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The return of Vegas
by Carl Weber
Agreeing to surrender the family business to his younger brother after a long stint in prison, Vegas Duncan battles his disapproving mother and a mysterious rival who attacks Vegas' older brother. By the best-selling author of To Paris with Love.
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Where trust lies
by Janette Oke
Returning home after a year spent teaching in the Canadian West, Beth embarks on a luxurious steamship tour along the East coast and struggles to choose between rejoining her beloved Jarrick and staying with her family.
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First frost
by Sarah Addison Allen
A tale set 10 years after the events in Garden Spells finds Claire's happy contentment shattered by her father's revelations, which challenge everything she ever believed about herself.
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Jason
by Laurell K Hamilton
When her best friend and favorite werewolf Jason Schuyler comes to her for advice on how to handle his bisexual lover, vampire hunter Anita Blake, who is having her own relationship problems, has an experience that she will never forget when she tries to help them both. Includes a teaser for Dead Ice. Original.
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Burned : a fever novel
by Karen Marie Moning
An entry in the story-arc trilogy connected to the world of the Fever series is set immediately after the events of Iced and finds Mac and Dani O'Malley embroiled in a high-stakes adventure. By a #1 best-selling author.
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Euphoria : a novel
by Lily King
Frustrated by his research efforts and depressed over the death of his brothers, Andre Banson runs into two fellow anthropologists, a married couple, in 1930s New Guinea and begins a tumultuous relationship with them. 25,000 first printing.
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Christopher's diary : echoes of Dollanganger
by V. C. Andrews
A next entry in the popular series continues the story of the Dollanganger siblings and their incarceration in their brutal grandmother's attic from the perspective of eldest son, Christopher. 10,000 first printing.
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Plus One : a novel
by Christopher Noxon
Humorously follows a stay-at-home dad and his rising star TV writer wife in Hollywood as they try to navigate a newly high-profile Los Angeles lifestyle and he deals with becoming his wife's "plus one" at a variety of lavish parties and events.
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Jam on the Vine
by Lashonda Katrice Barnett
Discovering a love for journalism upon stealing a newspaper from her mother's white employer, precocious Ivoe Williams eventually flees her segregated community to launch a first female-run African-American newspaper at the side of her lover. Online reading-group guide. By the award-winning author of I Got Thunder.
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Black River
by S. M. Hulse
A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront an inmate who, 20 years earlier, held him hostage during a prison riot. A first novel. Online reader's guide available. 25,000 first printing.
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Saint Odd
by Dean R. Koontz
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds psychic fry cook Odd Thomas returning to his home town while preparing to confront an evil force that tests his friendships, reveals his purpose and reunites him with a lost love. 300,000 first printing.
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The body snatchers affair
by Marcia Muller
Conducting a dual investigation in the opium dens of Chinatown, Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon search for missing millionaires against a backdrop of a brewing tong war. By the award-winning authors of The Bughouse Affair.
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Cane and Abe
by James Grippando
Wrongfully implicated in the disappearance of his second wife, Miami prosecutor Abe Beckham is forced to consider his missing wife's accusations about his enduring love for his dead first wife. By the best-selling author of The Pardon. 40,000 first printing.
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Breaking creed : Introducing Ryder Creed
by Alex Kava
Receiving positive and negative attention after intercepting major drug deals with his canine assistants, ex-marine-turned-K9 search-and-rescue trainer Ryder Creed teams up with FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell to stop a human smuggling operation and halt a series of brutal murders.
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Private Vegas
by James Patterson
Following leads on two criminals to Las Vegas, private detective Jack Morgan discovers a lucrative murder ring being controlled by a wealthy man who seduces beautiful women into becoming killers for hire. 500,000 first printing.
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The girl on the train : a novel
by Paula Hawkins
Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
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Tom Clancy full force and effect
by Mark Greaney
Jack Ryan Jr. and his fellow Campus agents race against time to investigate a North Korean ICBM bombing related to a CIA veteran's murder, a stolen cache of forged documents and a rich mineral deposit. By the best-selling co-author of Command Authority.
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Twisted innocence
by Terri Blackstock
When police show up to question Holly Cramer about the whereabouts of Creed Kershaw, her daughter's father, Holly learns that he is a person of interest in a drug-related murder case, so she decides to look for him, but in desperation, he takes Holly and her daughter hostage. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Hush
by Karen Robards
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A Demon Summer : a Max Tudor Novel
by G. M. Malliet
Investigating what appears to be an attempt on the life of the reviled earl of Lislelivet, former MI5 agent turned vicar Max Tudor interrupts wedding plans and concludes that the event was accidental before a body is discovered in the cloister well. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Pagan Spring.
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The devil you know : a novel
by Elisabeth De Mariaffi
In 1993, rookie crime beat reporter Evie Jones is obsessed with solving the 11-year-old murder of her best friend and, as she gets closer and closer to an unimaginable conclusion, she is convinced that the killer is still out there—and is coming for her. 60,000 first printing.
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Honor above all
by J. Bard-Collins
"Pinkerton agent Garrett Lyons arrives in Chicago in 1882 to solve the murder of his partner. He enlists the help of his friend, architect Louis Sullivan, and becomes involved in the race to build one of the first skyscrapers"
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The blue journal : a Detective Anthony Walker novel
by L. T. Graham
"When one of Randi Conway's psychotherapy patients is found dead of a gunshot wound, the investigation is turned over to Lieutenant Anthony Walker. Formerly a New York City cop, Walker now serves on the police force of an affluent community in FairfieldCounty, Connecticut. He lives among the privileged gentry, where he understands that appearances are often far removed from reality. This certainly proves to be true in the death of Elizabeth Knoebel, when Walker discovers that she had been keeping a private journal entitled "SEXUAL RITES". In her diary, Elizabeth was recording the explicit details of her sexual adventures with various men, many of whom were married to the women in her therapy group. Elizabeth was a predator bent on seducing and, in some instances, humiliating these men, obsessed with a perverse mission that Walker believes led to her murder. As Walker uncovers the secrets of Elizabeth's memoir, he becomes convinced that her killer is another of Randi Conway's patients. But which one?"
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A fine summer's day : an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery
by Charles Todd
The nuptial hopes of Inspector Rutledge are overshadowed by a series of seemingly unrelated murders throughout 1914 England and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which leads to World War I. 75,000 first printing.
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Cold cold heart
by Tami Hoag
Struggling with PTSD, memory loss and dark flashbacks a year after escaping a notorious serial killer, television reporter Dana Nolan uses her investigative skills to reclaim the missing pieces of her life and begins questioning everything she thought she believed. By the best-selling author of The 9th Girl.
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Die again : a novel
by Tess Gerritsen
A conclusion to the series behind the smash TNT show finds Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli investigating the murder of a big game hunter whose demise is linked to several seemingly unrelated deaths and an ill-fated camping safari in Botswana. 200,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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Insatiable appetites
by Stuart Woods
Settling the estate of a respected friend and mentor, Stone uncovers secrets ranging from surprising to alarming while an underhanded foe stealthily spreads violent havoc. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Holly Barker series.
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Trust no one
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Retreating to her hometown after her motivational speaker boss dies from alcohol poisoning, a traumatized Grace Elland shares a dreadful blind date with a venture capitalist, who uses his skills as a former Marine to help her outmaneuver a stalker. By the best-selling author of River Road.
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Hush
by Karen Robards
Believing her estranged husband's suspicious death is the work of one of her fraud-committing father-in-law's powerful enemies, Riley Cowan teams up with FBI agent and former flame Finn Bradley to identify the killer. By the author of Hunted. 75,000 first printing.
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Dogwood Hill
by Sherryl Woods
When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school coaching job, he's embraced by the town—especially the O'Briens—but Aidan has a secret that could alter all their lives. By a New York Times #1 best-selling author.
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The martini shot : a novella and stories
by George P. Pelecanos
A collection by the best-selling author of The Night Gardener features protagonists engaged in fights for their lives, from a claims investigator who tracks a supposed dead man to an aging loser who pursues respectability by becoming an informant. By the award-winning writer-producer of The Wire. 25,000 first printing.
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