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Updated December 21, 2024
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We Solve Murders
Richard Osman
Ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman's trademark wit. Delightful!" --Shari Lapena From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series A brand new mystery. An...
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Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson
Ebook
THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER (SUNDAY TIMES, UK) * The highly anticipated return of "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time "How delicious...
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The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
Ebook
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TOP 10 PICK OF 2024
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What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
Alan Bradley
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life. "I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best...
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The Waiting
Michael Connelly
Ebook
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter. Renée Ballard and the LAPD...
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Passions in Death
J. D. Robb
Ebook
Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the next novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb, Passions in Death. On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the...
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The Hunter
Tana French
Ebook
A New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 * A New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2024 * A Washington Post Best Thriller of 2024 * An NPR Best Book of 2024 * A Parade and AirMail Best Mystery Book of 2024 * A Globe...
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How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin
Ebook
A Jimmy Fallon's Book Club Finalist for 2024 AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist A GMA Buzz Pick! One of Amazon's Top 10 Best Books of April, One of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024, The Top...
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The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett
Ebook
A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett "Great fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennett--[a] rising star of fantasy--more than delivers."--Charlie...
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A Refiner's Fire
Donna Leon
Ebook
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Close to Death
Anthony Horowitz
Ebook
In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case--a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound. Riverside...
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The Last Word
Elly Griffiths
Ebook
Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club. Natalka and Edwin are perfect if...
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The Comfort of Ghosts
Jacqueline Winspear
Ebook
A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear's ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series. "An outstanding historical series."--The New York Times ...
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Fire and Bones
Kathy Reichs
Ebook
"There's a reason Kathy Reichs is the doyenne of forensic fiction--because her MO is to keep the reader guessing till the last paragraph." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny
Audiobook
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Spirit Crossing: A Novel (20) (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series)
William Kent Krueger
Ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! William Kent Krueger offers "one of his most puzzling mysteries to date" (Publishers Weekly) as a disappearance and a dead body put Cork O'Connor's family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twentieth book in the New York...
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All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that "hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel" (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as...
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Between a Flock and a Hard Place
Donna Andrews
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The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
Ebook
"Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark "It is an absolute bonkers delight (and I haven't even mentioned the local bird cult yet ...)." -- NPR, Best Books of the Year  ...
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The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Claudia Gray
Ebook
The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet: preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr....
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Lost Birds
Anne Hillerman
Ebook
"Anne Hillerman is a star."--J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases that will test the...
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This Is Why We Lied
Karin Slaughter
Ebook
WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! "Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill." -- Parade The instant NYT bestseller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, author of...
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A Death in Cornwall
Daniel Silva
Ebook
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve . . . Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel...
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Wordhunter
Stella Sands
Ebook
An Amazon Best of the Year Pick An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes. Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when...
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A Deceptive Composition
Anna Lee Huber
Ebook
Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they've finally found peace after a tumultuous summer, but long-buried family secrets soon threaten to unravel their lives . . . October 1832. Kiera is enjoying the slower pace of the English countryside. She,...
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Farewell, Amethystine
Walter Mosley
Ebook
From "master of the genre" (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins' latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia--blinding him to reason and risk. January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective,...
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