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28 New Mysteries & Thrillers (page 5)

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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2012
DEATH TRAP
by Patricia Hall
"Hall's second begins where her first leaves off, mixing straight-up procedural with a dose of local color."
Life in '60s London continues to challenge a young photographer from Liverpool. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012
THE STRANGE FATE OF KITTY EASTON
by Elizabeth Speller
"A grim manor-house mystery with English upper-class decor and a present-day noir sensibility."
Grief, not love, yokes people together in the aftermath of the Great War. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
STREET GIRLS
by Linda Regan
"Regan (Brotherhood of Blades, 2011, etc.) continues her sure-footed walk on the noir side. Entertaining stuff, but not for the fainthearted."
Street girls walk, street gangs war--it's all business as usual, thinks DI Georgia Johnston, except for an unsettling surge in South London's murder rate. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
THE LOST ONES
by Ace Atkins
"A valiant hero to root for, a vividly rendered small-town setting, lots of expertly managed violence: another crowd-pleaser from a thriller-meister at the top of his game."
Atkins' sequel to The Ranger (2011) finds Quinn Colson counting the ways in which his Afghanistan tours resemble life in the nice little Mississippi town that's just elected him sheriff. Read full book review >