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THE VALLEY Chris Hammer
$ 34.99
A controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley , but this is no ordinary case . Ivan and Nell are soon contending with cowboy lawyers , conmen , bullion thieves and grave robbers . But it ’ s when Nell discovers the victim is a close blood relative that the past begins to take on a looming significance . The Valley features a page-turning plot , intriguing characters and an evocative sense of place where nothing is ever quite what it seems . Chris Hammer , the acclaimed author of Scrublands , presents another immersive and emotionally rewarding thriller .
THE HOUSE OF CROSS : ALEX CROSS # 32
James Patterson
$ 34.99 $ 29.99
A serial killer is taking out America ’ s finest legal minds , and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders . But during a dangerous mission to track down the killer , his wife , Bree , and best friend , John Sampson , go missing . If he fails this mission , there will be no one left in the House of Cross .
THE CLOSE-UP Pip Drysdale
$ 34.99
Zoe Ann Weiss , a blocked novelist with a failed debut , runs into her old flame , Zach , now a movie star . As they start dating , her creativity returns , but Zoe is thrust into the public eye . Soon , a stalker begins re-enacting violent scenes from her novel , and now she ’ s the target .
THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM Laura Dave
$ 34.99
Sometimes those we love hide the darkest secrets . From the author of the # 1 New York Times bestseller and Reese ’ s Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me . One beautiful Californian evening , a wealthy businessman falls to his death from his secluded clifftop house onto the rocks below . A tragic accident ? Or murder ? Filled with passion , intrigue , lies , and dark , dark family secrets , The Night We Lost Him is a page turning mystery you won ' t ever want to put down .
EVERYWHERE WE LOOK Martine Kropkowski
$ 34.99
A year after a tragic incident splintered their friendship , three women travel to Marcoy , a regional town , in an attempt to reconnect . But when they witness a young girl being coerced into a car , they are forced to reckon with the chasm of grief and trauma that ’ s kept them apart .
THE DROWNED : A STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MYSTERY John Banville
$ 32.99
1950s , rural Ireland . A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field and soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person ’ s case . Called in from Dublin is Detective Inspector Strafford , who soon turns to his old ally – the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke – a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways .
MIDNIGHT AND BLUE : A JOHN REBUS THRILLER Ian Rankin
$ 34.99 $ 29.99
John Rebus spent his life putting Edinburgh ’ s most deadly criminals behind bars . Now , he ’ s joined them ... As new allies and old enemies circle , even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head . That is , until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery . They say old habits die hard ...
OPAL : DS WALKER # 3 Patricia Wolf
$ 32.99
DS Lucas Walker is off duty with his half-sister Grace when they drive to Kanpara , a mining town , to pick up his cousin Blair . Upon arrival , a flood isolates the town , and two brutal murders occur . Walker suspects a connection to a rumored opal find and must solve the case to protect his family before the roads reopen . This thrilling instalment is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns .
EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET Benjamin Stevenson
$ 29.99
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling Ernest Cunningham mysteries . Unwrap all the Christmas staplespresents , family , an impossible murder or two , and a deadly advent calendar of clues . If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe ...
EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT Benjamin Stevenson
$ 22.99
The bestselling follow-up to the international hit Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone . Another deliciously witty locked room mystery , for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz – plus bonus short story ! 6 writers . 5 detectives . 4 days . 2 murders . 1 train . Now in a smaller format .
SMOKE Michael Brissenden
$ 34.99
After a brutal wildfire tears through the town of Jasper in the Californian Sierras , a body is discovered in a shed . Detective Alex Markov , sent back after years away from Jasper amid an LAPD corruption investigation , reveals a town corrupt to its core – but exposing that corruption could destroy her and the people she loves .
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