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The New Husband by D.J. Palmer

A page-turner but not without faults… After her husband mysteriously disappears without a trace, Nina is devastated to learn about his double life. With their finances dwindling fast, Nina has no intention to look for another man. But when Simon…
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The Truth About Murder by Chris Collett

  An intricate, engrossing police procedural… Fans of character-based, intricate British police procedurals will find plenty to like in Collett’s standalone crime drama featuring paralegal Stefan Greaves and rookie policeman Mick Fraser. Rita Todd, a pediatric nurse at a local…
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Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

  Highly gripping but not without flaws… In her latest psychological thriller, Hannah examines the power of money and the question of how far a person would go to maintain a perfect facade. It has been twelve years since Beth…
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The Beach by Sarah Linley

  A formulaic light thriller… Fresh out of university, when Holly and her three friends left for a backpacking trip to Thailand, they had no idea their life was going to change forever. After a horrible incident, the friends made…
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The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

  A page-turner… When twenty-one-year-old Julie Stender is found brutally murdered in her apartment, Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are called to investigate the case. As detectives wade through the long list of suspects, the victim’s landlady…
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Inside the Masque by R. T. W. Lipkin

  Outstanding, sinful to miss… Lipkin’s impressive police procedural is set in a far-future where everyone wears masques and secrets, lies, and deceits prevail. When Chief Inspector McNair and his team are called to investigate a murder at a high-profile…
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DEAD BEFORE MORNING (Rafferty and Llewellyn Police Procedural Series #1) by Geraldine Evans

  A lively and highly engrossing British mystery… Evans’s first installment in Rafferty and Llewellyn Police Procedural Series see DI Rafferty and Sergeant Llewellyn investigating vicious murder of a young woman at an unlikely place. Recently promoted Detective Inspector Joe…
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Cold Woods: Northampton County, Book 2 by Karen Katchur

  A well-done mystery… When the long-buried bones of a man surface in the middle of chilling winter in a small Pennsylvania town, it becomes imperative for the homicide detective Parker Reed to solve the crime at the earliest possible.…
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The Secrets by Jane Adams

  An enjoyable police procedural… At the heart of this darkly themed police procedural lie bitterness, hatred; fear, trauma; and child abuse. Detective Inspector Mike Croft is working through a convicted pedophile Fletcher’s upcoming appeal. Fletcher previously claimed to have…
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Campus Confidential (A Doctor Rowena Halley Novel, #1) by Sid Stark

Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read… Campus Confidential introduces the gutsy Doctor Rowena Halley, a new PhD professor who gets a temporary teaching job at poverty wages in New Jersey. While the job doesn’t help her with her quickly…
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Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen

  Intense, suspenseful, and an engrossing read… Adam and Sophie Warner are holidaying for the Memorial Day weekend to unwind and to fill the gaps seeping in their relationship. A stranger kidnaps Sophie on the first morning of their trip…
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Road Shrines (The Richard Carter Novels #8) by A.R. Simmons

  Definitely one of the best whodunits… A. R. Simmons remarkably maintains suspense up to the last page in his eighth outing for Richard Carter, a cop in rural Ozark sheriff’s department. An unauthorized exhumation leads to the discovery of…
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All the Broken People by Amy Rivers

  Interesting premise, brilliant descriptions, and relatable characters make All the Broken People an addictive read… Writer at a woman’s magazine Alice Bennett, the vulnerable protagonist of this moving story, is struggling to rebuild her marriage while trying to leave…
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The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

  A riveting pace and a set of intriguing characters help keep the pages turning… Lucy, who lost her mother at a young age and hoped to find a mother in her mother-in-law, is met with disappointment after she meets…
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The Stranger Inside by Laura Benedict

  Absorbing narrative with inconvincible ending… Kimber Hannon returns home after four days of vacation in the Lake of the Ozarks, to find that the key to her home doesn’t work. Apparently, the next-door neighbor has rented the place to…
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Never Tell by Lisa Gardner

Full of ingenious twists, Never Tell fails to deliver a shocking, realistic, and jaw-dropping finale, but it succeeds in serving up suspense at a frantic pace… When Sgt. Detective D. D. Warren breaks into the home of pregnant math teacher…