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52941) Cliff Hanger
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When a hang-gliding stranger is found fatally injured in the cliffs above Monterey Bay, the investigation into his death becomes a cluttered mess. Professional organizer Maggie McDonald must sort the clues to catch a coastal killer before her family becomes a target . . .
Maggie has her work cut out for her helping Renée Alvarez organize her property management office. Though the condominium complex boasts a prime location on the shores of the...
52942) Vacations Can Be Fatal
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A Vacation to Die For pg. 1Tammy Sheridan, a Valley Girl, like, you know, those in the eighties, won a vacation to die for in a contest. First stop was Cancun, second stop, Managua, third stop, Bocas del Toro, forth stop, Cartagena, fifth stop, Rio de Janiero.She didn't make the fifth stop.Tammy was considered a little weird, but was liked. No one had any reason to kill her. Somebody did.A Vacation in Hell pg.Max Reede was warned about going to Hell...
52943) A Wasteful Death
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The Law of the Jungle rules
When the only animals around are people, they must hunt each other for food. When bodies are left unclaimed and unpaid, it falls to the Registered Investigators to find the killer so they can be made to pay the tax.
When a body is found within their territory, Marlot and Trembor investigate it. Things become complicated when those they thought were the obvious suspects didn't do it. Is the reason for the killing not what...
52944) The Spirit Seekers
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Can you escape the wrath of the Spirits?Sandy Jacobs and Ben Rush are back on the trail of another mystery. The head archaeologist in charge of excavating an important Anasazi ruin on Pueblo land turns up dead. The San Sebastian people, long opposed to the dig because of its potential to disturb their ancestors and stir up trouble, believe the Gods were behind this murder. They want the excavation immediately shut down and sealed off.To make matters...
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Tis the season for gold, frankincense and murder...
It's winter in the small town of Dewstow, and Margery is preparing for her first Christmas as Summerview school's kitchen manager. She's supported by her wife, Clementine, and is trying to stay focused on the task at hand.
The pair are determined to stay out of the way of the Christmas concert planning that has gripped the rest of the staff. However, they are caught in the crossfire when the stage...
52946) Kilt Dead
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As a professional Scottish dancer, Liss MacCrimmon has performed strathsprays and reels, jigs and Highland flings until a knee injury cuts her career short. Returning to her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine, she decides to help her aunt run her Scottish emporium.
Liss hasn't been in Moosetookalook in over ten years, but the quaint little town, nestled in the hilly terrain of western Maine, looks exactly as she remembers it. But then her bliss soon...
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Patty Doyle holds the secret to eternal life, but it may only bring her an early death. Patty is working on a journal of a 14th Century alchemist. But after mentioning it in her blog she gets to the office to find everyone brutally murdered. Now she's on the run pursued by a killer who wants the secret of eternal life it contains. The Concordances of the Red Serpent is a thriller set in the USA, Canada and Scotland and echoes back to the glossy caper...
52948) Dead Man Talking
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Detective Olivia Brown is back in book 3. Quirky, chaotic and filled with supernatural threats, A.J. Gallant's DEAD MAN TALKING has everything from demons building a portal to Hell, a pregnant detective whose baby will save the world, if she survives and a quirky aunt who can see beyond the veil!Evil lurks in the shadows. Meanwhile, Aunt Stella has a boyfriend and their relationship is a cross between laughable and agitating, but the lady has religious...
52949) The Ghost is Clear
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Some ghosts, like shipwrecks, refuse to stay sunken.
It's winter break and Viola Valentine and her husband TB hope for a romantic getaway on St. Simons Island along the Georgia Coast while their children enjoy a field trip on neighboring Jekyll Island. But those on the "Other Side" have other plans. While Viola's daughter Gaia grapples with the ghost of an old shipwreck, Vi sees a woman who worked the shipyards during World War II. Since the ghosts...
52950) Outlaw Rising
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Sloane Tarnish has always secretly admired her outlaw of an uncle and his tales of not-so-legal adventures across the galaxy–but she never thought she'd be asked to help with one of his heists. When Uncle Vin shows up on her med school campus with a plan to steal a chip full of Fleet intelligence–and the baffling idea to have her play a key role in the scheme–Sloane's got her doubts. Uncle Vin doesn't seem to realize that her top skills involve...
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Une brillante rédactrice en chef se fait séquestrer.
Brillante rédactrice en chef d'un hebdomadaire parisien, Stéphanie Fouland est au bout du rouleau. Elle accepte l'invitation de ses amis d'aller passer quelques jours dans un village de la campagne creusoise. Sur le trajet, un orage éclate et, malgré les indications, Stéphanie s'égare sur une petite route de campagne et se retrouve bloquée par un tronc d'arbre que la foudre a fait chuter....
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WHO FRAMED GIULIO BELLONI?For fans of romantic comedy mysteries, like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and Meg Cabot's Size 12 series, who like their characters quirky, romances sweet, and settings Southern, it's the ninth book in The Wall Street Journal bestselling Maizie Albright Star Detective series."This series is always good for a little suspense; plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing." - Samantha, Cozy Tea Cottage#GentlemenPreferDetectives...
52953) Arsenic and Old Puzzles
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The Puzzle Lady embarks on another adventure involving one classic movie and featuring new puzzles by Will Shortz
When an elderly boarder at a Bakerhaven bed-and-breakfast drops dead during afternoon tea, there's nothing particularly suspicious about it-except for the Sudoku in his jacket pocket. But when a second body turns up in the window seat and an autopsy shows both men were poisoned with elderberry wine, the Puzzle Lady suspects she's dealing...
52954) Second Chances
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After a toddler's death drives Cindy Abernathy out of child protection, a new job as a web designer gives her hope-until a grizzly murder threatens to rip it away.The police settle on the obvious suspect, a young dishwasher placed there by a mental health agency. Cindy is determined to find the real killer, but the dark forces she uncovers threaten to take away much more than her job.An old boyfriend, a brother with mental illness, and his oddball...
52955) Mister X
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Fear Leaves A Mark
He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped--no one knows why. Ex-homicide detective Frank Quinn remembers. Which is why he's shocked to see one of the dead women in his office. Actually, she's the identical twin of the last victim, and she wants Quinn to find her sister's murderer. But when the cold case...
52956) Vérita
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L'intrigue a pour centre névralgique le quartier de Berlose, sur les rives du lac Léman, habité par une communauté huppée et richissime avec comme point de chute Monaco, évidemment. La vie quotidienne n'est pas simple à Belrose, entre relations adultérines, égotismes de fortunes rapides et douteuses, mensonges de tous ordres. C'est un quartier o les faux-semblants et les jeux de dupes règnent en maître.
Tout aurait très bien pu continuer...
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Un récit efficace... À lire d'une traite.
« Ce qu'il sentait, Le Chien, c'était cette indéfinissable odeur du Mal que seules les espèces primitives sont capables d'identifier. Et cette odeur avait aussi un visage... une berline allemande noire qui avançait à une très très faible vitesse [...]. » Vingt ans qu'Alexis Arkhipov attend ce moment. Ce 28 septembre 2013, le capitaine Arkhipov, de la gendarmerie de Saint-Léonard, dispose de quelques...
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When Sarah returns to her hometown of Bayou La Batre, she's haunted by the troubled past she left behind. But she never imagined that the town would be in the grip of a dark and deadly curse tied to the voodoo rituals of the infamous Marie Laveau. As the violence and death in the town escalate, Sarah becomes convinced that the curse is accurate and that she's the only one who can stop it.As Sarah races to break the curse and stop the killer before...
52959) Coyote's Wife
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Ella Clah is no longer an unsure young woman recently returned to the Navajo Reservation from a stint with the FBI; she has found her place in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Diné at their worst-and at their best-as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life.
Ervin Benally, son-in-law of the powerful Navajo businesswoman and politician Abigail Yellowhair, plans to bring satellite telephone service...
52960) The Dockside Murders
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In 1900, sleek steamliners bridged the vast distance between the Far East and North America. On the West Coast, they brought rare goods and news to cities that still held elements of the rough and tumble frontier. Creating a perfect breeding ground for confidence men and smugglers. A challenge from a lethal gangster pits John Granville and Emily Turner against a shadowy villain who lurks behind the scenes. One who may have pulled invisible strings...
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