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The Manor House: A Novel By Gilly Macmillan Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063074385
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Published: William Morrow - November 7th, 2023

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true

Be careful what you wish for...


Death and the Conjuror: A Locked-Room Mystery By Tom Mead Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781613164235
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Published: Mysterious Press - June 13th, 2023

A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection

In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), a magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes


The Murder Wheel: A Locked-Room Mystery By Tom Mead Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781613164099
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Published: Mysterious Press - July 11th, 2023

Sleuthing stage magician Joseph Spector (Death and the Conjuror) returns to investigate a baffling series of impossible crimes.

“Even readers who live to match wits with canny authors and detectives are likely to be outwitted by this one.”—Kirkus

“Can you solve the Ferris wheel murder case?”


Murder on the Christmas Express By Alexandra Benedict Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781728284415
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Published: Poisoned Pen Press - October 3rd, 2023

"Strong prose and a bevy of plausible suspects keep things intriguing. Readers willing to embrace this Christmas story's jagged edges are in for a ripping mystery."— Publishers Weekly

All aboard, but beware! Passengers who sleep on this train may never wake up.


Call Me Hunter: A Novel By Jim Shockey Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781668010358
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Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - October 17th, 2023

INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Astoundingly original, relentlessly paced, and purely authentic.” —Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author

An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world’s treasures for hundreds of years…until one member tears himself free to salvage his soul and protect h


A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance #1) By Naomi Novik Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593128503
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Published: Del Rey - May 4th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.


Board to Death (A Board Game Shop Mystery #1) By CJ Connor Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781496742223
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Published: Kensington Cozies - August 22nd, 2023

The first in an ulta-charming new “quozy” mystery series starring Ben Rosencrantz, a queer 30-something English professor (and closet scifi fan) who’s returned to his hometown of Salt Lake City to run his family’s board game shop in the trendy Sugar House neighborhood – a community hotspot for players of all ages…and for killer collectors!


My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781594749766
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Published: Quirk Books - July 11th, 2017

Soon to be a major motion picture.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying
Vampires
, this unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist blends teen angst and unspeakable horrors into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.


The September House By Carissa Orlando Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593548615
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Published: Berkley - September 5th, 2023

“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts?


The Running Girls By Matt Brolly Cover Image
$16.99
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ISBN: 9781662506161
Published: Thomas & Mercer - March 1st, 2023

From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There's only one suspect. But what if he's innocent?


Murder by Degrees: A Mystery By Ritu Mukerji Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781668015063
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 17th, 2023

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th-century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.

Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of term at Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr.


The Clementine Complex By Bob Mortimer Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781668024164
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - September 5th, 2023

Bob Mortimer, beloved comedian and #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of the memoir And Away…, returns with a delightfully quirky mystery in the vein of Richard Osman and Nita Prose.

Unremarkable legal assistant Gary Thorn goes for a pint with his coworker Brendan, unaware his life is about to change.


Blood Sisters By Vanessa Lillie Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593550113
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Published: Berkley - October 31st, 2023

A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women…one of them her sister.

There are secrets in the land.


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Killing Me By Michelle Gagnon Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593540749
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 16th, 2023

Finalist for the CALIBA 2023 Golden Poppy Award

A LibraryReads Pick

Utterly original and wildly entertaining, Killing Me is a laugh-loud-loud thriller with a protagonist whose life is a total mess.


She escaped a serial killer. Then things got weird.


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Glory Be: A Glory Broussard Mystery By Danielle Arceneaux Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781639364831
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Published: Pegasus Crime - October 3rd, 2023

The first in a vivid and charming crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the hilariously uncensored amateur sleuth Glory Broussard.


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The Villa: A Novel By Rachel Hawkins Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250834591
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - November 7th, 2023

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"Hawkins weaves an engrossing tale about betrayal, sisterhood, and the power of telling your own story. Captivating!" ––People

"Hawkins is the reigning queen of suspense." ––Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author


Spells for Forgetting: A Novel By Adrienne Young Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593358535
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Published: Dell - August 8th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Lush with secrets, magic, and a past that won’t stay where it belongs, this novel is (quite fittingly) spellbinding.”—JODI PICOULT, author of Wish You Were Here

A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love


The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (THE ILL-MANNERED LADIES #1) By Alison Goodman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593440810
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Published: Berkley - May 30th, 2023

A Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an ‘old maid’ to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.


Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI By Jana Monroe Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781419766114
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - October 10th, 2023

For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing woman’s life hunting down serial killers as one of the first female profilers of the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit and the real-life model for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs.

“Jana Monroe is the single most influential woman t


The Square of Sevens: A Novel By Laura Shepherd-Robinson Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781668031124
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Published: Atria Books - September 5th, 2023

This “intricately plotted, epic” (The Times, London) international bestseller—in the vein of the vivid novels of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry—follows an orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England as she searches for answers about her long-dead mother.

Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her father making a living pred


Shutter By Ramona Emerson Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641294812
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Published: Soho Crime - April 25th, 2023

Longlisted for the National Book Award

This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.


The Christmas Appeal: A Novella By Janice Hallett Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781668035887
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Published: Atria Books - October 24th, 2023

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production.

The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production


The Christmas Guest: A Novella By Peter Swanson Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063297456
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Published: William Morrow - October 17th, 2023

New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family’s Cotswold manor house.


Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction By G. T. Karber Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250892317
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - June 13th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Clever, satisfying and utterly addictive." —Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal


Murdle: Volume 2: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction By G. T. Karber Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250892324
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - September 19th, 2023

NATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES"Clever, satisfying and utterly addictive." ―Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal


Recipes for Murder: 66 Dishes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie By Karen Pierce, John Curran (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Karen Pierce, John Curran (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781682687789
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Published: Countryman Press - August 22nd, 2023

Drink and dine with recipes inspired by the best-selling novelist of all time.  


The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women By Lisa Perrin, Holly Frey (Foreword by), Maria Trimarchi (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Lisa Perrin, Holly Frey (Foreword by), Maria Trimarchi (Foreword by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781797215884
Availability: Able to Backorder
Published: Chronicle Books - September 19th, 2023

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison.


Fearless: A Novel By M. W. Craven Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250864567
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 11th, 2023

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Tough, explosive, badass, and brilliant, Fearless is everything you could want in a thriller...If you like Reacher, you’ll LOVE this.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End


What is a truly fearless man capable of?
They’re about to find out. . . .


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Malibu Burning By Lee Goldberg Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781662500688
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Published: Thomas & Mercer - September 1st, 2023

For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.


Hanging the Devil (Cape Weathers Mysteries) By Tim Maleeny Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781728279169
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Published: Poisoned Pen Press - November 14th, 2023

"A caper stuffed with comedy and crime...equal parts adrenaline and heart. A completely delightful read." —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author

"Smart, sassy, and sizzling with action." —Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author


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The Gatekeeper: A Thriller (A Dez Limerick Novel #1) By James Byrne Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781250890030
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Published: Minotaur Books - April 25th, 2023

James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated thriller in years.

A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time.