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Back to the Garden by Laurie R King
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Secret Identity by Alex Segura
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Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
1979 by Val McDermid
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks
We Begin At the End by Chris Whitaker
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
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Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby

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Before She Was Helen by Caroline B Cooney
Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
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The Chain by Adrian McKinty

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Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sarah Jane by James Sallis
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November Road by Lou Berney

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If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer  Hillier
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger
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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
The Force by Don Winslow​
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A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
 
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You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Dark Fissures by Matt Coyle
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
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The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney
 
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Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan
The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
The Cartel by Don Winslow
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The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
 
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The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
The Lewis Man by Peter May
The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames
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Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
 
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Sandrine's Case by Thomas H Cook
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin
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The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
 
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Blackhouse by Peter May
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The Art Forger by BA Shapiro
The Twenty Year Death by Ariel S Winter
The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters
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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
 
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1222 by Anne Holt
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
Hell & Gone by Duane Swierczynski
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Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
 
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The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
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Tower by Ken Bruen
 
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Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Shanghai Moon by SJ Rozan
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Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
 
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Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
The Fault Tree by Louise Ure
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What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
 
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Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie
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The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
 
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Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
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The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
 
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One Shot by Lee Child
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
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The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen
 
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Cold Case by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson
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The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey
 
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The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Done for a Dime by David Corbett
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Winter and Night by SJ Rozan
 
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Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Nine by Jan Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
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Folly by Laurie R King
 
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Tell No One by Harlan Coben
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker
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A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
 
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Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale
Half Moon Street by Anne Perry
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
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The Flower Master by Sujata Massey
 
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River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
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Blood Work by Michael Connelly
 
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Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Blue by Abigail Padgett
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Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
 
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Hocus by Jan Burke
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Ax by Donald E Westlake
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Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
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Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
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She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
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The Sculptress by Minette Walters
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Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
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I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard
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If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb
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A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Hart
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A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
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Marriage is Murder by Nancy Pickard
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A Taste for Death by PD James
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