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From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him. Can you stop a murder after it's already happened? Late October. After midnight. You're waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He's late. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn't alone: he's walking...
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Former vice cop Clint Quarters is haunted by the memory of an informant he couldn't save. And the victim's devastated sister, Rosie Mendez, hasn't forgiven him, either. But when the bodyguard must protect murder witness Rosie, the danger they face is only rivaled by the red-hot electricity between them. Can Clint keep Rosie safe, or will her testimony lead to certain death-for them both?
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"There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch. Kelly, the bookworm next door. James, a cynical burnout. Casey,...
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Harlequin intrigue volume 1622
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An undercover operation is the only way to bring an innocent witness home.
6) Gunslinger
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Texas Ranger Bryce Johnson finds his new assignment--protecting Kylie Scott while she waits to testify against her Texas crime boss ex-husband--a very attractive one, but when Kylie's cover is blown, Bryce must set aside his feelings and focus on keeping her safe.
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Detective Kara Quinn is back in Los Angeles to testify against a notorious human trafficker, finally moving past the case that upended her life. But when the accused is shot by a masked man in broad daylight, the chaotic scene of the crime turns up few reliable bystanders. And one witness--a whistleblower who might be the key to everything--has disappeared. After the prosecuting DDA is stabbed to death, it's clear that anyone who knows too much about...
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Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex. At Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past, the lady of the house claims she saw a violent murder-- but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war. Everyone in the village believes that the losses of the grieving widow...
10) Pine Lake
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The murder of security expert Jack King's girlfriend has haunted him for fifteen years. Returning to Pine Lake, Texas, where the townsfolk still consider him suspect, might not be the smartest move, but a killer seems to be holding up a mirror to his past. The same witness to this new murder was also present the night Jack's girlfriend dieds...but both times, she was sound asleep.... Sleepwalking has gotten Olive Belmont into some sticky situations....
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Black Harbor novels volume 2
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"A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case; and a woman with a dark past collide in Hannah Morrissey's stunning new Black Harbor mystery, The Widowmaker. Ever since business mogul Clive Reynolds disappeared twenty years ago, the name "Reynolds" has become synonymous with "murder" and "mystery." And now, lured by a cryptic note, down-on-her-luck photographer Morgan Mori returns home to Black Harbor...
12) Five strangers
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On a warm Valentine's Day, a quarrel breaks out on London's crowded Hampstead Heath. The argument becomes violent and suddenly escalates to murder/suicide. Or so five strangers who see the incident believe. But when one of them, disgraced journalist Jen Hunter, begins to question what she thought she saw, the witnesses' lives unravel and the crime is revealed as more terrible than anyone imagined.
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Seventeen-year-old Natalie feels like a stranger to herself. Since her dad's death, she's withdrawn from her mom, and her best friend Marisa hardly recognizes her. She loses her job. She's failing half her classes. But Nat doesn't ask for help, doesn't want to burden anyone. Instead, she retreats to an off-limits riverside forest--known as the Acres--where she snaps photos and makes sketches, seeking peace. But one night, this peace is shattered by...
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"Against an accurate depiction of the culture and politics of tumultuous 1981 Miami, a year after the Mariel Boatlift brought 125,00 Cuban refugees to the city, former CIA operative, and current trial attorney, Tony Gannon, practices law. When he is visited by two people from his CIA days, he helps each to achieve their specific goals. When he is tasked with defending a judge accused of murdering a prominent Cuban exile in front of dozens of horrified...
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