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  Stolen Souls - An absolutely...

  M.L. Rose

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  The two little boys clutched each other's hands, shivering. The wind whistled through the cracks in the window frames of the children's home they lived in. Outside their room, they could hear footsteps coming closer. 'I don't want to go,' the small boy whimpered to his friend, 'don't let them take me.'
  
   
  On a crisp winter evening, Detective Nikki Gill is taking a peaceful stroll through New College Oxford grounds before starting her new job at Kidlington Criminal Investigations unit the following day. But when she hears a blood-curdling scream coming from one of the buildings, she discovers the lifeless body of Professor Brian Allerton in his office and his wife kneeling by his side.
  
   
  With her first case already underway before she's officially begun her new role, Nikki is feeling the pressure. Recently divorced, Nikki's return to her hometown of Oxford after years away has also brought the memory of her traumatic childhood to the surface… the tragic loss of her brother Tommy, who spent time in a children's home before his fatal accident. 
  
   
  As Nikki and her new team start to investigate, they dig deeper into Brian's life and uncover an unsettling connection to Dunston Hill, the very same children's home where Nikki's brother lived.
  
   
  But just when Nikki thinks she has made a breakthrough in the case, the body of another professor is found. 
  
   
  With the investigation becoming more personal by the minute, Nikki must confront painful memories and old wounds. Can she overcome her past to solve the murder and bring justice to the victims before the killer strikes again? 
  
   
   An unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the very first page. With suspenseful twists and turns, Stolen Souls is the first in the gripping Detective Nikki Gill series from the bestselling author of the Arla Baker series. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Simon McCleave and Robert Dugoni.

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  Murder Under a Red Moon

  Harini Nagendra

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  The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy uncovering a new murder during the blood moon eclipse. 
   
   
   
  When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law—during the blood moon eclipse, no less—she doesn't expect, once again, to stumble upon a murder. 
   
   
   
  With anti-British sentiment on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in influence, and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam, Bangalore is turning out to be a far more dangerous and treacherous place than Kaveri ever imagined—and everyone's motives are suspect. 
   
   
   
  Together with the Bangalore Detectives Club—a mixed bag of street urchins, nosy neighbors, an ex-prostitute, and a policeman's wife—Kaveri once again sleuths in her sari and hunts for clues in her beloved 1920s Ford. 
   
   
   
  But when her life is suddenly put in danger, Kaveri realizes that she might be getting uncomfortably close to the truth. So she must now draw on her wits and find the killer . . . before they find her.

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  The Last Insurgent

  JC Fields

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  One ghost from the past. One shot to stop global chaos. 
   
  Danny McCaffrey is a shadow—an ex-IRA bombmaker turned mercenary who sells his skills to the highest bidder. His latest client? Iran. His mission? Deliver a deadly new bioweapon with one goal: destabilize the West. 
   
  When the NSA intercepts intel on a covert meeting, ex-Marine sniper and retired CIA operative Michael Wolfe is called in to stop him. But when the operation fails, Wolfe and his deadly ex-Mossad wife, Nadia, are forced into a race against time. 
   
  From the mountains of northern Iran to the streets of Washington, D.C., they must hunt McCaffrey before he triggers a catastrophic attack aimed at the President of the United States. 
   
  The stakes couldn't be higher. The clock is ticking. 
   
  The Last Insurgent is a high-octane international thriller full of political conspiracies, deadly assassins, and the razor-sharp grit of a man who refuses to lose.

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  Love Is Murder

  Linda Palmer

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  Getting killed off is a soap star's worst nightmare, especially when it happens off camera. 
  Morgan Tyler is a beautiful, sassy young widow who lost the love of her life before she turned thirty and now puts all her romantic energies into her job as the head writer of the award-winning soap opera, Love of My Life. 
  When one of the show's starlets is injured in a hit-and-run accident, Morgan crosses paths with the homicide detective Matt Phoenix, who is immediately attracted to her. But their budding relationship becomes complicated when Morgan's boss is murdered and Morgan is revealed as the sole heir to his estate—despite their prickly relationship. Morgan's life is starting to look like one of her scripts.Does Matt suspect her? Now a real-life killer is after her. And her time—like sand through an hourglass—is running out.

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  The Noh Mask Murder

  Akimitsu Takagi

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  This ingeniously constructed masterpiece, written by one of Japan's most celebrated crime writers and translated into English for the first time, is perfect for locked-room mystery fans who can't resist a breathtaking conclusion. 
   
   
   
  In the Chizurui family mansion, a haunting presence casts a shadow over its residents. By night, an eerie figure, clad in a sinister Hannya mask is seen roaming around the house. An amateur murder mystery writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate—but his investigation takes a harrowing turn as tragedy strikes. 
   
   
   
  Within the confines of a locked study, the head of the family is found dead, with only an ominous Hannya mask lying on the floor by his side and the lingering scent of jasmine in the air. 
   
   
   
  As Takagi delves deeper into the perplexing case, he discovers a tangled web of secrets and grudges. Can he discover the link between the family and the curse of the Hannya mask? Who was the person who called the undertaker and asked for three coffins on the night of the murder? And do those three coffins mean the curse of the Hannya mask is about to strike again? 
   
   
   
  The Noh Mask Murder's legendary ending offers locked-room mystery fans the perfect mystery.

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  Darkness for Light

  Emma Viskic

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  The third book in Emma Viskic's pulsating Caleb Zelic series, perfect for fans of Jane Harper. 
   
  Caleb Zelic can't hear you. But he can see everything. 
   
  After a lifetime of bad decisions PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones. He's in therapy, his business is recovering and his relationship with his estranged wife Kat is on the mend. 
   
  But soon Caleb is drawn into the tangled life of his troubled ex partner Frankie, which leads to a confrontation with the cops. And when Frankie's niece is kidnapped, she and Caleb must work together to save the child's life. But can Caleb trust her after her past betrayals? 
   
   
  'A mazey delight of a mystery ...' IAN RANKIN

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