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  Fade Out

  Joe Niehaus

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  A routine arrest. A rogue experiment. A mind rewritten. 
  Detective Rick Dietz never expected a simple bust to spiral into a case of genetic manipulation, psychological transformation—and murder. When his girlfriend, attorney Beth Hamilton, introduces him to Professor Ken Gormund, sparks fly. Gormund isn’t just a rival for Beth’s affections—he’s a brilliant geneticist operating on the edge of legality. 
  At his Cincinnati research facility, Gormund has perfected a technique to reengineer DNA, turning ordinary pets into flawless specimens. But his ambitions escalate when he abducts a young thief, Nat Jiminson, and uses his own genome as a template to reshape the boy’s mind and body. The results are stunning—until the virus mutates. 
  Jiminson becomes unstable. Violent. Dangerous. When Gormund decides to eliminate his creation, Jiminson escapes—taking Beth hostage in the process. 
  Now Dietz must navigate a maze of science, secrets, and betrayal. With Gormund as his uneasy ally, he races to stop a man who possesses the professor’s intellect and a criminal’s cunning. But can they outwit a mind engineered to be perfect?

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  Noir Protocol The: City of...

  Lynda Wright Piepmeyer

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  In a city of perpetual digital rain and 1940s shadows, detective Dominic Harper hunts for truths hidden in the code. When a 'ghost-code' anomaly appears, Dominic must choose between the comfort of the simulation and the brutal reality of the world outside. A masterpiece of Cyberpunk Noir.

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  Sixteen Carved Pieces

  Michelle Kidd

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  An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist 
   
   
   
  Billie-Rose's bloodstained body is found in the kitchen of her ground-floor flat. She's been strangled to death, there's a deep laceration to her upper thigh, and a wooden chess-piece grasped tightly in her hand. 
   
   
   
  Daubed on the wall in Billie-Rose's own blood is a strange symbol: a bishop's mitre. All Detective Jack MacIntosh can think is: He's back. 
   
   
   
  Four years earlier, four young women were also strangled to death in their own homes, the same deep wound to the thigh, the same weird symbol scrawled on the wall. 
   
   
   
  The work of the killer they call the Bishop. Is he back to kill again? 
   
   
   
  Jack and his team are in a race against time to pull the pieces together and uncover the truth before more young women die. 
   
   
   
  Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Biba Pearce, Lynda La Plante, Angela Marsons, and Rachel McLean.

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  Simpatía

  Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

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  Simpatía is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Two other events end up disrupting his life even further: the return of Nadine, an unrequited love from the past, and the death of his father-in-law, General Martín Ayala. Thanks to Ayala's will, Ulises discovers that he has been entrusted with a mission—to transform the great family home into a shelter for abandoned dogs. If he manages to do it in time, he will inherit the apartment that he had shared with Paulina. 
   
   
   
  This novel centers on themes of family and orphanhood in order to address the abuse of power by a patrilineage of political figures in Latin America, from Simón Bolívar to Hugo Chávez. The untranslatable title, Simpatía, which means both sympathy and charm, ironically references the qualities these political figures share. In a morally bankrupt society, where all human ties seem to have dissolved, Ulises is like a stray dog picking up scraps of sympathy. Can you really know who you love? What is, in essence, a family? Are abandoned dogs proof of the existence or nonexistence of God? Ulises unknowingly embodies these questions, as a pilgrim of affection in a post-love era.

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  A Fang to Remember

  Elle Wren Burke

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  “Fun and clever, sassy and quirky.” 
  It's a good thing vampires can eat chocolate, because with a murder so bizarre, this vamp is going to need to sink her fangs into a whole box. 
  Cat backpacks? Check. Locally made dog perfume? Check. Bracelets to match your pet’s collar? Check. Josie Wixx, disabled vampire and pet boutique owner, prefers to spend her days selling fancy and weird pet accessories and her nights eating chocolate while curled up with her Scottish Terrier…until her best customer is murdered in her friend’s bakery. 
  Stunned to hear that the kindhearted baker is now the prime suspect in the murder, Josie vows to clear her name. There’s just one problem—no one even knows how the exotic poison got into the victim’s system, not even the handsome medical examiner that Josie is just friends with. And as Josie starts to unravel the web of lies and secrets woven around the victim, it becomes clear a killer more devious than Dracula himself is on the loose. Josie fears her pained joints might give up before she can stop them. 
  With more suspects on the list than Josie has working joints, can Arteria Falls’ only P.I. catch the killer before they claim another victim? 
  If you like cozy towns, vivacious vampires, and charming canine companions, then you'll love Elle Wren Burke’s fangtastic mystery. 
  Sharpen your fangs and buy A Fang to Remember today!

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  Pretty Little Lies

  Jessica Huntley

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  She's hoping she's paranoid. She's terrified she's not.When Amelia relocated to Cambridge for love, she never imagined her new life would become a nightmare. After uprooting her beauty therapy business to be with her fiancé Noah, Amelia receives the first message—anonymous, threatening, impossible to ignore.As more sinister messages follow, Amelia's new life begins to fall apart. It seems someone is watching her every move and now her clients are abandoning her for no reason she can see. It's as if she's done something wrong, but what?And Noah is no help. He seems strangely distant, then conveniently vanishes to care for his sick father. Alone and terrified, Amelia suspects everyone.Then, when a photo arrives which proves she's being stalked, Amelia realizes she's not being paranoid—the danger is very real.Trapped in her flat, jumping at shadows, Amelia must uncover who's tormenting her—and why. Because in this game of psychological warfare, the people closest to her might be the most dangerous of all.Trust no one. Question everything. Survive.

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