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Spider Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist uncovers secrets and lies in the investigation of a missing person.
Brennan is called to examine a newly-dead body in Quebec , which turns out to be that of John "Spider" Lowery, an American ex-soldier apparently killed in Vietnam in 1968. After exhuming the remains ... (Wikipedia)
Bones Are Forever
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates the murder of three newborn babies and their mother.
The discovery of three dead new-born babies in Montreal leads Brennan and on-off lover Detective Andrew Ryan to follow the trail of the missing mother first to Edmonton and then on to Yellowknife , ... (Wikipedia)
Bones Never Lie
by Kathy Reichs
An anthropologist solves a cold case murder, uncovering a web of secrets.
In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered. Unexpectedly called in to the ... (Goodreads)
W is for Wasted
by Sue Grafton
Detective Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of a young woman whose life was ruined by drugs and alcohol.
The narrative is set in Santa Teresa, a small fictional town near the California coast where Kinsey lives and spends time with her elderly landlord. The story, however, takes place in the very real ... (Wikipedia)
Last to Die
by Tess Gerritsen
A gripping thriller featuring a determined detective in pursuit of a lethal serial killer.
Rizzoli & Isles • Hit series on TNT, ,, NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER, , , ,“One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”—,The Providence Journal, , For the second time in his short ... (Barnes & Noble)
Unlucky 13
by James Patterson
A murder mystery set in a small town, as a detective attempts to uncover the truth.
When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than ... (Goodreads)
Flesh and Bone
by Jefferson Bass
Forensic anthropologist investigates a case of a missing skeleton and dark secrets are uncovered.
Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of ... (Goodreads)
Thankless in Death
by J.D. Robb
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a series of brutal murders linked to a self-help guru. The case becomes personal when her own husband becomes a target.
In the latest suspense thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, the year 2060 is drawing to a close in New York City and loved ones are coming together for Thanksgiving. But sometimes ... (Goodreads)
Carved in Bone
by Jefferson Bass
Forensic anthropologist explores a murder in the Smoky Mountains.
The Body Farm is a patch of ground in Tennessee dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent ... (Barnes & Noble)
Postmortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.
The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)
Die Again
by Tess Gerritsen
A homicide detective races to solve a murder and uncover a dark conspiracy hidden within the city.
The latest enthralling case in Tess Gerritsen's New York Times bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series, the blockbuster books behind the smash hit TNT series. Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case ... (Goodreads)
Cause of Death
by Patricia Cornwell
A medical examiner and her team investigate a series of murders connected to a mysterious virus.
It is New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted ... (Goodreads)
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
A female detective investigates a missing persons case that reveals a sinister family secret.
In 1953, Violet Sullivan vanishes after going out for a Fourth of July party in the small town of Serena Station, California. The exact reason for her disappearance is unknown, but rumors abound that ... (Wikipedia)
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)
The 9th Girl
by Tami Hoag
A serial killer is on the loose, and the ninth victim is missing. Detective Kovac and his team race against time to find her before it's too late.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author Tami Hoag brings back her fan-favorite Minneapolis investigators Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska in the haunting new thriller, The 9th Girl,. "Kovac had seen more ... (Goodreads)
Concealed in Death
by J.D. Robb
Detective Eve Dallas investigates a murder with an unlikely suspect and the possibility of a deep-seated conspiracy.
In a decrepit, long-empty New York building, Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, there are two skeletons ... (Goodreads)
Red Bones
by Ann Cleeves
A murder mystery set in the Shetland Islands, where secrets and lies are uncovered in a tight-knit community.
An island shrouded in mist and a community with secrets buried in the past . . . When a young archaeologist studying on a site at Whalsay discovers a set of human remains, the island settlers are ... (Goodreads)
Zoo
by James Patterson
A group of strangers must work together to survive a mysterious pandemic unleashed in a national zoo.
The novel centers on Jackson Oz, who is an outcast among professional and academic ecologists and biologists . Oz has tried for years to get these scientists to listen to the data he has been ... (Wikipedia)
Another Man's Moccasins
by Craig Johnson
Sheriff Walt Longmire investigates a murder that leads him to unravel a decades-old mystery and confront his own past.
Walt Longmire unravels a mystery that connects two murders across forty years When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt ... (Goodreads)
Festive in Death
by J.D. Robb
Detective Eve Dallas investigates a murder in a time of celebration.
Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn’t count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest. Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who were loved and ... (Goodreads)
Sycamore Row
by John Grisham
A lawyer in Mississippi must unravel a mysterious will and its secrets.
The title refers to a row of sycamore trees in the countryside near the fictional town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi . The trees play an important role in the book's plot, though ... (Wikipedia)
Touch & Go
by Lisa Gardner
A gripping thriller of a woman's desperate quest to uncover her family's dark secrets.
#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner, author of Catch Me and Love You More , returns with a heart-thumping thriller about what lurks behind the facade of a perfect family. This is my family: ... (Goodreads)
High Heat
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher investigates a case of arson in a small town, uncovering a web of corruption and violence.
Thriller master Lee Child returns with an exclusive eBook short story. In the midst of a savage heat wave and an infamous murder spree, a blackout awakens the dark side of the city that never ... (Goodreads)
The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon
An epic fantasy about a group of resistance fighters fighting against a powerful, oppressive regime.
The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by ... (Wikipedia)
The Crossing Places
by Elly Griffiths
An amateur archaeologist follows clues to uncover a dark secret in a remote coastal town.
Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties and lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not ... (Goodreads)
White Fire
by Douglas Preston
A thrilling mystery-adventure, uncovering a lost secret hidden in the ruins of the Mayan city.
Corrie Swanson sets out to solve a long-forgotten mystery. In 1876, in a remote mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, several miners were killed in devastating grizzly bear ... (Wikipedia)
The Silent Girl
by Tess Gerritsen
A medical examiner and a detective investigate a series of gruesome murders in Boston.
Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both. In the murky shadows of ... (Goodreads)
Blue Labyrinth
by Douglas Preston
FBI Agent Pendergast investigates a string of murders linked to an ancient artifact. A thrilling mystery with unexpected twists and turns.
—Review by, Kirkus Reviews, , ... (Wikipedia)
Dressed for Death
by Donna Leon
A Venetian detective investigates a murder with a complicated web of suspects and motives.
Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes of escaping the sweltering heat of Venice in August for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in a ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
A tale of friendship, love, and unexpected connections in a small Irish village.
Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the ... (Goodreads)
