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Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary, just outside Essex. Among those basking in the shadow of doubt are the heiress's fawning new husband, her two aimless stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. And though the identity of the culprit will prove as shocking as the...
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It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: "Operation Eagle", SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil in November 1943. But, despite spectacular secrecy, there was to be no surrender without a fight.
3) Confessional
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What kind of man would get close enough to kill the Pope after the Turks and Bulgarians botched it? Clearly a man of talent, and assassin of genius. A man to experience, too clever, to fail. A man who is been living inside the perfect cover -- the cassock of a benevolent and kindly Catholic priest. British intelligence is faced with an acute problem. The Pope will be in England and less than one week. And they cannot find the man they know will kill...
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"A ringing phone in the middle of the night shakes newly-wed Sarah Fontaine awake. Expecting her husband's call from London, she hears instead an unfamiliar voice. Nick O'Hara from the US State Department is calling with devastating news: Geoffrey Fontaine, Sarah's husband of two months, died in a hotel fire ... in Berlin. Convinced her husband is still alive, Sarah forces a confrontation with Nick that finds them criss-crossing Europe on a desperate...
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Sequel to: The eagle has landed. Colonel Kurt Steiner, the German paratroop officer believed to have been shot dead during his assassination attempt on the Prime Minister, actually survives his wounds and is spirited away to the Tower of London.
8) The poet
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"Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat : his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write -- and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecendented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets : homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card : a quotation from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother....
9) On the grind
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Detective Shane Scully, accused of felony misconduct in a solicitation of murder case, chooses to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department rather than face criminal prosecution, putting his professional and personal life in turmoil, but his situation becomes dire when he takes a job with the Haven Park police department--a known hotbed of corruption--and he is forced to turn to his estranged wife, Alexa, the LAPD chief of detectives, to save...
10) The cold room
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Homicide detective Taylor Jackson thinks she's seen it all in Nashville-- but she's never seen anything as perverse as The Conductor. Once his victim is captured, he contains her in a glass coffin, slowly starving her to death. Only then does he give in to his attraction. Later, he creatively disposes of the body by reenacting scenes from famous paintings.
11) The killing edge
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'Chloe Marin was a Florida teenager when a party she attended ended in a killing spree. Evidence pointed to a cult, and when Chloe's sketch of one of the killers linked two dead cult members, the police considered the case closed. Now, the disappearance of a swimsuit model ranks low on the police priority list. Everyone assumes the girl has run off for some fun. Everyone but Chloe and Luke Cane, a P.I. When a mass murder occurs at the modeling agency,...
12) Afraid to die
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"Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli investigate after two women's bodies are found frozen and deliberately displayed with both victims wearing a piece of Selena's jewelry."--NoveList.
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In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor's thoughts and speech. Effectively mute, there's no telling if her voice will ever come back. Trapped in silence, she is surrounded by ghosts of the past, of friendships and trusts lost, of a lost faith in herself and her motives that night. When Memphis Highsmythe offers Taylor his home in the Scottish Highlands to recuperate, her fiance...
14) Edge of black
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Called in to consult on a case that has rocked the capital and the country, medical examiner Dr. Samantha Owens, amid the media frenzy and Homeland Security alarm bells, investigates the death of three people due to an unknown pathogen released into the Washington Metro.
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In this novel a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it is too late. What is happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of...
16) Deserves to die
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When a killer determined to fulfill his desire for vengeance emerges in Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must hunt him down before he catches up to the ultimate target of his wrath.
17) Precious thing
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"I know her inside out. I know what she's thinking, I know what she wants. So I can't give up on her, she knows I never will. Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last forever. They met in high school when Rachel was the shy, awkward new girl and Clara was the friend everyone wanted. Instantly, they fell under one another's spell and nothing would be the same again. Now in their late twenties Rachel has the television...
18) Never die alone
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"A detective who harbors doubts about the conviction of a serial killer, a woman trying to prove her cousin innocent, and a reporter in search of a career-making story all converge on the case of a serial killer who kidnaps and ritualistically murders twins."--
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Former Navy SEAL Marc Deveraux teams up with Forensic Instincts to protect the life of nurse and former flame Madeline Westfield, whose would-be killer blames her for the death of a hospital administrator. Who wants Madeleine Westfield dead? And why? Forensic Instincts' first order of business is to find out who's targeting their client. Under the leadership of Casey Woods, the investigative team has the resources to do just that, working inside the...
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