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Burning Secrets by Shawn McGuire
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThings are heating up in Whispering Pines, and it’s not just the weather. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea is on edge. Hopeful applicants have taken over the commons area, all of them begging to become residents. Villagers who left long ago have returned, causing an uproar among the locals. The slow burn feud between the sister witches has reached the boiling point... -
![Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme]()
Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrouble follows Shelby Nichols Why wouldn't it?She works for a mob boss.And the police.A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby’s life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go?As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it’s up to her to stop them. Will she succeed? Let’s hope so, because time is running out...Categorized as:
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![Ghostly Serenade: by Colleen Helme]()
Ghostly Serenade: by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unsolved murder, a mob boss out for revenge, and a message from a ghost? Just another day in the life of Shelby Nichols. Shelby's family trip to meet the New York Manettos is not turning out to be the enjoyable break she'd hoped for...Categorized as:
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![The Wherryman by David Blake, Jonathan Keeble]()
The Wherryman by David Blake, Jonathan Keeble
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE DEBUT CRIME THRILLER SERIES OF THE YEAR!Four missing children, three murdered men, and the helm of a boat with a blood-red sail, hiding a secret only he can tell.Returning to the Broads after nearly two years at sea, John Tanner moors up next to a boat to find the body of a man whose five-year-old daughter is nowhere to be seen... -
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![The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAgent Pendergast faces his latest challenge in this next installment of the #1 NYT bestselling series by acclaimed authors Preston and Child, the second in the Leng Trilogy.Following the events of Bloodless, FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast and Constance Greene return. Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s... -
![The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean Book 8 by James Oswald]()
The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean Book 8 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe gripping new crime thriller in the highly acclaimed Inspector McLean series A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh, ploughing into a crowded bus stop and spilling his vehicle's toxic load. The consequences are devastating. DI Tony McLean witnesses the carnage... -
![The Locked Room: A Mystery by Elly Griffiths]()
The Locked Room: A Mystery by Elly Griffiths
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor--until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer, in USA Today Elly Griffiths' penultimate novel in the beloved series...Categorized as:
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![Time to Kiln by Nova Nelson]()
Time to Kiln by Nova Nelson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDahlia Wildes often feels like a ghost, but seeing them is a new development. After being transported to a strange town with magical beings, she struggles to understand what’s going on and why everyone keeps telling her she’s a witch... -
![Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAwaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet mix of endings and beginnings... -
![Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James]()
Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStella's newest client, Charlie Booker, wants to sell his half of a duplex but before he can sign the listing papers, he's murdered. Even stranger, there are only one set of footprints leaving the house, with none showing up as entering the home. The police mark it as a robbery gone wrong and target a local group of petty thieves. Stella can't shake the feeling that it’s someone much closer... -
![Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire]()
Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTucked next to a pristine lake, the part-Medieval Europe, part-Renaissance Faire hamlet of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin is a utopia . . . except for the recent murders.One month after arriving in the Northwoods, former detective Jayne O’Shea has settled comfortably into small-town life and is making good progress with her task of getting her grandparents’ house ready for sale... -
![The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths]()
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEverything has changed for Dr. Ruth Galloway.She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Amyas March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with...Categorized as:
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![Mastermind by Andrew Mayne]()
Mastermind by Andrew Mayne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA mysterious electrical storm plunges Manhattan into darkness. As a strange, smothering fog rolls in, all communication crashes. In the blink of an eye, the island seems to vanish into a void.FBI special agent Jessica Blackwood and brilliant scientist Dr. Theo Cray know this isn’t a freak accident. It’s a sinister sleight of hand... -
![Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett]()
Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies...Categorized as:
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![Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner]()
Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA paranormal women's fiction novel with Gen X attitude and a heart of gold.Welcome to Hollywood Lakes, where the water is warm, the coffee is hot, and magic begins at midlife.Shay Atwater is a talent manager in Hollywood with a knack for making dreams come true. But somehow, she's never quite found her own... -
![The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry]()
The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend... -
![The Trouble at Turtle Beach by Carrie Bedford]()
The Trouble at Turtle Beach by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsROMANTIC GETAWAY BUZZKILL:DEATH NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY!Harried, overworked architect Kate Benedict has no sooner stepped off the ferry to a tiny, remote island in Seychelles, primed to de-stress and celebrate at a destination wedding, than she spots imminent danger – auras spinning above the heads of two people on the dock...Categorized as:
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![Assignment in Amsterdam by Carrie Bedford]()
Assignment in Amsterdam by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE CAN SEE WHO’S GOING TO DIE – AND THIS TIME, IT'S EVERYONE! It looks like a plum job for architect Kate Benedict—she’s been sent to Amsterdam to repurpose an ancient mansion, happily assigned to work with an old friend. Should have been a lark! But it's a catastrophe—her old friend’s going to die.And so is the caretaker. And the owner. Not to mention the owner’s personal assistant...Categorized as:
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![The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry]()
The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Mirth and murder blend beautifully" in this tale of an amateur sleuth and her bony best friend (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Dr. Georgia Thackery is back home with her parents after finding a new adjunct position at Bostock College. Everyone is excited for their first family Christmas with nothing to hide... -
![The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths]()
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that’s haunted him for years... -
![Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.”—Kirkus Reviews“These Joe Grey mysteries will stay popular for many years to come.”—Tampa TribuneMystery fans and cat lovers alike rejoice...Categorized as:
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![The Forgotten Cottage by Helen Phifer]()
The Forgotten Cottage by Helen Phifer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Forgotten Cottage, the eagerly-awaited and chillingly terrifying new book in Helen Phifer’s best-selling ‘Annie Graham’ series. Annie Graham has fought her demons, and is ready to leave them behind. Her new cottage seems like the new start she’s craved: quiet and quaint, it’s empty of the memories which have haunted her for so long... -
![A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister]()
A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new cozy mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau series.Avery Winters was overjoyed to be brought back to life... unfortunately, the dead were waiting for her... -
![Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald]()
Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDetective Inspector Tony McLean is on the case when the search for a missing journalist uncovers the scene of a carefully staged murder. In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the body is discovered in a seemingly macabre ritual of purification...Categorized as:
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![Written In Bones by James Oswald]()
Written In Bones by James Oswald
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe roots of murder run deep . . . When a body is found in a tree in The Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height...Categorized as:
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![Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick]()
Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGet books one to six in the Darcy Sweet Mystery series altogether in a Box Set.Death Comes to TownMists of the PastFrom the AshesThe Ghost of ChristmasThe Stolen ValentineHiding from Death.Get the first six books in the series for a very low price... -
![Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan]()
Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While trying to come to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing... -
![Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis]()
Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNamed 2016 Best Mystery Series by Texas Association of Authors. When Madison Reynolds finds herself widowed and penniless before forty, she does the only thing she knows to do – she packs up her teenage twins and moves back home with her eighty-year-old grandmother... -
![Deadly Wishes by Rachel McLean]()
Deadly Wishes by Rachel McLean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMeet Zoe Finch, West Midlands Police's newest Detective Inspector. She's outspoken, ambitious, and damaged. And she's working a case that could make her career, or cost her everything...Fresh from the success of the Canary investigation into depravity and corruption at the highest levels, she's attracted attention. Not least from Assistant Chief Constable Bryn Jackson...Categorized as:
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![The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White]()
The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNola Trenholm is hopeful for a fresh start in the Big Easy but must deal with ghosts from her past--as well as new ones--in this first book in a spin-off series of Karen White's New York Times bestselling Tradd Street novels... -
![Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves, Charlie Hardwick]()
Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves, Charlie Hardwick
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratings10 hours, 13 minutesAnn Cleeves has thrilled readers everywhere with her critically acclaimed mystery series set in the Shetland Islands, which began with the award-winning Raven Black. Now, Cleeves is back with another compelling mystery series (set in Northumberland, England)...Categorized as:
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![The Mystery of Montague House by Emma Davies]()
The Mystery of Montague House by Emma Davies
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith enough rooms to fill a Cluedo board several times over, Montague House has often been the subject of rumour and gossip. Tales of strange goings on, an owner who disappeared one day and was never seen again, not to mention the treasure that rumour has it lies at its heart... But now the present owner has died and the house is to be sold...Categorized as:
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![Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton]()
Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's B&B owner Charlene Morris's second Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, and one she won't soon forget when a self-proclaimed vampire is murdered...Charlene's bed and breakfast is fully booked with guests wanting to experience Salem's wildest holiday-especially the annual Witch Ball, held at the historic Hawthorne Hotel...Categorized as:
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![Controlled Chaos by Kate Allenton]()
Controlled Chaos by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClara Bennett Doing the right thing means I have to die. My secret precognitive abilities warned me so. There is no changing my fate, no matter how hard I try. When I take a gunshot wound to the chest, my final resting place will be a shallow grave. If only I knew who will pull the trigger. My lifetime of running won’t help me now. It’s too late for that... -
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![Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss]()
Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBridesmaid duties can be deadly…Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cake on her plate. She’s managing her paranormal museum, helping her best friend Adele with wedding plans, and trying to prove that Adele’s vintage wedding dress is most definitely not haunted.But when a bridesmaid turns up murdered, Maddie has to solve the crime to save the wedding...Categorized as:
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![The Body at Blackwell Lake: An Amateur Sleuth Paranormal Mystery by A.M. Caplan]()
The Body at Blackwell Lake: An Amateur Sleuth Paranormal Mystery by A.M. Caplan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe hates her power to detect missing things. When it leads her to a dead woman, can she smoke out a killer before she’s the next one to disappear?Cora Gilbert wishes she weren’t a finder. Constantly overpowered by her strange ability to locate other people’s lost items, the lonely adoptee worries she’ll never have a normal life... -
![Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines]()
Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Carolyn Haines's Enchanted Bones, PI Sarah Booth Delaney comes to the rescue in a short mystery set in Zinnia, Mississippi, that will delight fans and new readers alike... -
![Cheated By Death by L.L. Bartlett]()
Cheated By Death by L.L. Bartlett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this third in the series, Jeff Resnick faces a new dilemma: someone is stalking his sister-in-law, Brenda, who fears that violence from pro-life supporters will escalate near the women's clinic where she works... -
![The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson]()
The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEbenezer Falls, Washington…a sleepy burg or murder central?The game is afoot...again, as amateur sleuth Stevie Cartwright plunges head first into another murder investigation. With twists, turns, and suspects aplenty, this one will keep you guessing from start to finish...Categorized as:
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![The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry]()
The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdjunct English professor Georgia Thackery has a new job teaching at Falstone Art and Design University, known as FAD to its students and faculty. It's lonely isolated in a borrowed bungalow during a winter of record-breaking snow, until, that is, she receives a package with the body of her best friend, Sid... -
![Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway]()
Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first in a new paranormal mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Gretchen Galway. Is her magic strong enough to stop a killer? On her first assignment as a demon-hunting witch, Alma was unable to kill... -
![I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris]()
I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSherry Harris presents the fifth installment of this charming, bestselling cozy mystery series! One man's junk is another man's treasure. But finding that treasure can be murder. As Sarah Winston discovers, someone is always ready to kill someone else for seemingly worthless pieces of junk... -
![Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie]()
Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs East Hampton's go-to life coach, Cat Cooper and her BFF, Gilley, delve into the exclusive personal lives of the rich and infamous. But with local gossip growing vicious, knowing too much information can be a death sentence....Wild rumors are swirling in the Hamptons over Twelve Angry Men, a ruthlessly revealing one-woman show written and performed by Yelena Galanis... -
![House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen]()
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer... -
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![Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron]()
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it easy for locals to rent their spare rooms to tourists. With October--and Halloween--approaching, she conjures up a witch-crafty marketing scheme to draw visitors to Pelican, Louisiana... -
![Eat, Pray, Hex by Tara Lush]()
Eat, Pray, Hex by Tara Lush
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne of the best Florida books of 2023 — Creative LoafingParanormal and perimenopausal? Amelia's got double trouble.When hot flash–prone cookie shop owner Amelia inherits a spooky Florida inn, she plans to sell it fast. But the place is haunted by an unsolved murder, and her dead aunt tasks her with using her newfound psychic powers to crack the case... -
![The Damage Done: Inspector McLean 6 by James Oswald]()
The Damage Done: Inspector McLean 6 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo good deed goes unpunished... When a police raid in Edinburgh goes horribly wrong, the only silver lining for Inspector Tony McLean is a discovery that could lead to a long-lost girl from his early days on the beat. Haunted by the mystery of what happened to her, McLean begins to dig into a case he thought long buried... -
![Dead Men's Bones by James Oswald]()
Dead Men's Bones by James Oswald
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe murder/suicide of a prominent Scottish politician and his family brings Edinburgh-based Detective Inspector Tony McLean out to the countryside to investigate. The powers that be want a quick report and then to have the whole thing buried, but McLean believes there's more to the case than meets the eye... -
![The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard]()
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the seventh and last installment of the enchanting mystery series featuring a small-town librarian psychic and her grandmother, and a benevolent witch.Small-town librarian and psychic Ophelia Jensen hails from a long line of wise and wonderfully gifted women. There's her grandmother, Abby, a talented witch, and her great-aunt Mary, who's about to celebrate her 100th birthday... -
![Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton]()
Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNow that Samantha Sweet has a contract to provide her special handmade chocolates for the wealthy jet-set clients of Book It Travel, Sweet’s Sweets bakery is taking on a whole new dimension. Only problem, Sam isn’t ready. It’s almost Halloween, her pastry shop is bursting at the seams and she needs extra employees but there is no place to put them...
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