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Who Do, Voodoo?

Clinical psychologist Liz Cooper doesn't believe in ghosts. But when her best friend finds a tarot card tacked to her front door-and is then accused of murder-Liz will have to find a way to embrace the occult if she wants to outwit the real killer.

The Devil's Door: A Catherine LeVendeur Mystery

1140 Anno Domini:A wealthy countess lies dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is unwilling to name her killer.

Death of a Solitude African

An African college student spending the summer in Solitude disappears under mysterious circumstances. When authorities conclude that no foul play was involved, local sleuths, Dana, Fannie and Sharon, are invited to take a closer look.

The Square Root of Murder

Dr. Sophie Knowles teaches math at Henley College in Massachusetts, but when a colleague turns up dead, it's up to her to find the killer before someone else gets subtracted.

The Scam: A Fox and O'Hare Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O'Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail.

Scam Chowder

Val Deniston loves the historic Chesapeake Bay town where she lives with her grandfather, the Codger Cook. Running the fitness club's Cool Down Café-and salvaging the five-ingredient dishes Granddad messes up-keeps her busy.

Fatal Refuge

The old, Wild West town of Yuma, Arizona is again the site of murder and mayhem in this present-day thriller, Fatal Refuge. A beautiful but troubled Apache woman named Kim Altaha, her search-and-rescue dog Zayd and psychotherapist friend Allie Davis are embroiled in a set of gristly killings.

Tainted Tea for Two

Someone wants Viscount Embrey dead! Is it-His caring but determined barrister son, Gregory Gresham?

The Book of J.: Book 5

For fans of JD Robb, Dennis Lehane, and John Connolly, the final installment in the 5-book, USA Today-bestselling series critics call "thoroughly addictive." Jonestown was just the beginning.

Jacob's Ladder: A Shady Grove Mystery

When her husband left her for a younger woman, Rose Franklin bought a camper and started traveling.

Dead Duck: Hollis Ball and Sam Westcott Series, Vol. 2

Hollis Ball is back, this time covering the Decoy Jamboree, still smouldering over the light sentence Judge Fish gave a wife-murderer. Then someone bashes Fish on the head with an antique decoy.

The Other Romanian

With THE OTHER ROMANIAN, Argula has again hit the mark. This strange mystery revolves around a postage stamp belonging to Hitler and a man who doesn't want to be found.

So Bad a Death

The return of Maggie Byrnes, heroine of Murder in the Telephone Exchange. Maggie is married now, with a young son, and living in an outer Melbourne suburb.

Murder is Sweet in Hatterton Crow: Hatterton Crow, #2

The Nesting Dolls

Just hours before her body is found in a car in a parking lot, a young woman hands her baby to a perfect stranger and disappears. The stranger is the daughter of Delia Wainberg, a lawyer in the same firm as Joanne Kilbourn's husband.

Death Scene

British-born, Toronto-based, actress Shara Summers turns amateur sleuth when her sister is stricken with a mysterious illness.

Brooklyn Graves

A brutally murdered family man without an enemy in the world. A box full of charming letters home, written a century ago by an unknown female worker at the famed Tiffany studios.

The Schiele Slaughters

Bury the Hatchet

George Carter and his wife and two teenage daughters are just an ordinary family, living peacefully in the small British town of Uphill.

No Man Standing

Munch Mancini is on a mission to save an old friend, before her old life catches up to her. "Barbara Seranella brings rare street credibility to her crime mysteries… Muscular and entertaining.

Ragazza Insospettabile Scrive Noir

I racconti brevi sono prosa declinata in lirica. In un romanzo gli errori si possono mascherare.

Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder

Ellie Avery is a professional organizer, not a diplomat. But by agreeing to help organize a family wedding, she's basically signed on to prevent two mothers-in-law from killing each other.

Bloedig vermoord

Als feestbeest en bad girl Tiara Kent dood gevonden wordt in haar chique appartement heeft de moord alle kenmerken van de aanval van een vampier.

Claws for Alarm

""The purrfect sleuthy duo"* is back, and this time murder hits close to home for Nora Charles and her partner Nick, a stealthy little feline gumshoe groomed to solve a shocking crime.

Double Espresso

A cast of kooky, dangerous characters worthy of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiassen…A funny, often harrowing crime novel." -BOOKLIST In Double Espresso, the second book in the Loretta Kovacs thriller series, Loretta races to keep one hitman from killing another.

Wormwood

Evil can worm its way into the purest of hearts. China Bayles needs rest, and a historic Shaker village in Kentucky seems the ideal place for it.

Newlywed Dead

Unseen

She Woke Up With No Memories. She wakes up in a hospital room.

Murder a la Mode

Voluptuous P.I.

Fresh Doubt

Madison Faber is a brilliant American psychology graduate studying at a prestigious London college. At 8.

Exit Wounds: A Brady Novel of Suspense

Sugar Tower

The great real estate crash has pulled the rug out from beneath the feet of one of New York's best known developers.

Death By Sugar

Private investigator Jesse Clarke thought sugar was such an innocent substance until it turned up in two of her cases for totally the wrong reasons. Traces of sugar were found in a bomb that blew up her client's Mercedes.

Death in the Aegean

Another murder mystery for the stunning, but reckless and often aggressive Eve Masters.

A Solitude Holiday Skeleton

In the 18th in the Amish Country Murder Mystery Series, Dana is scouring South America for any signs of her only brother Phil who has escaped from prison. At the same time, a tremendous hurricane creates havoc in the Northeast.

Cooking Up Murder

This first Cooking Class Mystery introduces Annie and Eve, best friends with nothing in common-except a lack of skill in the kitchen. A series sure to please cooks, wannabes, the hip set, young and old.

Ice Cap: A Mystery

Crazy weather, crazy artists, organized crime, and digital wizardry all play a role in a murder mystery that could only happen in the Hamptons. It's the worst winter on record.

Murder After a Fashion

These days, not even a new wardrobe can keep fashionista Rita Jewel from feeling blue. Perhaps the cure is a cooking class with a celebrity chef!

STAGE (Alyssa Donovan Series #4)

Detective Alyssa Donovan and her partner Jack Keller are back, and this time there's more to the mystery than meets the eagle eye.

The Thirteenth Santa (A Rebecca Mayfield Novella)

Santa isn't always a saint. When Santa Claus lies dead and flattened (as if he'd fallen from his sleigh) in the middle of a mall on Christmas Eve, San Francisco Homicide Inspector Rebecca Mayfield is on the case.