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Long Gone
by Alafair BurkeSeveral 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 SimmonsIn 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 McCammonMatthew 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 PiccirilliWhen 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 WambaughA 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
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. LansdaleThe 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 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 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 GrishamHis
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 LeonardU.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
GrishamA 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 RankinWhile 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
ConnellyHarry 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
OndaatjeA
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
EcoAn 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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