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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
2) The teacher
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"Something isn't right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she's desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Evie, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can't be trusted and soon realizes she's...
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2024.
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"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"--
4) Crosshairs
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Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 16
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2024.
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English
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NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer.
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"Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she's shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents. Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals, with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a...
7) Radiant heat
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2024.
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"When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman's hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived...until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it.... Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. The flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settling in the back of her throat. The wildfire devastated...
8) End of story
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Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.
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The Good and Beautiful Library
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2018.
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English
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The heartwarming story of the unlikely friendship that forms between an Egyptian nobleman's son, Kaffe, and Sari, a slave girl from the Sinai region. Together, they come to understand each other's cultures, learn the traditions and farming methods of the people who live along the Nile, uncover foul play during a bullfight, find themselves in danger while seeking adventure, understand Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, and ultimately solve the mystery...
10) The revenge game
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"Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she thought her co-worker was into her, when in reality he found her flirting pathetic. Then she meets Brenton Riggs Jr., and right away she knows that their connection isn't just in her head. When he swoops in to save her one night from a less than savory party encounter, she falls head-over-heels. Finally, someone Alyson likes who likes her back! But when she finds...
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Platypus Police Squad volume 3
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Walden Pond Press
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[2015]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 31
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Guideposts books & Inspirational
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[2022]
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It's Christmastime in Sugarcreek and Cheryl Miller has a lot to accomplish if she is going to be ready in time for Christmas day. However, her to-do- list takes a back seat when she learns that there have been several thefts in the area. And when the Swiss Miss gift shop is hit next, she knows she can't sit back and wait for the thief to be caught.
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 32
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Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Sugarcreek is a wonderful place anytime, but especially at Christmas if you ask Cheryl Miller. And this year is extra special because her husband, Levi, has been asked to help construct a live nativity set for their church. But tragedy strikes on the very first day when Rudy, the actor playing angel, falls from the roof of the stable. The police discover that the set was sabotaged, and they arrested Levi, who not only built the stable but has a long-standing...
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Darcy Gaughan mystery volume 1
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Level Best Books
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[2022]
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English
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"When the manager of Marysburg Music, Darcy Gaughan, returns to work after a vacation, she expects to jump right back, into work as the store gets ready for the upcoming Record Store Day celebrations. She's also celebrating five years of sobriety and is confident that there are good things in her future. She doesn't expect to find her boss in his office, dead from an apparent self-inflicted stab wound."--Page 4 of cover
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LitPrime
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2023.
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English
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Thaddeus Andrew Cain grew up in a cold, narcissistic household with a twisted view of life. He learned manipulation and murder at the hands of his father and sexual perversion under the tutelage of his mother. He was brilliant. So ingenious, he was able to kill over and over and still remain anonymous for decades. Until one day, he went too far and disturbed the peace of an ancient spirit.
16) Purrfect yacht
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Mysteries of Max volume 60
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Nic Saint
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"When Gran announced that she wanted to spend her vacation cruising along the French Riviera, I should have known it was a sign of things to come. Before long we, too, temporarily relocated to France, to conduct an undercover investigation into a blackmail attempt targeting Odelia?s cousin. A marriage had been arranged and was going to take place between Emily King, Zumba instructor, and Harry Griffiths, scion of the well-known Griffiths family. Only...
17) The charity shop detective agency: an absolutely gripping cozy mystery filled with twists and turns
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Joffe Books
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2022.
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English
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"A serial killer is stalking the elderly of Southbourne. The only clue left behind is a domino in the hand of each victim - with a name scratched on the back. Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Brown is found dead in her hallway one morning by her delivery man. She was stabbed in the back. Fiona, Sue and Daisy, volunteers at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice Homes, can't belive their favourite customer is dead. The ladies vow to bring the killer to justice....
18) Little drummer
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Orenda Books
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2022.
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When a woman is found dead in her car in a Norwegian parking garage, everyone suspects an overdose... until a forensics report indicates that she was murdered. Oslo detectives Frolich and Gunnarstranda discover that the victim's Kenyan scientist boyfriend has disappeared, and their investigations soon lead them into the shady world of international pharmaceutical deals. While Gunnarstranda closes in on the killers in Norway, Frolich and Lise, his...
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"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles."--
San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career...