Award Winning Mysteries
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Queenpin: A Novel by Megan Abbott Taken under the wing of an infamous mob luminary who reigned during the golden era of such figures as Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano, a bookkeeper from a seedy nightclub finds herself seduced by the lucrative lifestyle of the underworld. Catalog Link |
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Too Close to Home: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay Using his neighbor’s house to spend some private time with his girlfriend while the Barclays are on vacation, Derek Cutter suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a small-town murder case when the Barclays return home early and are unexpectedly killed with Derek still hiding in their basement. Catalog Link |
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Blue Heaven by C.J. Box A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. Catalog Link |
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Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover Reluctantly hiring on as a bodyguard to a Hollywood locations manager who is testyifying as a prosecution witness against a suspected mobster, private detective Ray Dudgeon is forced into an investigation with corrupt ties to Washington. Catalog Link |
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Trigger City by Sean Chercover mentally ill co-worker for his daughter’s murder, a retired army intelligence colonel hires Ray Dudgeon to discern the truth, triggering a confrontation between the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Catalog Link |
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The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly Hoping to revitalize his career when he inherits a high-profile defense case after a fellow lawyer is murdered, Mickey Haller discovers that he may be the next target and reluctantly teams up with LAPD detective Harry Bosch to find the killer. Catalog Link |
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Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Duncan Kincaid, must navigate the shadowy and secretive world of London’s moneyed society to discover a jewelry piece’s connection to a murder and a pair of refugees from Nazi Germany. Catalog Link |
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In the Woods by Tana French Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that has taken place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories. Catalog Link |
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China Lake: An Evan Delaney Novel by Meg Gardiner When she discovers that her unstable former sister-in-law has joined the Remnant, a fanatical religious cult, and that she plans to regain custody of her son and take him with her into the cult, Evan Delaney is dragged into the nightmare when a member of the Remnant is found murdered and her brother becomes a suspect in the crime. Catalog Link |
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The Price of Blood: An Irish Novel of Suspense (Ed Loy) by Declan Hughes Hired by a member of a famous and powerful family to investigate a disappearance, private investigator Ed Loy becomes suspicious about his client’s racehorse trainer brother when the man is linked to a murder case, a situation that brings Loy into the shady underworld of horse racing. Catalog Link |
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The Draining Lake: A Thriller (Reykjavik Thriller) by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason When the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls following an earthquake to reveal a skeleton half-buried in its sandy bed, Inspectors Erlendur, Elinborg, and Sigurdur Oli look into the long-unsolved disappearance of a young left-wing student during the Cold War. Catalog Link |
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Red Knife: A Novel (Cork O'Connor Mysteries) by William Kent Krueger Corcoran O’Connor is caught in the middle of a gang dispute between the Aurora Anglos and the Ojibwe Reservation Red Boyz, a situation that turns deadly when the Red Boyz leader and his wife are found murdered. Catalog Link |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family, her octogenarian uncle hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate. Catalog Link |
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What the Dead Know: A Novel by Laura Lippman Interviewing a distressed and disoriented woman who has fled the scene of an accident, Baltimore County police department detective Kevin Infante is amazed when she claims to be the younger of a pair of sisters who were abducted thirty years earlier. Catalog Link |
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Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel (Izzy Spellman Mysteries) by Lisa Lutz Izzy struggles to retain her private investigator’s license after a pseudo engagement and fourth arrest, a challenge that is further complicated by David’s marriage to Petra and by Rae’s teenage angst. Catalog Link |
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Death of a Cozy Writer: A St. Just Mystery by G.M. Malliet After the deaths of a wealthy mystery writer and his oldest son during a gathering at his mansion, Detective Chief Inspector St. Just attempts to solve the crime with a house full of suspects with ample motives. Catalog Link |
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A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish Haunted by her memories of a crime she encountered as a rookie cop in small-town Echo Bay, Michigan, Miami homicide detective Joe Frye recalls her search for a killer responsible for a series of brutal murders of young women, whose bodies had been left deep in the Michigan woods, as she faces down a vicious predator who could make her the next victim. Catalog Link |
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The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Three Pines Mysteries) by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is called to investigate the death of a villager at an Easter séance that was held at the Old Hadley House. Catalog Link |
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The Collaborator of Bethlehem: An Omar Yussef Mystery by Matt Beynon Rees Omar Yussef, a history teacher at a UN school in the West Bank, manages to stay away from all the violence surrounding him, until a former pupil, George Saba, a Palestinian Christian accused of collaborating with the Israelis, is charged with murder, and Omar, unable to believe in his guilt, decides to investigate the case for himself. Catalog Link |
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Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer Helping with a serial murder investigation in which the killer leaves grisly drawings at his crime scenes, police sketch artist Nate Rodriquez finds the tables turned on him when he gets close to identifying the killer. Catalog Link |
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Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith A serial killer is preying on children in cities along the Trans-Siberian Railroad and MGB officer, Leo Demidov, seeks redemption by hunting the killer. Catalog Link |
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The Fault Tree by Louise Ure Eight years after being blinded in a horrific car accident, Arizona auto mechanic Cadence Moran becomes the target of a killer who, unaware of her disability, believes that she can identify the getaway car in the murder of her elderly neighbor. Catalog Link |