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"Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin's fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and...
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
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Series
Blackbird files volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When FBI special agent Luke Kendrick discovers chilling evidence of dozens of victims at a crime scene in London, he recognizes the calling card of the notorious H. H. Holmes Society. Named for the nineteenth-century monster regarded as America's first serial killer, the society is comprised of a twisted web of killers, working to carry out heinous murders in Holmes's memory. And now the group's been linked to a Scottish castle turned B and B--where...
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Series
Publisher
Zando
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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"When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive--the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers.But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love"--
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century.
As the siblings leave home and fan across...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--
Author
Series
Magnolia Steele mystery volume 2
Publisher
DGS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"Magnolia may have escaped arrest for murder, but her troubles are far from behind her. She's still haunted by two things from her pas--her father's disappearance when she was a teen, and the other...well, her memories of a serial killer have returned, but it's best left where it belong--in the past. Needing closure, Magnolia decides to look into her father's cold case..." -- back cover.
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Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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KILLER”: Jack Queen has been exonerated and freed from prison thanks to retired LAPD officer Cato Hightower. But when guilt gnaws at Jack, he admits: “I actually did it.” To which Hightower responds: “Yeah, no kidding.” You see, the ex-cop has a special job in mind for the ex-con…
THE GIRL DETECTIVE: Fifteen-year-old Matilda Finnerty has been handed a potential death sentence in the form of a leukemia diagnosis. But that’s not going...
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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A serial killer is on the loose in Jazz Age Philadelphia in Jenny Adams’ debut historical mystery, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Rhys Bowen.
Philadelphia, 1921. When Edie Shippen returns home after spending years in California recovering from Influenza, she’s shocked to discover that her childhood sweetheart is engaged to her twin sister. Heartbroken and adrift, Edie vows to begin living her life as a modern woman—and to hell with...
10) The quiet tenant
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--
11) Stone maidens
Author
Series
Stone Maidens volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
305 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A serial killer is strangling young women and dumping their lifeless bodies in the steep forested ravines of southern Indiana. With each corpse he leaves a calling card: a stone figureine wedged deep inside the victim's throat. FBI forensic anthropologist Christine Prusik saw such figurines placed inside the bodies of the dead years ago when researching in Papua New Guinea. Is someone trying to send Christine a message?
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A hypnotic, sinister debut mystery about a seemingly good cop who is secretly the daughter of a notorious serial killer who must, against all the rules, insert herself into a new investigation when ritually killed bodies start appearing in her father's old territory. Anna Koray has shut the door on her past. The records of her childhood--and the troubling memories--are sealed away thanks to a controversial hypnosis treatment. She's a police lieutenant...
13) Curtain call
Author
Series
Magnolia Steele mystery volume 4
Publisher
DGS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourth and final book in the USA Today bestselling Magnolia Steele Mystery series. Magnolia's in a game of cat and mouse with a serial killer who's intent on winning ... over her dead body.
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The police call him Merkury. He's a killer who chooses his victims seemingly at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one. When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of freedom in the small college town where she was living with her parents. But what she found as she wandered in the woods near her house was something else: the body of a beautiful...
Author
Series
Stone Maidens volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Forensic anthropologist Christine Prusik has a knack for solving the most unusual cases--and for bending the rules in the process. When the bodies of young women start appearing in the caves of Indiana and Illinois, Christine immediately jumps into action. But her Chicago field office is undergoing a reorganization, and the boys' club at the top seem more interested in getting all the paperwork in order than solving the murders. Christine isn't going...
16) The spider
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Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
480 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three years ago, Saga Bauer received a postcard with a threatening message. It mentioned a gun and nine white bullets-one of which was intended for Detective Joona Linna. According to the anonymous sender, Saga was the only person who could save him. But as time passed, the threat faded. That is, until now. A sack with a decomposing body has been found tied to a tree in the forest, and a milky white bullet casing turns up at the scene. Soon, the...
17) Granite harbor
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Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In scenic Granite Harbor, life has continued on?quiet and serene?for decades. That is until a local teenager is found brutally murdered in the Settlement, the town’s historic archaeological site. Alex Brangwen, adjusting to life as a single father with a failed career as a novelist, is the town’s sole detective. This is his first murder case and, as both a parent and detective, Alex knows the people of Granite Harbor are looking to him to catch...
18) Think twice
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar novel volume 12
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth ... Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on--until now, when two federal agents...