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10181) The block party: a novel
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"This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has been a murder. But, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold-discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing-and no one-is...
10182) A parliament of owls
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"Angela Dimato, a tenacious U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent, struggles to rebuild her life after the murder of her partner. During a routine tour of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Angela assesses the growing prairie dog town within the wildlife refuge when, to her horror, she discovers the body of a soccer mom sprawled out among the burrows. With her trademark instinct and her gun in tow, Angela investigates the murder, even as she battles the crippling...
10183) Murder in postscript
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Lady of letters mystery volume 1
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"When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess and agony aunt Amelia has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a thrilling new historical mystery series. Amelia Amesbury-widow, mother, and countess-is bored, crushingly so. In an attempt to fill the days, Amelia becomes an "agony aunt" for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners. But when a lady's maid writes...
10185) The night flowers: a novel
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"In 1983, deep in New Mexico's Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her own investigation as a way to distract herself from breast cancer treatments and becomes consumed by her search for answers. Jean Martinez is a veteran detective determined to keep working cold cases...
10186) Binge box: At the office
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
9 to 5: Three secretaries live every female worker's dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their sexist boss.
Office Christmas party: When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client...
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After killing her husband-a truly terrible man, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group of women who have come together to heal the damage their husbands have done-and to work out a plan to get rid of the bodies and get away with it.
"When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she's more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn't be fair--not after twenty years of marriage...
10188) Reacher: Season one
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When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen, and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia. The first season of REACHER is based on the international bestseller "Killing Floor" by Lee Child.
10189) Inspector Lewis: Series 2
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Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protege of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant, brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, are back with four twisting new thrillers, and this time their personal connections to their work threaten to expose more than a killer.
10190) The fear
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Somebody in the town of Rock Bay has posted a "share this post and your own deepest death fear" meme and it seems that everybody but Izzy has shared the creepy graphic; nobody knows who posted it, but soon people start dying, and it seems that the meme is part of a plot to extract revenge on the high school students of Rock Bay--Izzy is determined to investigate, but what she uncovers is her own worst nightmare.
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"Amelia Norman challenged the idea that the fallen woman of the nineteenth century was inevitably 'ruined.' This book shows how the desperate act of this aspiring murderess came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic depression and expanding expectations for equal rights"--
10192) The Black Hills
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Grand and Batchelor volume 6
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"March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of the 7th Cavalry, Matthew Grand feels duty bound to respond to a call for help from his West Point contemporary. Arriving at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor discover the fort to be a powder keg of rumour and suspicion, petty rivalries, resentments - and closely-guarded secrets....
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Since Marilyn Monroe died among suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962, there have been queries and theories, allegations and investigations, but no definitive evidence about precisely what happened and who was involved . . . until now. In The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, renowned MM expert Jay Margolis and New York Times bestselling author Richard Buskin finally lay to rest more than fifty years of wild speculation and...
10194) We are the crisis: a novel
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Convergence saga volume 2
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The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift on...
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Myrtle Hardcastle mystery volume 5
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Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle's plans to bring her father and governess together are jeopardized when she investigates a murder and cursed treasure on a Scottish Island, and finds herself being hunted by another who will stop at nothing to find the treasure for themselves.
10196) The day freedom died: the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction
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Recounts the events surrounding the Colfax Massacre, in which sixty African-American men were murdered on Easter Sunday 1873, describing how one determined lawyer helped bring the perpetrators to justice and exploring how the massacre and trial influenced race relations in the United States.
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When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
10198) Avenging angel
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He was just a humble preacher before he lost everything. In the wake of a ruthless crime that stole his family, his church, and the loves of his life, a man known simply as The Preacher is conflicted between his faith and his need for revenge. But when other innocent people are overrun by the same men who destroyed his quiet family life, The Preacher can no longer stand idly by. Justice must be served.
10199) The Freedom Summer murders
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Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.
10200) Haunting Adeline
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Cat and mouse duet volume 1
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Haunting Adeline follows Adeline Reilly, a young author who has recently moved into her family's home in Washington state following the death of her grandmother. She is stalked by Zade Meadows, the leader of an underground organization, Z, which aims to end human trafficking. With the help of her friend Daya, Adeline uncovers the secrets of her new home, Parsons Manor, and the murder of her great-grandmother, Gigi, all while trying to keep Zade at...