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Death Rocks by L.J. Ross
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE. .. When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold... -
Poison Garden by L.J. Ross
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVE. The clock is ticking…. For Detective Chief Inspector Ryan, the stakes have never been higher. Most of the world thinks he’s dead, killed by an assasin's rifle in his own home. But another man took the bullet intended for him, and now Ryan’s living on borrowed time... -
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Judgment in Death / Betrayal in Death / Seduction in Death / Reunion in Death / Purity in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the start, J. D. Robb's In Death series hooked readers with suspense, passion, thrills, and a “tough-as-nails” (The Associated Press) heroine. Now, Lieutenant Eve Dallas takes on Manhattan's criminal element in this collection that includes books 11-15 in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. .. JUDGMENT IN DEATHBETRAYAL IN DEATHSEDUCTION IN DEATHREUNION IN DEATHPURITY IN DEATH. -
State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 28 ratings11 hours, 35 minutes. The first couple is on full alert, deflecting new threats from near and far…. Lieutenant Sam Holland has seen just about everything as a D. C. homicide detective, but she’s never been asked to lie to her closest colleagues and her husband—until now... -
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Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the wake of a woman’s savage murder, the suspects and motives are only mounting for Sheriff Bree Taggert in a twisting novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh. In a quiet suburban neighborhood in upstate New York, single mom Kelly Gibson is slain in her home—the victim of a rage killing... -
Fatal Fraud by Marie Force
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPreviously title Fatal Vengeance. A dangerous truth revealed. .. A prominent member of the D. C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death... -
The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhen a fishing boat is wrecked off the treacherous North Sea coast and the body of a young woman washes up on the beach beside the iconic ‘Marsden Rock’, DCI Ryan cannot ignore the call to duty. With one already dead and more human cargo missing from the wreckage, Ryan and his team race to find the remaining souls — before it’s too late, and their investigation turns to murder... -
Penshaw: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND. When you sell your soul, the devil gives no refunds. .. When an old man is burned alive in a sleepy ex-mining village, Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is called in to investigate. He soon discovers that, beneath the facade of a close-knit community, the burn from decades-old betrayal still smoulders... -
Enigma by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome secrets refuse to stay buried . . . Olive Sterling thought time off from her job would finally give her the chance to uncover the truth about her family’s unsolved murders. The man she believes holds the answers is none other than the father of Jason Stewart—her former boyfriend and current colleague... -
State of Suspense by Marie Force
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…. Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation... -
On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh. A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground... -
The Charlatan by D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight
INTRODUCING A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE. Now appearing for the first time in English, The Charlatan, a tale of high drama, forbidden love, medicine, and mystery, was the masterpiece of Polish novelist Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz. Set in 1930s Warsaw, an era of prosperity and aristocracy, renowned heart surgeon Rafal Wolf suffers a heartbreak that culminates in severe memory loss... -
Luck of the Devil by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe quit drinking the day her mother died. Now she has to stay sober long enough to prove it wasn’t an accident. Former detective Harper Adams is only days into sobriety when she realizes her mother’s car accident wasn’t an accident at all. The faded skid marks on the bridge. The drugs in her tox screen. The packed suitcase in the trunk, for a trip her homebody mother never mentioned... -
The Hit List by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen a deadly bomb goes off in a small town outside of Dallas, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called to the case. Could this crime be a case of terrorism or is it murder disguised within a massive disaster? Soon Blake’s unit discovers a plot that’s far more complex. And when they unearth a revenge plot spurred on by a massive conspiracy... -
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The Silent Threat by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls... -
Come Rain or Shine by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRose Gardner collects secrets the way other people collect junk—and now she’s being asked to expose them. Special Prosecutor Mason Deveraux has called a grand jury to investigate the corruption in the Sweet Branch Police Department, and he’s summoned Rose as a witness. Any topic is fair game, and the criminals in Fenton county are rightly scared of what she might share under oath... -
The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts presents her breathtaking Chesapeake Series--SEA SWEPT, RISING TIDES, INNER HARBOR, and CHESAPEAKE BLUE presented together in one set for the first time. SEA SWEPT. When Cameron Quinn receives word that his father has been in a terrible car accident and is near death, Cam returns home... -
Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...Categorized as:
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The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the USA Today, bestselling author of The Summer House, with over one million copies of her books sold, comes a heartwarming beach read, perfect for fans of Sheila Roberts, Jill Shalvis, and Debbie Macomber. After the loss of her fiancé a year ago, event planner Lauren Sutton can’t seem to go on with her choice of career or the life she’d built with her fiancé any longer...Categorized as:
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The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCombining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home. -
Coup De Grâce by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCash Owens. It's all on the line. His family. His business. His life. There's nothing he won't do to vindicate his brother, to stop the men who so callously allowed one man to destroy his family. There's no stopping him. He was born for this. Born to hunt. Born to kill. Born to avenge. He is a Hunter of Gunmen. Defend. Investigate. Secure. -
A Storm of Infinite Beauty by Julianne MacLean
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world. Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes…... -
Nightwork by Nora Roberts
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces an unforgettable thief in an unputdownable new novel…. Greed. Desire. Obsession. Revenge . . . It’s all in a night’s work. Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother’s head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash... -
Trouble Comes in Threes by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRose is BACK! It’s been nearly three years since the fall of the Hardshaw Group, and Rose is living a low-key life in Fenton County. She’s happily married to Joe Simmons, raising her own two children along with her niece and nephew, and running her landscape business... -
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Hide and Seek by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist working for the FBI, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no one else has been able to... -
Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard…. It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together. At least not in 1884. Or in the small town where she’s settled. Or anywhere else. It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has... -
Bad Seed by Sharon Sala
Can she have the man of her dreams and the life she's always wanted? It's love at first sight when head pastry chef Brendan Pope meets private investigator Harley Banks at Serenity Inn for her latest investigation. But unknown to them both, Harley has a hitman after her, courtesy of the wrong-doer she put behind bars on her last case...Categorized as:
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Winter Frost by Lauren Carr
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife. Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing... -
A Hero for Her by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe first time they met, they didn't like each other. The second time they met, they vowed to stay away from each other. The third time they met…. Sometimes, the third time is the charm. Jared’s bad mood had him snap at the beautiful woman on the beach. After another run-in with the rude man, she decided to keep her distance... -
Connected in Code by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA small job. That's all it's supposed to be. Get in. Get the information. Get out unseen. Simple, right? Not this time. Hacker. Thief. Rebel. Lethal. At least that's what people say about me and they're right. Holding other's lives in the palm of my hand is an incredible power. One necessary to keep order and control. The walls around me are built strong, but not strong enough for one man... -
The Don by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMost fairy tales include a dark figure. The wicked stepmother dressed all in black wearing her anger for all to see. I. n my story she is dressed in innocence and fragility. Soft, gentle, sweet and loving, hiding her black heart beneath perfection. She came into the family and seduced three brothers. Then she married their father who sent them away... -
Deadly Sins by Stacy M. Jones
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPrivate investigator Riley Sullivan is a woman on a mission - to find the missing wife of a man she once loved. To do so, she must come back to a city full of unfinished business and a life she left behind... -
The Don by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMost fairy tales include a dark figure. The wicked stepmother dressed all in black wearing her anger for all to see. I. n my story she is dressed in innocence and fragility. Soft, gentle, sweet and loving, hiding her black heart beneath perfection. She came into the family and seduced three brothers. Then she married their father who sent them away... -
Murder at the Orpheus Theatre by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe looks hardly more than a child, sleeping, her lashes long and thick as they rest against her rounded cheeks. But in the flickering gaslight, she is unnaturally still…. For Inspector Sebastian Bell and nurse Gemma Tate, a night at the theater becomes a deadly spectacle when the two lead actors are found dead on the stage, murdered before a stunned audience... -
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Killer Secrets by Kathleen Donnelly
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA small town’s deadly past is exposed in the newest installment of the suspenseful National Forest K-9 series by Kathleen Donnelly. Until an avalanche ripped down a mountainside, exposing a serial killer’s dumping grounds, Antler Valley, Colorado was a quiet town. Now Forest Service officer Maya Thompson and her beautiful K-9, Juniper, must catch the murderer before they become the next targets...Categorized as:
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Night Watch by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything points to suicide…. Research scientist, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, and Kennedy knows her mother would never end her life, but the detective won’t listen... -
Rock Bottom by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right. Isabelle “Izzy” Flanders and Yoko Akia are beginning a new project—an indoor/outdoor café that will be the cornerstone of a market village... -
Final Justice by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Sisterhood - Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle - have risked everything in the name of justice, including their own freedom. Their most recent mission promised to reward them with the ultimate prize - a presidential pardon and a chance to leave their enforced exile. But as they've learned too many times before, life doesn't always turn out as planned... -
Coral Celebration by Jan Moran
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA joyful summer celebration. .. but old rivalries erupt in Summer Beach. The next heartwarming chapter in the Coral Cottage series. When Marina and her sister Kai volunteer to manage Summer Beach's centennial celebration, they expect a fun parade down Main Street. However, neither of them can imagine the rivalries that erupt or the buried history that comes to light... -
Home Fires by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNavy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...Categorized as:
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Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend's Girl and The Brighton Mermaid. Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta survived a weekend with a sadistic serial killer. She never told anyone what happened and instead moved on with her life... -
Betrayal by Nancy Ann Healy
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThere is no one to trust in Nancy Ann Healy’s thrilling new novel, Betrayal. FBI agent Alex Toles is relieved to return to work at the NSA after a frightening on-the-job ordeal. Her life partner, Cassidy O’Brien, and Cassidy’s seven-year-old son, have also been instrumental in healing Alex’s wounds... -
Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsPULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH . .. There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook --- and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out one of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Flanders has definitely been done wrong... -
Crazy Kisses by Tara Janzen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsProfessional soldier Kid Chronopolous moves in stealth and shadow to take out the worldâ��s deadliest threats. Now, after barely surviving a hair-raising mission in South America, the Special Defense Forces agent comes home to Panama City for some sorely needed R & Râ�¦and finds a bikini bottom that can belong to only one woman... -
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The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast. By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature...Categorized as:
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Mince Pies and Murder: A festive cosy mystery full of Christmas spirit and small-town charm by Judy Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe BRAND NEW instalment in the Morwenna Mutton Mystery series from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Janice Hallett! 🎄🩸🔍 Have yourself a deadly little Christmas. .. 👀. As Christmas approaches in the Cornish town of Seal Bay, festive cheer fills the air... -
The Hiding Place by Paula Munier
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMercy and Elvis are back in The Hiding Place, the most enthralling entry yet in USA Today bestselling Paula Munier's award-winning Mercy Carr mystery series. When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long-buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart...Categorized as:
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The Mersey Mothers by Sheila Riley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiverpool 1953. January sees the dawn of the Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation year as the mothers of Reckoners Row unite in preparation for the celebration of the new Queen. Meanwhile Evie Kilgaren is dreaming of her summer wedding to Danny Harris, but trouble looms for Skinner & Sons with a new rival trying to put them out of business, but no-one knows why. .. -
Murder at the Country Club by Helena Dixon
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKitty Underhay is playing doubles… with death. Kitty Underhay is accompanying her fiancé, Matthew Bryant, and Bertie, his new cocker spaniel, on an outing to Torbay Country Club. However, the delightful day soon turns to disaster... -
Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA snow-covered log cabin surrounded by Christmas trees brings plenty of surprises for Holly … do you believe in Christmas miracles? Holly is looking for a change and even though not everyone agrees with her career choices, she’s determined there’s more to this life than the long hours she works as an editor in New York City...
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