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  • The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Whatever you do, don’t look back.After learning the shocking truth behind the man she fell for, Blake feels lost at sea.She feels adrift. And is punishing herself for not realizing who Mark was or his true motive by her side...
  • Hello Again by Brenda Novak

    Hello Again by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From NYT bestseller Brenda Novak comes the next installment of Dr. Evelyn Talbot and her murderous home for psychopaths in Hello Again. SHE CAN MAKE SENSE OF A COMPLEX CRIMINAL MIND. Evelyn Talbot, a psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison in Alaska, studies some of the world's worst serial killers. But she’s about to meet her most elusive patient at Hanover House yet: Dr...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  female-mc
  • One by One by Chris Carter

    One by One by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    'I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?' Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins. But the caller doesn't want Detective Hunter to just watch, he wants him to participate, and refusal is simply not an option...
  • The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Hear No Evil For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades...
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    crime  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • An Unreliable Truth by Victor Methos

    An Unreliable Truth by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife, Victor Methos’s acclaimed Desert Plains series continues with the saga of two brilliant defense attorneys and a client whose confession may not be what it seems.Two couples cut to bits near a canyon close to the Nevada border...
  • Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next be coming for Cross.A methodical killer is targeting multigenerational families in and around Washington, DC—striking under cover of darkness, triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence of any kind.   Alex isn’t the only one investigating...
  • Losing Leah Holloway by Lisa Regan

    Losing Leah Holloway by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Five years ago, Claire Fletcher escaped her abductor. But some scars never fade, and surviving was just the beginning…When Claire sees a car full of children careen into a river, she rushes to the rescue. But the driver, a mother named Leah Holloway, prefers to drown. For Claire and her ex, Detective Connor Parks, it doesn’t add up...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  killer
  • The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICAThe Sandman killings have been solved. Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes.THE LAWYEREddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent...
  • The Girl and the Secret Society by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Secret Society by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evil has many faces. This one you will never see coming.This is the bizarre and shocking case of Lakyn Monroe.In the midst of filming her show, Lakyn vanished without a trace.Four months have passed, and the unusual disappearance of the internet celebrity has garnered nationwide attention...
  • Face Off by Brenda Novak

    Face Off by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tortured and left for dead at sixteen, Evelyn Talbot turned her personal nightmare into her life’s work—studying the disturbing psychopathy of some of the world’s most vicious serial killers...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  female-mc
  • The Blossom Twins by Carol Wyer

    The Blossom Twins by Carol Wyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Their parents thought they were hiding… One beautiful summer’s evening, thirteen-year-old twins Ivy and Erin Westmore snuggle down in a tent in their back garden, giggling and sharing secrets. When their mother goes to wake the girls the next morning, their tent is empty. The alarm is raised and Detective Natalie Ward is put onto the case...
  • Mania by Victor Methos

    Mania by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jon Stanton finds his life unraveling. His fiancé has left him. His panic attacks are growing more acute. He's attacking his job with ferocity and violence. After nearly killing a human trafficker after he had surrendered, Stanton realizes he's losing control. And knows it all stems from one incident: the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth twenty-seven years ago...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  hard-boiled  murder  mystery
  • Think Twice by Harlan Coben

    Think Twice by Harlan Coben

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III​ reunite to find a dead man come back to life in this gripping thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find You.Former basketball star Myron Bolitar has barely restarted his agency for sports stars and celebrities when two federal agents walk into his office, asking for answers...
  • The Girl in the River by Rita Herron

    The Girl in the River by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The body lay in the river, arms outstretched. Long brown hair swirled in all directions, flowing with the current of the water. Her eyes were wide open in death, pale pink lips parted in a scream.Detective Ellie Reeves should be enjoying the wedding of her dear friend Mia Norman. But instead of celebrating, she is frantically searching for the missing bride...
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    animals  crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  family
  • The Killing House by Claire McGowan

    The Killing House by Claire McGowan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Long-buried secrets are being unearthed. And they're very close to home...Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns yet again to her hometown to investigate a spine-chilling case in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. The Paula Maguire series is the perfect read for fans of Michael Connelly and Peter May...
  • Flesh and Blood by Caroline Mitchell

    Flesh and Blood by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A string of suicides. A community in terror. And a chilling conspiracy only DI Amy Winter can crack.A wave of apparent suicides hits a string of seaside resorts, but when a police officer is named as the latest to die, DI Amy Winter suspects there may be more than mere coincidence to these tragic deaths...
  • The Silent Wife by Andy Maslen

    The Silent Wife by Andy Maslen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Her career on the line and an innocent woman charged with murder. Can she save them both?As bogus corruption charges loom over her, DS Kat Ballantyne finds herself deskbound and stuck with cold cases. Her hated boss, DI Carver, has given her just one week to explain how £50,000 found its way into her bank account. If she can’t, she’ll be lucky to have a desk at all...
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
  • Left For Dead by Caroline Mitchell

    Left For Dead by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A victim on display. A detective on the rails.Shopping with her sister, DI Amy Winter is admiring a Valentine’s Day window display of a perfect bride encrusted in diamonds and resplendent in lace—until she notices blood oozing from the mannequin’s mouth.This is no stunt. A post-mortem reveals the victim was left to die on her macabre throne for all to see...
  • The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman

    The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One cop’s lie has set a killer free.Four years after serial killer Rudy Cutter was sent away for life, San Francisco homicide inspector Frost Easton uncovers a terrible lie: his closest friend planted false evidence to put Cutter behind bars. When he’s forced to reveal the truth, his sister’s killer is back on the streets...
  • The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls...
  • A Code to Kill by Elle Gray

    A Code to Kill by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Most of us have a code we live by.Some live their life altruistically, while others live by a more sinister code.A code that only their victims know. A code to kill…Fresh from a grueling joint operation with Spenser Song, FBI agent Blake Wilder continues to find herself being stalked and hunted down by an unknown culprit. The worst part is that they may be after her loved ones as well...
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of silence, the game is back on… Widower Allan Brown is hosting a support group in his home for the bereaved. One of the guests in attendance will be Amy Lambert, this week marking the five-year anniversary of her family’s horrifying ordeal at Crescent Lake. Of course it’s hardly cause for celebration...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  killer
  • Cross Out by James Patterson

    Cross Out by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who's fatally ambushing young men in the “Dead Hours” murders. They don't hear the machine gun fire. At first. “Drop whatever you're doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A plane just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto...
  • Safe Haven by Patricia MacDonald

    Safe Haven by Patricia MacDonald

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She finally had everything she ever wanted . . .Dena returns to her hometown for a high school reunion. She gets together with Brian, her high school crush, and ends up pregnant.She moves back to the small town where she grew up to start a new life with horse breeder Brian.But behind closed doors, Dena’s perfect life becomes the perfect nightmare...
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    crime  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  family  fiction  heist
  • Avenging Adam by Jodi Burnett

    Avenging Adam by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While hiking in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, FBI Special Agent Kendra Dean and her K9 partner, Baxter, stumble upon a dead body stashed in the woods. The discovery changes both of their lives forever.Special Agent Rick Sanchez hunts a serial murderer who is targeting women on a multi-state killing spree...
  • The Dead Tell Lies by J.F. Kirwan

    The Dead Tell Lies by J.F. Kirwan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you want to catch a serial killer, you need to think like one.Greg Adams, a criminal psychologist at Scotland Yard, specialises in bringing serial killers to justice. He is at the top of his game, having just put away his sixth serial killer when his wife, Kate, is brutally murdered by another predator known as the Dreamer...
  • The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Some doors are locked for a reason…While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.Until the day the police arrived at their front door.Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  killer  mystery
  • Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evil is Released Onto the Streets of San Diego...A series of deadly fires rages across the cityscape, claiming the lives of entire families. Helpless to stop the fires, the SDPD assigns their most famous detective, Jon Stanton, to the case. The evidence points him to a single arsonist committing the horrendous acts...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  killer
  • Fear No Truth by LynDee Walker

    Fear No Truth by LynDee Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ASIN B07KYTLJ6S moved to the most recent editionFor fans of James Patterson and Melinda Leigh: Introducing a brand new series from bestselling thriller author LynDee Walker! Two dead girls.One determined Texas Ranger.Three horrifying truths...
  • Alter Ego by Brian Freeman

    Alter Ego by Brian Freeman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a freak auto accident kills a driver on the remote roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover that the victim appears to be a "ghost," with a false identity and no evidence to suggest who he really was. Alarmingly, a gun is found in the car--and the gun has recently been fired...
  • One Left Alive by Helen Phifer

    One Left Alive by Helen Phifer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ‘One of those rare books that really is unputdownable . A must read.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A gentle breeze blew her blonde hair across her face, her glazed eyes staring blankly into the sunset. Her small frame looked lost hanging from the large oak tree. On the branch next to her was a worn child’s rope swing. She looked too young and beautiful to be dead...
  • Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final game is here… A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving. Amy Lambert is a successful entrepreneur and in a promising relationship with Allan Brown. Caleb Lambert is a respected member of the United States Marine Corps. Carrie Lambert is a flourishing college student. Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder  mystery
  • Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Senseless & Merciless Bundle Senseless Every Serial Killer Knows. . . The vicious burns scarring the victims' flesh reveal the agony of their last moments. Each woman was branded with a star, then stabbed through the heart. With every death, a vengeful killer finds a brief, blissful moment of calm. But soon it's time for the bloodshed to start again. . . The Perfect Time. .
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
  • Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin

    Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is she missing…or a murderer? When Laura Chaucer, daughter of a U.S. senator, vanishes from her college campus, celebrated FBI profilers Special Agent Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in. Thirteen years ago, Laura and her nanny disappeared from her family’s Denver home. Laura was found alive, but her nanny wasn’t so lucky… and the killer was never caught...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  murder
  • Spider's Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth

    Spider's Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A psychological detective thriller.Some people can’t let go of a grudge. Homicide Detective Sean Trann is learning this the hard way. He made the mistake of interrupting the killing spree of Boston’s most notorious serial killer, Spider. Intent on finishing what he started and infuriated at Sean’s previous involvement, Spider has decided to use those closest to Sean as pieces in his twisted game...
  • Elysium Dreams by Hadena James

    Elysium Dreams by Hadena James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He skins his victims alive, taking pleasure from their pain. In the cold, dark nights of Alaska, a hunter is stalking his prey. Once found, he takes them into the woods and skins them alive, prolonging the experience as much as he can, but the satisfaction always wanes.Aislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit have just finished up another case when they get the call...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  murder
  • A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker. "I'm going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world...
  • Death is in the Details by Heather Sunseri

    Death is in the Details by Heather Sunseri

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A woman haunted by her past. A killer who won't let her forget.Faith Day's condition curses her to recall her mother’s fiery murder like it was yesterday. And when the forensic photographer’s convicted stepbrother is somehow cleared 12 years later and released from prison, Faith wonders if he'll put an end to her tortured memories...
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    crime  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  murder
  • The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

    The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Widow. The Secret. The Liar.  The Disappeared…  On a routine flight from Africa to England, Dr Mason Palmer is tragically killed when the light aircraft he’s travelling on crashes and disappears in dense bushland. The Widow… Ten months later, Nicole Palmer is still trying to block out the grief of her husband’s sudden death...
  • Girl, Forsaken by Blake Pierce

    Girl, Forsaken by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. A serial killer is leaving clues around the city, using Ella’s knowledge of historical murders to taunt her...
  • Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The killing just won’t stop as a ruthless psychopath revisits his greatest obsession—but this time, a Richmond, Virginia, homicide detective is determined to stop him in his bloody tracks . . .   An aspiring artist. A high-school senior. A stripper. Three missing women with only one thing in common—wealthy Craig Thornton knew them all. For that, they paid the ultimate price...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  kidnapping  murder
  • Reckless Creed by Alex Kava

    Reckless Creed by Alex Kava

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times–bestselling author Alex Kava, Ryder Creed, his K-9 search-and-rescue dogs, and FBI agent Maggie O’Dell find themselves at the center of a dire and mysterious case...
  • Stranded by Alex Kava

    Stranded by Alex Kava

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns with another action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, who is on the hunt for a "truck stop" serial killer. Tired travelers and weary truckers have stopped at rest areas on the nation's highways for decades to refuel, grab a bite, and maybe get some shut-eye, but one man's rest stop is another's hunting ground...
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    animals  crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  dogs  female-mc
  • Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jumping off a plane is one thing, but being forced to do so amid a plane crash is something no one puts on their bucket list.After surviving a plane crash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, FBI agent Olivia Knight and a group of survivors are washed ashore onto a desolate island.An island harboring more danger than any of them could have ever imagined...
  • An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce

    An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A two-book mystery bundle by debut author Ava Strong and #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 1,000 five star reviews!Here is a bundle of the first books in two different series—the Ilse Beck FBI Suspense Thriller series by Ava Strong and the Adele Sharp Mystery series by Blake Pierce—all in one convenient place...
  • What Lies Hidden by Fran McDonnell

    What Lies Hidden by Fran McDonnell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Isobel McKenzie is an experienced and intuitive psychotherapist who is on sabbatical while recovering from illness. Reluctantly she goes to London to help out an old friend, solicitor Paul Wright, who is uneasy about the partisan nature of a proposed divorce settlement. He asks her to meet the couple, Thomas and Anne Banks, to assess the situation...
  • Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A chilling confession unleashes deadly secrets…In downtown D.C., an emergency surgery is performed on a prominent psychiatrist following a multi-car accident. The ICU nurse on duty has heard many interesting utterances from her groggy patients over the years...
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