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Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook eight in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner has survived plenty of close scrapes in the past, but her latest bit of trouble has landed her in the Fenton County holding cell on trumped up charges. The most powerful man in southern Arkansas, J.R... -
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Hell in a Handbasket by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThird book in the New York Times bestselling Rose Gardner Investigations series.They say the road to hell is paved in good intentions, and Rose Gardner can't shake the notion she's headed there in a handbasket... -
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Murder in the Mews by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the Earl of Granville is skewered with a pitchfork in his own stables, Inspector Haze and Lord Redmond must unearth decades-old family secrets in order to unravel the motive behind the murder. But just when they think they’re making headway, disturbing new revelations come to light and cast doubt on their findings...Categorized as:
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![The Hitwoman's Dying Wish by J.B. Lynn]()
The Hitwoman's Dying Wish by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaggie Lee is just doing the right thing when she drives her boyfriend to the hospital so that he can donate part of his liver to a stranger, but things quickly go wrong.On her way home, Maggie witnesses a car crash and rushes to try to help the driver, but he is dying... -
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![Sparks and Landmarks by Trixie Silvertale]()
Sparks and Landmarks by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA suspicious fire. A Valentine’s Day discovery. Will this psychic sleuth gamble—and lose?Mitzy Moon’s clairvoyant abilities are growing, but she never predicted arson. After waking to a towering inferno and loading her mentor into an ambulance, she thought things couldn’t get worse. But when the sheriff links her father to the blaze, she’s forced to take the case...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... -
![Witch Way to Beauty and the Beach by Jane Hinchey]()
Witch Way to Beauty and the Beach by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding a body washed ashore in Whitefall Cove was not how I wanted to start my day.I much preferred to face the morning with a hot strong caffeinated beverage, but alas, we can’t always have what we want. Out on a morning stroll with my familiar, Archie, I couldn’t believe my bad luck when we stumbled upon the body of local teenager Emily Sherman washed up on the beach... -
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Ohnivé znamenie by Juraj Červenák
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTretí prípad kapitána Steina a notára Barbariča. Nález ľudských ostatkov v podunajských lesoch privedie Barbariča na stopu bezohľadných lupičov a priekupníkov s otrokmi. Notár si musí zavolať na pomoc Steina a Jaroša. Spolu putujú do Prešporka, ktorý sa po páde Budína stal hlavným mestom Uhorska. Zdanlivo jednoduchý prípad sa rýchlo skomplikuje... -
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Toxicity by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRomeo and Juliet, meet Bonnie and Clyde. June Randall and Elliot “Ell” Lefavre are young bandits on the run, using their powers to commit a string of robberies along the Florida coast when they run up against the long arm of the law in the form of FBI Special Agent Scott Byerly... -
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Masks by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhat makes a hero?For years, Sienna Nealon has worked with the U.S. government to protect the world against other people with powers beyond those of a normal human. But after several clashes with the current administration, she finds herself with a new employer, an independent agency dedicated to helping stop threats to humanity... -
![Charms and Firearms by Trixie Silvertale]()
Charms and Firearms by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA weekend getaway. A charming present. Will this psychic sleuth find a suitor on the slopes?Mitzy Moon plans to take a break from snooping and learn to ski. And after receiving a mysterious gift from her travel companion she feels light as a feather. But her heart goes stiff as a board when she faceplants into a corpse...Categorized as:
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![Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull]()
Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged in this fantastical world, Lyrian has become home to them in a way they never could have imagined... -
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Unyielding by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn a world of people with powers, Sienna Nealon has long been the one who maintained the order. But now she finds herself on the other end of the law, cast out and abandoned by her friends. On the run, hunted by relentless and implacable foes, she will face her greatest challenge – an enemy who holds a seat of power so great that even Sienna may not be able to stand up to him... -
![Hero by Robert J. Crane]()
Hero by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRevelen – A mysterious Eastern European country, shrouded in mountain peaks and ruled by a tyrant so forbidding that his legend formed the basis for Dracula. For years, Revelen has interfered in the outside world, causing chaos and sending all manner of trouble Sienna Nealon's direction. Now, at last...she finds herself in the heart of Revelen, and face to face with this greatest of threats... -
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![The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTurning the one-time seaside B & B into a Halloween haunted house for a local fundraiser seems like a good idea. After all, Eva and Marie’s ghosts are willing to help. However, the two spirit friends of Marlow House are not the only ghosts to stop by... -
![薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許]()
薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
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Whispers in the Rigging: Blue Moon Investigations Book 9 by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you love deeply funny, page-turning mysteries like those by Jana Deleon, Joanne Fluke, Margaret Lashley, Janet Evanovich, Hope Callaghan, Karin Kaufmann or Agatha Frost then this is for you. What lurks in the shadows at the Royal Navy Historic Dockyard? Is it something evil and malignant? Will it suck at your soul? No, because it will be some idiot in a costume, same as always...Categorized as:
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![Hollow by Robert J. Crane]()
Hollow by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSienna Nealon is the most powerful person in the world. She's beaten every enemy that has ever come at her, faced threats of every conceivable kind and bested all of them... -
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Small Things by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Guy Friday is a hemorrhoidal pain in my a-” Sienna Nealon doesn't need any complications. On the run from the law, trying to carve out as much of a life for herself as she can, the last thing she needs is the idiotic Guy Friday pounding on her door one night, wounded and begging for help... -
![Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme]()
Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShelby Nichols isn’t your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She’s more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That’s because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg... -
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Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt’s been two years since Peter Nimble and Sir Tode rescued the kingdom of HazelPort. In that time, they have traveled far and wide in search of adventure. Now Peter and Sir Tode have been summoned by Professor Cake for a new mission: find a 12-year-old girl named Sophie Quire...Categorized as:
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Battle Lines by Will Hill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming... -
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Prisoners by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSienna Nealon has dedicated her life to keeping those with powers from breaking the law at will. After years of filling a prison for the powered called the Cube, a Supreme Court decision opens the floodgates and lets all of them out again. Now Sienna finds herself going from hunter to hunted as the US government turns a blind eye while the former inmates target her and her friends for death... -
![Sins of the Father by K.L. Phelps]()
Sins of the Father by K.L. Phelps
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKat Parker was looking forward to a nice normal night out with her boyfriend—though nothing is truly normal when you can see and talk with the dead. However, when Damian arrives with news that his estranged father has been killed, date night quickly turns into a trip to Vegas, the supernatural capital of the world... -
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![Dragon by Robert J. Crane]()
Dragon by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a forced job transfer, a kidnapping incident in Northern Virginia sends FBI Agent Sienna Nealon along a dark path, trying to unravel the mystery. But kidnapping gives way to murder, and soon Sienna is racing against time, fighting against diplomats and Washington DC bureaucrats, trying to stop a power that may finally outmatch her own... -
![You Have to Stop This by Pseudonymous Bosch]()
You Have to Stop This by Pseudonymous Bosch
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe finale to the New York Times bestselling Secret Series! I always feared this day would come. A secret is meant to stay secret, after all. And now we've come to this: the fifth and final (I swear!) book in my saga of secrets...Categorized as:
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Apex by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShe was going to be called “Big E” like her predecessors, though Eric Simmons didn’t know that. All he knew was what he could see, what he could hear, and what he could taste … and that was mostly fear.He could almost feel it oozing out of every pore, hard-spiked adrenaline on his tongue as he walked toward the big graving dock where they were building the ship... -
![Rambling Spirit by Sherry A. Burton]()
Rambling Spirit by Sherry A. Burton
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPennsylvania State Trooper Jerry McNeal thought resigning from the State Police Post would free him and Gunter - his ghostly K-9 partner - to channel their intuition for the greater good.What he didn’t count on was just how many people would show up on his psychic radar at every turn... -
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The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings**USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...Categorized as:
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![An Urchin of Means by April White]()
An Urchin of Means by April White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRingo Devereux knows far too much for a man of his times. There’s no simple explanation for it that doesn’t involve improbable conversations about the future, and Ringo’s advanced understanding of three-phase generators and the secret histories of his city are not things he can discuss with the Victorian Londoners around him...Categorized as:
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![A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme]()
A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Shelby Nichols Novella For a mind-reader like Shelby Nichols, finding a murderer should be a piece of cake. But add an overzealous prosecuting attorney with a grudge against her, and the wrong person could end up in jail... -
![Mist by 微风几许]()
Mist by 微风几许
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
![Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin]()
Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths... -
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Disney at Last by Ridley Pearson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe stakes are high--both for the past and the future. The finale of The Return series leaves the Kingdom Keepers with unimaginable choices to make...Categorized as:
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![London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler]()
London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the kind of story that barely made the news.When 91-year-old Amelia Hoffman died in her top-floor flat on a busy London road, it's considered an example of what has gone wrong with modern society: she slipped through the cracks in a failing system.But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their doubts... -
![Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey]()
Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all, what could go wrong?Try finding my high school nemesis dead on the floor of my newly acquired store for starters... -
![Original Secrets by Shawn McGuire]()
Original Secrets by Shawn McGuire
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Northwoods village of Whispering Pines used to be a safe haven for outsiders, but after three deaths in two months, it’s become a hotbed of murder.Exhausted from being the only law enforcement official on duty, while also trying to open a bed-and-breakfast, Jayne O’Shea welcomes the escape she finds in her grandmother’s journals... -
![Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff]()
Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsQuinn Robbins was prepared for her mother to be angry. After all, she'd disappeared for two days without warning; to visit the world on the other side of the Dusk Gate that nobody else knows exists. What she wasn't prepared for was seeing her mother calmly sitting there, waiting for her return, as if Megan Robbins somehow knew the secret, too... -
![Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind by Amanda M. Lee]()
Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe truth is out there … probably. Hemlock Cove may be a town where real witches are pretending to be humans pretending to be witches, but something legitimately strange is afoot. What looks to be an aircraft of some sort goes down in Potter’s Field and, of course, every looky-loo in the area turns out to watch it burn... -
![Second Guess by Robert J. Crane]()
Second Guess by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFinally free of the Network's control, Sienna Nealon returns to her hometown of Minneapolis. But a long-awaited reunion with her friends doesn't last long, because a new threat is rising, one that may conclude with the world itself coming to an end... -
![Ghostly Guidance by Sherry A. Burton]()
Ghostly Guidance by Sherry A. Burton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJerry McNeal didn’t ask to be born with the gift of premonition. Nor did he ask to be haunted by the ghost of a K-9 police dog that doesn’t even appear to like him. And yet, in the second book in The Jerry McNeal Series, Jerry finds himself saddled with both... -
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Nummer 49 by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams.They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong...Categorized as:
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![Old Bones by Alexie Aaron]()
Old Bones by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery family has a few skeletons in their closet.Meeting the future in-laws has Mia in a panic. She’d rather face a hoard of marauding ghosts than make polite conversation with the 150 relatives and friends that have arrived to check her out."If you are reading this then I, Giuseppe Basso, am dead. I have been murdered... -
!['Twas the Knight Before Christmas by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods]()
'Twas the Knight Before Christmas by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot a creature is stirring, not even a dog!After a quiet six months, Gwen, Arthur, and Merlin are in the middle of preparing for their first Yule and Christmas together when an old friend appears to announce she needs their help... -
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![The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz]()
The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s even worse than having a snarky talking tabby as your best friend? When he inexplicably goes missing… Octo-Cat is gone, and all the evidence suggests that he was taken on purpose. With the growing number of people the two of us have put behind bars, it’s no surprise that someone’s out for revenge... -
![Cat Chase the Moon: A Joe Grey Mystery: The Joe Grey Mysteries, book 21 by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Chase the Moon: A Joe Grey Mystery: The Joe Grey Mysteries, book 21 by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeline P. I. Joe Grey and his friends pounce on three investigations that may connect to one larger mystery—including one case that is very personal—in this hair-raising installment in Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s beloved, award-winning seriesJoe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic when Courtney, their pretty teen-kitten goes missing... -
![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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![MAGIS by Ramlee Awang Murshid]()
MAGIS by Ramlee Awang Murshid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinopsisFenomena Halo telah mengheret lima manusia yang berlainan tempat dan berbeza tahun ke sebuah dunia magis. Sebuah dunia di hujung waktu ketika tamadun serta peradaban manusia mulai terhakis. Mereka yang terpilih adalah Saifudin, Tombiruo, Mikhail, Ryu-Watanabe dan Carlos. Terjebak ke lokasi yang berbeza-beza. Saifudin bertemu Syeikh Thauban – satu-satunya manusia penjaga masjid... -
![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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