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Horns by Joe Hill Horns by Joe Hill

Ignatius Perrish wakes up after a bender to find a pair of horns growing from his forehead. Others don't notice the horns but are compelled to reveal their darkest secrets. Does this have something to do with Ig's dead girlfriend, who everyone thinks he murdered a year ago?
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The Spire by Richard North Patterson The Spire by Richard North Patterson

Mark Darrow returns to his alma mater as its new president and immediately starts digging into a murder that happened when he was a senior. His best friend was convicted, but Darrow thinks the real culprit is still at large.
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Sleepless by Charlie Huston Sleepless by Charlie Huston

After the spread of a disease that causes sleeplessness threatens to destroy society, a miracle drug known as DR33M3R promises relief—if it doesn't end up on the black market. Otherwise it could cause a war.
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The Night Monster by James Swain The Night Monster by James Swain

When a teammate of Jack Carpenter's daughter is kidnapped, the perpetrator is familiar to the former police officer—a monster of a man who kidnapped another student nearly twenty years ago.
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Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Avast ye hearties! There's a ship full of Spanish gold anchored at a Caribbean island with a reputation for being impregnable, but that won't stop pirate captain Charles Hunter from trying for it.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith

The current and former occupants of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh have another series of mild misadventures involving cub scouts, pretenders to the throne, purloined tea cups and procreating dogs.
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Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

In a novel that spans the continent from Nebraska to Ohio to the Arctic Circle, no one is who he or she appears to be and names are less substantial than the wind.
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Ford County by John Grisham Ford County by John Grisham

Seven short stories set in Grisham's fictional Ford County, Mississippi, the setting for such novels as A Time to Kill and The Summons, explore AIDS, the death penalty and unethical lawyers through the eyes of characters affected by these diverse topics.
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Heat Wave by Richard Castle Heat Wave by Richard Castle

With the assistance of—or despite the interference of—ride-along partner Jameson Rook, NY homicide detective Nikki Heat works on the murder of a wealthy entrepreneur in the ABC series tie-in novel.
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The Complaints by Ian Rankin The Complaints by Ian Rankin

Malcolm Fox, who works for the British version of Internal Affairs, investigates a fellow officer suspected of being a pedophile. The situation becomes compli­cated when the officer is assigned to a murder case with personal implications for Fox.
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Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon

Matthew Corbett embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with a lethal and aptly named killer named Mister Slaughter.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

The concluding installment of the Millennium trilogy. Mikael Blomkvist investigates a super-secret division of the Swedish Intelligence Service while trying to save a friend.
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9 Dragons by Michael Connelly 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch spends 36 hour in Hong Kong looking for his daughter after receiving a video message saying that she has been kidnapped while he  works a robbery homicide that brings him in conflict with the Chinese triads.
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The King's Gold by Arturo Perez-Reverte The King's Gold by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Captain Alatriste and his faithful sidekick Íñigo Balboa, recently returned from the war in Flanders, assemble a crew of pirates to take over a shipment of gold from the West Indies.
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The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson

Lisbeth Salander, the computer savant, becomes the prime suspect in the murders of two young journalists writing an expose for Millennium magazine, leaving Mikael Blomkvist as her only ally.
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon is launched on another scavenger hunt laced with secret codes and enigmas when he is summoned to Washington only to find that someone is using him as a pawn in a nefarious and deadly game with cosmic repercussions.
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How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

Nothing motivates a man more than spite, which is what drives aspiring author Pete Tarslaw to dash off a best-selling novel so he can show up his former girlfriend at her upcoming wedding.
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The Way Home by George Pelecanos The Way Home by George Pelecanos

A young man tries to find his way back to the straight and narrow path after a troubled youth; however, trouble has a way of finding people, even when they aren't looking for it.
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Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain

When bodies and body parts start turning up in Portland, it appears that Gretchen Lowell has broken her promise to Archie Sheridan, who checked himself into a psychiatric ward after his last run in with the serial killer.
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A Twisted Ladder by Rhodi Hawk A Twisted Ladder by Rhodi Hawk

A young woman struggles to deal with the recent death of her brother, her father's mental illness and disturbing revela­tions about her family tree while worrying about her own sanity at the same time.
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This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams

A woman enlists the help of the thousands of players of the online Alternate Reality Game that she designed to discover who murdered one of her best friends, and why.
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Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale

After Leonard volunteers his help (and Hap's) to a friend, the daring duo finds themselves on the wrong side of the Dixie Mafia and in the sights of a deadly but beautiful assassin.
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The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll

Ever since the day Benjamin Gould was supposed to die—but didn't—he's had a ghost hanging around, though he doesn't know it. His dog, Pilot, knows, though. And the ghost happens to be in love with his ex-girlfriend, German.
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Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Zombies are on the loose in Manhattan. Well, one or two of them maybe. Pendergast and D'Agosta try to figure out how the lead suspect in a murder could have committed the crime from beyond the grave.
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The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly

Crime reporter Jack McEvoy wants to make his last story for the Los Angeles Times count. He starts out trying to prove a young man innocent and ends up dueling with a serial killer. 
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The Rules of the Game by Leonard Downie, Jr. The Rules of the Game by Leonard Downie Jr.

A political reporter lands the story of a lifetime when she uncovers systematic corruption in the government. Her subjects, however, would kill to keep the story off the front page of the Washington Capital.
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The Given Day by Dennis Lehane The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

The son of an Irish immigrant leads a group of underpaid Boston police officers in a fight against City Hall as they seek to unionize as World War I comes to an end.
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Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard

Jack Foley, the most successful bank robber in history, and con man Cundo Rey are best buddies (road dogs) in prison. Once they're out, it's a different situation, especially with the beautiful Dawn Navarro in the equation.
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When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson

Former detective Jackson Brodie's path crosses that of two women who were the victims of terrible acts of violence after he accidentally takes the wrong train.
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Eclipse by Richard North Patterson Eclipse by Richard North Patterson

An American lawyer defends a freedom fighter charged with the murders of three oil workers in a corrupt oil-rich west African nation ruled by tyrants.
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The Associate by John Grisham The Associate by John Grisham

Associates at Scully & Pershing work long hours doing drudge work that law school didn't prepare them for. However, Kyle McAvoy has an incentive to perform—if he doesn't, he may end up facing prosecution!
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The Private Patient The Private Patient by P.D. James

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his Special Investigation Squad investigate the murder of a journalist who was recovering from cosmetic surgery at a private hospital in Dorset in P.D. James's 20th novel.
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They Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston

Web takes a job helping clean up after suicides and homicides; however, the mess he gets into after he meets a beautiful young woman and her half-brother is even worse.
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Spade & Archer by Joe Gores Spade & Archer by Joe Gores

How did Sam Spade end up in partnership with Miles Archer in the days before the case of the Maltese Falcon landed at his door? This prequel answers that question and more, all in the style of Dashiell Hammett
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