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| Too Old for This by Samantha DowningIn Samantha Downing’s wry, twist-filled new novel, 75-year-old Lottie Jones -- once a notorious serial killer -- lives quietly under a new identity. But when a journalist starts digging into her past, Lottie must confront old crimes and consider new ones to stay hidden. Murder, however, isn’t so easy at her age. |
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Forget Me Not
by Stacy Willingham
Returning to coastal South Carolina for the summer, journalist Claire Campbell takes a job at a vineyard near where her sister vanished decades earlier—and when she uncovers a disturbing old diary, she begins to suspect the past holds deadly secret.
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| House of Monstrous Women by Daphne FamaSet against the backdrop of the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines, this gothic horror follows Josephine, a grieving young woman who accepts an invitation to a childhood friend’s eerie mansion. Promised her heart’s desire if she wins a mysterious game, Josephine must survive a house that hungers for blood. |
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| Jenny Cooper Has a Secret by Joy FieldingIn this darkly clever psychological thriller, a lonely widow forms an unsettling bond with a 92-year-old dementia patient who claims to be a killer. When a resident suddenly dies, Linda must decide whether Jenny’s shocking confessions are fantasy -- or the truth. A tense, gripping story of trust and deception. |
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What About the Bodies
by Ken Jaworowski
Carla, Reed, and Liz each face urgent, life-altering challenges—mother protecting her son's secret, a grieving autistic young man honoring a promise, and a musician trapped by debt—whose intersecting paths ignite a tense story of survival, danger, and unexpected love.
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| The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar JonassonWhen Iceland’s most famous crime novelist vanishes without a trace, young detective Helgi Reykdal must unravel the secrets of her shadowy past before the press and a possible killer get there first. Clever, atmospheric, and steeped in golden-age mystery tradition, Jonasson’s latest is a masterful homage to classic whodunits. |
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Red Tide
by M. P. Woodward
America’s Navy is stretched thin. China’s fleet grows, and both nations vie for Taiwan’s semiconductor chips. When China strikes first, casualties mount and arsenals are depleted. Rear Adm. Will Cole, ready to retire, is sent stateside to push a resistant bureaucracy. When missiles fly, he’s ordered to destroy the Chinese fleet and retake Taiwan—risking his career, his Navy, and his family in one final amphibious action.
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Forget Me Not
by Stacy Willingham
Returning to coastal South Carolina for the summer, journalist Claire Campbell takes a job at a vineyard near where her sister vanished decades earlier—and when she uncovers a disturbing old diary, she begins to suspect the past holds deadly secret.
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Clown Town
by Mick Herron
While recovering from injury, former MI5 agent River Cartwright investigates a missing book tied to his late grandfather's secrets that draws in the disgraced spies of Slough House, in the ninth novel of the series following Bad Actors.
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| The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle ValentineWhen book editor Thea Woods is tapped to work on the memoir of celebrated chef Maria Capello, she expects a career reboot -- but instead finds herself isolated on a remote upstate farm, unraveling decades-old secrets behind Maria’s husband’s mysterious disappearance. In this deliciously dark thriller, suspicion and dread simmer beneath a veneer of culinary fame. |
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