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High Stakes Crime by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCrime, high-stakes poker, and a hidden treasure. Will Shelby survive her most challenging adventure yet?Mind reader, Shelby Nichols, is determined to take charge of her own destiny, but even the best-laid plans are no match for the high-stakes crime involving a mob boss and his enemies...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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![Horsey Mere: A chilling Norfolk Broads crime thriller by David Blake]()
Horsey Mere: A chilling Norfolk Broads crime thriller by David Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE DEBUT CRIME THRILLER SERIES OF THE YEAR!The remains of a 17th Century witch, an MP found hanging above a five-pointed star, and three girls with powers they struggle to control... -
![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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![Scent of Fear by N.J. Litz]()
Scent of Fear by N.J. Litz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Haley Richardson, fear does have a smell. So do hate and happiness. A head injury as a child gave Haley an extraordinary sense of smell. Her gift allows Haley and her German shepherd, Jax, to be one of the most successful search and rescue teams in the Midwest. Her gift is also a curse as she detects people’s feelings... -
![Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan]()
Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPI Jessie Cole is about to discover that there’s no revenge too wicked as New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan’s gripping series continues.When you search for the missing, there’s no telling what you’ll find. PI Jessie Cole learned that painful truth firsthand when her sister disappeared. Now a new case will test Jessie and Ben once again... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner]()
Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDIG INTO A SHALLOW GRAVE AND A NEW PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY SERIES.Emily Buchanan has always dealt with ghosts at Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast—after all, it is next to the town’s historic cemetery. When paranormal activity begins to escalate, though, she knows that someone—or something—is desperately trying to communicate... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March]()
Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy is a human-lie detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!Lucy McGuffin's life has never been sweeter. Her muffin business is booming, she's dating the town's new hot-shot cop, and she and her best friend Will are getting along better than ever. There's just one blip... -
![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... -
![File One: Family Secrets by Terri Reid]()
File One: Family Secrets by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrooke Callahan’s life might not have been perfect, but it was pretty much what she had expected. She was successful, she was admired and she had a reputation for being a tough defense lawyer, even for her pro-bono cases. Her father was the well-respected and often feared, Judge Callahan... -
![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... -
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![Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer]()
Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhere is Kent Heyward? The twenty-three-year-old heiress from one of Charleston’s oldest families vanished a month ago. When her father hires private investigator Liz Talbot, Liz suspects the most difficult part of her job will be convincing the patriarch his daughter tired of his overbearing nature and left town. That’s what the Charleston Police Department believes... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Eggnog Trifle Trouble by Addison Moore]()
Eggnog Trifle Trouble by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Christmastime in Honey Hollow!Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead—which are always harbingers for ominous things to come... -
![Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer]()
Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQueenie Landry's job as a fortune teller at an amusement park pays the bills but it's a far cry from the respectable psychic advisor role she once filled at the police station where the love of her life, Kirk Wallace, was a detective. A case went bad when she steered the team in the wrong direction and a woman died... -
![The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford]()
The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH.SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT!London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days.And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Whiplash by Catherine Coulter]()
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYale professor Dr. Edward Kender’s father is undergoing chemotherapy when the supply of a critical accompanying drug, Culovort, suddenly runs out. Unwilling to accept the drug manufacturer’s disingenuous excuse of production line problems, Dr. Kender hires private investigator Erin Pulaski to prove that something more sinister is going on at Schiffer Hartwin...Categorized as:
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![Cat Playing Cupid by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Playing Cupid by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove—and murder—are in the air . . .It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde Damen, nearly forever to pop the question to his girlfriend, Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past soon threaten to destroy everyone's happiness... -
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![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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![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... -
![Bitter Reckoning by Heather Graham]()
Bitter Reckoning by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll of their extraordinary adventures makes an ordinary vacation very appealing Danni Cafferty and Michael Quinn are happy to accept an invitation to a new couples resort from a friend of Danni’s... -
![Remnants by Carolyn Arnold]()
Remnants by Carolyn Arnold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSavannah, Georgia used to be a tranquil tourist destination—until human body parts started floating down the river.FBI Agent Brandon Fisher trusts his team with his life—or at least he did. It’s only been six months since Brandon’s boss almost died at the hands of a serial killer when the team is called to Savannah, Georgia... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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 Lovers by John Connolly]()
The Lovers by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCharlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers... -
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![The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths]()
The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRuth Galloway uncovers the bones of what might be a notorious Victorian child murderess and a baby snatcher known as "The Childminder" threatens modern-day Norfolk in the latest irresistible mystery from Elly Griffiths.Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of a Victorian murderess while a baby snatcher threatens modern-day Norfolk in this exciting new entry in a beloved series...Categorized as:
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![Killer Moves by Varsha Dixit]()
Killer Moves by Varsha Dixit
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone has a secret. Aisha Khatri has many! Aisha’s life is seemingly mundane on the surface-she writes for television and takes care of her niece Kiara and her retired father... -
![The Hindleford Killer by Danielle Rose-West]()
The Hindleford Killer by Danielle Rose-West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Paige Saunders wakes up from a dark and terrifying dream, she knows it is no mere nightmare. For Paige is no ordinary woman. Born with a strong psychic gift, Paige can see deep into secrets and things others would rather she didn’t know. Having cost her dearly in the past, Paige has ignored her gift for five long years. Now her gift is speaking to her in ways it never has before... -
![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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![Tell Me a Secret by Chloe Garner]()
Tell Me a Secret by Chloe Garner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTina's old life ended the day she discovered her parents, murdered.Her new life began the day she walked into Tell's office, looking for someone who could do something about it... -
![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... -
![Cars and Cold Cases by Diana Xarissa]()
Cars and Cold Cases by Diana Xarissa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFenella Woods is nervous but eager to start driving lessons on the Isle of Man. Having never driven a manual transmission before, she quickly finds herself struggling with having to change gears with her left hand while sitting on what feels like the wrong side of the car and driving on what seems to be the wrong side of the road.Her friendship with CID Inspector Daniel Robinson is less stressful... -
![The Phantom of Barker Mill by Steve Higgs]()
The Phantom of Barker Mill by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTempest Michaels never could refuse a woman in distress. The owner of Barker Steel Mill has died. The coroner says natural causes, but the tearful widow is convinced otherwise and the Mill has a Phantom that has been held responsible for accidents and deaths dating back to 1912... -
![The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker]()
The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Hillbilly Hollow, even the dead want the last word ... When an eccentric local artist meets an untimely end during the annual Flower Festival, Emma gets pulled into two cases at once. First, the murder investigation. Second, the hunt for a dangerous burglar who has the whole town on edge... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![Lady of the Shades by Darren Shan]()
Lady of the Shades by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a hotel room in Chile, an assassin washes blood from his clothes as he receives word of a new job. Miles away in the twisting streets of London, American writer Ed is tormented by the ghosts of his brutal past. And unseen, a plot churns into motion that will blur the boundaries between what's real and what's not... -
![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... -
![Sweet Hearts by Connie Shelton]()
Sweet Hearts by Connie Shelton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill there be Valentine wedding bells for Samantha Sweet and Beau Cardwell? (introduced in this mystery series opener Sweet Masterpiece) Sam's bakery, Sweet's Sweets is busier than ever this Valentine week, as she struggles to replicate the magical chocolate-making techniques of the enigmatic chocolatier who boosted her winter holiday sales into the stratosphere... -
![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... -
![The Devil's Bones by Carolyn Haines]()
The Devil's Bones by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles a thorny murder while away on a girls' weekend.Sarah Booth and Cece are in Lucedale, Mississippi, where the newly-pregnant Tinkie is treating her friends to a girls' weekend at the fabulous new Bexley B&B...
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