Mysteries

Identity Unknown
by Patricia Cornwell
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Summoned to an abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once had an intense love affair with. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano’s skin is strangely red.

Scarpetta’s niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead’s secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue.

Crown of Lies Complete Series Boxed Set
by River Tatum & Michael Anderle
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Found bleeding at Verthar’s border with no memory of her past, the woman Prince Jareth names “Miera” should be just another mystery to solve. Her body remembers what her mind cannot: the perfect steps of a courtly dance, the precise grip of a blade, the instinctive grace of someone born to rule.

As whispers of a missing princess reach the palace walls, Jareth finds himself caught between his ruthless father’s demands and his growing need to protect the woman who haunts his every thought. Someone knows who she really is. Someone is coming for her.

Coffin Moon
by Keith Rosson
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It’s the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon. Duane Minor is back home after a tour in Vietnam, a bartender just trying to stay sober; save his marriage with his wife, Heidi; and connect with his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, now that he’s responsible for raising her.

Things aren’t easy, but Minor is scraping by. Then a vampire walks into his bar and ruins his life.

The Coworker
by Freida McFadden
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Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.

So when Dawn doesn’t show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell―beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running―is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything…

The Final Diagnosis
by Arthur Hailey
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Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by Chrysalis, the global multibillion dollar tech company, the small optical device connects people in a stunning new way, tapping into virtual reality for the first time on a wide scale.

And yet, when Logan is summoned by Chrysalis to investigate a disturbing anomaly in the massive new product rollout, Logan is shocked to see the true scope of the massive company.

Tom Clancy Executive Power
by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson
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An American intelligence team on a routine mission is wiped out. The sole survivor: Kyle Ryan, youngest son of President Jack Ryan. But the massacre of his colleagues is just the prelude to an even more devastating conflict—a deadly military coup in the central African nation.

The next step is a shocking escalation, the seizure of the American Embassy and the taking of numerous hostages including the ambassador and the younger Ryan. As US forces fight insurgents street by street in the African capital city, Lieutenant Katie Ryan leads the effort to untangle the mystery behind the coup and the identity of the plotters.

All the World is a Haiku
by John D. Ottini
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Another 101 life inspired, thought-provoking modern haiku poems, covering broad topics such as life, love, death, and almost everything in between, poems are filled with insight, passion, and a touch of humor.

The challenge and enjoyment in crafting a haiku is in attempting to portray a meaningful thought or emotion using only three lines and seventeen syllables. That was the challenge the author faced in writing this book. The author is hopeful that you will find these haiku poems both eloquent and entertaining.

The 5Ms
by Amrit DePaulo
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Finding peace doesn’t take a lot. It takes small steps. It takes the 5Ms. For years, Amrit DePaulo lived in a near-constant state of burnout. A state that, from the outside, looked like success—a thriving career, an accomplished life, a beautiful family—but, on the inside, didn’t feel like anything at all.

The 5Ms do not require adding more tasks to your overflowing schedule or learning new skills you need to perfect to “fix” yourself. Instead, this simple approach works with your life so you can recover your sense of vitality by getting more out of the things you’re already doing.

The Dangerous Series
by Linda K. Rodante
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Jump into swoony romance, heart-thumping mystery, and spine-tingling suspense, wrapped in warm but sometimes struggling faith. Three books to wrap your heart around. 1. AMBER ALERT: After an abusive relationship, social worker Sharee Jones determines to leave men alone. She’ll concentrate instead on the upcoming Christmas program she’s written and designed.

But she needs the church’s multi-skilled and handsome maintenance man’s help to do it. However, John Jergenson doesn’t want anything to do with the program. After a tragedy in his own life, he’s angry with God and life in particular.

Agent Running in the Field
by John le Carré
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Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him.

Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.

Who Can You Trust
by Susan Lewis
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You think you know what happened? You’re wrong. Only one person knows the truth about that night…

Twenty years ago, Nicole’s twins vanished under her watch. She claims she’s innocent. The media has branded her a liar. Who do you trust?

“Christy and Connor and their team are back. With their team the are looking in a new crime, but what was the crime? Was it the abduction of twin babies ore even the murder of them, and is the one who was in prison really the guilty one? But the team is not only looking for the truth but has al their own challenges. Again a well written story in this series. I really enjoyed reading this.” by Amazon Customer

The Evening and the Morning
by Ken Follett
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It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns.

In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined. A young boatbuilder’s life is turned upside down when his home is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. . . .

Love
by Jefferson R. Blackburn-Smith
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He lost his wife. Now he’s face-to-face with the family who took her from him. After his wife’s sudden death, Ed Gideon survives by keeping life simple—his work, his two daughters, and the walls he’s built around his grief. But everything changes the night he meets Bobbi Love.

She’s fifteen. And she’s the daughter of the drunk driver who killed his wife. When Bobbi’s mother lies in a coma after an intentional overdose, Ed is pulled into a situation he never imagined—helping the very family that shattered his own.

Portrait of a Monster
by Lisa Pulitzer and Cole Thompson
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In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later, twenty-one-year-old Stephany Flores was reported missing in Lima, Peru. Implicated in both crimes was one young man: Joran van der Sloot.

A twenty-three-year-old Dutchman, Van der Sloot has become the subject of intense scrutiny by the media and the public in the years since 2005. He was arrested and detained by Aruban authorities in connection with the Holloway disappearance, only to be released after questioning.

Of Monsters and Mainframes
by Barbara Truelove
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Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe.

These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge.