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  The Dollhouse Murders

  by Betty Ren Wright

  Amy is terrified. She hears scratching and scurrying noises coming from the doll house, and the dolls she was playing with are not where she left them. Dolls can't move by themselves, she tells herself. But every night when Amy goes into the attic to check on the dollhouse, it is filled with and eerie light and the dollc have moved again! Are the dolls trying to tell her something? Are their movements connected... (more)
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  The Man from Beijing

  by Henning Mankell

  The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries now gives us an electrifying stand-alone thriller that takes off into a sweeping international drama. January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: her grandparents, the Andréns, are among the victims. The... (more)
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  Lily Dale: Book 1

  Awakening

  by Wendy Corsi Staub

  Calla thought that her boyfriend breaking up with her in a text message was the worst thing that could ever happen to her. But just two weeks later, her mother died in a freak accident, and life as she knew it was completely over. With her father heading to California for a new job, they decide that Calla should spend a few weeks with the grandmother she barely knows while he gets them set up.      To Calla’s... (more)
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  Return to Bone Tree Hill

  by Kristin Butcher

  Did Jessica murder one of her playmates, a troubled boy named Charlie, when she was twelve years old? Disturbed by a recurring dream and needing to clear her conscience, Jessica returns to Victoria, British Columbia, her hometown and the site of the possible crime. There she catches up with her longtime best friend, Jilly, who confirms that Charlie did in fact go missing the week that Jessica’s family relocated to... (more)
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  The Hunter

  by John Lescroart

  John Lescroart is the bestselling author of eighteen previous novels, which have sold more than ten million copies. He lives with his family in Northern California.
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  Hackberry Holland: Book 2

  Rain Gods

  by James Lee Burke

  When Hackberry Holland became sheriff of a tiny Texas town near the Mexican border, he'd hoped to leave certain things behind: his checkered reputation, his haunted dreams, and his obsessive memories of the good life with his late wife, Rie. But the discovery of the bodies of nine illegal aliens, machine-gunned to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church, soon makes it clear that he won't escape so... (more)
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  The Circle Opens: Book 4

  Shatterglass

  by Tamora Pierce

  Kethlun Warder was a gifted glassmaker until his world was shattered in a freak accident. Now his remaining glass-magic is mixed with lightning, and Tris must teach him to control it (if she can teach him to control his temper first). But there's more at stake than Keth's education. With his strange magic, he creates glass balls which reflect the immediate past and expose the work of a murderer. If he can harness... (more)
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  Annabelle Archer Mysteries: Book 1

  Better Off Wed: An Annabelle Archer Mystery

  by Laura Durham

  The murder of a particularly difficult mother-of-the-bride has cast a pall on wedding planner Annabelle Archer's latest triumph -- and suspicion falls heavily on her sometime-business partner and friend Richard Gerard. Annabelle knows that even her trusted wedding emergency kit won't be able to salvage their careers if she and Richard can't find the real culprit. It's no easy task since the slain matron was... (more)
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  Agent Pendergast: Book 1

  Relic

  by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

  The book that started the New York Times bestselling collaboration of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.   Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate... (more)
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  The CARTEL: Book 2

  The Cartel 2

  by JaQuavis

  Diamonds are forever . . . or are they? The Cartel runs Miami, and loyalty to their organization runs deep, but when someone breaks the rules, things may be beyond repair. A snitch in the crew has dismantled the notorious Cartel, and now disloyalty threatens to tear the family apart. Young Carter is in the fight for his life, as he faces drug kingpin charges due to the treachery of his best friend, Ace.Kidnapping,... (more)
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  The Graveyard Book

  by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Chris Riddell

  Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of... (more)
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  Black Creek Crossing

  by John Saul

  The dark history and dire secrets of a peaceful small town are summoned from the shadows of the past. Unholy forces are stirred from long slumber to monstrous new life. And two young misfits discover the chilling art of turning persecution into retribution. With these eerie ingredients, bestselling master John Saul once again works his unique brand of sinister magic to conjure an unforgettable tale of unspeakable... (more)
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  Harry Bosch: Book 6

  Angels Flight

  by Michael Connelly

  Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is... (more)
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  Sword of Truth

  The Sword of Truth (Books 4-6)

  Temple of the Winds / Soul of the Fire / Faith of the Fallen

  by Terry Goodkind

  This Mass Market Boxed Set, is the Second Boxed Set of The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind: The Box Set includes: Temple of the Winds , 0-812-55148-6 Soul of the Fire , 0-812-55149-4 Faith of the Fallen , 0-812-57639-X Book 4: Temple of the Winds On the red moon will come the firestorm... Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard Rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the D'Haran... (more)
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  The Sookie Stackhouse series/Southern Vampire Mysteries

  Home Improvement

  Undead Edition

  by Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, Melissa Marr, Toni L. P. Kelner

  There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed in with their reality shows, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner return with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of... (more)
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  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

  An Eclipse Novella

  by Stephenie Meyer

  This novella introduces the story of Bree Tanner, who appears in Eclipse. It explains the building up of the army that Riley creates for Victoria.I watched his body change. He crouched on the roof, one hand gripping the edge. All that strange friendliness disappeared, and he was a hunter. That was something I recognized, something I was comfortable with because I understood itI turned off my brain.... (more)
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  Romeo and Juliet

  by William Shakespeare

  Shakespeare's tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers who defy their warring families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.
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  Blood Orchard

  by S.D. Hintz

  Coren Raines has relocated to hell. Six-month-old triplets vanish a block from his house. His backyard sprouts the dead like a cursed cemetery. His panic room is a haunted tomb. And the more secrets he unearths, the more evidence there is to hide from a sheriff hell-bent on framing him. Summer 1993. Francine Heller fantasizes about prom dresses and romantic dances. Three bullies butcher her dreams into... (more)
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  Laurel McKay: Book 1

  Dying for a Date

  by Cindy Sample

  When her dating service turns deadly, Laurel must race to find the killer before she becomes the next victim- Not sure if she is looking for Mr. Right, or Mr. Every Other Saturday Night, recently divorced Laurel McKay reluctantly joins THE LOVE CLUB, a matchmaking agency advertised as the safe alternative to on-line dating. After Bachelor one decides he wants her for dessert, Laurel dispatches him with her... (more)
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  Monk: Book 12

  Mr. Monk on the Couch

  by Lee Goldberg

  Monk is back in the twelfth book based on the incredibly popular USA Network series. Three strangers, each a murder victim: a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman. They have something more in common than death and Monk can't believe what it is-a couch. Before you find out why, you'd better sit down.