Mysteries

Whispers of Kith and Kin
by Kaye Brownstone
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Lizzy James doesn’t want to ruffle any feathers. Still dealing with trauma from her past, the cautious appraiser is horrified when an ordinary day on the job turns up a trio of dead bodies. And when Witness Protection sweeps her off to a sleepy Mississippi hamlet, the determined twenty-something plans to pursue peaceful anonymity… until her gossipy neighbor joins the not-so-dearly departed.

Fending off accusations of murder from an unscrupulous sheriff, the desperate woman arms herself with wits, faith, and the support of a sharp-eyed ten-year-old.

The Perfect Witness
by Iris Johansen
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When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people’s memories. But the gift seemed more like a curse as her mob boss father used her to gain the upper hand in his world of corruption and violence. Exposed by her own family to the darkest impulses of mankind, Teresa is alone and unprotected. She realizes that if she is to survive, she has to run.

Out of nowhere, or so she believes, a man by the name of Andre Mandak appears.

The Mischief Thief
by Johnnie Alexander
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Chaney Rose survives by staying in the shadows. Pick the lock. Lift the cash. Disappear. But when her cousin is jailed protecting her, staying invisible is no longer an option.

A missing veterinarian and a stolen racehorse worth millions could be her only chance to secure his freedom—if she can find them before a ruthless crime boss does. The search leads straight to Adam Thorne, a recently fired minister desperate to locate his vanished father. What begins as a calculated move quickly spirals into something far more dangerous.

Vampires II (Classic Monsters Book 4)
by Kevin J. Kennedy
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From war-torn Europe and WWII battlefields to southern backroads, abandoned arcades, isolated campsites, and post-apocalyptic highways, these stories explore vampires as monsters, predators, lovers, ghosts, weapons, and myths. You’ll find ancient Slavic spectres, elemental creatures hunted by their own kind, bat-like horrors that stalk the night, and old-world vampires clashing with modern survival. Revenge, addiction, secrecy, and sacrifice run through the collection, alongside moments of poetry, erotic danger, and raw human tragedy.

Some stories are intimate and unsettling; others are violent, fast, and unforgiving.

The Safe Room
by Sarah A. Denzil
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When I was fifteen years old, I made a mistake. I trusted the warm smile of a stranger called Peter Harlow, and accepted a ride home in his car. It would be the last moment of my life I’d ever feel safe again.

The trauma of what happened that night will never leave me—and it was only the beginning. For the last nineteen years, I’ve been trapped in a nightmare of blocked numbers, violated restraining orders, and the compulsion to scan every face in every crowd, waiting for the day when his will be among them.

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.

Requiem of a Lost Nation
by Angel Ramon
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Otilia is a woman who returns to El Salvador decades after escaping the civil war back in the 1980s. At the age of 51, she decides to write a requiem about her life and times before and during the Civil War. However, it proves to be a painful experience as she opens up old wounds from some of her worst days in life as the civil war intensifies.

As she writes about her past, she ends up bumping into painful memories even in the present time, such as a war memorial and a hotel that used to be an orphanage.

I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller
by Terry Hayes
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A breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy.

An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.

A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smoldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan.

A flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey.

Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist.

His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she’s kept at bay for a lifetime.

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.