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"Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin's fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and...
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2023.
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"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--
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"After Dr. Jack Stapleton's near-death confrontation with a medical serial killer, his wife, NYC Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery, is carrying the load both at home and at work. When Laurie insists Dr. Ryan Sullivan -- an underperforming senior pathology resident who is spending his required month at the medical examiner's office but who truly detests doing forensic autopsies -- assist her on a suicide autopsy in the hopes of stimulating his...
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"Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she's shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents. Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals -- with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist,...
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Indian Lake trilogy volume 03
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English
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It's been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There's a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there's one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront... until Jade...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her-someone who knows about her murderous hobby-and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.
9) Killing me
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"Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer--she's savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she's more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she's miraculously saved by a mysterious woman...who promptly disappears. Who was she? And why is she hunting serial killers? You'd think escaping one psychopath would be enough, but Amber's problems are...
10) The last word
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Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
11) Dead of winter
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"From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run. When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced...
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(Lisa L.).Detective Josie Quinn thriller volume 18
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Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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When a desperate mother calls Denton Police Department to report her children missing, Detective Josie Quinn races to investigate.
14) The last sinner
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2023.
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"There are killers so savage, so twisted, that they leave a mark not just on their victims, but on everyone who crosses their path. For Detectives Bentz and Montoya, Father John, a fake priest who used the sharpened beads of a rosary to strangle prostitutes, is one such monster. Bentz thought he'd ended that horror years ago when he killed Father John deep in the swamp. But now there are chilling signs he may have been wrong. A new victim has surfaced,...
16) Nutured blood
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Initio Magna
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Daedalia is completely lost in life; and to make matters worse, people she knows keep dropping dead right in front of her, one murder after another. Regardless of the consequences, she begins searching for the killer through clues. Getting closer to the truth restores her wasted potential, building her confidence and gradually loving herself more. Can she find herself before the killer finds her? -- adapted from back cover.
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Browhill Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"24-year-old Ada Carpenter couldn't wait for her DreamScape Ltd. chip to be implanted in her brain so she could build her own escape from reality while she slept. What she didn't imagine, was that her own special dreamscape would collide with others and now she can't seem to escape the nightmare. Little did she realize that she was about to become entangled in a technologically enhanced killing spree."
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Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A serial killer who vanished 40 years prior emerges from hibernation and is being tracked by a retired LAPD officer, a teenager with a terminal disease and a genealogist trying to repair her marriage.
20) Shallow grave
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Harlequin intrigue volume 2126
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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With her inheritance comes a stalker, a killer and maybe even Mr. Right. Science teacher Daisy Brighton's inheritance incudes a rare and legendary gold bullion, rumored to be hidden in a Colorado graveyard. However, once she starts searching, what she finds instead is a murdered woman and gorgeous Park Service ranger A.P. Carter. Though she's a city girl and he's a mountain man, their immediate attraction explodes as they track down a serial killer...