Due to the popularity of
our '100 Best' section, we were asked to compile another section
where we identify the first books in great series, as well as
other categories we use in our discussions with customers to aid
in their search for their next great mystery read. Below
please find a listing of our 12 categories and what we like.
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1st in Series - Exotic Locale
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Black, Cara |
Murder in the Marais - Paris |
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Camilleri, Andrea |
The Shape of Water - Sicily |
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Disher, Garry |
The Dragon Man - Australia |
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Genelin, Michael |
Siren of the Waters - Slovakia police
procedural |
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Gimenez-Bartlett, Alicia |
Dog Day - Spain |
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Hearn, Lian |
Across the Nightingale Floor - feudal
Japan |
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Jones, Stan |
White Sky, Black Ice - Alaska |
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Massey, Sujata |
The Salaryman's Wife - Japan |
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Pattison, Eliot |
The Skull Mantra - Tibet |
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Pawel, Rebecca |
Death of a Nationalist - Spain |
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Xiaolong, Qiu |
Death of a Red Heroine - China |
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1st in
Series -
Hardboiled |
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Battles, Brett |
The Cleaner |
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Beckett, Simon |
The Chemistry of Death |
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Box, CJ |
Open Season |
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Chercover, Sean |
Big City, Bad Blood |
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Eisler, Barry |
Rain Fall |
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Garcia-Roza, Luis |
Silence of the Rain |
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Hamilton, Steve |
Cold Day in Paradise |
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Hewson, David |
A Season for the Dead |
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Hughes, Declan |
The Wrong Kind of Blood |
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King, Jonathon |
The Blue Edge of Midnight |
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MacBride, Stuart |
Cold Granite |
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Robinson, Peter |
Gallows View |
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Wilson, Robert |
Instruments of Darkness |
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1st in
Series -
Softboiled |
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Barrett, Lorna |
Murder is Binding |
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Cleland, Jane |
Consigned to Death |
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Doughty, Louise |
An English Murder |
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Eglin, Anthony |
The Blue Rose |
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Fowler, Christopher |
Full Dark House |
| Joss, Morag |
Funeral Music |
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Lippman, Laura |
Baltimore Blues |
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Pears, Ian |
The Raphael Affair |
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Purser, Ann |
Murder on Monday |
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Smith, Julie |
New Orleans Mourning |
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Spencer-Fleming, Julia |
In the Bleak Midwinter |
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Taylor, Sarah Stewart |
O Artful Death |
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Thompson, Victoria |
Murder on Astor Place |
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1st in
Series -
Humorous |
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Atherton, Nancy |
Aunt Dimity's Death |
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Dorsey, Tim |
Florida Roadkill |
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Fforde, Jasper |
The Big Over Easy |
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Fiffer, Sharon |
Killer Stuff |
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Ford, GM |
Who in Hell is Wanda Fucha |
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Grabenstein, Chris |
Tilt A Whirl |
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Huston, Charlie |
Already Dead |
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Lutz, Lisa |
The Spellman Files |
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Martin, Nancy |
How to Murder a Millionaire |
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Matetsky, Amanda |
Murderers Prefer Blondes |
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Matturro, Claire |
Skinny-Dipping |
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Morris, Bob |
Bahamarama |
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Rehder, Ben |
Buck Fever |
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Smith, Mark Haskell |
Moist |
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Fabulous Historical
Mysteries
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Akunin,
Boris |
The
Winter Queen |
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Alexander,
Bruce |
Blind Justice |
| Allain
& Souvestre |
Fantomas |
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Ash,
Maureen |
The Alehouse Murders |
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Bayard,
Louis |
Mr Timothy |
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Benn,
James |
Billy Boyle |
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Benson,
Ann |
The Plague Tales |
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Bernstein,
Michael |
Conspirators |
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Blaine,
Michael |
The Midnight Band of Mercy |
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Bradby,
Tom |
The Master of Rain |
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Brandreth,
Gyles |
Oscar Wilde & A Death of No Importance |
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Busch,
Frederick |
The Night Inspector |
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Carey,
Peter |
The True History of the Kelly Gang |
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Cleverly,
Barbara |
The Last Kashmiri Rose |
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Cox,
Michael |
The Meaning of Night |
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Crabbe,
Richard |
Suspension |
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Finch,
Charles |
A Beautiful Blue Death |
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Franklin,
Ariana |
Mistress of the Art of Death |
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Franklin,
Tom |
Hell at the Breach |
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Fulmer,
David |
Chasing the Devil's Tail |
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Goodwin,
Jason |
The Janissary Tree |
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Gregorio,
Michael |
Critique of Criminal Reason |
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Hill,
Tobias |
Love of Stones |
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Hollingshead,
Greg |
BEDLAM |
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Jecks,
Michael |
The Last Templar |
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Kanon,
Joseph |
The Good German |
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King,
Laurie |
The Beekeeper's Apprentice |
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King,
Ross |
Ex-Libris |
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Kretser,
Michelle de |
The Hamilton Case |
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Middleton,
Haydn |
Grimm's Last Fairytale |
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Roberts,
John Maddox |
SPQR: The King's Gambit |
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Rosenbaum,
David |
Zaddik |
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Rowe,
Rosemary |
The Germanicus Mosaic |
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Rowland,
Laura Joh |
Shinju |
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Sansom,
Christopher |
Dissolution |
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Stashower,
Daniel |
The Beautiful Cigar Girl |
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Summerscale,
Kate |
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher |
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Suskind,
Patrick |
Perfume |
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Tallis,
Frank |
Death in Vienna |
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Thomas,
Will |
Some Danger Involved |
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Tremayne,
Peter |
Absolution for Murder |
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Unsworth,
Barry |
Morality Play |
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Watkins,
Paul |
The Forger |
| Winspear, Jacqueline |
Maisie
Dobbs |
| Zafon, Carlos Ruiz |
The
Shadow of the Wind |
| Zimler, Richard |
The
Last Kabbalist of Lisbon |
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Scandinavian
Crime Novels
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| Alvtegen,
Karin |
Betrayal |
| Alvtegen,
Karin |
Missing |
| Dahl.
K O |
The Fourth Man |
| Edwardson,
Ake |
Death's Angels |
| Edwardson,
Ake |
Frozen Tracks |
| Edwardson,
Ake |
Never End |
| Edwardson,
Ake |
Sun & Shadow |
| Ekman,
Kerstin |
Black Water |
| Eriksson,
Kjell |
The Cruel Stars of the Night |
| Eriksson,
Kjell |
The Demon of Dakar |
| Eriksson,
Kjell |
The Princess of Burundi |
| Fossum,
Karin |
Black Seconds |
| Fossum,
Karin |
Don't Look Back |
| Fossum,
Karin |
He Who Fears the Wolf |
| Fossum,
Karin |
The Indian Bride |
| Fossum,
Karin |
When the Devil Holds the Candle |
| Hoeg,
Peter |
Smilla's Sense of Snow |
| Holt,
Anne |
What Is Mine |
| Indridason,
Arnaldur |
The Drowning Lake |
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Indridason,
Arnaldur |
JAR
CITY |
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Indridason,
Arnaldur |
Silence
if the Grave |
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Indridason,
Analdur |
VOICES |
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Jungersen,
Christian |
The
Exception |
| Larsson,
Asa |
The Blood Spilt |
| Larsson,
Asa |
Sunstorm |
| Larsson,
Asa |
The Black Path |
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Larsson,
Stieg |
The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo |
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Larsson, Stieg |
The
Girl Who Played With Fire |
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Larsson, Stieg |
The
Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest |
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Mankell,
Henning |
Everything
Walander |
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Nesbo,
Jo |
The
Redbreast |
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Nesbo, Jo |
Nemesis |
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Nesbo, Jo |
The
Devil's Star |
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Sjowall
& Wahloo |
Martin
Beck - Roseanna et al |
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Tursten, Helene |
Detective Inspector Huss |
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Staff Picks - An Eclectic Mix
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| Abu-Jaber,
Diana |
Origin |
| Barry,
Max |
Jennifer Government |
| Baxter,
John |
A Pound of Paper |
| Burdett,
John |
Bangkok 8 |
| Downing,
David |
ZOO STATION |
| Downing,
David |
Silesian Station |
| Evans,
Jon |
Dark Places (Currently
Out of Print) |
| Ford,
Jeffrey |
The Girl in the Glass |
| Galloway,
Greg |
As Simple As Snow |
| Hart,
Erin |
Haunted Ground |
| Harwood,
John |
The Ghost Writer |
| Herron,
Mick |
Down Cemetary Road |
| Hjortsberg,
William |
Falling Angel |
| Levison,
Iain |
Since the Layoffs |
| Mina,
Denise |
Field of Blood |
| Mones,
Nicole |
A Cup of Light |
| Parker,
T Jefferson |
The Blue Hour |
| Penny,
Louise |
Still Life |
| Priest,
Christopher |
The Prestige |
| Read,
Cornelia |
A Field of Darkness |
| Simon,
Michael |
Dirty
Sally |
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Espionage (non- 007)
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Boyd, William |
Restless |
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Brodrick, William |
The Sixth Lamentation |
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Bromell, Henry |
Little America |
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Gabbay, Tom |
The Lisbon Crossing |
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Garfield, Brian |
Hopscotch |
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Hall, Adam |
Quiller Memorandum |
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McCarry, Charles |
Tears of Autumn |
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International
Favorites |
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Brophy, Grace |
The Last Enemy |
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Coe, Jonathan |
The Winshaw Legacy |
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Miyabe, Miyuki |
All She was Worth |
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Morrissey, J P |
Weekend at Blenheim |
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Takagi, Akimitsu |
The Tattoo Murder Case |
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Tough
Girls
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Abbott, Megan |
QUEENPIN |
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Black, Lisa |
Takeover |
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Compton, Jodi |
The 37th Hour |
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Rucka, Greg |
A Gentleman's Game |
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Scott, Manda |
No Good Deed |
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Sharp, Zoe |
First Drop |
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Tough
Guys
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Bruen, Ken |
The Guards |
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Ghelfi, Brent |
Volk's Game |
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Gofford, Christopher |
Snitch Jacket |
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Lindsay, Jeff |
Darkly Dreaming Dexter |
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Stark, Richard (Donald Westlake) |
The Hunter |
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Swierczynski, Duane |
The Wheelman |
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Temple, Peter |
Bad Debts |
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New
York City
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Bourdain, Anthony |
Bone in the Throat - Bourdain's 1st |
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Chang, Henry |
Chinatown Beat |
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Coleman, Reed Farell |
Walking the Perfect Square |
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O'Connell, Carol |
Mallory's Oracle - our favorite sociopath cop |
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Wheeler, Thomas |
The Arcanum |
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Serial Killer/Thrillers
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Brown, Dan |
Angels & Demons |
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Hawke, Richard
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Speak of the Devil |
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Hayder, Mo
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Birdman |
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McDermid,
Val |
The Mermaids Singing |
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Slaughter,
Karin |
Blindsighted |
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Teran, Boston
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God is
a Bullet - Depraved! |
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