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Penguin Putnam Inc Murder She Wrote A Killer on the Court
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ted Bells Warmonger
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British Library Publishing The Seat of the Scornful
Book SynopsisWith a number of strange items making up the physical evidence Dr Gideon Fell, himself an old friend of Ireton's, is summoned to help with the deceptively simple - yet increasingly complex - investigation.
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Penguin Books Ltd Threat Vector
Book SynopsisINSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES, JACK RYAN, FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR''A brilliant, enthralling read, I couldn''t put this book down'' 5***** Reader Review''Action from the start right through to the final pages'' 5***** Reader Review______The spies are being spied on . . .When Jack Ryan Jr, on a highly secret, off-the-books Campus mission in Turkey, discovers that his team''s every move is monitored, he knows that US intelligence has been fatally compromised.Back in the States, President Ryan watches in horror as China''s weakened leader bends to a war-mongering general intent on turning the East into a bloodbath. At the same time, America comes under cyber-attack from China, crippling government and military infrastructure.President Ryan needs to act: a covert team must go in and neutralise these threats, and the Campus is the perfect fit.Except a sinister figure known only as the Center is watching the Campus and Jack Ryan Jr''s every move.Any wrong step might just be their last . . .______''Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict'' Sunday TimesPraise for Tom Clancy:''Clancy creates not only compelling characters but frighteningly topical situations and heart-stopping action'' Washington Post''He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale'' New York Times Book Review
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Canongate Books Sentenced to Death
Book SynopsisWho knew being a writer for hire could be so dramatic? Join Veronica in her fourth adventure as writer-turned sleuth!When writer for hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to write the copy for The Friends of Hyde Park''s annual house and garden tour, she never expects to get involved in a violent death. But that''s exactly what happens when famous author Landon Donte is found dead in his study during a dinner to highlight the tour. With his career on the wane, and apparently having deleted his last manuscript, it looks as though Landon committed suicide. But Veronica isn''t so sure. She discovers that left-handed Landon was killed by someone right-handed and becomes convinced someone murdered him. It''s true that Landon had many enemies: his rival and neighbor, bestselling romance author RL Lincoln; his put-upon assistant, Brad; even his own daughter! But are any of them capable of murder? Veronica is determined to uncover the truth . . .
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Canongate Books Unsafe Haven
Book SynopsisA chance meeting on the New York subway leads to the destinies of two very different women becoming intertwined with terrifying consequences.Sixteen-year-old Addison is on the run. She''s leaving her life on New York''s streets behind for a new one with Rafe, armed with just his phone number on a scrap of paper. She''s taking the subway to meet him in New Jersey. He''ll take care of her. Or so she thinks . . .Elizabeth Brown''s world has fallen apart and she''s thinking about her newly ex-fiancé. Until she locks eyes with a teenage girl while waiting for the train doors to open, and a bundle is thrust into her arms as she leaves the subway. A baby, wrapped in a dirty coat.Elizabeth phones the number she finds in the coat pocket. Then wishes she hadn''t. Someone wants Addison and the baby. And they''ll do whatever it takes to get them . . .
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Canongate Books Roar Back
Book SynopsisRemarkable stuff. Fans of Bill James'' Harpur and Iles saga of cops and robbers are in for quite a treat - Kirkus Reviews Starred ReviewSergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars fails with a task set to him by his former captain and the consequences look set to spark a gangland war in Montreal.Montreal, 1978. Newly promoted Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars attends the scene of seventeen break-ins at an apartment complex. Nothing more than stolen toasters. Cinq-Mars suspects that the burglaries are a trial run for a bigger heist . . . until he discovers a body pinned to a wall with a machete in one apartment.When the former captain of Night Patrol, Armand Touton, receives a tip from an undercover informant in the Mafia, Cinq-Mars is ordered to intervene with a prisoner''s release: the man must stay behind bars. He fails with the task and the immediate consequences are devastating. While trying to remedy his failure,
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Canongate Books Murder in the Cloister 4 A Christine de Pizan
Book SynopsisChristine de Pizan is in danger when she is sent to the Priory of Poissy to catch the killer of a young nun in this vividly imagined historical mystery set in fourteenth-century France.Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace to copy a manuscript for the prioress. But the prioress already has many copyists, and Christine senses that something is amiss.Her suspicions are confirmed when the prioress reveals that one of the sisters has been found murdered in the cloister. Fearing for the welfare of the king''s young daughter who resides at the abbey, she is eager for Christine to find out who killed the young nun - and why.As Christine investigates, she uncovers dark mischief and closely guarded secrets, but can she unmask a killer?
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Canongate Books Terminal Black
Book SynopsisFormer MI5 agent Harry Tate is drawn back into the field when an old friend goes missing - and discovers the stakes could not be higher.Harry Tate has one rule: you don''t abandon your friends. When he learns that former colleague Rik Ferris has had a breakdown and disappeared, allegedly in possession of highly sensitive secrets from MI6''s archives, he agrees to look for him and, if possible, bring him back in. But where to begin? Rik could be anywhere in the world.All Harry knows is, if he doesn''t find Rik, others will be sent out instead. And they won''t play by the same rules.What Harry doesn''t know is that Rik is being held prisoner and tortured for information relating to a high-level mole in the British establishment. If he doesn''t tell his captors what he knows, it will result in a devastating cyber attack designed to bring the UK to its knees.
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Canongate Books Best Kept Secrets 2 A Nora Best mystery 2
Book SynopsisNora heads home to Chateau in search of a fresh start, but her arrival comes at a time of social unrest that threatens to uncover long-hidden secrets.Nora Best is done running. She''s heading to her hometown of Chateau, to the grand Quail House, to stay with her mother and claim the great American privilege of starting over. But she might find it is hard to start over when the past is catching up . . .The night Nora arrives in Chateau, a white police officer shoots and kills Robert Evans, a young black man. The officer in question is Nora''s school sweetheart, Alden Tydings. What really happened that night? Did Alden act in self-defense as he claims? Robert is the nephew of Bobby Evans, a man whose murder during the race protests of 1967 was never solved. Bobby and his sister, Grace, used to work at Quail House before Nora was born and, as tensions in Chateau rise, Nora begins to uncover secrets within her family home that could upend the lives
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Canongate Books The Drummers
Book SynopsisPolice Chief Josie Gray''s life is complicated when sparks and bullets begin to fly after her small town in Texas is overrun by a community wishing to live off grid. The residents of the small town of Artemis are suspicious when a community called The Drummers moves into a local abandoned church. Their leader, Gideon, claims their aim is simple: to live peacefully off the grid without government interference. But when local power substations are sabotaged and the whole of West Texas loses electricity, all fingers point to them. Forced to intervene, Police Chief Josie Gray and her team try to enter the church only for gunshots to be exchanged. Inside the church one young girl is killed, with Gideon claiming Josie''s stray bullet hit her.Was Josie responsible? Did one of The Drummers murder the girl and use Josie as a patsy? Were The Drummers responsible for the power outage? As Josie identifies an ever-widening pool of suspects, she learns of a shocking connection reaching far beyond West Texas.
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Canongate Books Ball Park
Book SynopsisGetting inside is easy; the stress comes in getting out clean. A case of breaking and entering escalates after Émile Cinq-Mars transfers from the Night Patrol.Montreal, 1975. Detective Émile Cinq-Mars is transferring from the Night Patrol - the notoriously tough department of officers in charge of watching over the city as it sleeps - to the day shift. His old superior has seen to it that he''s assigned to partner Yves Giroux, another ex-Night Patrol detective some say isn''t on the ''up and up''.Getting in a house is easy for thief Quinn Tanner. The stress comes in getting out clean. On finding her getaway driver dead after her latest heist, she goes underground. For his first case on the day shift, Émile is sent to the property that Quinn has just visited, and their paths are set to cross. But has she stolen something more valuable than she realizes . . . and who is hunting for her now?
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Canongate Books Ltd The Missing Diamond Murder 3 A Black Dod Mystery
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Canongate Books Ltd Goodbye Forever A Kit Doyle Mystery
Book SynopsisCrime blogger and radio host Kit Doyle goes undercover and into danger - in the second of this intriguing crime series.17-year-old Jessica is missing. There are no clues as to why she disappeared apart from the note she left behind: I love you. Goodbye forever. It turns out that Jessica is not the first teenager to have gone missing, nor the first to have left exactly the same note.With a personal family connection to the missing girl, crime blogger and radio host Kit Doyle is determined to find out what happened to her. To do so, she must go undercover as a teenage runaway herself. Out on the streets, Kit is about to enter a violent, unpredictable world where life is held cheap and into the clutches of a dangerous psychopath
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Canongate Books Ltd Shadowed 2 A Black Hat Thriller
Book SynopsisComputer hacker Nicole Jones' finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy in this tense and twisting novel of identity and suspenseThe computer hacker formerly known as Nicole Jones is now living as Susan McQueen on a remote island in Quebec, Canada. She is living a quiet life, working as an artist but she has not given up her computer. While in an online chatroom, she sees a shadow someone is inside her laptop, watching her every move, and somehow knows exactly who she is.Afraid that he will track her down, Susan is on the run again but from whom? Is it the FBI or someone associated with her past crime sixteen years before? Making her way across the border and back to the USA, some unsettling discoveries make Susan realize that she won't be able to escape her past a second time.
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Allison & Busby The Canning Town Murder Blitz Detective The
Book SynopsisMike Hollow was born in West Ham and grew up in Romford, Essex. He studied Russian and French at the University of Cambridge and then worked for the BBC. In 2002 he went freelance as a copywriter, journalist and editor. Mike also works as a poet and translator.
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Allison & Busby The Saved
Book SynopsisNancy and Calder are moving from London to an isolated slate island, off the west coast of Scotland. Nancy is focused on their new beginning, but is increasingly unsettled by the stark island, the mysterious inhabitants and Calder''s dark past, which he''s kept hidden from her. Then one of Nancy''s nightmares plays out in real life: she finds Calder''s boat upturned in the bay, his body adrift in the icy water. He''s clinically dead with no heartbeat. But miraculously the doctors manage to bring him back to life. Everyone thinks he has made a full recovery, but Nancy doesn''t recognise the man who has come back from the dead. As secrets, lies and bodies begin to wash up on the island, Nancy must come to terms with the fact that despite the fresh start, sometimes the slate cannot be wiped clean.
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Allison & Busby A Mystery in St Ives
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Little, Brown Book Group Mayday a Dirk Pitt Adventure
Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe amazing second Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.----------------------------------------Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground . . . by just one First World War bi-plane!A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent set Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail, danger and death are never far behind . . .**********''Clive Cussler is the guy I read'' Tom Clancy''The Adventure King'' Daily Express
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Little, Brown Book Group Dead And Buried Cooper and Fry
Book SynopsisBrutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even with the arsonists still at large.But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case - and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. And the second is a corpse, newly dead...What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible - and how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper and his rival DI Diane Fry, it''s the most twisted investigation of their lives... and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings, it could also be their last.Drenched in atmosphere and danger, Stephen Booth''s relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.
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Little, Brown Book Group Keep The Midnight Out William Lorimer Book 12 in
Book Synopsis***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray''s bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don''t miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to pre-order.***Whether you''ve read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, KEEP THE MIDNIGHT OUT is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves WHAT THEY''RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES:''Warm-hearted, atmospheric'' ANN CLEEVES''Relentless and intriguing'' PETER MAY''Move over Rebus'' DAILY MAIL''Exciting, pacey, authentic'' ANGELA MARSONS''Superior writing'' THE TIMES''Immensely exciting and atmospheric'' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH_______________ Two murders, twenty years apart. Time for revenge . . . When the body of a red-hair
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LITTLE BROWN HARDBACKS (A & C) UNTITLED NELSON DEMILLE 3 COAUTHORED
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Little, Brown Book Group Greaney M Ballistic
Book SynopsisEx-CIA assassin Court Gentry thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past finds him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust-and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried.Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court''s life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides - only survivors...Trade ReviewIn this third installment of the Gray Man series the story is so propulsive, the murders so explosive, that flipping the pages feels like playing the ultimate video game. * New York Times *Greaney once again pumps new life into familiar thriller conventions in his third Gray Man novel... An extremely capable warrior with multiple tricks and tradecraft, Court has a complicated past and a long list of mortal enemies, so readers can look forward to plenty of dangerous adventures. * Publishers Weekly *Take fictional spy Jason Bourne, pump him up with Red Bull and meth, shake vigorously-and you've got the recipe for Court Gentry. * The Memphis Commercial Appeal *Thrilling, fast-paced, and addictive. * Fresh Fiction *
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Orion Publishing Co The Spies Of Warsaw
Book SynopsisThe thrilling new spy novel from Alan Furst. 'In the world of espionage thrillers, Alan Furst is in a class of his own' William BoydTrade ReviewFurst's intelligent thriller, reeking with the doomed atmosphere of pre-war Polan...bristles with tension * DAILY MAIL *Alan Furst's spy thriller is extraordinary for his mastery of period detail... enough twists along the way to satisfy even the most demanding reader * OBSERVER *He builds tension and detail brilliantly. * MATURE TIMES *
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Headline Publishing Group Centurion Eagles of the Empire 8
Book SynopsisIF YOU DON''T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON''T KNOW ROME!CENTURION, a no. 1 bestseller, is the unputdownable eighth novel in Simon Scarrow''s Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. ''A new book in Simon Scarrow''s series about the Roman army is always a joy'' The TimesAD 46. Roman army officers Cato and Macro have survived many dangerous missions together. They look out for one another. They''re faithful to their Emperor. And from their men they demand bravery and ruthless efficiency.With the news that Rome''s old enemy, Parthia, is poised to unleash its might against the border kingdom of Palmyra, Cato and Macro must embark on a desperate quest to protect the Empire. Outnumbered and deep in treacherous territory, they will have to endure a pitched battle that will test their courage and loyalty as never before...Trade ReviewPraise for Simon Scarrow: 'I really don't need this kind of competition... It's a great read' -- Bernard CornwellGripping... ferocious and compelling, it is a story of blood, romance and sacrifice * Daily Express *A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy * The Times *A satisfyingly bloodthirsty, bawdy romp...perfect for Bernard Cornwell addicts who will relish its historical detail and fast-paced action. Storming stuff * Good Book Guide *Scarrow's [novels] rank with the best * Independent *Gripping * Sunday Times *'Rollicking good fun' * Mail on Sunday *[Simon Scarrow] blends together historical facts and characters to create a book that simply cannot be put down... Highly recommended * Historical Novels Review *
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Headline Publishing Group Cat and Mouse
Book SynopsisThe 4th heart-stopping novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series.Trade ReviewTicks like a time bomb - full of threat and terror * Los Angeles Times *Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it * Daily Mail *'If there really were human superheroes, Alex Cross would be at the head of the class...and, with each instalment in the series, Patterson makes sure his superhero gets bigger and better while at the same time becomming more vulnerable.' * New York Times *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Bryant May Englands Finest
Book Synopsis''Winningly eccentric . . . London, in all its non-homogenous, sprawling splendour, is as much a character as Fowler''s sleuthing duo'' Barry Forshaw, Financial TimesThe Peculiar Crimes Unit has solved many extraordinary cases over the years, but some were hushed up and hidden away. Until now.Arthur Bryant remembers these lost cases as if they were yesterday. Unfortunately, he doesn''t remember yesterday, so the newly revealed facts could come as a surprise to everyone, including his exasperated partner John May.Here, then, is the truth about the Covent Garden opera diva and the seventh reindeer, the body that falls from the Tate Gallery, the ordinary London street corner where strange accidents keep occurring, the consul''s son discovered buried in the unit''s basement, the corpse pulled from a swamp of Chinese dinners, a Hallowe''en crime in the Post Office Tower, and the impossible death that''s the fault of a forgotten London legend. All
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Pan Macmillan The Good Wife
Book SynopsisJacqui Rose was born in Manchester and grew up in a small village in South Yorkshire. Always a daydreamer, her love of books and writing started as a child. She is now the author of over a dozen gritty bestselling British crime novels, including The Streets. Jacqui lives in a quiet part of England with her children along with lots of dogs and cats and horses.
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Pan Macmillan When I Was Ten
Book SynopsisFiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark, in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past. Fiona lives with her family in Essex.
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Headline Publishing Group No Safe Place
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Headline Publishing Group Secret Remains
Book SynopsisWhen a group of young women working in London''s sex trade become involved in a murder investigation, their fabricated account of events leads to the wrong suspect becoming convicted. Twenty years later, the innocent person is free - but somebody has started killing the women connected to the case. With the threat of blackmail hanging over them, the women have a lot to lose and nobody has a cast-iron alibi. In a case where nothing is quite what it seems, can Detective Inspector Paul Banham stop a cold-blooded killer?
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Headline Publishing Group Last Orders
Book SynopsisLondon in the early nineties is a hotbed of political activism and intrigue, prey and predator, and times are changing fast - too fast for DCI Rick Bailey, who is starting to think he cannot keep up. But then a young woman goes missing in the run-up to Christmas, and he''s convinced Alice''s disappearance is related to an unsolved murder that has haunted him for the last three years.He stumbles upon a suspect connected to all the clues, among them a care worker facing betrayal and abuse, a cemetery worker hearing music that does not play, an activist running from himself and a blind man who sees more than anyone else.Who will lead them to Alice before the church bells ring?_____Praise for S. J. Butler:''S.J. Butler writes like a dream and tells tales from the stuff of nightmares . . . This is high-octane crime fiction'' TONY PARSONS''Class warfare in all its glory or goriness'' TONY MILLINGT
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Austin Macauley Publishers In the Trenches
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Vinci Books Ltd. The Olympus Project
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Vinci Books Dead Mans Trench
Book SynopsisWhen a trench becomes a grave, two unlikely sleuths unearth a killer's secrets.When an argument turns deadly in the peaceful village of Stanton Parva, the police are quick are quick to declare it an accident. But landowner Anthony Stanton and headteacher Lyn Blackthorn aren't so easily convinced. With too many suspicious details left unexplained, they decide to take matters into their own hands.As Ant and Lyn begin their investigation, they uncover old grudges, deep-seated rivalries, and hidden secrets buried within the village. What started as a simple case quickly turns deadly, as the body count rises and the real killer remains in the shadows.Will Ant and Lyn uncover the murderer's identity before they become the next victims?Set in the picturesque Norfolk countryside, Dead Man's Trench is a cozy mystery full of twists, memorable characters, and gripping suspense that will leave you guessing until the final page.__________________________________________________Praise for the Norfolk Cozy Mystery Series:????? I highly recommend this book.????? A fun mystery.????? Very enjoyable read.????? An excellent author whose work is quite more-ish.????? Mr Finney is a talented British writer who creates a good mystery????? I enjoyed this book????? I highly recommend this book to other mystery readers.
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Vinci Books Call It Treason
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Vinci Books Primal Unleashed
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Vinci Books Ltd. Secrets and Lies
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Vinci Books Ltd. Bad Faith
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Vinci Books Ltd. The Hate Crime
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Vinci Books Ltd. Secrets and Lies
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Vinci Books Bone Maker
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Vinci Books Stone Eater
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Vinci Books Ltd. Deep Steal
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Vinci Books Strange Beginnings
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Vinci Books Dead Reckoning
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Vinci Books One True Friend
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Vinci Books Whispered Truths
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