Ascension
Day

by  John Matthews

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Only forty-seven days remaining until Lawrence
Tyler Durrant's execution, but lawyer Jac McElroy is determined to save his
client's life. There's only three small problems: the evidence against his client
is overwhelming, he's made a full confession, and he wants to die.

Cat Deck the Halls

by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

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Feline P.I. Joe Grey and friends must catch
a holiday killer in this 13th delightful and sophisticated mystery in the popular,
award-winning series.

Bad Girl Magdalene

by Jonathan Gash

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Kneeling to receive Holy Communion at St Saviour's
Church in Dublin one Sunday, it suddenly dawns on Magda Finnan how she can earn
God's blessing. She vows to kill Father Doran. A cleaner at the St Cosmo Care
Home for the Elderly, the nineteen-year-old remains haunted by her upbringing
in a Magdalene orphanage. Among her memories of discipline, prescription and
the ever-present fear of damnation, one image in particular defies the passage
of time: her best friend, Lucy, falling down a deep, dark stairwell to her death.Struggling
to reconcile the Order's all-pervading principles with the reality of twentieth-century
Dublin, Magda encounters a world that is at once frightening and exciting. But
before she can look forward to life outside the orphanage walls, she must lay
to rest the ghosts of the past, and for that she must commit a murder. Illiterate
and timid, planning such a crime does not come easily to her, but she has made
a solemn vow and is determined to see her task through to its very end. Beautifully
and movingly written, Bad Girl Magdalene illustrates the chilling influence
that a troubled life can have on a simple mind.

The Chicago Way

by Michael Harvey

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From the co-creator and executive-producer
of the television show Cold Case Files comes this fast-paced, stylish
murder mystery, featuring a tough-talking Irish cop turned private investigator.

Death Message

by Mark Billingham

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The first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile
phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had
seen enough dead bodies in his time to know that the man was no longer alive.
But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts
attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the daily police bulletins for
a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.
Another dead man ...It is the identities of the murdered men which give Thorne
his first clue, a link to a dangerous killer he'd put away years before and
who is still in prison. With a chilling talent for manipulation, this man has
led another inmate to plot revenge on everyone he blames for his current incarceration,
and for the murder of his family while he was inside. Newly released, this convict
has no fear of the police, no feelings for those he is compelled to murder.
Now Tom Thorne must face one of the toughest challenges of his career, knowing
that there is no killer more dangerous than one who has nothing left to lose.

Death of a Murderer

by Rupert Thomson

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Thomson gives readers his most powerful work
yet, with this story of a woman who, even after her death, inflames an entire
nation and the man who comes under her spell.

For the Death of Me

by Quintin Jardine

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It's summertime in Monaco. Oz Blackstone,
now an international film star, is sitting on the verandah of his opulent villa--one
of three homes--idly gazing at Roman Abramovitch's luxury yacht as it slips
into the harbor. Life doesn't get much better than this....

Not Dead Enough

by Peter James

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Not Dead Enough marks another welcome
appearance for the author’s quirkily characterised policeman Roy Grace (who
we’ve already met in Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead). Here,
Grace is investigating the bizarre slaying of a member of Brighton’s social
elite, Katie Bishop. Her husband, Brian, appears to be in the clear – he was
in another town at the time, sound asleep. But Grace begins to suspect the presence
of a doppelgänger: is someone else -- nigh-identical to Bishop – involved? As
in his previous cases, Grace’s diligent exhuming of murky secrets soon demonstrates
that the Bishops’ outwardly settled lives had darker corners. And as Grace gets
close to the truth, he finds – paradoxically – that it’s his own beleaguered
private life which is on the line.

In the Shadow of the Glacier

by Vicki Delany

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Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain
town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a
Vietnam War draft dodger has left land and money to the town. But theres a catch.
The money must be used to build a garden to honor draft dodgers.

Kissing Christmas Goodbye

by M. C. Beaton

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After a wealthy widow is poisoned, Agatha
receives the letter the woman had sent before her death, saying one of her family
members had intended to kill her. Agatha sets out to find the murderer, all
the while managing a teenage trainee who makes her feel old and plotting every
detail of a traditional Christmas.

Kennedy's Brain

by Henning Mankell

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Louise’s quest to unravel the mystery surrounding
her son’s death takes her to Africa, a continent rife with disease, poverty
and corruption. Struggling to cope with the oppressive heat and sickness, Louise
sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the clinics set up by an American
businessman. In Kennedy’s Brain Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense,
and delivers a timely and riveting thriller that will have readers on the edge
their seats until the very end.

The Mongoose Deception

by Robert Greer

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While investigating the murder of a man who
had known a secret regarding the assassination of President Kennedy, CJ Floyd
discovers there had been two attempts on Kennedys life prior to Dallas in 1963.
His investigation ultimately leads him to a grieving, long-silent, Louisiana
backwoods Creole mother who may hold the key to what happened.

Murder on K Street: A Capital Crimes
Novel

by Margaret Truman

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This new political page-turner from fan-favorite
and New York Times bestselling author Truman brings readers back to
the Beltway for another charged novel.

Officer Down

by Theresa Schwegel

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Samantha Mack is a cop with a drink problem,
a married lover and blood on her hands. On an impromptu sting operation, her
ex-partner Fred Maloney is shot dead with her gun. Sam remembers firing her
gun at the perp, a suspected child molester, until it was empty, but when she
wakes up in hospital, there is no evidence that there was anyone besides her
and Fred at the scene, alive or dead. The department want to call Fred's death
an accident and move on, but Sam wants the truth, even after she is suspended
for failing to go along with their conclusions. With only her lover, Homicide
Detective Mason Imes, and Alex O'Connor from Internal Affairs to help her, Sam
sets out to discover what really happened. But who can she trust? And when will
Fred's killer come after her? Theresa Schwegel's powerful debut, Officer
Down, is a roller coaster of a crime novel - where up is down and friends
might be enemies, and where you have to look out for yourself because no one
else will.

One-Way Ticket

by William G. Tapply

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Boston attorney Brady Coynes quiet life begins
to fall apart when a friend receives threats from the mob. Worse still, the
head of the Boston mob is holding Coyne responsible for his friends actions.
Now Coyne must try to rescue his friend, and himself, before its too late.

Panning for Murder

by Donald Bain

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Jessicas much-deserved cruise becomes a working
vacation, when her friend Kathy tags along hoping to locate her sister Wilimena,
who vanished from the same vessel. They learn that Wilimena was quite outspoken
about her gold claim--and may have attracted the wrong kind of attention.

The Tell-Tale Horse

by Rita Mae Brown

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New York Times
bestselling author Brown continues her popular Foxhunting series, as a cold-blooded
killer threatens the life of Sister Jane.

What the Dead Know

by Laura Lippman

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Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from
a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case
have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap "two girls"?
Who'or what'could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday
afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented
woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone
Bethany sisters.

Written in Bone

by Simon Beckett

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Forensic expert Dr. David Hunter ignites a
harrowing murder investigation on a windswept Scottish island, unraveling a
tale of menace, sexuality, and revenge.