Mystery & Thriller

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“Pretty is ex-pretty girl Bebe Baker’s story. . . . Bebe’s in-your-face voice is one of the novel’s strengths. . . . At times Bebe is maddening, but in Ms.

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“Alan Jacobson’s novel has more twists and turns than a giant slalom course. . . . a mystery masterpiece. . . .

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“I love when a writer is so intelligent and so good at her craft that she plots a story with intricate twists and turns, and deliberately scatters clues, like bits of bread seemingly meant

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“Author Dietrich’s background as a naturalist and historian allow him to successfully create outlandish plots against authentic, real world settings, and it is that richness of historical d

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“. . . as a study in the interactions of a large group of long-time friends, it offers insight and intrigue.”

“. . . a nice book to read at a summer cottage by a lake, the sun shining, a couple of bottles of beer in the cooler. . . .

“A Dark Dividing is well worth a read. Sarah Rayne is indeed a talented writer.”

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“. . . an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look into a world where retaliation is the path to respect and forgiveness often comes in the shape of a bullet.”

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“If he would just inject a little humor and poke a little fun at the French, Mr.

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“. . . powerful writing. . . . as skillful as they come at describing a scene and putting the reader in a place in time.”

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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead is a highly original, refreshing, sometimes humorous, often ironic mystery, with an intriguing and involved plot and even more fascinating b

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“With red herrings, foreshadowing, and hidden clues added in, A Spark of Death leads us on a . . . breathless journey from beginning to end.”

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“R. J. Ellory, while possibly besting his 2009 novel, A Quiet Belief in Angels, cleverly weaves in a parallel backstory . . .”

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“Definitely not a beach read, this tale gets to the guts of family angst with its gritty, straightforward prose, showing there is no such thing as the ‘perfect family.’”

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“Mr. Koontz’ most audacious pulp novel to date. It is a bold, raucous narrative that moves at lightning speed.”

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Daniel McEvoy has a problem.

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The contrast is startling and seems contradictory: How can you have a peaceable small town that hides hatred so deep it results in animal bloodletting?

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Memory is always a fascinating wellspring for writers, and loss of memory is even more bounteous, particularly in recent years.

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The Harrow School is a 400-year-old boarding school for boys in London, home to privileged adolescents known as much for their distinctive dress and traditions as for their arrogance and schoolboy

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Though there are glimmers of potential and heart, Saskia Walker’s The Harlot is marred with frustrating—and avoidable—flaws.

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Intrigue, mystery, murder, and mayhem—this newly released paperback version of the novel Dead by Morning has everything one needs in a perfect companion for a summer escape.

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David Blake is no gangster—or so he likes to tell himself.

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