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"From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting standalone novel about the unexpected, shattering, and lethal consequences of a one-night stand on a seemingly happily married couple. Kate loves her life. At forty-four, she's happily married to her kind husband, Ron, blessed with two wonderful children, and has a beautiful home in San Francisco. Everything changes, however, when she and Ron attend a dinner party and meet another...
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions....
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Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 9
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in an explosive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Triple Jeopardy. When a desperate woman comes to Daniel seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Daniel is convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Dispatched from London to investigate the discovery of an unidentified body in a peaceful Welsh village, Ian Rutledge uncovers a tangle of deception involving a child's tragic fate and a woman bent on hiding the past.
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Jackson Brodie mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
9) Medusa
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, disrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
Medusa has been exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods. She has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. When a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her...
11) Feline fatale
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen investigates a murder in Albermarle County, Virginia with assistance from her beloved pets, including cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and dogs Pirate and Tucker.
12) Fatal gambit
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Rekke volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Dead women should not show up in photos fourteen years beyond the grave... But if anyone is likely to recognize Claire Lidman, it's her husband, Samuel. He brings the photo to Hans Rekke and Micaela Vargas. Their initial skepticism gives way to cautious belief--but where will this case lead them? Meanwhile, Rekke's daughter, Julia, has a new boyfriend she's determined to keep secret. When word gets out, Micaela's world collapses around her, and Rekke...
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Troubleshooters volume 13
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Battling depression after the fatal shooting of his wife Angelina, Vinh Murphy finds solace in his friendship with Hannah Whitfield, only to discover that the FBI is hunting for a man named Murphy in connection with the murder of a neo-Nazi leader.
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Samuel Carver novels volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Solicited to orchestrate a fatal accident in a Paris tunnel, hired killer Samuel Carver finds himself targeted by the forces that employed him when the job goes terribly wrong, a circumstance that compels him to execute the most daring feat of his career.
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Taking a rare day off from the Daily Planet newspaper, Clark Kent relaxes with his new sci-fi novel, Little Green Men. Then suddenly, the mild-mannered reporter hears a scream! Unable to ignore his other job as Superman the world's greatest hero, he soars toward the cry for help, rescuing a construction worker from a near fatal fall. The interruptions, however, don't stop there, and the Man of Steel's lazy day quickly becomes stranger than fiction....
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming and emotionally poignant novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate"--
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The owner of a gun store embarks on a scheme to avoid bankruptcy by using his son’s resurrection from a near-fatal drug overdose to create what he believes is the greatest television commercial anyone has ever seen"-- Provided by publisher.
18) Fatal legacy
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father's business as a private informer. She only has two hard and fast rules - avoid political cases and family cases because nothing good comes of either of them. Unfortunately, since Albia isn't good at avoiding either, it's really more of a guideline. So when her Aunt Junia demands Albia track down a couple of deadbeats who owe her money, it's an offer Albia can't refuse. It turns...
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Restationed in a remote bush town in the aftermath of a fatal judgment call, Trooper Liam Campbell tackles unexpected challenges in the form of a cutthroat local fishing trade, violent drug dealers, and the murder of an archaeologist who claimed to be on the verge of a great discovery.
20) Amber & Clay
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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A novel in verse relates the story of Rhaskos and Melisto, one a common slave and the other a spoiled aristocrat, who are bound together by fate and form an unlikely friendship that crosses the boundary of life and death.
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