Murder

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“Fans of psychological thrillers and new twists on locked-room mysteries won’t be disappointed.”

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“Harris is to be congratulated on her ability to build a story with a maze full of twists and turns, memories false and true, and a totally unexpected ending.”

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“Makkai’s elegant writing carries the reader along. . . . Excellent!”

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“The book, told in . . . first person, is heavily plotted and—like the house—full of secret passageways and red herrings.”

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“With its language and momentum, the book propels a reader to the last page.”

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“Jordan Harper is the next wave in Los Angeles noir, and Everybody Knows is the novel that kicks down the door . . .”

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“Deborah Goodrich Royce handles the balance of Reef Road’s off-kilter story with a magnificent, firm grip.

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“The injustices done to the young affect not only their future lives—and deaths—but others’ existences as well.”

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“Diversions like this add the layers of human interest that make a Jeffery Deaver novel so much more than a page-turner.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Murder is a humorous romp through unfamiliar territory. Stopps manages her four central characters through distinct portraits.

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“Since this is about show biz folks, there’s plenty of name-dropping of people, places, and events to titillate while bringing the story easily into the reader’s world, making it both conte

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“Rosen is excellent at creating the perfect murder mystery setting and in peopling it with interesting characters and complex relationships.”

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“The Perfect Crime is a must-read for every crime fiction fan looking for new horizons to explore in their favorite genre.”

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“a high emotional intelligence quotient as well as a cerebral one.”

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“Fans of Baldacci’s ‘memory man’ character will be highly satisfied with Long Shadows and anxiously await the next installment in the series.”

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“Butcher manages to create relatable, believable characters with real flaws, real needs and wants, fleshing them out with tongue-in-cheek humor.”

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“The book’s suspense rests on whether and when Cal will finally turn to face his lifelong attacker. What will he lose, in what sequence? How humiliated and abased will he become?

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The Enigma of Room 622 can’t be read quickly, but it provides humor and insight throughout the long journey—and many elegant twists of crime and detection, with plenty of surprise

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“Again, Thomas Kies does not disappoint!”

Who doesn't like a nice, juicy scandal especially when it involves a vain, egotistical, self-centered SOB?

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To understand and appreciate this novel, you need to move past any aversion you might have to the idea of female killers. Women as paid assassins, murderers for hire . . .

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“Fallout combines murder, mystery, mobsters, crypto scams, and the snappy dialogue so characteristic of the Parker novels that came before.”

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“Fans of tense, psychological dramas will not be disappointed.”

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“Cercas has molded this police procedural into a fine literary novel.”

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Plot points abound at the beginning of Hays’ Pesticide: rioters attack police in central Bern, resulting in a murder; police officer Giuliana Linder deals with accidental homicide while re

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readers are treated to a solid police procedural set in a town rarely represented in the mystery genre but well worthy of a close read.”

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