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![Damaging Secrets by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Damaging Secrets by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDamaging Secrets, the first book of her newest crime thriller series, is an engaging story of corruption and cover-up that you won’t soon forget.New to town and a little rough around the edges, Detective Rachel Ryder finds herself on the receiving end of a suspicious person’s call in Hamby, Georgia...Categorized as:
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![Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J.D. Robb short stories.Ritual in DeathWhen a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved. The clues point towards ritual murder, but Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power.. -
![Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards]()
Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
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![Dominance by Niall Teasdale]()
Dominance by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the new private policing contracts coming in at the start of the 2062, Fox Meridian can finally relax and devote all her time to her new position as the terrorism liaison for Palladium Security Solutions. She may have no boyfriend and no life, but at least she’s back doing what she wants to do: investigate crimes... -
![Wait For It by Manna Francis]()
Wait For It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick asks Toreth to wait for it as long as he can stand it. It being sex... -
![I Am Sal by Abraham Falls]()
I Am Sal by Abraham Falls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity... -
![The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHallowmas 1144. With the harvest festival approaching, Gareth has returned from fighting in the south, hoping for a few months of peace with Gwen before the birth of their first child... -
![The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes]()
The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA mystery/road trip/buddy comedy/action adventure from the author of Second Hand Curses. A dance club full of bodies. Cause of death - a mystery. The lone survivor - a man, raving like a lunatic, wearing only a deerstalker hat. Now, the man who calls himself Sherman Holmes is being studied like a lab rat by a top-secret government agency... -
![Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler]()
Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The most delightfully, wickedly entertaining duo in crime fiction." The Plain Dealer When a prominent politician is crushed by a fruit van making a delivery, the singular team of Arthur Bryant and John May overcome insurmountable odds to reunite the PCU and solve the case in the brainy new mystery from acclaimed author Christopher Fowler...Categorized as:
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![Double Check by Malcolm Rose]()
Double Check by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverton Kohter is a young man on death row -- in nineteen days the Authorities will have him executed by lethal injection. But Luke Harding and his airborne robotic sidekick, Malc, have been tipped off that Everton didn't commit the murder, despite the overwhelming evidence... -
![Blood Brother by Malcolm Rose]()
Blood Brother by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeenage forensic investigator Luke Harding is back with a brand-newcase. In Blood Brother, Luke and his robotic sidekick, Malc, are assigned toa hospital with a mysteriously high rate of fatalities. As Luke investigates anumber of suspicious patient deaths, he meets his long-lost father, a doctorwho practices alternative medicine at the hospital... -
![Blood of the Faithful by Michael Wallace, Arielle DeLisle]()
Blood of the Faithful by Michael Wallace, Arielle DeLisle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that their latest battle is over, the religious residents of Blister Creek are dealing with their losses and trying to heal—physically and spiritually. Their leader, Jacob Christianson, now feels the full burden of the responsibility and finds himself at a crossroads: keep the believers isolated, or see what lies beyond Blister Creek’s borders... -
![Food for the Fishes by David Wishart]()
Food for the Fishes by David Wishart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Licinius Murena, wealthy fish-farm owner, is found dead, not many tears are shed. Certainly not by Trebbio, who had just been booted out of his cottage by the landowner, nor by his widow, daugher, or farm manager. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Marcus Corvinus is the man to find out, with the help, of course, of his clever wife, Perilla...Categorized as:
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![All Work And No Play by Manna Francis]()
All Work And No Play by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.New juniors are coming in at I&I and Warrick is severely distracted by work... -
![Sunday by Manna Francis]()
Sunday by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series... -
![The Dragons of Archenfield by Edward Marston]()
The Dragons of Archenfield by Edward Marston
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDOMESDAY IS COMINGIn 1086, England's mighty king, William the Conqueror, sends out surveyors and census takers to record the resources of his land and its people. Some welcome these inquisitive royal agents and their day of judgment. Others hate them. But wherever the king's men go they bring excitement; *and sometimes murder. . . -
![Bloodlines by Chris Wraight]()
Bloodlines by Chris Wraight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first title in the new "Warhammer Crime" imprint. Try to unravel the secrets lurking in the sprawling city of Varangantua.In the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap but mistakes are expensive. When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight... -
![Buried Deep by Kristine Kathryn Rusch]()
Buried Deep by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsForensic anthropologist Aisha Costard has been summoned to Mars to examine skeletal remains recently discovered beneath a building erected by the Disty aliens. The bones belong to a human who vanished thirty years ago with her children. She is believed to have been one of the Disappeared, outlaws wanted for crimes against alien civilizations... -
![The Reeve's Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Reeve's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs illness and murder cast a cloud over Prior Byfield, fear and suspicion reign -- and Frevisse's keen deductions lead her closer to the disturbing truth... -
![Swipe by Kathy Reichs]()
Swipe by Kathy Reichs
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTory Brennan and her great aunt Tempe join forces to investigate a crime at Comic-Con in this exclusive direct-to-digital short story from Kathy Reichs, author of Bones of the Lost and Virals. A valuable Terminator replica disappears from the nerd nirvana of Comic-Con. Tory Brennan and her great aunt Tempe are on the scene, and join forces to investigate... -
![Shift by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs]()
Shift by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute. As a renowned forensic anthropologist, Tempe is obviously qualified to figure out whodunit, but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own. Yet the crime is puzzling... -
![Las otras niñas by Santiago Díaz]()
Las otras niñas by Santiago Díaz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa inspectora Indira Ramos ha estado tres años viviendo en su Extremadura natal por una excedencia. Nadie aparte de su familia sabe que ha sido madre de una niña, Alba. Cuando llega el momento de reincorporarse a su comisaría de Madrid, se siente desmotivada y está dispuesta a renunciar a su cargo, incapaz de enfrentarse de nuevo a Iván, quien la culpa de la muerte de su amigo Dani... -
![Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio by Andrea Chapela]()
Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio by Andrea Chapela
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEsta colección de diez cuentos se inscribe en el género de la ciencia ficción. Las historias giran en torno a los cambios que las relaciones humanas sufrirán a raíz de los avances tecnológicos... -
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![Turning Secrets by Brenda Chapman]()
Turning Secrets by Brenda Chapman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKeeping secrets is a very bad idea.Former teenage runaway and new single mother Nadia Armstrong moves to Kingston to turn her life around. But six months after she rents a low-end apartment, her body is found on a concrete slab at an isolated construction site.Major Crimes begins piecing together her last days, uncertain if this is a case of suicide or murder...Categorized as:
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![Fringe: September's Notebook by Tara Bennett, J.H. Wyman]()
Fringe: September's Notebook by Tara Bennett, J.H. Wyman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDelve into television’s most otherworldly phenomenon! Fringe: September’s Notebook is a uniquely in-world collection that explores the intricate destinies of Walter Bishop, Peter Bishop, and Olivia Dunham. Gathered by the Observer known only as “September,” these pages reveal new truths about the Fringe Division and Massive Dynamic... -
![Manhattan In Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton]()
Manhattan In Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is a collection of short stories from the master of space opera. Peter Hamilton takes us on a journey from a murder mystery in an alternative Oxford in the 1800s to a story featuring Paula Myo, Deputy Director of the Intersolar Commonwealth's Serious Crimes Directorate...Categorized as:
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![More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second novel of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, nine reprinted from mystery or science fiction magazines and three previously unpublished, together with a general introduction, and an afterword following each story by the author... -
![Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery month, the Black Widowers convene for sumptuous food, fine wine, and a cosmically baffling mystery. Attended by Henry, the all-knowing waiter, these gentle rogues ponder such imponderables as: * the one-syllable middle name that represents what every schoolboy knows, yet doesn't... * a murder by solar eclipse very far out in space.. -
![Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is the fourth of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, together with a general introduction and an afterword following each story by the author... -
![Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose]()
Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the rotting slums of London, Luke and Malc are called to investigate the shocking murder of an attractive young doctor. The investigation eventually leads Luke to a bizarre cult called the World Church of Eternal Vision whose members believe that the entire medical profession is interfering with creation... -
![Betrayed by Francine Pascal]()
Betrayed by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompletely blind and terrified, Heather confesses her involvement with Loki to Gaia. Meanwhile, Tom and Natascha return home with important news but Gaia is nowhere to be found. Fearing she has gone to confront Loki by herself they rush after her...Categorized as:
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![The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews]()
The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRULE NUMBER ONE OF TIME TRAVEL, PRESERVE TRUE TIME. Greenwich, London. A borough steeped in history. Home of the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Old Royal Naval College and the PRIME MERIDIAN. Also home to the Bradbeers, a family of Time Travellers. If you’re lucky, the Bradbeers will help you live your dreams or recapture lost time... -
![BROKEN EARTH: DEVASTATION by Barbara J. Barker]()
BROKEN EARTH: DEVASTATION by Barbara J. Barker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready for the end of the world? Brace yourself for a thrilling ride as the Earth is delivered a mortal blow in BROKEN DESTRUCTION, the first book in a gripping new thriller series.On a typical Tuesday in an average July week, all of Iceland's volcanoes erupt at once, followed by the complete destruction of the Azores Archipelago and the violent sundering of the Atlantic Ocean... -
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![氣球人 by Chan Ho-Kei, 陳浩基]()
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![Gone by Francine Pascal]()
Gone by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Gaia's graduation from high school, Pascal's best-selling series comes to an end...only to be reborn again. Can you feel the fear?Gaia learned what it's like to feel fear -- and it wasn't pretty. Now, just in time for her last few weeks of high school, she's back to her normal, fearless self.Unfortunately, everything else is far from normal...Categorized as:
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![The Scorched Earth by Rachael Blok]()
The Scorched Earth by Rachael Blok
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho really killed Leo Fenton?Two years ago, Ben Fenton went camping with his brother Leo. It was the last time they ever saw each other. By the end of that fateful trip, Leo had disappeared, and Ben had been arrested for his murder.Ben's girlfriend Ana Seabrook has always protested his innocence. Now, on the hottest day of 2018's sweltering heat wave, she receives a phone call from the police... -
![Final Lap by Malcolm Rose]()
Final Lap by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuke Harding will need all of his skill and resources to tackle his action-packed fifth case. Set in the highly competitive world of professional track and field, Luke and Malc are tested to their limits with a series of intriguing, mysterious events... -
![The Best Mysteries Of Isaac Asimov by Isaac Asimov]()
The Best Mysteries Of Isaac Asimov by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYA Although not an author whom average readers would associate with mysteries, Asimov has actually written several good ones. This collection contains 31 short pieces that are among his personal favorites. Two sections contain his series stories, the ``Black Widower'' and the ``Union Club'' mysteries... -
![Shopping, No Fucking by Manna Francis]()
Shopping, No Fucking by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick and Toreth finally go shopping for curtains... -
![Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime by Len Boswell]()
Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime by Len Boswell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Boswell continues his genre-defying series in this ambitious adventure…” –PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Murder rocks the seaside town of Crab Cove, but to solve the crime, Detective Simon Grave must first deal with the curious incident of the cat in the daytime... -
![Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson]()
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsENTER THE FUNGALVERSE. Blade Runner, True Detective and District 9 meld with the weird worlds of Jeff VanderMeer, Philip K. Dick and China Miéville in Adrian M. Gibson’s award-winning fungalpunk noir debut. Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces... -
![The Loot by Craig Schaefer]()
The Loot by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe fought for her country. Now she’s fighting for her family.When Sergeant Charlie McCabe returns from fighting in Afghanistan, she hopes to leave the war behind. Instead, she comes home to a father whose gambling has put him in deep trouble with a violent loan shark. She finds work as a professional bodyguard, but to save her father, she needs to get serious cash together fast... -
![Black Nowhere by Reece Hirsch, Emily Sutton-Smith]()
Black Nowhere by Reece Hirsch, Emily Sutton-Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsListening Length: 8 hours and 34 minutes Chasing a cybercriminal into the pitch-black heart of the Dark Web. Special Agent Lisa Tanchik is the best at taking down cybercriminals. So when the FBI discovers a multibillion-dollar black market online, she’s tasked with finding the creator and bringing him to justice. Donning one of her many digital disguises, Tanchik goes undercover into the network... -
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![Proximity by Jem Tugwell]()
Proximity by Jem Tugwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsiMe NOTICE - TO ALL NEW ADULTSYour compulsory iMe implant will be performed by your fourteenth birthday when you become an adult.Your iMe will track and save your location to keep you safe and remove crime.It's integrated health monitoring diagnoses issues early to provide you with the best possible care.Combined with iMe's tailored diet and fitness programs - you are always at your best... -
![Absence of Mercy by S.M. Goodwin]()
Absence of Mercy by S.M. Goodwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA string of grisly murders in Pre-Civil War New York propels an unlikely pair of detectives into a deadly tinderbox in S. M. Goodwin's debut novel, a sure hit for fans of Will Thomas and C. S. Harris.Jasper Lightner is a decorated Crimean War hero and the most admired Inspector in London's Metropolitan Police...Categorized as:
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![Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston]()
Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep into the shoes of a detective and investigate the most mysterious crime of your career. There’s been a murder at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manor. You arrive to find the body of a local businessman on the lawn – with a rose placed in his mouth. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above... -
![Syndikát by Leoš Kyša]()
Syndikát by Leoš Kyša
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTohle není sci-fi. Tohle je příběh, co se stane. Kriminální. Nový detektivní příběh z pera autora Sudetenlandu. Příběh z budoucnosti tak blízké, že než knihu dočtete, určitě se stane. Možná, že každému z vás... -
![The Psychic by Nancy Bush]()
The Psychic by Nancy Bush
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a chilling, intensely eerie new novel of suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of The Camp and The Babysitter, a woman haunted by unreliable psychic visions must decide how far to trust herself when it comes to stopping a killer. Sometimes, a bad, bad feeling creeps over Veronica Quick. It happened on her tenth birthday, when a voice filled her Don’t go in the water... -
![The Name is Archer by Ross Macdonald]()
The Name is Archer by Ross Macdonald
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMYSTERYIncludes the following Find the womanGone girlThe bearded ladyThe suicideGuilt-edged blondeThe sinister habitWild goose chaseMidnight blueSleeping...
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