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Hypothermia
by Arnaldur Indriðason
A detective investigates the suicide of a woman obsessed with her dead mother, uncovering dark family secrets.
“Indridason fills the void that remains after you've read Stieg Larsson's novels.”- USA Today on Hypothermia Inspector Erlendur has spent his entire career struggling to evade the ghosts of his past. ... (Goodreads)
The Draining Lake
by Arnaldur Indriðason
A body is found in a drained lake, leading Inspector Erlendur to investigate a Cold War-era mystery.
In the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake drops suddenly, revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for ... (Goodreads)
Voices
by Arnaldur Indriðason
A detective investigates the murder of a hotel Santa Claus, uncovering dark secrets and personal demons.
Mancano pochi giorni a Natale e nello squallido seminterrato di un grande albergo di Reykjavik viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo vestito da Babbo Natale e con i pantaloni abbassati. Si tratta ... (Goodreads)
Don't Look Back
by Karin Fossum
A psychological thriller about a murder investigation that uncovers dark secrets and hidden motives.
The body of a local teenage girl named Annie was found by an idyllic pond in the woods. The suspect list grows indefinitely. However, as Inspector Sejer and his partner Jacob Skarre question the ... (Wikipedia)
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
A tragic event shatters a woman's life, forcing her to leave her hometown and confront her past. A story of grief, loss, and redemption.
The novel focuses on June Reid, a beautiful, rich Connecticut woman. On the night before her daughter’s wedding, June Reid loses her daughter, her daughter’s fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend ... (Wikipedia)
Conclave
by Robert Harris
Political thriller about the election of a new Pope amid a power struggle in the Vatican.
The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy ... (Goodreads)
The Devil's Star
by Jo Nesbø
Murder mystery set in Oslo involving a mysterious pentagram symbol.
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the ... (Goodreads)
Red Sparrow
by Jason Matthews
A female Russian spy's mission to uncover a dangerous double agent and prevent a global disaster.
In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking ... (Goodreads)
The Hangman's Daughter
by Oliver Pötzsch
In 17th century Bavaria, a hangman and a physician's daughter team up to solve a series of murders.
Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of Bavarian hangman Jakob Kuisl, lives with her father outside the village walls and is destined to be married off to another hangman’s son—except that ... (Goodreads)
Nemesis
by Jo Nesbø
A detective attempts to uncover the truth behind a series of child murders and the mysterious figure behind them.
Detective Harry Hole must use his maverick methods once again as he investigates a slew of brutal bank robberies and the suspicious suicide of a female artist in this clever and harrowing installment ... (Goodreads)
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami
A young man's journey of love and loss set against the backdrop of the 1960s.
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of ... (Goodreads)
The Weekend
by Charlotte Wood
Three friends gather to clean out the beach house of their deceased friend, facing their own mortality and the complexities of their relationships.
Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend.Four older women have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, ... (Goodreads)
Justice Burning
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer takes on a case that could bring down a corrupt police department. But the stakes are high and danger lurks around every corner.
Former defense attorney Darren Street is desperately trying to put his life back together after spending two years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s rebuilding his law ... (Goodreads)
In the Dark
by Cara Hunter
A teenage girl goes missing in Oxford, and the police investigation uncovers dark secrets and unexpected twists.
From internationally bestselling author Cara Hunter, a riveting suspense novel about the shocking secrets revealed when a woman is discovered held captive behind a basement wall—and no one is who ... (Goodreads)
The Woman in the White Kimono
by Ana Johns
A forbidden love story set in post-WWII Japan, where a young woman must choose between tradition and her heart's desire.
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1957 . Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage would secure her family’s status in ... (Barnes & Noble)
Not Dead Enough
by Peter James
A detective investigates a murder case where the prime suspect has a solid alibi. As the investigation progresses, more secrets are revealed.
On the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least, that’s the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is called in to ... (Goodreads)
A Share in Death
by Deborah Crombie
A murder mystery set in a remote English countryside hotel, where everyone has a motive and secrets to hide.
A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's ... (Goodreads)
The Poisoned Pilgrim
by Oliver Pötzsch
In 1666, a monk investigates a murder in a remote monastery. Dark secrets and dangerous conspiracies are uncovered.
Godine 1666. pedesetak građana Schongaua kreće na hodočašće u samostan Andechs, a među njima su i medikus Simon Fronwieser i njegova supruga Magdalena, krvnikova kći. Simon u samostanu upoznaje ... (Goodreads)
Blood Test
by Jonathan Kellerman
Child psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a murder case involving a former patient and uncovers a web of secrets and lies.
When the parents of deathly ill five-year-old Woody Swope vanish with their child, psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, begin an investigation into their ... (Goodreads)
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell
A small Swedish village is rocked by a brutal murder, which leads to a global conspiracy. A thrilling mystery with political undertones.
In January 2006 the police make the gruesome discovery of the bodies of 19 people who have been brutally murdered in the remote hamlet of Hesjövallen in northern Sweden . The protagonist Birgitta ... (Wikipedia)
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
by Jenny Colgan
A young woman travels to Paris to work in a chocolate shop and discovers love, friendship, and the art of chocolate-making.
"...a book which should be devoured in one sitting, along with a box of chocolates"—Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author Award-winning author Jenny Colgan takes her charming romances ... (Barnes & Noble)
Justice Redeemed
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer seeks justice for a man wrongly accused of murder, uncovering corruption and danger along the way.
Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, ... (Goodreads)
The Hanging Girl
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A cold case detective investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl, uncovering a web of secrets and corruption.
In the middle of his usual hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. ... (Goodreads)
A Secret Kept
by Tatiana de Rosnay
A family vacation turns into a journey of self-discovery and uncovering long-buried family secrets.
This stunning novel from Tatiana de Rosnay, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sarah's Key, plumbs the depths of complex family relationships and the power of a past secret to change ... (Goodreads)
Fear Nothing
by Lisa Gardner
A geneticist with a rare condition that makes her insensitive to pain is drawn into a murder investigation.
In #1, New York Times, bestseller Lisa Gardner’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D. D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston. My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to ... (Goodreads)
Her Last Breath
by Linda Castillo
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the murder of an Amish grandmother, uncovering dark secrets and a web of lies.
An extraordinarily beautiful Amish woman, a dangerous femme fatale, is the central figure in a story that reveals a dark side of Painters Mill and its seemingly perfect Amish world A rainy night, an ... (Goodreads)
The Animators
by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Two female animators create a hit film, but their personal lives unravel as they confront their past traumas.
In the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo, the friction of their differences driving them: Sharon, quietly ambitious but self-doubting; Mel, brash and ... (Goodreads)
Crash & Burn
by Lisa Gardner
A woman with amnesia wakes up next to a wrecked car and a dead man. As she tries to uncover her identity, she realizes she may be a killer.
My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn’t. Nicole Frank shouldn’t have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not ... (Goodreads)
Because She Loves Me
by Mark Edwards
A gripping psychological thriller about a man whose perfect life is shattered when he discovers his girlfriend's dark past.
A gripping tale of jealousy, obsession and murder, from the No.1 Bestselling author of The Magpies . When Andrew Sumner meets beautiful, edgy Charlie, he is certain his run of bad luck has finally ... (Goodreads)
The Crooked Staircase
by Dean Koontz
Jane Hawk continues her quest to uncover a sinister conspiracy, risking everything to protect her son and bring justice to those responsible.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER • Jane Hawk—who dazzled readers in, The Silent Corner, and, The Whispering Room,—faces the fight of her life, against the threat of a lifetime, in this electrifying ... (Barnes & Noble)
