Mystery & Thriller

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Eloquent, almost poetic descriptive narrative combines with frequent brutal prose to create a story both compelling and stomach-churning set in beautiful, but often politically corrupt Kyrgyzstan.

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Avid thriller readers are experiencing the whirlwind of a trend toward releases featuring women who are “unreliable narrators.” That trend makes sense from a publishing point of view given the succ

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The fairest and deadliest of the Texas Rangers returns alongside her usual rough-riding entourage in a new thriller that upholds the Jon Land’s high bar for action and storytelling.

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one of the most engrossing, readable, page-turners of 2016.”

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“Trapped between truth and lies and an overwhelming sense of further tragedy if she speaks out . . .”

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A brutal, realistic portrait of 1941, the second winter of life in occupied Denmark and Poland, as experienced by a Danish farm laborer and his family, and a half-Jewish Polish girl forced into pro

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Darktown proves to be an uncomfortable read at times. Set in post WWII Atlanta, it unabashedly puts racism front and center in the South.

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“May Alan Bradley live to be a hundred and write a new book every year, and may Flavia never grow up.”

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“Kudos to Amy Stewart and Constance Kopp. May there be many more sequels to follow.”

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“one comes away with a sense of futility and a loss of sleep from reading on to the bitter end.”

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“For collectors, this book is a keeper.”

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“an homage to political cartoonists and their ability to define a moment or mood in a few pen strokes.”

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In 2004, Søren Hammer arrived at the house in Frederiksvaerk, Denmark, where his younger sister Lotte lived with her husband and children.

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Thriller readers who yearn for intrigue, swift pacing, and surreal happenings will enjoy every word of Steve Mosby’s The Reckoning on Cane Hill.

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“an absorbing read on many levels . . .”

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Back in March 2010, when Teddy Wayne took the podium at McNally Jackson bookstore to read from his debut novel Kapitoil, someone in the crowd leaned over and whispered, “He’s so smart—he w

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The Secrets of Wishtide by Kate Saunders is a the first of a new cozy mystery series introducing private investigator Laetitia Rodd, 52 years old and the poor widow of an archdeacon, livin

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Is a proclivity to violence and vengeance a gender and/or regional trait? Are the minds of men more than women and/or rural folk more than city dwellers predisposed to violent acts of revenge?

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“Guilty Minds crosses the finish line a winner—suspenseful, swift, surefooted, and entertaining to the end.”

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“an excellent choice for those who prefer a more complex cozy mystery than the usual offering. Highly recommended.”

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The 22nd title in Anne Perry’s fascinating and addictive William Monk series is an example of how a talented author can maintain a character’s freshness in a long running series.

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"What’s hard to believe is that The Homeplace is the work of a previously unpublished writer . . . "

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The Jealous Kind (2016) completes the trilogy James Lee Burke began with Wayfaring Stranger (2014) and continued with House of the Rising Sun (2015).

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“a definite tribute to Campion’s creator author Margery Allingham . . .“

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Packed with rim-shot snappy dialogue and sharply barbed observations, David Freed’s Hot Start is a tasty romp featuring irascible and the uber-jaded Cordell Logan.

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