alafair Burke
A woman's life is turned upside down when her husband is accused of a scandalous crime. She must confront the truth about their marriage and his past.
His scandal. Her secret . When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals ... (Goodreads)
The Crucifix Killer
by Chris Carter
A serial killer is on the loose, leaving behind gruesome crucifixion scenes. Detective Hunter and his team race against time to catch the killer before he strikes again.
When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in the middle of Los Angeles National Forest, Homicide Detective Robert Hunter finds himself entering a horrific and recurring ... (Goodreads)
The Coffin Dancer
by Jeffery Deaver
A daring criminal eludes capture from an FBI agent in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase.
Detective Lincoln Rhyme , the foremost criminal inspector in the Capitol as a Peacekeeper, is put on the trail of the Coffin Dancer, a cunning professional killer who has continually big-brained the ... (Wikipedia)
If I Run
by Terri Blackstock
Fleeing from a crime she didn't commit, Casey Cox must clear her name before she's caught.
Now a USA TODAY bestseller! Casey knows the truth. But it won’t set her free. Casey Cox’s DNA is all over the crime scene. There’s no use talking to police; they’ve failed her abysmally before. She ... (Barnes & Noble)
