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Eight Perfect Murders
by Peter Swanson
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The Devil and the Dark Water
by Stuart Turton
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Curious Toys
by Elizabeth Hand
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The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
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The Feral Detective: A Novel
by Jonathan Lethem
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Three Things About Elsie
by Joanna Cannon
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The Word Is Murder
by Anthony Horowitz
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A Death of No Importance: A Mystery
by Mariah Fredericks
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The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lennox Series
by Charles Finch
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Mississippi Blood: A Natchez Burning Novel #3
by Greg Iles
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The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins
by Antonia Hodgson
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Jade Dragon Mountain
by Elsa Hart
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Bad Country: A Novel
by CB McKenzie
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Murder at the 42nd Street Library: A Mystery
by Con Lehane
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Plague Land
by S.D. Sykes
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The Invention of Fire
by Bruce Holsinger
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Honky Tonk Samurai: A Hap and Leonard Novel
by Joe R. Lansdale
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Doctor Death: A Madeleine Karno Mystery
by Lene Kaaberbol
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The Three-Nine Line
by David Freed
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Natchez Burning: A Penn Cage Novel, Natchez Burning Trilogy #1
by Greg Iles
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The Watcher: A Novel of Crime
by Charlotte Link
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The Convert's Song
by Sebastian Rotella
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Nine Days: A Mystery
by Minerva Koenig
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The Stranger on the Train
by Abbie Taylor
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The Search
by Geoff Dyer
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The Midwife's Tale
by Sam Thomas
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Detroit Shuffle: A Detroit Mystery
by D.E. Johnson
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The Prophet
by Michael Koryta
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Homesick
by Roshi Fernando
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