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  Where the Bones Lie

  Nick Kolakowski

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  Centered around the small California town of San Douglas, Where the Bones Lie is an electrifying new mystery noir novel, perfect for fans of Jordan Harper. 
   
  For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home sweet home. He’s spent years helping to disappear the film industry’s worst secrets, and it’s left him a cynical burnout who loves bourbon a little too much. But when a young woman named Madeline Ironwood comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees it as a chance for redemption. 
   
  Madeline is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton was recently discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him.  
   
  Dash agrees to help, and as this desperate daughter and jaded cynic claw their way through a world of sun-bleached secrets, crooked cops, and Hollywood thugs, they soon uncover a massive conspiracy involving some of LA’s most powerful people. 
   
  Get ready for a fast-paced, darkly funny thriller with a twist you won’t see coming.

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  Brass Keys to Murder

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Navy Lieutenant Steve Craig is in one hell of a mess — accused of murdering his own father. And now, for Steve Craig, the plot's about to get down and dirty. Determined to find out who took his father's life — even if it means risking his own — Steve follows a trail of smoke and mirrors and sudden violence to a terrible truth and an astonishing secret that will change his life forever.

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  Everything Has Happened - A Novel

  T. Greenwood

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  A disappearance from the past echoes in the future in this ambitious and wrenching mystery, perfect for readers of The God of the Woods.In 1986, a child disappeared. Nearly forty years later, a tip line rings.It’s been almost four decades since Edie Marshall’s little brother, Charlie, vanished on his walk home from day camp. After the case went cold, Edie—who had once dreamed of pursuing a life beyond the confines of her small Vermont town—never left, her dreams disappearing right along with Charlie. In her fifties now, she teaches at her old high school and has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing mother.When the long-dormant tip line set up for Charlie rings for the first time in years, Edie assumes it’s a wrong number—but on the other end is Jericho Jenkins, the only person of interest ever identified in the investigation. Jericho believes he’s found something of Charlie’s on his property, and with this news, all the pain and uncertainty of that summer rushes back to Edie, including vivid memories of her best friend, Trill: their shared secrets and the devastating lie Edie told that could have changed everything.Now Jericho is under suspicion again, Trill is coming home, and her mother’s hope is renewed. Edie’s in the same place with the same people as when Charlie first vanished, but somehow everything is different now, and maybe this time they can discover the truth.Everything Has Happened is not only a compelling mystery of a missing child but a story of forbidden young love, a deeply moving novel for readers of Rebecca Makkai and Angie Kim.

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  Not Like Her - A suspenseful...

  H.K. Christie

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  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Suspenseful and entertaining. It kept me anticipating the next move and when she would begin to suspect the danger that she was in. Hard to put down!” 
  Selena longs to flee her uneasy home life. Prepping every spare minute for a college escape, the headstrong, high school senior vows never to be like her alcoholic mom with her string of abusive boyfriends. So when Selena finds her beaten nearly to death, she knows safety is slipping away... 
  With her mother's violent lover evading justice, Selena's cute new beau's offer to move in seems Heaven-sent. But jealous rage and a renewed search for her long-lost father threaten to pull her back into harm's way. 
  Can Selena break free of an ugly past, or will brutal men crush her hopes of a better future? 
  Taking place immediately after the end of Echoes of Her, Martina Monroe Book 12, Not Like Her is the first book in the Selena Bailey series—a collection of suspenseful fiction detailing young Selena's turbulent path to becoming a top-notch private investigator under the guidance of her mentor, Martina Monroe. If you like thrilling twists, dark tension, and smart and driven young women, then you’ll love this dark thriller series.

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  Room With a Clue - A Pennyfoot...

  Kate Kingsbury

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  The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly murderer, however, it is up to Cecily Sinclair to restore order before Scotland Yard steps in and shuts down her infamous seaside hotel.Lady Eleanor Danbury thoroughly enjoyed the view of the ocean from the rooftop garden of the Pennyfoot Hotel, until someone pushed her over and she fell four stories to her death. In order to keep secret the goings-on of her illustrious guests, Cecily takes on the task of tracking down a killer.There are no shortage of suspects, since Lady Eleanor managed to alienate everyone with whom she came in contact. That includes the downstairs staff, her fellow aristocrats staying at the hotel, and even her own husband. Since Inspector Cranshaw of Scotland Yard is bound and determined to shut down the Pennyfoot and put a stop to all the hanky-panky, Cecily must work fast and be terribly discreet, or she might lose her home—and her livelihood . . .

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  The Creeping Man - The...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Discover The Adventure of the Creeping Man, one of Sherlock Holmes' final cases before his retirement. When Professor Presbury returns from a mysterious trip to Prague, his strange behavior and secretive actions spark alarm in his family. As Holmes investigates, he uncovers a bizarre and shocking cause behind the professor's odd transformations, proving that even the most unusual mysteries are no match for his brilliant mind.

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