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Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-con artist Bee Cordello is going legit. Divocred from her mafia boss husband, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So, when ex-hubby Charlie steals $37.5 million from a dangerous kingpin, who puts out a hit on Bee and her ten-year-old son Oliver, she finds herself pulled back into the life she's worked so hard to escape. Part of that old life being one Adam Gage -- an old flame and all-around sexy badass who Charlie's now employed...
Author
Series
Sharon McCone mysteries volume 35
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"San Francisco is home to more than 200 privately owned streets. Most are alleyways, but a select few look torn straight from the pages of a magazine. Lined with mansions and elaborate gardens, the properties are luxurious and perfectly maintained; security guards patrol the grounds to keep the curious at bay. Few know of these exclusive enclaves, but those who do prowl for availability, ready to make a grab for the precious real estate if opportunity...
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Series
Nonna Maria series volume 3
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
Nonna Maria, “one of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created” (Tess Gerritsen), dodges assassins and hunts for hidden treasure in this transporting mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra.
As Nonna Maria’s longtime pal and sometimes colleague, Captain Murino, in charge of the local carabinieri, never wanted to see harm brought to the doorstep of everyone’s favorite espresso-brewing,...
As Nonna Maria’s longtime pal and sometimes colleague, Captain Murino, in charge of the local carabinieri, never wanted to see harm brought to the doorstep of everyone’s favorite espresso-brewing,...
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Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"There's not much that would convince retired police sergeant Ryan DeMarco to take on another private investigation case, but he can't refuse a nine-year-old girl begging for help finding her biological father. DeMarco and his partner, Jayme, get some good leads, but then tragedy strikes. The girl and her grandmother are found dead in their home, supposedly of carbon monoxide poisoning from a blocked furnace vent. But something feels fishy to DeMarco,...
6) HOME FIRES
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Branson Sheriff Hank Worth is one of the first on the scene of a mass casualty incident - a local fireworks warehouse has exploded, killing everyone inside. As over a dozen victims are pulled from the smoldering ruins, the painstaking identification process begins. Chief Deputy Sheila Turley returns early from medical leave to assist in the office, while Hank delves deeper into the increasingly complicated situation at the morgue. He discovers that...
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Series
Detective Kat Ballantyne volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen years ago, a serial killer was on a rampage murdering young women in Middlehampton. Then, suddenly, the killings stopped, and the murderer was never found... So when the body of another young woman is found bearing the twisted killer's unique hallmark-the overpowering stench of lavender and an origami heart-DS Kat Ballantyne knows this can only mean one thing: the killer is back. For Kat, whose best friend was the killer's last victim all...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are hot for a historical property that has just come on the market -- a fire station in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood that was built nearly a century ago. The cousins have just begun the interior demolition work at the fire station when Joanna Hartzell, who lives in a townhouse around the corner, comes by with a plea for help. Joanna owns the right half of her building, which she proudly maintains...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"London, 1894. Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the one with fifteen children that her cousin, Aubrey, is trying to marry her off to. She reinvents herself as Countess Von Dagga, a private detective aiding the upper echelons of women in society. As the Countess, she is a married woman, with a conveniently absent husband who doesn't exist, which allows her far more freedom than being single. When Lord Grendel, from whom...
10) THE BLUE MONSOON
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Called to a shocking crime scene-a dismembered body on the steps of a Kaali temple, Mumbai Senior Inspector Arnav Singh Rajput, when a video of the murder is uploaded to a Bollywood social media influencer's account, finds the savagery of the city beginning to surface-and no one is safe.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Down at the bottom of the tall buildings of New York City, Magnolia Wu sits inside her parents’ laundromat. She has pinned every lost sock from the laundromat onto a bulletin board, in hopes that customers will return to retrieve them. But no one seems to have noticed. In fact, barely anyone has noticed Magnolia at all. What she doesn’t know is that this is about to be her most exciting summer yet. When Iris, a new friend from California arrives,...
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 11
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Having figured out the trick to navigating the corridors of the ancient mausoleum found within the Inner Court, Maomao does an admirable job solving the current mystery in front of the emperor and Jinshi. And then the Empress Dowager comes to Maomao, asking her to investigate the late Emperor's curse. Jinshi's past and parentage are revealed!"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Quinnelope wakes up one morning to learn that all of the cookies in her town have gone missing...What is a cookie-obsessed queen supposed to do? Solve the mystery of the cookie catastrophe, of course!...Can Quinnelope bring the Cookie King and his cookies back to Pleasant Towne, or will she be doomed to eat crummy cakes forever?"--
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