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Negeri Para Bedebah by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDi negeri para bedebah, kisah fiksi kalah seru dibanding kisah nyata.Di negeri para bedebah, musang berbulu domba berkeliaran di halaman rumah.Tetapi setidaknya, Kawan, di negeri para bedebah, petarung sejati tidak akan pernah berkhianat... -
![Gunner by Heather Slade]()
Gunner by Heather Slade
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFalling for the enemy... K19 Security Specialist Gunner Godet is so deep undercover that nobody on his team knows where he is or what he's signed up for. And now that he's vowed to help a sexy and mysterious woman from the dirtiest Russian organization in all of Eastern Europe, his only chance at survival lies in her hands—and arms... -
![Fast Life by Cassandra Carter]()
Fast Life by Cassandra Carter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaught up in a world of easy money,designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling... -
![The Girl That Vanished by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl That Vanished by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRing...Ring...One call from her past was all it took to change everything.A ten-year-old girl has vanished on her way home from camp.And things took a turn for the worse when another child, a child that Emma knows, goes missing.Disappearances, death, and tragedies has followed Emma Griffin throughout her childhood... -
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![The Flaw by Antonis Samarakis]()
The Flaw by Antonis Samarakis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA man is seized from his afternoon drink at the Café Sport by two agents of the Regime - though what exactly he is suspected of we do not know, and neither, apparently, does he.What follows is a journey by car toward Special Branch headquarters, and the interrogation that undoubtedly awaits him there... -
![Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko]()
Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble... -
![A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere]()
A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story... -
![Deceived by Stella Barcelona]()
Deceived by Stella Barcelona
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir destinies have been set in motion by their ancestors. Taylor Marlowe Bartholomew carries three of the most notable names in New Orleans society. She hoped to forge her own path in the world as an Assistant District Attorney, but that dream is dying as obligations pull her into the family shipbuilding business... -
![Guilty as Sin by Rosalind James]()
Guilty as Sin by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are secrets. There are guilty secrets. And then there's switching places with your twin. Paige Hollander and her identical twin Lily stopped switching places a decade ago. But Lily's run into trouble, and Paige is on leave from the SFPD, recovering from a traumatic shooting. It's not like she has anything better to do, and she remembers how to be feminine. Sort of... -
![Unparalleled by D.S. Smith]()
Unparalleled by D.S. Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWaking up in a strange house, with no memory of how or why he is there, Stuart Milton finds his life has changed beyond recognition. His pregnant wife is missing, but his only living relative, his brother, is incapable of substantiating his claim. Lost in a world of confusion that is spiralling out of his control, Stuart finds temporary salvation in a psychiatrist assigned to his case... -
![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... -
![Tetid for damer med traditionel figur by Alexander McCall Smith]()
Tetid for damer med traditionel figur by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe tenth installment of this universally beloved and best-selling series finds Precious Ramotswe in personal need of her own formidable detection talents.Mma Ramotswe’s ever-ready tiny white van has recently developed a rather disturbing noise. Of course, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni–-her estimable husband and one of Botswana’s most talented mechanics––is the man to turn to for help... -
![The Baltimore Boys by Joël Dicker]()
The Baltimore Boys by Joël Dicker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSwiss Sensation Joel Dicker's compulsive follow-up to the phenomenally bestselling The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair... -
![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... -
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![Whisper My Name by Maureen Smith]()
Whisper My Name by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a beautiful professor joins forces with a sexy detective to find a serial killer, shes caught in a web of danger and desire as she becomes the murderers next target. Original... -
![Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton]()
Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Kimberley can be a haven for those who can stand the heat, but its isolated beauty can also be deadly, if you're not paying attention... The remote Matsu diamond mine in the Kimberley is the perfect place for engineer Dru Porter to hide. Her insignificance in that vast and rugged landscape helps her feel invisible. And safe... -
![Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes]()
Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
![Extra Dirty by Mia Gold]()
Extra Dirty by Mia Gold
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEXTRA DIRTY is book #2 in the Ruby Steele Mystery, which begins with ON THE ROCKS (Book #1).Ruby Steele, 30, beautiful, fit, seems just like any other ex-pat hiding out in the Bahamas and playing local bartender. But unruly patrons find out the hard way: Ruby is a mixed-martial-arts pro, and not one you’d want to cross.A 40-something female tourist seeks out Ruby, desperate for her help... -
![Blood Stains by Sharon Sala]()
Blood Stains by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMother: Murdered.Father: Unknown.Case: ColdAt the reading of her father's will, Maria Slade receives shocking news—as a four-year-old, she'd witnessed her prostitute mother's murder and been taken into hiding by the well-meaning preacher who'd raised her as his own.Maria remembers none of that... -
![Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, Joseph Farrell]()
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, Joseph Farrell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn its first two years of production, Dario Fo's controversial farce, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, was seen by over half a million people. It has since been performed all over the world and is widely recognised as a classic of modern drama... -
![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... -
![Three Witnesses by Rex Stout]()
Three Witnesses by Rex Stout
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn three cases--a millionaire who writes his own death warrant, a dog who becomes a killer's worst enemy, and an answering service which refuses to talk about a murder--three witnesses hold the solution for detective Rex Stout... -
![Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey]()
Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Tim Dorsey sat down to write his first novel, the hilarious and hugely successful Florida Roadkill, he killed off way too many people. Now he needs them back. So in Triggerfish Twist, Dorsey invites us to take a warped trip back in time as he reunites the living with the soon to be very dead... -
![The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the latest installment of the universally beloved, bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe discovers the biggest miracles in life are often the smallest.Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family... -
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![Special Agent Murphy by Mimi Barbour]()
Special Agent Murphy by Mimi Barbour
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's Christmas in Washington, but not for one heartsick family. Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice – one he’d make again – he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he’s forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And… gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden... -
![Stalker Stalked by Lee Matthew Goldberg]()
Stalker Stalked by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLexi Mazur is a depressed, alcoholic, pill-popper whose only joy has become her reality TV shows, often fantasizing that the people on TV are a part of her world. After her boyfriend Steve leaves her, she fixates on the show Socialites and its star Magnolia Artois, following every facet of the girl’s life on social media in the hopes of befriending and becoming more like her... -
![The Prodigal by Kit Foster]()
The Prodigal by Kit Foster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExiled from his beloved Newcastle sixteen years ago, Detective Sergeant Lee Jamieson is returning home in search of the teenage daughter he’s never met. With a good promotion under his belt and his parents gone, he’s ready to return to his roots and the warm Geordie spirit he has missed so much... -
![All Hat by Brad Smith]()
All Hat by Brad Smith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“All Hat is a winner all the way.” — The Globe and Mail Ray Dokes is fresh out of prison and fresh out of options… He’s determined to turn his life around and stay out of trouble, but that means avoiding Sonny Stanton – the rich and violent heir of a thoroughbred dynasty Two horses – one an arrogant creature that’ll bite you as soon as you look away, the other gentle and friendly... -
![Chill by Stephanie Rowe]()
Chill by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHE DISAPPEARED. Alaskan bush pilot Luke Webber did not exist until eight years ago. His brutal history still haunts him, but no one will ever know who he used to be. It needs to stay that way, or more people will die. SHE FOUND HIM. Isabella Kopas is on the run, a bullet in her shoulder and a murderer on her tail... -
![The Chase by DiAnn Mills]()
The Chase by DiAnn Mills
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo the FBI it’s a cold case. To Kariss Walker it’s a hot idea that could either reshape or ruin her writing career. And it’s a burning mission to revisit an event she can never forget. Five years ago, an unidentified little girl was found starved to death in the woods behind a Houston apartment complex. A TV news anchor at the time, Kariss reported on the terrifying case...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Seduction by Elisabeth Naughton]()
Stolen Seduction by Elisabeth Naughton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA missing bronze holds the key to a decades-old murder. To prove her innocence, Hailey Roarke will have to partner up with the sexy homicide detective who has the power to steal more than her freedom-if she-s not careful, he may just steal her heart- Hailey Roarke was never interested in her family’s fortune. That’s why she became a cop...Categorized as:
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![The Amateurs: A Novel by John Niven]()
The Amateurs: A Novel by John Niven
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Brilliant.” —GQ "Hilarious.” — The Times (London) “A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behavior, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor... -
![The 45% Hangover by Stuart MacBride]()
The 45% Hangover by Stuart MacBride
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brilliantly twisty tale from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, The Missing and the Dead.It’s the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing ‘No’ campaigner. Should be easy enough…But, as usual, DCI Steel has plans of her own... -
![Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh]()
Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA London actor was dying for a star billing...From the leading lady's liaison to the harassment of an aging juvenile lead-there's never a dull moment, darling, at the Vulcan Theatre. But vanity and hysterics, suspicion and superstition, brandy and jealousy, are upstaged by a death on opening night... -
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![Small World by Martin Suter]()
Small World by Martin Suter
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt first, they put Konrad's absentmindedness down to an immoderate fondness for alcohol. For years he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family, first as the childhood playmate of Thomas, heir to the Koch family fortune, later as caretaker of the Koch family holiday villa on Corfu. And they, in their turn, had used him as the mood took them... -
![Demolition Angel by Robert Crais]()
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCarol Starkey is a bomb squad veteran now doing time as a Detective-2 with LAPD's Criminal Conspiracy Section. Three years have passed since the detonation that killed Carol's partner and lover, but she is still severely scarred both mentally and physically... -
![The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBusiness is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so Mma Makutsi persuades Mma Ramotswe to take her first-ever holiday. When a new client arrives just as she's about to depart, Mma Ramotswe almost cancels her trip. But Mma Makutsi is adamant that she and Charlie have the situation in hand... -
![Hotel by Arthur Hailey]()
Hotel by Arthur Hailey
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDuring five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel...Categorized as:
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![Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote]()
Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAt the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice... -
![Long Gone by Paul Pilkington]()
Long Gone by Paul Pilkington
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe brand new mystery series from the author of the bestselling Emma Holden Trilogy and Kindle Number One Someone to Save You...A missing girl... Natalie Long is missing. About to board a high speed train from London’s Paddington station, she has vanished without a trace.Just two days earlier, things were so different... -
![The angel's call by Guillaume Musso]()
The angel's call by Guillaume Musso
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen they accidentally swap smartphones at an airport, Madeline Green and Jonathan Lempereur are total strangers. By the time they realise what's happened, they're on opposite sides of the Atlantic, and have begun to learn rather more about each other. Mild curiosity turns to obsession as their mobiles reveal secrets from their past lives... -
![A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre]()
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBack when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they'd do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they're having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them... -
![Eyes of a Child by Richard North Patterson]()
Eyes of a Child by Richard North Patterson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe same 3-hour quality performce for less2 cassettes / 3 hoursOnly $8.99Read by Ken HowardA stunning new courtroom drama from the author of the nationwide bestsellers Final Judgment, Silent Witness, and Degree of Guilt.In San Francisco, a dead man discovered amid evidence that might confirm suicide but strongly suggests murder... -
![Come Back to Me by Sara Foster]()
Come Back to Me by Sara Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDo you have to honour a promise you made in the past if it means losing all you have now? When Mark introduces his date, Julia, to Chloe and her husband at a London restaurant, it's obvious that something is very, very wrong. Alex and Julia pretend not to know one another, but the shocked expressions on their faces tell another story... -
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![The Governor's Wife by Mark Gimenez]()
The Governor's Wife by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBode Bonner is the Republican governor of Texas. He has everything he ever wanted: money, power, influence. But something isn't right in his life -- everything feels too settled and easy. He longs for one more moment of excitement, one more challenge. Lindsay Bonner is Bode's wife, and she's bored too. Bored of Bode's womanizing, bored of the endless cocktail parties and receptions... -
![Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen]()
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnother instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful new Hiaasen heroes“The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Falls, Florida... -
![The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen]()
The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAward-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a community, a school, and a family, as a mother begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime...Categorized as:
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![A Heartbeat Away by Harry Kraus]()
A Heartbeat Away by Harry Kraus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a brilliant surgeon undergoes a heart transplant, her life transforms as she begins experiencing memories of a murder she never witnessed. The residents worship her. Nurses step out of her way. Her colleagues respect and sometimes even fear her. But surgeon Tori Taylor never expected to end up on this side of the operating table. Now she has a new heart... -
![We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews]()
We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon, 2046. The British Republic has a new First Lady. She’s Californian, ‘in-your-face, for sure’ and she’s got big plans for a Buckingham Palace refurb. When her three Chihuahuas go missing, one man is determined to avoid getting dragged into it all. His name is Pond. Howie Pond – presidential spokesperson, retired secret agent and cat lover... -
![Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh]()
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter months pass without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging the authority of William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon, a mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement threatens to engulf the town...
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