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39701) Hearing Voices
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Marie Jenner just wants out.Marie's life has taken a bad turn. Marie's shrink, Dr. Parkerson-who most definitely does not believe in ghosts-has committed her to a mental institution, deeming her a danger to herself and others.As Marie desperately tries to talk her way out of the institution, ghosts start showing up in her room. Most just want to chat, but some of them believe that one of the hospital staff is killing patients. They want Marie to investigate,...
39702) The Specter of Seduction
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Waverley Mansion, a unique and lovely antebellum home in northeast Mississippi, offers the most dangerous challenge yet to Raissa James and her partner in the Pluto's Snitch private detective agency. They specialize in hauntings, possessions, and the occult.In the isolation of Waverley, Raissa's special gift, her ability to see and communicate with the dead, puts a target on her back. The entity that resides at Waverley Mansion covets Raissa's sensitivity....
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Due to their unique neurology, only the enslaved Operator caste can program the quantum computers that run 26th century Red City. When three of the caste are ritually murdered, it's up to private investigator Hoshi Archer-herself a recently liberated Operator-to help the police solve the case. Things get complicated when one of the victims turns out to be Hoshi's ex-girlfriend, and power-hungry bureaucrats and old rivals stir up new problems. An immortal,...
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Nouvelle région, nouveau type d'enquête pour Firmin Le Bourhis !
Dans une France troublée par nombre d'affaires criminelles o se conjuguent parfois le laxisme des enquêteurs, celui de la justice et la pression des médias, à nouveau le scandale va éclater... Et le pays tout entier va vérifier la valeur de cette maxime pourtant bien connue : « Dans le doute, abstiens-toi. »
S'inspirant de faits divers réels survenus en d'autres lieux, l'auteur...
39705) Kill Her Twice
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When Emily James digs up a mysterious leather purse buried in her garden, she unknowingly digs up some very old wounds. Kallita Prewitt, the owner of the crusty old handbag, had disappeared a quarter of a century before, yet her belongings remained intact within the bag. No one wants to reopen the cold-case investigation into her disappearance twenty-five years earlier, least of all Sergeant Dan Clifford, Clarksville's detachment commander.Against...
39706) The Blue Geranium
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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A woman is warned by a psychic of the evil and danger in her house. On a full moon, she must watch for the signs: blue primrose means caution, blue hollyhock is danger, and blue geranium is death!
39707) The Jane Doe
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A memory wiped clean. A dark past. A faceless killer.
They call her Jane. No one knows her real name, not even her. She has no memory of who she was before coming to on the side of a highway. Her life essentially began when Nick Worth, a college student with a secret agenda, discovered her on the edge of Town Road Three in Keep's County, Massachusetts. Jane's only wish is to start over, live her life the best way she can as she attempts to rebuild...
39708) Teatime With a Corpse
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Everyone loves a party...that is, until it turns deadly.The last thing artist and shop owner Sarah Stone needs is to be the center of town controversy.Scratch that. Truly the last thing she needs is to find herself in the midst of murder steeped in town skeletons. Is someone willing to kill to keep them buried in the past?Will Sarah uncover the killer before she becomes the victim of the next town secret?Get the first book in the Cedar Wells Mysteries...
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A COUNTERFEIT GOVERNESS
Anne Calder was a headstrong young woman bent on earning her own living as novelist, preferably in London. Before she could follow her first successful book with a second, however, Anne had to find an entree into London society. And what better method than to assume the guise of a governess and secure employment with Sir Basil Ives, the noted statesman and diplomat? Chaperoning his ward allowed Anne to mingle with the upper...
39710) Shiver My Timbers
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You really can't take her anywhere.
Veronica (Roni) Swift is meeting her fiancé's extended family, and man, is she nervous. She's anxious about making a good first in-person impression on Grand Moran - the matriarch of the family. She's worried about being outside for a week and the havoc it will have on her allergies. And she's apprehensive about the Moran games that are going to be played. Roni's not one for sports.
There's also the concern that...
39711) Fool's Puzzle
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When an out-of-town antiques dealer overvalues an elderly ranch owner's quilts, Kristi Lundrigan is asked to provide an appraisal. Kristi's not sure what he's up to, but she suspects he's running a con. Can she figure out his scam in time to prevent harm?
39712) The Moth Came Back
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Twenty-eight year old Carmen Karlaff, owner of a native grass and wildflower seed farm in northwestern Minnesota is surprised when her employees find a dead body in her big bluestem field. Her best friend, Jessica, is accused of the murder when the body is identified as Jessica's long lost brother who ran away twenty years ago after injuring a young girl in a drunken driving accident. No one seems to know why he returned home after all this time,...
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Excitement mounts as the moment arrives for brilliant young violinist Julia Kogan's debut in the orchestra of the world-renowned Metropolitan Opera. But the high-stakes milieu of this musical mecca is rocked to its core when, during an onstage murder scene, Julia's mentor, a famous conductor, is assassinated on the podium. Thrust into the investigation when her closest colleague in the orchestra is named chief suspect, Julia teams up with opera-loving...
39714) The Girl in the Darkness
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Brenda DeVoe lives a lonely, quiet life in a secluded house by the backwoods of Virginia. Her days are spent working as a volunteer at the local animal shelter, caring for unwanted and injured pets.
Once the toast of their small town, Brenda and her husband Jeff were destined for great things until one fateful night, when their young daughter disappeared without a trace. Their marriage soon fell apart and they separated, each to live out their damaged...
39715) Slide
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New York Times–bestselling author Gerald A. Browne's suspenseful disaster novel about a massive mudslide along California's southern coast The people of Southern California worship the sun, but their idol has forsaken them. For more than two weeks, rain has fallen on this earthly paradise, destroying crops, loosening the ground, and sending coffins into backyards, forcing rattlesnakes out of their nests into people's homes. As the punishing weather...
39716) Symphony Road
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Trouble comes in threes for Shane Cleary, a former police officer and now, a PI.
Arson. A Missing Person. A cold case.
Two of his clients whom he shouldn't trust, he does, and the third, whom he should, he can't. Shane is up against crooked cops, a notorious slumlord and a mafia boss who want what they want, and then there's the good guys who may or may not be what they seem.
39717) Mercy
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Love smacks up against hate in this story of a teenager planning to flee her abusive father's house for good, but not before she returns home one last time to retrieve the only memento she has left of her late brother. Will Lila's need to hold onto the only good part of her past keep her from realizing the future of her dreams?
39718) Toll the Bell for Murder
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Inspector Littlejohn is once again summoned to the Isle of Man when a local vicar is accused of murder in this long-running British mystery series.
As a rule, the towns of the Isle of Man are eerily silent after dark. But that silence is shattered one black night by an explosion followed by the violent ringing of the church bell. The vicar, Sullivan Lee, is discovered praying beside the murdered body of Sir Martin Skollick. Archdeacon Kinrade must...
39719) Deadly Tides
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A missing surf legend. Waterlogged clues. Can he trust his gut instincts to end the wave of murder?
Sheriff Jax Turner is learning to live again. Holding tight to the hope of reconciling with his FBI agent ex-wife, the wary man is determined to keep his focus on his coastal Oregon community. And after a concerned brother requests a welfare check, Jax is troubled to find the absent surf shop owner's tracks lead to a pool of blood.
Now investigating...
39720) Point of Snow Return
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A Call of HopeAfter Sarah returns home from solving a dangerous homicide case in Michigan, she receives a call from a nurse claiming to work for a fertility specialist that Sarah has been seeing. Excited at the prospect of finally becoming pregnant, Sarah happily agrees to a new appointment. But when the doctor turns up dead and the nurse who contacted Sarah turns out to be a vicious killer, Sarah is thrust into another dark nightmare. A Nursing NightmareCaught...
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