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  • Sworn to Secrecy Sworn to Secrecy
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    Sworn to Secrecy

    It is the mid-eighties and the crack epidemic is ravishing impoverished neighborhoods infested with ruffians, exotic dancers, and young men desperate to make money. Rahiem, the son of a heroin-addicted mother and a father who abandoned him a decade ago,...
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  • Origin of the Follower and His New Actions Origin of the Follower and His New Actions
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    Origin of the Follower and His New Actions

    Be involved in the details of the drug trade in Pakistan as the Follower finds how drugs arrive in the US. Eventually, the Follower takes you down to Mexico to review how our envoys are killed and the details of how he resolves the issue...
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  • Quests Quests
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    Quests

    <p>Joe Stallings has woman trouble. Stacey, his pathologically controlling, unfaithful ex-wife, is stalking him. She wants revenge and is hurling threats. At the same time, he’s trying to finish his PhD in applied genetics by analyzing an...
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  • X Y Z - A Detective Story X Y Z - A Detective Story
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    X Y Z - A Detective Story

    “X Y Z: A Detective Story” is an 1883 detective novella by American novelist and poet Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935). Among the first writers of detective fiction in America, she is considered to be the “mother” of the genre for her legally-accurate...
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  • THE COLD DARK HEART OF THE WORLD THE COLD DARK HEART OF THE WORLD
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    THE COLD DARK HEART OF THE WORLD

    This novel asks two questions:What is evil? Does evil exist for its own sake? Was evil born with the creation of the Universe? Or is evil nothing more than human behavior taken to its most destructive extremes? Is evil a force or an...
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  • The Vampire of Wembley The Vampire of Wembley
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    The Vampire of Wembley

    Collected together in a single collection for the first time are twelve stories of mystery, murder and mayhem by master story teller Edgar Wallace. Edgar Wallace wrote more than one hundred fifty novels and seven hundred short stories. He is best known...
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  • The Theban Mysteries The Theban Mysteries
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    The Theban Mysteries

    Literature Professor and amateur sleuth Kate Fansler is taking a well-earned sabbatical with her new husband, Reed. However, her martini filled evenings are soon interrupted by a desperate appeal from her former and beloved Theban School to cover classes...
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  • The Mysterious Case of the Unidentified Body The Mysterious Case of the Unidentified Body
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    The Mysterious Case of the Unidentified Body

    This book is a continuation of the adventures of our favorite squad in Las Vegas. This time, they move to Boston for the summer to solve a seemingly unsolvable crime. These characters are so much like me in real life. I live in the Bronx, New York, right...
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  • John Brown's Body John Brown's Body
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    John Brown's Body

    A man investigating treason is assassinated, and the case must be solved by a “brilliant and haunted Southerner” working for the Union Army (RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries). Cpt. Alphonso Clay had been summoned to meet John...
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  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Civil War has ended—but the killing isn’t over—in this intriguing historical murder mystery: “I can’t wait to read the next Alphonso Clay book.” —RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries   April...
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  • '57, Chicago '57, Chicago
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    '57, Chicago

    A slice of underworld life, ’57, Chicago is a fact-based fictional thriller.The banker’s dead—a mob killing with repercussions. Money’s tied up. Three men are on a collision course:Al. He’s a layoff bookie, thinks he can...
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  • '46, Chicago '46, Chicago
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    '46, Chicago

    Dateline Chicago, 1946: Policy, the illegal lottery, makes millions of dollars for racketeers in Chicago’s black community. But the numbers don’t add up when kingpin Ed Jones is kidnapped. Who grabbed him? The mob? Another policy wheel...
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  • Mystery of the House Next Door Mystery of the House Next Door
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    Mystery of the House Next Door

    I, Julia Bradford, write this story to you the readers to tell you of the happenings of my life when my first big mystery was upon me. I was in my early twenties, a widow with a son. At least I thought I was a widow.It seemed that I was all alone in the...
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    The Human Trinity

    Chris is an archaeologist working on a link between Maya civilization and Aztec civilization of Mexico and the mythological Naga people of India. His father went missing just before his birth. Armed with a clue found in his father's copy of the Ramayana,...
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  • Molly's Puzzle Molly's Puzzle
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    Molly's Puzzle

    Jeremiah Cuthbert (JC) and Susan, the Shelby amateur sleuth couple, are at it again in the high mountains of Colorado. JC, mustered back into the Navy and given a commission, along with his very talented and charming wife, have been sent there as they...
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  • The Preacher's Wife Drinks a Little The Preacher's Wife Drinks a Little
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    The Preacher's Wife Drinks a Little

    CHARLIE Police Chief Charles LeRoy Knight had never in his entire career investigated a murder. Oh ya, there'd been some kind of suspicious deaths in the past, but none quite like Maude Fitzbaum. Charlie doubted very much that Maude had willingly...
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  • Coastside Detectives Coastside Detectives
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    Coastside Detectives

    In Coastside Detectives, Distant Islands, the world-weary detective Mike Mason becomes embroiled in the local politics of coastal preservation when he is called upon to explain his involvement with an environmental activist found murdered; the body of...
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  • Tombstone Blues Tombstone Blues
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    Tombstone Blues

    When Abel learns that his favorite uncle has died, he and his cousin, Ken, plan to meet at a convenience store the next morning to travel the five hundred and fifty miles to the funeral together. But just as Abel realizes Ken is a “no show,”...
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  • Avenging Grace Avenging Grace
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    Avenging Grace

    Paul Thornton, millionaire CEO of Thornton Precision Instruments, hires down-on-his-luck private detective, Seattle's Kenneth Sheridan, to find his missing son Denny-who failed to show up for work eight days ago. Sheridan follows the trail to the...
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  • La Jolla Shores Murders La Jolla Shores Murders
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    La Jolla Shores Murders

    A "Bury the Hatchet" party in a wealthy enclave north of San Diego, California, ends with a hatchet buried in the head of the hostess. Bishop Bone takes the case at the request of ex-client, Vivian, who is actually being blackmailed. She wants Bone to...
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  • The Affair on the Painted Desert The Affair on the Painted Desert
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    The Affair on the Painted Desert

    Clifford Knight’s new “affair” is steeped in the mysterious, garish spell of the Painted Desert. Navajo Canyon, in the Western Navajo Indian Reservation, is one of the few places in America where actual ruins of the ancient cliff...
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  • Varieties of Crime Fiction Varieties of Crime Fiction
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    Varieties of Crime Fiction

    Leading critic S.T. Joshi reviews surveys the work of 13 mystery and crime writers, ranging from the Golden Age, Hardboiled school, the Psychological Mystery, and Contemporary Writers.The Golden AgeDorothy L. Sayers: Lords and ServantsJohn Dickson Carr:...
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  • Hot Bullets for Love Hot Bullets for Love
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    Hot Bullets for Love

    JOE SOUTH was a pretty good detective but he’d been a little careless and lost his license. That made it tough because Joe had two dependents—a punch-drunk pug named Kierney and the suave, aristocratic Englishman who called himself David...
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  • You'll Get Yours You'll Get Yours
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    You'll Get Yours

    I had just begun taking off my jacket when the door quietly opened and two men slipped swiftly into the room.One was Frankie. The other I was seeing for the first time and not liking what I saw. Both were armed. Frankie had changed his toy for a mansized...
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  • The Venus Death The Venus Death
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    The Venus Death

    Two attractive women…one personable man…a gun…a shot…and then black headlines asking red blood for…THE VENUS DEATH by BEN BENSONBen Benson’s superb descriptions of the state police at work and at play have given...
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  • A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court
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    A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court

    A beautiful city with ugly traditions of corruption and racism. A black man set to hang for a murder he didn't commit. A world-famous author -- and detective -- who isn't about to let it happen..."An enjoyable tour of 1890s New Orleans.....
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  • Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12 Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12
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    Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12

    The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 29 original tales with historical settings! Included are:The Blackness Before Me, by Mindy QuigleyHonest John Finds a Way, by Michael...
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  • Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #22 Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #22
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    Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #22

    The 22nd issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales -- including a brand new Nero Wolfe story! Included are 7 stories, a poem, all the usual features, and more:Features:From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson,...
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  • Too Many Doctors Too Many Doctors
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    Too Many Doctors

    The M.S. Tilburg, a small German passenger ship on its way to the Far East, has had a pleasantly uneventful trip until she stops at Southampton and takes on a number of passengers. Shortly thereafter, the M.S. Tilburg becomes a hell ship.The first victim...
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  • Can a Mermaid Kill? Can a Mermaid Kill?
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    Can a Mermaid Kill?

    So unmoving was the girl sitting on the wet rocks that, at first, she seemed a permanent feature of the rugged seascape. She was wearing an expensive evening dress and high-heel slippers. She seemed to be in a deep trance, her gaze fixed on the sea,...
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  • The Deadly Dove The Deadly Dove
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    The Deadly Dove

    With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness. Alan had just married wealthy and...
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  • The D'Arblay Mystery The D'Arblay Mystery
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    The D'Arblay Mystery

    In this intriguing novel, Dr. Thorndyke, a forensic investigator and one of the earliest fictional detectives to use scientific methods, is called upon to solve a complex case. A body is found in mysterious circumstances, leading to a web of clues that...
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  • Beware The Pale Horse Beware The Pale Horse
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    Beware The Pale Horse

    A double murderAnd the killer -- whoever he was -- showed signs of getting rattled. Wade Paris knew he had to get him fast, before he could strike again.So step by step, he closed in on the unknown killer -- putting on the pressure.Then the killer broke...
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  • The Opening Door The Opening Door
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    The Opening Door

    A red STICKINESS, partly coagulated, on the hand of a child of five…A BROWN STAIN carried to a hall carpet from a pool of blood under a dead woman in a park…A three-cornered FRAGMENT torn from a photograph…A GOLF BAG carried up...
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  • The Palms The Palms
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    The Palms

    The Kenda Saga Continues. The summer of 1943 finds Kenda in the Philippines as part of the occupation forces. Kenda's friend is assigned a courier duty and his plane goes down in Manila Bay after he delivers a secret document to the Japanese embassy. Was...
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  • The Mind of Dr. Morelle The Mind of Dr. Morelle
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    The Mind of Dr. Morelle

    On the plane from New York to London, Dr. Morelle chances to meet Edwin Gale, a smooth-tongued swindler. Inexplicably, Gale finds himself drawn to the famous psychiatrist-detective, and so begins one of Dr. Morelle's most intriguing cases. Back in...
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  • TEMPUS FUGIT! A Collection of Short Stories TEMPUS FUGIT! A Collection of Short Stories
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    TEMPUS FUGIT! A Collection of Short Stories

    TEMPUS FUGIT! TIMES FLIES! Don't Be Left Behind! Excerpts from TEMPUS FUGIT! VENGEANCE"Sex was Lorna's weapon to destroy anyone who stood in her way. . . Sex was her ace in the hole!"FREDDY'S FORTUNE"A strip club is an urban Bermuda Triangle swallowing...
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  • A Perfect Double A Perfect Double
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    A Perfect Double

    Although tall, thin, blond and gorgeous, Breken Annersen suffers from body dysmorphic disorder. She's got a 'glamour job' at an international gossip magazine, but dreams of a Pulitzer. All Brek WANTS on her Paris assignment is some dirt on a few starlets...
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  • A Ghost of a Chance A Ghost of a Chance
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    A Ghost of a Chance

    When private detective Ransom Stone embarked on the investigation of a missing congressional intern, he suspected the trail would lead to murder -- only not his! Suspended on Earth as a ghost, he finds that he is capable of assisting Detective Tory...
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  • Given a Second Chance Given a Second Chance
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    Given a Second Chance

    Buying a winning lottery ticket, this single mother, Jessi Rae, her two daughters, and her two closest friends, dreams come true. For Jessi it was a Bed & Breakfast, in the country, along Lake Michigan. Her two closest friends, a boutique and coffee shop...
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  • Alma's Journey Alma's Journey
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    Alma's Journey

    A hauntingly beautiful account of how women understand their purpose in life and use their power to transform humankind . . .In twenty-first century America, in a remote town nestled in the Sierra mountain forests, Alma Whitman lives secluded with her...
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  • Magnolias and Murder Magnolias and Murder
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    Magnolias and Murder

    Marcia Iverson is newly wed but newly widowed by a terrorist act. Grieving but still aglow with the memories of a deliriously happy honeymoon, she decides to continue the plan she and Michael shared to return to his boyhood home in a semi-rural Louisiana...
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  • Secret Shadows Secret Shadows
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    Secret Shadows

    Everything seemed perfect, in a small town known as Clear View Heights, Pennsylvania. Until things took an interesting turn when two new neighbors moved in town right next door to the Mitchell family. Gracen and her daughter Sarah moved in town, and...
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  • Oh Brother, Oh Sister Oh Brother, Oh Sister
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    Oh Brother, Oh Sister

    There are lots of things to do in New Jersey, such as horseback riding, going to the beach, and throwing an outrageous party. But once in a while, a dead body will turn up...That's where Captain Dan McCroy and Lieutenant Linda Clark come in. They work...
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Crime & Mystery Books – Best Crime Fiction, Thrillers, Detective Novels & Mystery Books in Australia

Step into the thrilling world of crime & mystery books at Bookloop, Australia’s premier destination for the best crime fiction, thrillers, detective novels, and mystery books. Whether you're searching for the latest crime novels that are trending, timeless detective classics, or spine-tingling psychological thrillers, we have a collection designed for every mystery lover. Discover the finest crime books that take you deep into gripping investigations, cold cases, and twisted plotlines.

At Bookloop, you can explore bestselling crime fiction authors, such as Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as modern masters of the genre like Gillian Flynn and Tana French. Our collection includes thrillers with edge-of-your-seat action, detective novels that feature iconic sleuths like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, and mystery books packed with mind-bending puzzles and clever twists. Dive into true crime books that chronicle real-life cases, or immerse yourself in psychological thrillers that explore the darkest corners of the human mind.

Looking for crime novels like Agatha Christie, whodunit mystery books, or a thriller novel with a shocking twist? Our collection includes best crime fiction books, new crime novels, and mystery novels for adults that will keep you up at night. Find the best psychological thrillers, detective stories for adults, and gripping crime stories that will satisfy even the most avid crime fiction reader.

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