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Hot Shot by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . . Loyalty is a way of life for the Sisterhood and their significant others... -
![A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina]()
A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Book 3 of the Jason Wade series, the rookie crime reporter from the wrong side of the tracks pursues the story of a murdered Seattle nun.The case leads him to a hermit nun who founded a mysterious religious order; and ultimately to the dark secret that has tormented his ex-cop father for decades. It culminates in a life and death struggle against the clock... -
![Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters]()
Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIndependent and tenacious journalist Vivian DeMarco is back in Walton, Georgia, for one reason -- to do her job and get out. When her boss suddenly dies under suspicious circumstances, Vivian's only hope for finding the truth -- and the next big story -- is small-town law enforcement's lanky poster boy, Deputy Ryan Frost. But the deeper they dig, the more twisted the truth becomes... -
!['Til Death by Sharon Sala]()
'Til Death by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe left in handcuffs. Now it's time to set himself free. Nearly twenty years after he was wrongly convicted of setting the fire that killed his father, Lincoln Fox returns to Rebel Ridge, Kentucky. There, deep in the Appalachians, the truth of that terrible night lies buried-and he's sworn to uncover it... -
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![The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey]()
The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMinnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it’s not all fun and games.Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can’t forget. They’ve decided to never tell a soul... -
![Watch Me by Brenda Novak]()
Watch Me by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSomeone tried to kill her twelve years ago. Teenagers Sheridan Kohl and Jason Wyatt were parked at the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee, when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both. Sheridan lived but Jason died -- and the stranger was never caught. Even though Sheridan's family moved away right afterward, she's never been able to put the crime behind her... -
![Robert B. Parker's the Bitterest Pill by Reed Farrel Coleman]()
Robert B. Parker's the Bitterest Pill by Reed Farrel Coleman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread even to the idyllic town of Paradise... -
![Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin]()
Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn electrifying courtroom drama of extraordinary power, reissued to tie in with the super release of In the Presence of Enemies. A failed trial lawyer and recovering alcoholic is swept back into the spectacular career he'd lost when a woman from his past asks him to defend her stepdaughter against a murder charge... -
![Too Many Clients by Rex Stout]()
Too Many Clients by Rex Stout
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bidding war for his services interrupts Nero Wolfe's attempts to solve the case of the businessman who died in his love nest--a case in which the police seem oddly uninterested. Reissue... -
![Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman]()
Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRich with the Cajun flavors of south Louisiana, this final book in the Secrets of Roux River Bayou Series is a story of what it means to find true peace in an uncertain world. Sax Landry left home at seventeen to escape his father’s abuse, leaving his mother and sister to fend for themselves... -
![A Little Taste of Murder by Carolyn L. Dean]()
A Little Taste of Murder by Carolyn L. Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dead car, a vacation to the Pacific Northwest that’s really all about running away, and a bad guy face down on the steps to her rented cottage make Claire crave home more than chocolate cake and great home cooking... -
![A Killing Game by Jeff Buick]()
A Killing Game by Jeff Buick
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWINNER of the International Thriller Writers 2021 Best Original Ebook Award, A Killing Game by Jeff Buick is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat right to the last page.Born into a wealthy and powerful Boston family, Renee Charlebois has it all. Except for one small detail – she’s been abducted without a trace. Who took her, and why, is a mystery... -
![Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl]()
Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when she stumbles across a photograph of a boy with an eerie resemblance to him, she can't pass up the chance to track him down... -
![Compulsion by Jennifer Chase]()
Compulsion by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Serial Killers Terrorize a California Beach Community, One Woman Stands in Their WayEmily Stone doesn’t have a badge. But that hasn’t stopped her from tracking down some of the West’s most dangerous child-killers... -
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![Dead Certain by Mariah Stewart]()
Dead Certain by Mariah Stewart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards. Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the second is free. With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night... -
![21 Hours: A Suspense Thriller by Dustin Stevens]()
21 Hours: A Suspense Thriller by Dustin Stevens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFelix "O" O'Connor is an ex-con from central Ohio that has spent the seven years since being released from prison working on a ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Rarely does he venture out into the world and never does it come looking for him. Both of those things change when his twin sister Alexa "Lex" Borden calls from Columbus, Ohio to ask for his help... -
![Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane]()
Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is an alternate cover/title edition for this ASIN here.On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago’s snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body was discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files... -
![Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke]()
Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known... -
![The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan]()
The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCircumstances surrounding an unexplained spike in deaths among homeless men have Tony Marcella suspecting paranormal forces are again at work in the town of New Castle. But things get complicated when his investigation is stifled by his hopeless infatuation with a witch who just may be at the heart of the mystery... -
![Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica]()
Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobert B. Parker's PI Sunny Randall's newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation.Melanie Joan Hall is back in Boston, riding high, refusing to have Sunny and Rosie move out. She has a Netflix series about to start shooting in Boston, based on her wildly popular new series of books for girls. Then it turns out that most of her fortune is gone... -
![Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod]()
Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyn works at an isolated roadside diner. When a retired combat veteran stages an assault there her world is turned upside down. Surviving the sniper’s bullets is only the beginning of Lyn's nightmare. Navigating hostilities, she establishes herself as the disputed leader of a diverse group of people that are at odds with the situation and each other... -
![Ugly As Sin by James Newman]()
Ugly As Sin by James Newman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate.Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans left his face horribly disfigured, he's just a monster.Yanked from the spotlight and thrust into the shadows, these days Nick tries to live the life of an average Joe. He avoids mirrors. He's angry. He's alone... -
![Killer Apple Pie by Carolyn Q. Hunter]()
Killer Apple Pie by Carolyn Q. Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA BRAND NEW SERIES FROM POPULAR COZY AUTHOR CAROLYN Q. HUNTER!!!Bertha Hannah’s two passions in life are books and piping hot homemade pies, and when an opportunity arises for her to open her own pie and book shop, she jumps in headfirst, only to find that preparing to open her own shop isn’t exactly a piece of cake... -
![Dead Upon Arrival by Kat Bellemore]()
Dead Upon Arrival by Kat Bellemore
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFlying high in the New Mexican sky has never been more lethal.The biggest hot air balloon festival would have been a vacation if Maddie didn’t have to balance her apathetic teenagers, a meddling mother, and act as therapist for a desperate patient. Let alone solve a murder case!When Maddie witnesses someone fall from a hot air balloon, it seems like a tragic accident... -
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![Thorns of Rosewood by Gina Marie Barlean]()
Thorns of Rosewood by Gina Marie Barlean
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGloria Larson is happy to take a job as editor of a weekly newspaper in the small town of Rosewood, Nebraska, even though her parents don’t like the idea one bit. The town holds a secret—her birth mother’s identity. Gloria’s parents worry she won’t like what she finds, but once Gloria starts unraveling the story, she can’t be dissuaded... -
![Murder Over Easy by Rosie A. Point]()
Murder Over Easy by Rosie A. Point
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurder has never been this easy…When Sunny Charles arrives in small-town Parfait, Florida, the last thing she expects is a note from her aunt instructing her to take control of the famous Sunny Side Up Café... -
![Killing Her Softly by Beverly Barton]()
Killing Her Softly by Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWHEN A KILLER DOESN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT... The woman has been waiting impatiently on her satin sheets. Her lover knows exactly how to satisfy her. But this time, he has something else planned...something that will really take her breath away. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ELIMINATE HIS VICTIMS.. -
![Dead By Morning by Beverly Barton]()
Dead By Morning by Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings' THE DARKEST SINS He begins his work just before dawn, wielding a knife with the precision of a surgeon. Cunning and meticulous, he’s always in control. Mercy is not an option… WILL ALWAYS Maleah Purdue is touch, outspoken, and completely dedicated to her work at the Powell Security Agency... -
![The Seventh by Richard Stark]()
The Seventh by Richard Stark
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhy not?Just because no one had ever tried it before? What better place for a heist, if it was timed right, than a football stadium?There'd have to be money in the box office; the game was a sellout. Every eye in the place would be glued to the action down on the field. Even the getaway would be a cinch... -
![Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity]()
Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKevin Kerney, ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives and ex-rancher is working as a seasonal forest ranger in the Gila Wilderness and banking his pay toward the down payment on a small ranch. Despite the county militia's planting pipe bombs on hiking trails, Kerney looks forward to a quiet summer in the high mountains... -
![Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael]()
Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing... -
![Grady Lake by J.L. Hyde]()
Grady Lake by J.L. Hyde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSometimes the darkest secrets are just beneath the surface Two missing girls. One lake. Twenty years apart. Katie Benard reluctantly returns home to Grady Lake two decades after her older sister Malorie disappeared without a trace, a story that has captivated the nation since the day she was reported missing in 2003... -
![Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce]()
Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI Agent Ella Dark, 29, is given her big chance to achieve her life’s dream: to join the Behavorial Crimes Unit. Ella has a hidden obsession: she has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister. With her photographic memory, she has obtained an encyclopedic knowledge of every serial killer, every victim and every case... -
![Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White]()
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDoc Ford wrestles more than one kind of demon, in the stunning novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author. Many dangers lurk in the deep-the worst of them are human. Thirty minutes into what should have been an easy, beginner-level dive in a remote Florida lake, the rim of a cave collapses, trapping two of Doc Ford's friends... -
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![In Silence by Erica Spindler]()
In Silence by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation... -
![Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker]()
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor fans of Twin Peaks and The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, this brilliant debut is dark yet hilarious, suspenseful and sad.Everyone has a secret in Tall Oaks . . .When three-year-old Harry goes missing, the whole of America turns its attention to one small town. Everyone is eager to help. Everyone is a suspect.Desperate mother Jess, whose grief is driving her to extreme measures... -
![Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron]()
Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York:: Warner,, (2001) . Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. Mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. SIGNED by author on title page. 288 pp... -
![The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner]()
The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCompared to a juicy murder trial, a case of feuding neighbors isn't exactly Perry Mason's cup of tea. But Arthur Cartright insists that Mason is the only one who can muzzle the howling hound that's driving Cartright crazy. But Perry doesn't realize just how crazy until he meets his client's neighbor... -
![Storm Track by Margaret Maron]()
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Storm of Mystery: Not a lot can ruin the serenity of the lazy, hazy August rhythms of Collection County, North Carolina. Judge Deborah Knott, once again running for election, can count on a round of pleasant softball games, barbecues, and church picnics. But now a hurricane named Fran is gearing up offshore and it looks like the eye of the storm could blow straight through the county... -
![Color Tour by Aaron Stander]()
Color Tour by Aaron Stander
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's a tranquil October morning in northwest lower Michigan, a rural paradise of cherry orchards, blue lakes, and sandy shorelines. The serenity of the day -- and the season -- is shattered when an elderly woman walking her dogs along the beach stumbles upon the bodies of a brutally murdered couple... -
![A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum]()
A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA special event in the national bestselling mystery series! Craft away the holiday season with the Seaside Knitters.With the Seaside Knitters' help, Mary Pisano converts her charming inherited home into a B&B. Her first week is booked by her very own family, in town to discuss their grandfather's will... -
![Dead Before Dinner by Kat Bellemore]()
Dead Before Dinner by Kat Bellemore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGreen chile has never been more dangerous.Maddie Swallows had always intended to be a psychologist. But becoming a wife, mother, and tenured professor—that was more than she’d ever dreamed. Until it all implodes and she finds herself without a job, divorced, and a single mom to two teenagers... -
![False Pretenses by Kathy Herman]()
False Pretenses by Kathy Herman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZoe Broussard loves the life she and her husband Pierce have built in her beloved Louisiana hometown—especially their popular brasserie Zoe B’s, to which folks drive all the way from Lafayette for lunch or dinner. It seems like heaven. But it’s about to become hell... -
![A Deadly Judgment by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain]()
A Deadly Judgment by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessica Fletcher is off to Boston to help her eccentric lawyer friend, Malcolm McLoon, defend a tycoon accused of fratricide. McLoon had asked her, "Can you help me as a jury consultant?"Her uncanny sleuthing talents will be important when the two old acquaintances dive into the case with the characteristic vigor each is known for... -
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![Desperate Measures by Kate Wilhelm]()
Desperate Measures by Kate Wilhelm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGus Marchand, a hard-working, god-fearing man, has been found dead on his kitchen floor. Without any real evidence, the locals cast their suspicions toward Alex Feldman, Marchand's hideously deformed neighbor. At the request of a fellow attorney, Barbara agrees to defend him. But another suspect is the high-school principal, Hilde Franz, who'd had a contretemps with Gus earlier that week... -
![The Cat Who Smelled Smoke by Lilian Jackson Braun]()
The Cat Who Smelled Smoke by Lilian Jackson Braun
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book has not been published and its future publication status is unclear... -
![A Killing Rain by P.J. Parrish]()
A Killing Rain by P.J. Parrish
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA deep freeze is bearing down on the Florida Everglades, the kind of brutal storm the locals call a killing rain. For Detective Louis Kincaid, the coldest night of the year has brought a terrifying new chill- a grisly discovery that tightens his every nerve in warning........The body proves this is no routine case. It's the start of a nightmare... -
![Academic Curveball by James J. Cudney]()
Academic Curveball by James J. Cudney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Kellan Ayrwick returns home for his father’s retirement from Braxton College, he finds a dead body in Diamond Hall’s stairwell. Unfortunately, Kellan has a connection to the victim, and so do several members of his family... -
![Razing the Dead by Sheila Connolly]()
Razing the Dead by Sheila Connolly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce again Nell Pratt has to dig into the past to solve a murder in the present... Between the challenges of her position as president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia and of taking her relationship with FBI agent James Morrison to the next level, Nell Pratt has got her hands full... -
![Close-up on Murder by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain]()
Close-up on Murder by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE LAST SHOTCabot Cove is being invaded—by Hollywood. One of Jessica’s older novels is being adapted into a big-budget movie. The producer has decided to shoot on location, since the book was loosely based on a murder that shocked Cabot Cove several years earlier.Unfortunately, everyone on the set seems to have a hidden agenda. A novice director wants his shot at the big time...
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