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"Decades after environmental and economic collapse, pockets of settlements struggle to maintain a much-reduced civilization by strictly rationing resources--including the ability to have children. Enid of Haven, an investigator in this community, travels to a far-flung village with her new, inexperienced partner to settle a minor resource dispute. But while there, the murder of an outsider demands her attention, and leads to explosive secrets"--
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"In M.P. Cooley's thrilling debut suspense novel, widowed FBI agent June Lyons returns to her hometown in the rust belt of upstate New York to take a job with the local police department; when she discovers a body in the frozen river, the investigation unmasks a sordid maze of politics, drugs, and an outlaw motorcycle gang, and June finds that still waters run deep in this small town"--
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Maeve Conlon novels volume 1
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Maeve Conlon's life is coming apart at the seams. Her bakery is barely making ends meet, and one of her daughters spends as much time grounded as the other does studying. Her ex-husband has a new wife, a new baby, and a look of pity for Maeve that's absolutely infuriating. Her father insists he's still independent, but he's slowly and obviously succumbing to Alzheimer's. And now, her cousin Sean Donovan has been found dead, sitting in his car in a...
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June Lyons, the former FBI-agent-turned-small-town-cop introduced in the acclaimed Ice Shear must solve two connected cases whose roots stretch back decades in time—and dangerously touch the lives of those closest to her.
As a police officer in the rust belt town of Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons keeps an eye on the abandoned factories that line the Mohawk River. Spotting a slick of gasoline running across the parking lot
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Chicago private eye Cat DeLuca, founder of the Pants on Fire Detective Agency, was briefly married to runaround Johnnie Rizzo. Her experiences gave her the mad skills she needed for her agency: she only investigates cheating husbands. So why, when someone kidnaps Captain Bob's dog and claims to have evidence of cop corruption, does Cat's Poppa not only deny the accusation, but order Cat to leave it alone? The answer may lie in an unsolved hit-and-run...
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Deborah Rabinowitz est négociante littéraire. Elle voyage dans d'autres mondes par réalité virtuelle et vend les droits des livres terrestres sur d'autres planètes. Mais le jour o un alien est assassiné sous ses yeux, elle se résout à tenter de démasquer le coupable. Puis, lorsqu'une vieille amie est accusé de meurtre sur une autre planète, Deborah se doit d'élucider ce nouveau mystère.
Bien que le voyage interstellaire soit rendu impossible...
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Deborah Rabinowitz es una agente literaria. Ella viaja a mundos alienígenas mediante realidad virtual y vende los derechos para publicar libros terrestres en otros planetas. Pero cuando un alienígena es asesinado justo ante sus ojos, no hay forma en la que ella pueda evitar involucrarse y resolver el asesinato. Luego, cuando una vieja amiga es acusada de homicidio en un mundo diferente, Deborah debe resolver ese homicidio también.
Aunque el viaje...
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As an investigative journalist, Merci Lanard always gets her story, but she doesn't always get the truth she wants.
After discovering her mother passed along a demon lineage, Merci goes to her mother's active retirement community to ask the tough questions about their blood, their power, and the truth about her father's death. Instead of answers, she is gifted a dead body and a plea to find out what happened. Since Philly is peaceful and things aren't...
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Due to their unique neurology, only the enslaved Operator caste can program the quantum computers that run 26th century Red City. When three of the caste are ritually murdered, it's up to private investigator Hoshi Archer-herself a recently liberated Operator-to help the police solve the case. Things get complicated when one of the victims turns out to be Hoshi's ex-girlfriend, and power-hungry bureaucrats and old rivals stir up new problems. An immortal,...
11) In Retrospect
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The year is 3324. In the region once known as Turkey, the Rasakans have attacked the technologically superior Oku. The war is a stalemate until the Oku commander, General Zane, abruptly surrenders. Merit, a staunch member of the Oku resistance, fights on, but she and her comrades are soon captured. An uneasy peace ensues, but the Rasakans work secretly to gain control of the prized Oku time-travel technology. When Zane is murdered, the Rasakans exert...
13) Sherlock Mars
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A riotous concoction: fine dining, virtual reality, and murder. Delightfully weird. Molly Marbles runs a successful bistro on terraformed Mars. When a virtual restaurant opens next door, offering the experience of delicacies from across the solar system with none of the calories, what will it do to her business?Then, when the virtual restaurant's owner is murdered in her kitchen, Molly, amateur detective, cranks into high gear to help the police solve...
14) Touch: Trilogy
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Sally suffers from a curse: the ability to Touch others and see their thoughts. She doesn't know how. She doesn't know why. All she knows is what people are thinking. And she doesn't like what she sees. Driven to a life of seclusion trying to avoid the minds of those around her, she has given up hope of a normal life.
Until a friend is murdered, and the police have no leads on the killer.
Now, in order to bring justice, Sally must come out of hiding,...
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"Was this going to be the end? I wondered as I sprinted down yet another flight of stairs. Was I going to get caught, and get killed, by a geek serial killer?"When Sarah arrives at a tech conference she's meant to be covering for her magazine, she thinks it'll be a few days away from her marriage problems on a tropical island. Instead, she's surrounded by sleazy men who want to build a computer God, thousands of miles from home and her wife. She hates...
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As an investigative journalist, Merci Lanard has an uncanny knack for getting the truth out of people, a talent she uses to expose the real story behind her city's most gruesome crimes.
Until one night, when her partner, Ethan, is killed.
Reeling from shock and grief, Merci vows to track down his murderer. As she starts digging, she meets Ethan's estranged brother, Rafe, who agrees to work with Merci to find his brother's killer. She soon discovers...
17) Petchy Maligula
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When handsome TV archaeologist Faladan Pala disappears while taping an episode of "I Dig the Past," it's up to Petchy Maligula, grrl detective, to bring him back alive. Petchy is big and tough, and more than a match for any man, but she does have one weakness: She's madly in love with Faladan Pala. When she hears an evil cult called the Sisters of Inner Beauty may have abducted Faladan, so they can sacrifice him to the ancient serpent goddess Quatakexel,...
18) Orchidelirium
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An heiress, a tiger, an artificial arm, a hatbox of stolen orchids: each one is a vine in the tangle of Opal Morris's life. As she begins to discover how they all connect, she will find herself re-evaluating not only her botanical studies, but her whole life.
This illustrated novella, set in an alternative Edwardian England, will be a treat for fans of cozy mysteries and historical fantasy alike.
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"Who is trying to kill the world's greatest lover? Though Bianca LaBelle, star of the wildly popular silent movie serial "The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse", and Rudolph Valentino, the greatest screen idol of all time, have been friends for years, in the summer of 1926 they are making their first picture together, a steamy romance called Grand Obsession. One evening after dinner at Bianca's fabulous Beverly Hills estate, a troubled Rudy confesses...
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YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE CORPORATION!"Can New York City's last remaining editor survive the world's most largest and dangerous corporation? Or will she become one of its fulfillment center slaves?"In the year 2028, a massive online corporation called Everest will control our lives. It will also control everything we buy, including books, food, medical care, police protection, religion, political affiliations...Everything!When Senior Acquisitions editor,...
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