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Something in the Water
Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman
Turbulence
Turbulence
Stuart Woods
Probable Claws
Probable Claws
Rita Mae Brown
The Gray Ghost
The Gray Ghost
Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
The Other Lady Vanishes
The Other Lady Vanishes
Amanda Quick
The Crooked Staircase
The Crooked Staircase
Dean Koontz
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic
Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic
Ace Atkins
The Couple Next Door
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
Twisted Prey
Twisted Prey
John Sandford
Macbeth
Macbeth
Jo Nesbo
Shoot First
Shoot First
Stuart Woods
Twenty-one Days
Twenty-one Days
Anne Perry
Hold Back the Dark
Hold Back the Dark
Kay Hooper
Greeks Bearing Gifts
Greeks Bearing Gifts
Philip Kerr
Miss Julia Raises the Roof
Miss Julia Raises the Roof
Ann B. Ross
Why Kill the Innocent
Why Kill the Innocent
C. S. Harris
The Disappeared
The Disappeared
C. J. Box
The Punishment She Deserves
The Punishment She Deserves
Elizabeth George
Caribbean Rim
Caribbean Rim
Randy Wayne White
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Lullaby Road
Lullaby Road
James Anderson
The Big Book of Female Detectives
The Big Book of Female Detectives
Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures
Stuart Woods
Beau Death
Beau Death
Peter Lovesey
The Winters
The Winters
Lisa Gabriele
The Kingfisher Secret
The Kingfisher Secret
Anonymous
The Girl in the Spider's Web (Movie Tie-In)
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Movie Tie-In)
David Lagercrantz
Hunter Killer (Movie Tie-In)
Hunter Killer (Movie Tie-In)
Don Keith and George Wallace
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lies We Told
The Lies We Told
Camilla Way
Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy Like a Fox
Rita Mae Brown
The Witch Elm
The Witch Elm
Tana French
Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost
John Sandford
Sleep No More
Sleep No More
P. D. James
Crisis
Crisis
Felix Francis
99 Ways to Die
99 Ways to Die
Ed Lin
Tundra Kill
Tundra Kill
Stan Jones
The Hollow of Fear
The Hollow of Fear
Sherry Thomas
The Sum of All Fears (Movie Tie-In)
The Sum of All Fears (Movie Tie-In)
Tom Clancy
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Stephanie Plum
Stephanie Plum
“Sister” Jane
A Scrapbooking Mystery
A Scrapbooking Mystery
The Lady Sherlock Series
The Lady Sherlock Series
Murder She Wrote
Murder She Wrote
A Counterfeit Lady Novel
A Counterfeit Lady Novel
William Monk
William Monk
A Spider John Mystery
A Spider John Mystery
Magical Cats
Magical Cats
A Linda Wallheim Mystery
A Linda Wallheim Mystery
Whisky Business
Whisky Business
Tradd Street
Tradd Street
Isabel Dalhousie Series
Isabel Dalhousie Series
A Royal Spyness Mystery
A Royal Spyness Mystery
A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery
A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery
Jerome K. Jerome Bloche
Jerome K. Jerome Bloche
A Below Stairs Mystery
A Below Stairs Mystery
Kincaid Strange Series, The
Kincaid Strange Series, The
Dresden Files
Dresden Files
Psychic Eye Mystery
Psychic Eye Mystery

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A Place of Hiding
A Place of Hiding
Elizabeth George
A Traitor to Memory
A Traitor to Memory
Elizabeth George
Deception on His Mind
Deception on His Mind
Elizabeth George
A Great Deliverance
A Great Deliverance
Elizabeth George
In the Presence of the Enemy
In the Presence of the Enemy
Elizabeth George
Thin Air
Thin Air
Richard K. Morgan
Promise Not to Tell
Promise Not to Tell
Jayne Ann Krentz
Protected by the Shadows
Protected by the Shadows
Helene Tursten
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles An Alphabettery
Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles An Alphabettery
Anne Rice and Becket
Six Cats a Slayin'
Six Cats a Slayin’
Miranda James
The Line
The Line
Martin Limón
The Fox
The Fox
Frederick Forsyth
Typhoon Fury
Typhoon Fury
Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
Parting Shot
Parting Shot
Linwood Barclay
A Maigret Christmas
A Maigret Christmas
Georges Simenon
Munich
Munich
Robert Harris
Dig Your Grave
Dig Your Grave
Steven Cooper
The Lady Killer
The Lady Killer
Masako Togawa
The Marylebone Drop: A Novella
The Marylebone Drop: A Novella
Mick Herron
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
The Expats
The Expats
Chris Pavone
The Martian
The Martian
Andy Weir
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Stieg Larsson
Snow
Snow
Orhan Pamuk
The Slap
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing
Tell No One
Tell No One
Harlan Coben
The Good Terrorist
The Good Terrorist
Doris Lessing
My Revolutions
My Revolutions
Hari Kunzru
World War Z
World War Z
Max Brooks
The Black Book
The Black Book
Orhan Pamuk
Snakeskin Shamisen
Snakeskin Shamisen
Naomi Hirahara
Jackdaws
Jackdaws
Ken Follett
Liquidation
Liquidation
Imre Kertész
Thebes at War
Thebes at War
Naguib Mahfouz
Lafcadio's Adventures
Lafcadio’s Adventures
Andre Gide
Fingersmith
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
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