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The Last Straw by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need... -
Etched in Shadow by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe fourth installment in the bestselling Cassie Quinn mystery series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought. A gripping thriller with a touch of the paranormal that will keep you guessing until the last page. When a friend’s relative passes away, the family suspects foul play, but the evidence doesn’t match the accusation... -
Penance for the Dead by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOld scandals and destructive truths are exposed when a woman from Hugh Marsden’s past is murdered in cold blood.Principal Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden is used to living in the shadow of disgrace. First, as the illegitimate son of the late Viscount Neatham, and second, as the man who permanently maimed his half-brother in a duel six years ago... -
Hopes and Slippery Slopes by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dangerous race. The peal of wedding bells. Will this psychic sleuth catch a bouquet or a bullet? Mitzy Moon finally has a chance to spend a normal, murder-free day with family. And she's super-excited to support her legendary snowmobile racer dad as he's honored for his place in the record books. But instead of a celebration on the podium, she finds a corpse under the snow... -
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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... -
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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Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...Categorized as:
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Dames and Deadly Games by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA murder mystery game. A terminal twist. Can this psychic sleuth swap coal for clues?Mitzy Moon hopes to earn some girlfriend points on a scenic weekend getaway. Steaming off on a historic train with her handsome beau seems like the perfect way to outrun fate... -
Schemes and Bad Dreams by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA blast from the past. A dangerous decision. This time, our psychic sleuth becomes the victim…Mitzy Moon loves her new home town. But when history comes calling, she’s tempted by distant memories and forced to reconsider. Now her sudden disappearance could be an impromptu road trip… or something more sinister... -
Buried by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReporter Michael Brody is used to getting answers. The one that’s eluded him, though, for twenty long years is learning what happened to his brother Daniel the day his school bus disappeared. When the remains of the other children are discovered—and Daniel’s aren’t among them—a desperate Michael calls upon the sole survivor of the tragedy, Chris Jacobs, hoping he will finally break his silence...Categorized as:
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Fated for Felony by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s newest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby is after a serial killer who’s simply fated for felonies...Categorized as:
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You Can't Hide by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereA new reign of terror has fallen on the unsuspecting residents of Cocoa Beach. They think their worst nightmare is the environmental catastrophe causing the thousands of dead fish in the river until the first body turns up among the dead fish.Young girls are being kidnapped.Behind these kidnappings stands a ghostly person who calls himself the Boxer... -
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... -
Bars and Boxcars by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA robbery on the rails. A gang in hiding. Can this psychic sleuth blow the whistle on a dangerous crew?Mitzy Moon struggles to put snooping on the back burner and help launch the Duncan Restorative Justice Foundation. But her good-girl routine leaves the station after a deputy crashes the Grand Opening with a search warrant... -
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Heists and Poltergeists by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen our psychic sleuth lands in the middle of a Wonderland bank robbery, will she keep her cool or lose her head?Mitzy Moon is determined not to spoil her surprise birthday party. She’s been dodging questions and playing dumb for months, but a sassy snoop can only take so much... -
Missing Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith her mentor on his way in from overseas, Lexi is ready to join the team to take down Hydra. Kidnapped and taken to a Honduran prison. Lexi must risk everything to stay alive...Categorized as:
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Relic by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDigging For The Truth Can Be DeadlyBrian is ex-special forces.He’s working for a security group that only hires the best of the best. His job is fueled by danger and adrenaline, and he loves every minute of it. At least he did up until this minute. When Sophia walks into their briefing room, Brian’s heart stops...Categorized as:
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Where the Wild Roses Grow by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Queen of scream novels does it again! - It's laced with a terrifying nail-biting tension and characters that make your skin crawl. With her blankly staring eyes seeming to gaze into the sky, he put a red rose between her teeth and then gently pushed her into the water. She slowly sank into the slow, flowing river... -
You Can Run by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's not the kind of thing you'd expect to happen on an ordinary Saturday morning. Her kids are arguing and her husband is still sleeping. Lisa is tired and wonders why her husband keeps working late... -
Blood Dahlia by Victor Methos, MacKenzie Leigh Barmen
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA COPYCAT OF THE MOST FAMOUS MURDER IN HISTORY... A serial murderer nicknamed the Blood Dahlia has been terrorizing the quiet suburbs of Pennsylvania. Brutally mutilating his victims in the fashion of the most famous murder in Hollywood, the killer leaves no trace behind... -
As The Crow Flies by Craig Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe eighth novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original series Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't have time for cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in two weeks, and the wedding locale arrangements have just gone up in smoke signals...Categorized as:
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Deadlock by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis exhilarating FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries.A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather. A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most—his family...Categorized as:
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Detached by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe robbed her brother of his destiny. Now she’s stuck with a dangerous power she can’t ignore, can’t control, and frighteningly—can’t resist.I was born on the wrong side of the law—literally delivered on the floor of the state women’s prison.My mother sees spirits. My father could become one at will. Together, they were among the most dangerous crime couples in history... -
Possession in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“The devil killed my body. I cannot fight, I cannot find. I cannot free her. You must. You are the one. We speak to the dead...Categorized as:
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Weakest Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer education was unusual……and that might just give her a chance.Can Lexi survive an assassin?Lexi didn’t have a normal childhood; she was raised by the intelligence community. They saw her potential and now, with a target on her back, she needs to figure out who’s after her and why. And where did her mentor go?If she was going to get answers……she would need some help...Categorized as:
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Cold As The Grave: Inspector McLean Book 9 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ninth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers . Her lifeless body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room, a room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. A room which feels as cold as the grave... -
Exposure by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen twin classmates are abducted from Bolton Prep, Tory and the Virals decide there’s no one better equipped than them to investigate. But the gang has other problems to face. Their powers are growing wilder, and becoming harder to control. Chance Claybourne is investigating the disastrous medical experiment that twisted their DNA...Categorized as:
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Threat Warning by John Gilstrap
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJonathan Grave, my favorite freelance peacemaker, problem-solver, and tough-guy hero, is back--and in particularly fine form. --Jeffery DeaverIn his most terrifying thriller yet, New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap exposes the darkest threat to America's freedom, a secret society of merciless killers, watching and waiting to strike. . .The first victims are random...Categorized as:
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Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThrough all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon — and a chance to finally emerge from hiding...Categorized as:
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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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Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJ. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Order: SVU – in the future” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, together for the first time in one volume, are three stories that spotlight Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion. Eternity in Death A seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible – immortality... -
Echo and Ember by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFBI agents Donovan and Eleri left their last case with a sense of unease.Unable to close the investigation, they’ve been thrown into their next assignment far too fast. A string of strange arson-based murders are just part of the trouble. Not only is former agent Wade de Gottardi on their team for this one, so are two other NightShade agents: Dana Brantley and Christina Pines... -
The Haunting of Blackwater Cottage: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery by Clay Wise
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRecently widowed, Alicia Hawkins can no longer live in the New York apartment she shared with her husband. She leaves the city behind for a small fishing village in Duxbridge, Massachusetts, where she purchases a rundown house the locals have dubbed Blackwater Cottage. But the quiet life and beautiful views are disrupted by secret notes and unexplained phenomena...Categorized as:
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Talking Bones by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHiding out in the French Quarter of New Orleans only made sense for someone like Skylar Livingston. Owning a voodoo shop was just an added touch for fun. It also helped with her cover, plus gave space to the multitude of ghosts in her family. And her shop was close to the cemeteries, … a very necessary part of her … hobby... -
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In the Lawman's Protection by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn agent will do anything to take down a terrorist.Even if that means using a woman as his weapon.To locate a terrorist, Ren McClement must find the criminal’s “dead” wife Natalie. His plan: use the innocent beauty as bait. But when his duplicity leads them into grave danger, Ren reveals his secret to Natalie...and his passion for her...Categorized as:
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Fracture Five by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEleri and Donovan are back! NightShade's newest agents are in L.A. to bring down a burgeoning terrorist cell. To make things worse, it's not just one terrorist cell, it's two. Or is it three? There is little to go on, only links between missing Army munitions and a veteran named Cooper Rollins...Categorized as:
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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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The Evil That Was Done by Michele Pariza Wacek
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe shocking conclusion to the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. It’s happening again—people are disappearing. And just like before, the finger is pointed at Becca. She knows how it looks … and that she’s being set up. Someone is following her. Sneaking into her house. Planting evidence to make her look guilty. The problem is, she has no idea why... -
Alcatraz by Roland Smith, Michael P. Spradlin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the nation reeling from the recent terrorist attacks, Q and Angela leave Chicago and arrive in San Francisco. Their parents are determined to continue the Match tour but for safety's sake, they have decided to send Q and Angela to boarding school...Categorized as:
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Earth to Emily by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA pulse-pounding mystery—the second in the Emily series—from the best-selling and award-winning author of the Katie & Annalise novels. Paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily only wants two little things. The first is to adopt Betsy—the girl who has stolen her heart but could be deported to Mexico at any time... -
No Way Home by Annette Dashofy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA relaxing trail ride turns tragic when Paramedic and Deputy Coroner Zoe Chambers discovers the body of a popular county commissioner in her Pennsylvania woods. Inconsistencies surround the horrible accident, but before she can investigate further, she's pried away by a plea for help from her best friend, whose son has been deemed a person of interest in a homicide over a thousand miles away... -
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him.She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone...Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl... -
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... -
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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Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA savage crime has rocked a working-class neighbourhood of Boston; four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father is lying in an intensive care unit, his survival in doubt. He is the principal suspect. Female police detective D.D. Warren, however, is not one to take things at face value...Categorized as:
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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... -
Gotcha! by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes, justice is a long time coming. That's the case with Julie Wyatt, whose story strikes close to home for the original founder of the Sisterhood, Myra Rutledge, and her best friend - and fellow Sister - Annie. Julie is convinced her greedy daughter-in-law Darlene had something to do with the mysterious circumstances surrounding her son Larry's death...Categorized as:
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A Book of Bones by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new thrilling installment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series.He is our best hope.He is our last hope.On lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath a Saxon mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull.Each is a sacrifice, a summons...Categorized as:
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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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Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided to call this place home...Categorized as:
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