A Line in the Sand
by Kevin Powers
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One early morning on a Norfolk beach in Virginia, a dead body is discovered by a man taking his daily swim—Arman Bajalan, formerly an interpreter in Iraq. After narrowly surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given lonely sanctuary in the US as a maintenance worker at the Sea Breeze Motel.

Now, convinced that the body is connected to his past, he knows he is still not safe. Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her newly minted partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the dead man’s pocket.

Lost for Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
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Kymber Allan might get lost in a cardboard box, but she has no problem finding trouble. After she gets fired on her second day at work for getting lost—she finds a dead body. That discovery thrusts her into a path of danger and dark secrets. From attempts on her life to thefts from her aunt’s art collection, Kymber struggles to stay one step ahead of the menace stalking her.

Finding a murder victim while being lost might be an unusual beginning for romance, but in this little Scottish village, the unusual is usual.

Hermit’s Peak
by Michael McGarrity
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When Kevin Kerney, deputy chief of the New Mexico State Police, inherits an unexpected windfall of 6,400 acres of high-county land, the last thing he wants to think about is work. But while visiting his new property, he comes across an ailing stray dog that leads him to the butchered bones of a murder victim near the rugged mountain of Hermit’s Peak.

After assigning the case to his subordinates, Kerney returns to Santa Fe to spend time with a woman he cares about, Sara Brannon, a career army officer who is visiting him on holiday.

Benson First Responders Series
by Lisa Phillips
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EMT Freya Olson, targeted by her family’s past, loses her faith but keeps on saving lives despite the rising danger. Disgraced detective Lucas Westbrook confronts the painful secrets he left behind while protecting Freya. Untangling a case that binds them together, Freya and Lucas find what they’ve been looking for–with each other.

After an injury forces her to leave the CIA, Ember Hendryx hunts for her missing sister with the help of Vanguard. EMT Trey Banning wants back on the ambulance.

Domain
by James Herbert
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Apocalyptic survival at its most terrifying. The third in the Rats trilogy, international bestseller James Herbert’s Domain pits man against mutant rats, who are back with a vengeance.

The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only beneath the wrecked streets – if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats, demonic offspring of their irradiated forebears, are waiting. They know that Man is weakened, become frail. Has become their prey . . .

Where Are the Children Now?
by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
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The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with this follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are the Children?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon, facing peril once again as adults.

Of the fifty-six bestsellers the “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark published in her lifetime, Where Are the Children? was her biggest, selling millions of copies and forever transforming the genre of suspense fiction. In that story, a young California mother named Nancy Harmon was convicted of murdering her two children.

Miss Wolcott’s Ghost
by Louise Penny
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“There’s a body in Lost Nation.” “Where?” demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed. But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller.

The head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified. And so Armand is thrust out of a deep sleep and into the surrounding forests in search of the mythical Lost Nation. And a body.

The Book of the Dead
by Elizabeth Daly
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A copy of Shakespeare’s The Tempest pulls a bookseller into a murder case in this mystery by Agatha Christie’s favorite American author.

The hospital sees nothing to question about the death of the reclusive Mr. Crenshaw, and it’s not as though he had any friends to press the issue. He did, though, have one casual acquaintance, who happens to pick up Mr. Crenshaw’s battered old edition of The Tempest—and happens to pass that book on to Henry Gamadge.

The Corpse in the Green Pyjamas
by R. A. J. Walling
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”The Corpse in the Green Pyjamas” is a classic 1935 mystery novel by R.A.J. Walling, featuring his recurring detective Philip Tolefree, about a baffling case where a corpse appears and disappears, challenging Tolefree to unravel hidden truths and impossible logistics, noted for its intriguing plot and vintage charm.

Three completely unrelated events, occurring on the same day, but in different places, create the puzzle for Tolefree’s new adventure: A. Lord and Lady Meriden decide to sell their famous Murillo triptych; B. Sir Isaac Stratton cashes a check for three thousand pounds; C. A tabby cat finds a dark corner for the business on which she is bent.

Soul Proprietor
by Stephanie Vance
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Tiffani Lutatio, a top salesfiend for Hell’s Soul Exchange, needs 142 more rentals to claw her way into Hell’s C-suite—with Fred, her fire-breathing dachshund, in tow. But in her rush to the bottom, she accidentally rents out a porn star’s recalled soul, violating one of Hell’s commandments. To retrieve it before Hell’s Information Agency finds out and stops her promotion, Tiffani must accept a humiliating bargain: grant her customer three favors.

In present-day Portland, Oregon, where demons and angels haunt dive bars alongside the living, Tiffani and her band of misfit celestials and delinquent mortal teenagers stumble onto Hell’s most classified secret.

True Story
by Michael Finkel
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In 2001, Mike Finkel was on top of the world: young, talented, and recently promoted to a plum job at the New York Times Magazine. Then he made an irremediable slip: Under pressure to keep producing blockbuster stories, he fabricated parts of an article.

Caught and excommunicated from the Times, he retreated to his home in Montana, swearing off any contact with the media. Then he got a call from the San Francisco Chronicle—and Mike was thrust back into the news cycle in a way no one could have anticipated.

Kingdom Come
by Daphne Simpkins
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Mildred Budge returns in Kingdom Come, a story about setbacks and how to face them. The fourth novel in the series, Kingdom Come, continues with the stories of Mildred, Fran, Winston, Janie, and Chase.

In this story, Mildred’s Cloverdale bungalow is crowded. Her best friend Fran observes, “For a single woman, Mildred, your quiver is getting very full.” And it is. There is little room in Mildred’s Cloverdale bungalow for solitude and extended prayer, and Mildred Budge needs both. Many people do.

Cross That Line
by Barbara Freethy
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FBI Agent Tyler Brennan has never hesitated to cross a line in the name of justice. Rules are flexible. Failure isn’t. Dr. Rachel Thorne believes lines exist for a reason. The last time she stood her ground against Tyler, sparks flew—and not the good kind.

Now a disturbing incident at a veterans hospital forces them back into each other’s orbit. Rachel is certain a decorated soldier didn’t simply walk away, and she needs someone to listen to her, even if that someone is Tyler Brennan.

Mystery Play
by Elizabeth Kostova
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After his beloved mother passes away suddenly, Jay Turner finds himself at a crossroads. She was always secretive, and when he returns to their Boston home to clear out her possessions, he finds an unusual item: a partially burned scrap of newspaper bearing the name “Gael Brogan.” Soon after, a deliveryman leaves behind a package containing a small antique volume bound in leather—and two bloody footprints.

The sight of the volume is chilling. As a young scholar, his mother had been given the medieval book—one of a set commissioned by Vlad Țepeș, otherwise known as Dracula, just before his death in 1477.

Stride
by Avra Wing
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One spring afternoon in 1990, writer and mother Avra Wing, while holding her young son, is crushed by an out-of-control car careening onto the sidewalk near her Brooklyn home. Avra manages to hold on to her little boy, who is physically unharmed. She loses her right leg.

Stride is an unflinchingly honest account of living with sudden disability in a world designed for the able-bodied. Wing writes with poetic intimacy about her experience navigating the physical and emotional obstacles to recovery, her friends’ and family’s reactions to her injury, and the hard-won wisdom gained from learning that if you reach out your hand, someone will take it.

The Aperture Effect
by Kathryn Ford
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Couples often ask, “Can people really change?” A better question is, “How do people change?” In The Aperture Effect, psychiatrist and couples therapist Dr. Kathryn Ford doesn’t just tell you how—she gives you simple tools that will immediately begin to transform your conversations and your relationship.

With the radically simple approach of Aperture Awareness, Dr. Ford integrates mindfulness, psychology, and neuroscience to help couples shift their dynamics when in distress, turning their difficulties into lasting connection.