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by Gail Bowen
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by Clare O'Donohue
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by Korey Kaul
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by Simon Lelic
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by Susan Elia MacNeal
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by Jane K. Cleland
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by James Lilliefors
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by Joseph Wambaugh
J.B. O’Sullivan’s ‘I Die Possessed’
There was a time when almost all the crime fiction I read had been recently published. I was young and callow and dismissive of any novels my parents or—heaven forfend!—my grandparents might have enjoyed in their own salad days. I desired nothing so much as to stay current with the genre’s latest developments, its freshest authors, its most wet-behind-the-ears trends. read more
You Just Can’t Keep a Good Sleuth Down
“More than any other writer, except perhaps Elmore Leonard, [Robert B. Parker] shaped my style and taste in storytelling,” Ace Atkins told me last spring after he’d delivered to his publisher the first installment of a new string of novels starring Parker’s celebrated Boston private eye-cum-knight errant, the single-monikered Spenser. read more
Coast of Schemes
Mark Mills’ impressive fourth novel, House of the Hunted, is all about imminent loss.  read more
Remembering Arthur Lyons
There’s no better way to demonstrate respect for an author—especially one who’s no longer among the living—than to continue enjoying his or her work. read more
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by Malla Nunn
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by Katherine Hall Page
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by David Zimmerman
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by Chris Nickson
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by Maria Hudgins
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by Sally Goldenbaum
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by Elaine Viets
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by Chris Grabenstein
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by Jessie Chandler
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by Chris Knopf
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by Wallace Stroby
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by Tom Piccirilli
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by Kaylie Jones
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by Victoria Thompson
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by Eleanor Kuhns
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by Dorothy Howell
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by John Katzenbach
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by Beth Groundwater
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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by Harlan Coben
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Cher Fischer
Pub Date 5/15/2012
A nature lover turns amateur detective in a story that combines mystery with relentless do-gooding.
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John Sandford
Pub Date 5/15/2012
Lucas Davenport takes the scenic route toward a confrontation with the two practiced crooks who had the bad luck to ...
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Kaylie Jones
Pub Date 5/15/2012
Longtime Long Islander Jones has collected a volume of 17 new stories as diverse as the massive island itself.
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Chris Grabenstein
Pub Date 5/15/2012
How low can reality TV go? Think murder.
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Camilla Läckberg
Pub Date 5/9/2012
Swedish publishing phenom Läckberg returns to the ill-starred town of Fjällbacka for another dose of resentment that festers ...
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Terri Thayer
Pub Date 5/8/2012
A quilt-shop owner's ideas for promoting her shop and helping an employee involve her in a case of murder.
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Jane Casey
Pub Date 5/22/2012
Romance and gore vie for the attention of a London detective constable.
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Robin Blake
Pub Date 5/22/2012
Georgian England is ruled by the law, but crime solving is rudimentary at best.
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Catriona McPherson
Pub Date 5/22/2012
An upper-class sleuth finds herself entangled in a family feud.
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Daniel Friedman
Pub Date 5/22/2012
A geezer cowboy who's been retired from Memphis Homicide longer than he served there is thrust into the middle ...
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Bruce DeSilva
Pub Date 5/22/2012
Fresh from the Most Corrupt State competition comes a second persuasive entry that links pretty much every citizen of Providence ...
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Julia Heaberlin
Pub Date 5/29/2012
Every family has a deep dark secret. Maybe more than one.
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