Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark
by Sidney Sheldon and Tilly Bagshawe
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Written in the inimitable Sheldon style and based on extensive, never before published material from his private archives, Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark is a thrilling tale of murder, lies, and lust that the master storyteller—the bestselling author of Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight, and so many other beloved classics—would have been proud to have called his own.

With Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark, a gripping, stylish, sexy and surprising story of a son’s globe-hopping hunt for answers about his wealthy father’s brutal death, confirmed Sheldon fans have good reason to rejoice.

The Deadly Joke (The Pierre Chambrun Mysteries Book 7)
by Hugh Pentecost
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Political fundraisers can be cynical and coarse when they’re among their own kind, and Pierre Chambrun, manager of the elegant Beaumont Hotel, prefers not to let them through his doors. But when his friend Douglas Maxwell, a hard-nosed senatorial candidate, asks to host a thousand-dollar-a-plate dinner in the Beaumont’s famous ballroom, Chambrun cannot refuse.

The fundraiser has just begun when bad taste rears its ugly head, and Maxwell steps out of his limousine smiling, waving, and wearing no pants. The crowd roars with laughter until the pantsless man falls to his knees, shot dead.

Ranger Belief
by Lynn Shannon
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State Park Ranger Laney Torres left the battlefield behind when she traded her military uniform for park service greens. Now she patrols the trails with her loyal K-9 partner, helping families create memories and keeping her favorite corner of the world safe. But when Laney discovers the murders of a young couple at a remote campsite while the killer is still near, she’s thrust into a fight for her life.

Texas Ranger Jonah Foster has always been the grumpy realist to Laney’s unwavering optimism.

The Bookseller’s Deception (Q.A. Caine Mysteries Book 6)
by K. R. Eckert
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Q.A. Caine is a respectable book dealer and a respected member of Boston’s high society. He’s done everything and been everywhere… including prison. You see, he’s a con artist. Or he was a con artist. Which side of the law he’s on depends on the mood he’s in and where the money is.

In The Bookseller’s Deception, the money’s on the side of solving crimes, not committing them. When a Senator’s aid hires the tricky old bibliophile to find a diary filled with the dirtiest secrets of practically every politician in Washington, what Caine really finds are two murdered men.

The Escape Game (Escape Room Murders Book 1)
by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
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Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set. Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show’s trickiest escape rooms.

There’s Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master; and . . . Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’s murder. Or so everyone believes. But Sierra’s not just here to win. She’s here for justice.

Bullets in the Briar (The Broken Rhodes Series)
by Kimber Silver
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The discovery of a mutilated body on remote farmland is only the start of Sheriff Lincoln James’ latest investigation. A mysterious religious sect and an intimidating biker gang add fuel to the fire. Within the sheriff’s circle of friends is someone with a hidden connection – If only she’d be willing to step forward…

To add to his problems, Lincoln has a fiercely contested election to win if he’s going to continue as sheriff. His opponent is a smooth out-of-towner who is making friends among the local people, so it’s going to be a fight.

Other Worlds Than These
by Stephen King and Peter Straub
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Other Worlds Than These is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and “the territories” to save his mother’s life, and met again in Black House, where Jack faces a child killer and the Crimson King (among other evils).

In Other Worlds Than These, Jack must stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds.

He Sweetens My Bitter Waters
by Cheryl Hoover-Kelley
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A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.

But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting the riches that have apparently rained down from heaven.

Agents of Dreamland
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
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A government special agent known only as the Signalman gets off a train on a stunningly hot morning in Winslow, Arizona. Later that day he meets a woman in a diner to exchange information about an event that happened a week earlier for which neither has an explanation, but which haunts the Signalman.

In a ranch house near the shore of the Salton Sea a cult leader gathers up the weak and susceptible—the Children of the Next Level—and offers them something to believe in and a chance for transcendence. The future is coming and they will help to usher it in.

Murder Takes a Vacation
by Laura Lippman
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Mrs. Blossom has a knack for blending into the background, which was an asset during her days assisting private investigator Tess Monaghan. But when she finds a winning lottery ticket in a parking lot, everything changes. She is determined to see the world that she sometimes feels is passing her by.

When Mrs. Blossom booked her cruise through France on the MS Solitaire, she did not expect to meet Allan on her transatlantic flight. He is the first man who’s sparked something inside her since her beloved husband passed.

A Noise Downstairs
by Linwood Barclay
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College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. That’s when Paul’s “normal” existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work.

His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewriter—complete with ink ribbons and heavy round keys—to encourage him to get started on that novel he’s always intended to write.

The Dying Light
by Ann Cleeves
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A scorching heatwave marks the start of the summer in Devon. Detective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death, when the body of a young woman, Lottie, is found in the swimming pool of a luxurious holiday home.

The girl’s best friend, Hannah, whose family owns the house, is missing. The girls had arrived a few days earlier to celebrate the end of their school exams, quickly stirring unrest in the small community with incendiary social media videos mocking the place as parochial.

Being Goldie (In a “just-right’)
by Michele Olson
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It’s autumn1984 and twins Goldie and Gilda Locks are on the move. Once again, they’re headed to a hotel in a new location, they know nothing about awaiting further instructions from their overbearing Granny.

The only parent they’ve ever known, the young ladies in their twenties, still struggle to break free from her influence. Neither is willing to give up the lifestyle Granny’s millions afford even though her erratic behavior is becoming more questionable by the day.

Solomon’s Ring (The Unseen Truth Series)
by William Pickrel
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The ring was never a weapon. It was a receipt. For twenty years Dr. Elias Brock dug the Ophel in Jerusalem on money he never questioned. Then, live on air, with Solomon’s Ring on a velvet pedestal in front of the cameras, nine figures stepped out of nowhere and asked for it back.

Nine seconds later the ring was gone and the feed was dead. Within days, everyone who had been in that tent remembered a power surge. Everyone except Brock.

Colton’s Mate
by Anastasia Wilde
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After he survived helping his old friend Brandon take down a criminal biker gang, Colt pretty much has it all. A place for him and his twin brother in Brandon’s new crew, the chance to start his own construction company, and maybe a potential thing with Callie, the pretty lynx shifter he helped save when the gang sent her bar up in flames.

What he doesn’t want: A forever-type relationship, more people trying to kill him, and a new, grumpy, uncooperative shifter owl inside him, waging war with his leopard.

The Witch
by Freida McFadden
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When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family’s sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she’s there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she’s hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear. Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia’s bedroom door.