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Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross A man fantasizes
about all the gruesome ways his wife might die, some of them by his own hand.
He's even writing a book about it. So when his wife dies from an allergic
reaction to peanuts, the police can be forgiven for thinking it might have
been murder.
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The Liar's Lullaby by Meg Gardiner A
popular musician dies during a spectacular stage entrance. It's not clear
whether she took her own life, died from an accidental discharge or was
murdered. The case is high profile, because Tasia McFarland was once married
to the president.
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Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil
Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
The editors of this non-genre, non-themed anthology had only one
prerequisite for their authors: produce stories that will leave readers
asking: what happens next? For the most part, the authors delivered. Some
delivered spectacularly.
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Villain by Shuichi Yoshida A young woman
who regularly meets men online is brutally murdered at a famous mountain
pass, a site that has the reputation for being haunted. The novel conveys the
impact of her death on her family, friends and on the killer's family.
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
A military experiment involving a virus located in a South American jungle
goes amok creating an epidemic of creatures that are a cross between vampires
and zombies. The population is decimated, and a little girl might save the
survivors.
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Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman An amateur
private detective with a checkered past agrees to look for the daughter of a
jazz musician friend. He's only on the case a few minutes when he ruffles
some very unfriendly feathers.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth
Grahame-Smith
This literary mash-up interweaves the real history of Abraham Lincoln with
his fictional avocation as a man obsessed with vampires who use slavery as a
cover for their nefarious plan.
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Broken by Karin Slaughter A lot of
things are broken in Grant County, Georgia, including the police department.
When Dr. Sara Linton returns to her home town for Thanksgiving, she must
confront ghosts from her past as she becomes embroiled in murder and
corruption that threatens to tear the town apart.
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Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith McCall
Smith starts a new series with another batch of interesting characters who
live in the eponymous "mansion." Reminiscent of his 44 Edinburgh
Street series except set in London.
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212 by Alafair Burke Detective Ellie Hatcher
draws the wrath of a judge when she implies that a real estate mogul might
have been responsible for the murder of his body guard. Meanwhile, a stalker
posts anonymous messages threatening a co-ed on a web site.
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Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen During a spontaneous
outing after a medical conference, Maura Isles gets stranded in remote
Wyoming during a blizzard. No one knows where she is—except
dangerous people who have a big
secret to keep.
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Tell All by Chuck Palahniuk
Hazie Coogan has supported and tended to former screen star Katherine
Kenton for decades. Now her position is threatened by the arrival of a
fortune seeker who wants to write a tawdry exposé of his days bedding
"Miss Kathie."
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Split Image by Robert B. Parker
Jesse Stone tries to find out who whacked two men with mob ties while his
new girlfriend, Sunny Randall, is hired to establish contact with a teenager
living with an apparently benign cult.
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Devils in Exile by Chuck Hogan
Finding a job after he returns from a tour in Iraq proves difficult for
Neal Maven, so he doesn't ask many questions when he's enlisted by Brad Royce
to join a group of vigilantes targeting high dollar drug deals in Boston.
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Snow Hill by Mark Sanderson
Reporter Johnny Steadman catches a tip about the death of a police officer
at Snow Hill station but no one will confirm the story. At atmospheric novel
set in pre-WW II London.
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The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth's wine cellar is raided after he arranges a
brag piece in the L.A. Times. Crook-turned-insurance investigator Sam Levitt
is assigned to recover the collection, a task that allows him to dine well in
southern France.
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Innocent by Scott Turow
Twenty years have passed since Rusty Sabich was accused of murdering his
lover, and there are those who still think he was guilty of that crime. Now
he again finds himself in the sights of his nemesis, Tommy Molto and needing
the services of his friend Sandy Stern.
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The Inheritance by Simon Tolkien
A man is on trial, accused of murdering his father in cold blood. If
Detective Inspector Trave can't put the pieces together, including a wartime
atrocity committed in Normandy, an innocent man may hang.
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Solar by Ian McEwan
Michael Beard has been coasting on the prestige of his Nobel Prize for
years. His fifth marriage ended like all the others. His interest in global
warming and alternate energy sources takes on a new life when he falls heir
to a set of notes that extend his discoveries in a way he never anticipated.
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The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander
McCall Smith
After Mma Makutsi's fiancé is severely injured, a domineering aunt
keeps Mma Makutsi from visiting him. She's not the only obstreperous woman
the employees of the No. Ladies Detective Agency have to contend with.
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Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson
Someone has their eyes on vintage bottles of wine with questionable
historical significance that are about to come to auction. Sheriff Walt Kelly
thinks the thieves might have other plans. However a crisis involving a pair
of delinquent teens divides his attention.
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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
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
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 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
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 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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