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Mystery, Adventure & Thriller August 2025 |
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Coming Soon - Click on a Title to Place Your Hold! |
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The art of a lie : a novel
by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
After her husband is murdered, Hannah Cole fights to save her struggling confectionary shop on Piccadilly, contends with suspicion from magistrate Henry Fielding, and finds an unlikely ally in William Devereux, whose introduction of iced cream sparks both opportunity and peril in eighteenth-century London.
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The blonde who came in from the cold : a novel
by Ally Carter
One year after vanishing from her former lover and fellow spy, a woman wakes up handcuffed to him in a dark unknown location, forcing the estranged agents to survive a deadly conspiracy together—despite a decade of secrets, betrayal, and unresolved tension between them.
Start with book 1: the Blonde Identity.
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The Break-in
by Katherine Faulkner
After killing an intruder in self-defense while hosting a playdate at her London home, Alice becomes obsessed with uncovering his identity, unraveling unsettling clues that suggest her seemingly perfect life may be built on hidden betrayals.
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The Burial Place
by Stig Abell
It began as the project of a lifetime--a group of archaeologists, uncovering the remains of a Roman settlement on a picturesque hill in the glorious English countryside. But, the idyll is shattered when they begin receiving threatening letters. Former city detective Jake Jackson, now enjoying a quieter life in the local village, is pulled in to investigate. Soon, threatening letters are the least of their problems, when a murderer strikes. Now, the race is on for Jake to find the mysterious culprit, before they kill again . . .
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Five found dead
by Sulari Gentill
"After a brutal year battling what should have been a terminal cancer diagnosis, mystery author Joe Penvale and his twin sister Meredith decide to celebrate this new beginning with a holiday on the famed Orient Express. Joe and Meredith's elusive neighbor in 16G keeps to his cabin the first night after an early dinner-and the next morning his cabin is found soaked in blood, with no sign of his body anywhere. Also aboard is a virulent new strain of coronavirus, which leaves an entire carriage under quarantine and the train itself prohibited from disembarking in Venice."
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Forget me not : a novel
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 secrets, from the best-selling author of A Flicker in the Dark.
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The locked ward : a novel
by Sarah Pekkanen
When Amanda visits her institutionalized twin Georgia—accused of murdering their younger sister—she's drawn into a chilling spiral of doubt, buried family tensions, and psychological manipulation that forces her to question the truth, her past, and her own sanity.
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The midnight hour : a novel
by Eve Chase
"Notting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return. With her little brother in tow, desperate to find their mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of secondhand shops and shadowy figures, far from the grand townhouses in her comfortable neighborhood. As Maggie struggles to maintain a stable life for herself and her brother, she befriends Wolf, another young person also living on his wits alone. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance--or will her growing feelings for him just cause her further pain, upending her life even more?"
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Murder by the Book
by Amie Schaumberg
Detective Ian Carter is shaken by a student's dead body posed like Hamlet's Ophelia, and when a chance meeting with literature professor Emma Reilly ends with her accidentally solving the killer's clue, she turns to the books she loves for the key to unraveling the crime.
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Stillwater / : A Thriller
by Tanya Scott
After years of hiding from his violent past as a crime boss's protégé, college student Luke Harris—formerly known as Jack Quinlan—is forced to reclaim old instincts when his former life resurfaces, threatening the love, identity, and future he's struggled to build.
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The wrong sister : a novel
by Claire Douglas
When Alice, a successful scientist, is brutally attacked and her husband killed while staying with her sister Tasha's family, Tasha faces a chilling threat that she was the intended target, unraveling dark family secrets that put everyone she loves in danger.
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For duck's sake
by Donna Andrews
When a skeleton is uncovered in her brother's yard, Meg helps investigate the decades-old mystery while preparing for Caerphilly's first Mutt March in the latest addition to the long-running series.
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Laying Down the Latte : A Bakeshop Mystery
by Ellie Alexander
Baker Jules Capshaw, along with her husband, Carlos, and Torte's resident barista, Andy, are packing their bags and preparing for the ultimate coffee excursion in Costa Rica. A fortuitous invitation from one of Carlos's former colleagues, Valentina, has them venturing to the coffee capital of the world for a tasting tour and an immersive weekend at her family's organic coffee farm. The getaway is just what Jules needed. A chance to relax and unwind, curl up with a book and iced latte by the pool, and tinker in Valentina's kitchen, dreaming up new recipes to bring home. Except her tranquil weekend quickly turns into a nightmare when one of Valentina's employees is found dead in the pulping machine.
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The Marigold Cottages murder collective : a mystery
by Jo Nichols
Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about. The tenants live contentedly in their doll-house bungalows in Santa Barbara, just minutes from the beach, until their peace is shattered when Anthony, a quiet, hulking, but potentially violent ex-con moves in. Three weeks later, a dead body is discovered on the streets of the peaceful neighborhood. Anthony is arrested, and the tenants heave sighs of relief. Until Mrs. B, convinced that he's innocent, marches down to the police station and confesses to the crime herself.
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Mrs. Christie at the mystery guild library
by Amanda Chapman
Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
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