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Long Gone by Alafair Burke Long Gone  
by Alafair Burke

Several seemingly unrelated mysteries dovetail together in Burke's first standalone thriller, which couples Hitchcock's unfairly accused scenario with the complexities of a Ross Macdonald mystery.
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Flashback by Dan Simmons Flashback  
by Dan Simmons

In the near future, economic and social issues have led to America's collapse. People use the flashback drug to relive better days. Former cop Nick Bottoms uses it to investigate a six-year-old murder case upon which the fate of millions rests.
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The Providence Rider by Robert McCammon The Providence Rider  
by Robert McCammon

Matthew Corbett finally comes face to (masked) face with his nemesis, Professor Fell, who seeks his assistance as a problem solver. The adventure takes Corbett a long way from New York.
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The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli The Last Kind Words  
by Tom Piccirilli

When Terry Rand returns home a few weeks before his brother is to be executed for murdering several people, he finds himself caught up with the ghosts of the past—and maybe future ghosts as well.
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Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh Harbor Nocturne  
by Joseph Wambaugh

A young Croatian man from San Pedro gets involved with a Mexican dancer, a Korean thug and his Russian partner/boss. Hollywood Division looks into a Russian with an amputation fetish.
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The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King The Wind Through the Keyhole
by Stephen King

While Roland and his ka-tet wait out a bitterly cold storm, the gunslinger tells of an adventure from his youth. His younger self relates an even older story to hearten and comfort a young boy.
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Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale Edge of Dark Water  
by Joe R. Lansdale

The death of a young girl inspires an unlikely group of friends and family to embark on a risky adventure down the Sabine River in East Texas and, eventually (they hope), to Hollywood.
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The Garner Files by James Garner The Garner Files  
by James Garner

The man known as Maverick and Jim Rockford tells his life story, including his acting career and his less well known loves, including car racing and golf. He pulls no punches, but this isn't a tell-all either.
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Victims by Jonathan Kellerman Victims by Jonathan Kellerman

The crimes are more gruesome than normal, but the investigation follows much the same course as in previous Alex Delaware novels. A solid though unremarkable entry in a long-running series.
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Calico Joe by John Grisham Calico Joe
by John Grisham

His father's fatal illness inspires a man to revisit his youth and the fateful encounter between a major league pitcher at the end of his career and a record-setting rookie whose career was ended with a single pitch.
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Raylan by Elmore Leonard Raylan
by Elmore Leonard

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens deals with a gang of thieves ransoming kidneys, shady dealings involving a mining company, and a series of bizarre bank robberies in a world that runs in parallel to the FX series Justified
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The Litigators by John Grisham The Litigators
by John Grisham

A young lawyer quits his high pressure job at a prestigious law firm and goes to work for a couple of ambulance chasers (literally) who work out of a strip mall and have absolutely no trial experience.
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The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin The Impossible Dead  
by Ian Rankin

While conducting a routine investigation into possible police wrongdoing, Matthew Fox becomes interested in a cold case that hearkens back to the heady days of Scottish nationalism radicals.
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The Drop by Michael Connelly The Drop  
by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch juggles two cases: the apparent suicide of the son of an influential and antagonistic city councilor and a cold case where newly analyzed DNA evidence points to an unlikely suspect.
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The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table
by Michael Ondaatje

A young boy travels by steamer from Ceylon to England. Over a magical three-week period, he befriends two other boys and an assortment of unusual and interesting people who share the table the farthest from the captain's table.
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The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco The Prague Cemetery
by Umberto Eco

An Italian forger living in Paris creates mayhem across Europe when he creates a series of documents that implicate Jews in an ongoing and widespread conspiracy to take over the world.
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