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  • One Simple Thing
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    One Simple Thing

    When his father leaves town, twelve-year-old Rodney Culver's mother takes up with Otis Dell, a fry cook at the local diner--and a well-known petty thief. While Rodney resists the man's influence at first, Otis soon draws the boy into his small-time...
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  • Red Dust
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    Red Dust

    Age range 14+From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals. On the intergalactic trading...
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    Soldier, Spy, Heroine
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    Soldier, Spy, Heroine

    The Story of the Woman Who Fooled the Yankees and Rebels Alike. As a child, Sarah Emma Edmonds dreamed of faraway places and adventure, often picturing herself as a man. When her abusive father traded her hand in marriage for a few head of livestock, she...
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    The Mechanic
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    The Mechanic

    A story of justice through the ages . . . and revenge. Germany, 1945. The bloodiest war in history is at an end. Now the retribution and search for justice begins. In a series of Nuremberg trials, war criminals are hanged or commit suicide. Others are...
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  • That Bright Land
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    That Bright Land

    1866: One year after the surrender of the Confederate army in Appomattox signaled the end of the Civil War, a veteran Union soldier will try to track down a killer who is waging his own war against the members of an isolated community in the North...
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  • The Cathar Secret
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    The Cathar Secret

    Established author: Gregg Loomis has written eight popular novels, with over half a million books in print. Series: The Cathar Secret is Loomis's sixth Lang Reilly Thriller, following the very likable ex-FBI agent in his adventures. All the Lang Reilly...
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  • Karl Marx Private Eye
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    Karl Marx Private Eye

    A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events, that brings sixteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes together with Karl Marx and his brilliant daughter Eleanor to solve a cascading series of murders at a Bohemian...
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  • The Blast
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    The Blast

    San Francisco, 1916. The streetsroiling: pitched battles between radical workers and the henchmen of industrialbarons, and between a vibrant, largely Italian immigrant anarchist milieu andthe forces of state and church. All in the looming shadow of...
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  • Jewish Noir II
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    Jewish Noir II

    Jewish Noir II is unique collection of twenty-three all-new stories (and one reprint) by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors such as Gabriela Alemn, Doug Allyn, Rita Lakin, Rabbi Ilene Schneider, E.J...
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  • Jewish Noir
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    Jewish Noir

    Jewish Noir is a unique collection of new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S.J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman), Wendy...
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  • Jouney to the South
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    Jouney to the South

    In a small village on the southern coast of Crete, the narrator meets a young man who tells him a history of his journey which took him from Prague as far as to the Libyan sea. It is a voyage to uncover mysterious deaths of two brothers: one was murdered...
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    Tropical Depression

    "A rock-solid series debut." -BOOKLISTBefore there was Dexter, there was Billy Knight.NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jeff Lindsay mastered suspense with his wildly addictive DEXTER series. Before that, however, there was former cop and current burnout...
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    White Tiger

    In Vietnam, white is the color of death. The 1997 murder of a Vietnamese woman in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood brings Dr. Jack Caleb and Detective John Thinnes together to catch another Vietnamese transplant-a deadly criminal known only as the White...
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    The Feline Friendship

    When a vicious rapist crosses the line into murder, Detective John Thinnes and his prickly new partner draft psychiatrist Jack Caleb to help them track the killer down.When a young woman is brutally raped in the posh Lincoln Park neighborhood, Chicago...
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    Incendiary Designs

    Arson, passion, and religious fanaticism set Chicago ablaze in the deadliest summer on record.While jogging through Chicago's Lincoln Park, Dr. Jack Caleb runs into murder-a mob setting a police car on fire- with the officer still inside. Caleb rescues...
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    The Death of Blue Mountain Cat

    The art world is the backdrop when a controversial artist reaches the end of his fifteen minutes of fame.Native American artist Blue Mountain Cat has a style described as "Andy Warhol meets Jonathan Swift in Indian country." When he's murdered at an...
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    The Man Who Understood Cats

    Two unlikely partners join forces to solve a murder disguised as suicide and catch a killer ready to strike again.Gold Coast psychiatrist Jack Caleb is wealthy, cultured, and gay. When one of his clients is found dead in a locked apartment-apparently...
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    Surrounded by Enemies

    What if Kennedy survived Dallas?President John F. Kennedy has lived through the ambush in Dealey Plaza. America holds its collective breath, seeing its president nearly executed in broad daylight. But as the country marches on, the office of the...
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    Blind Shuffle

    "I wanted to take a bite out of BLIND SHUFFLE before breakfast but ended up reading straight through lunch. I finished it on a plane to Tijuana. This was my first Rusty Diamond novel...it won't be my last. Dig in." -Patrick Hasburgh, creator of 21 JUMP...
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    The Riverview Murders

    "An underappreciated, carefully crafted series." -BOOKLISTMargaret O'Mara's brother disappeared thirty years earlier, so when his last known associate is found murdered, O'Mara hires Chicago PI Paul Whelan to investigate.Whelan makes the rounds through...
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    Killer on Argyle Street

    "This series is a small treasure." -BOOKLISTChicago Private Investigator Paul Whelan takes the case when an elderly woman asks him to look into the disappearance of Tony Blanchard, a young man she'd taken in after his parents died. Instead, Whelan...
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    The Maxwell Street Blues

    "This series is a small treasure." -BOOKLISTChicago private eye Paul Whelan is hired by an elderly jazz musician to find a missing street hustler named Sam Burwell. As Whelan delves into Burwell's past, the world of street vendors and corner musicians,...
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    A Body in Belmont Harbor

    "A shaggy, satisfying valentine to Chicago's seedy uptown." -KIRKUSThe body of a small-time drug dealer washes up in Belmont Harbor among the yachts of Chicago's wealthy. Convinced that this murder connects to her husband's suicide two years prior,...
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    Death in Uptown

    "This series is a small treasure." -BOOKLISTA killer terrorizes Chicago's diverse Uptown neighborhood. Private investigator Paul Whelan's specialty is tracking down missing persons, but when his good friend is found slain in an alley, Whelan is steered...
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    Misdirection

    A street magician needs more than sleight-of-hand to survive getting embroiled in a murder case in this blistering novel of suspense, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and George Pelecanos.After years of chasing fame and hedonistic excess in the bright...
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    In the Matter of Nikola Tesla

    "It is a monumental task, this getting into the mind of a man as complex and extraordinary as Tesla. Anthony Flacco is up to the task. IN THE MATTER OF NIKOLA TESLA: A ROMANCE OF THE MIND reads at times like a psychological exploration worthy of...
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  • The Bribe
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    The Bribe

    He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead-shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just...
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  • Pressure Point
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    Pressure Point

    It started as a tragic but simple murder, an old woman killed in the street for her handbag. But as police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya investigate, they find very little that makes sense, and nothing that leads where they expect. Even stranger,...
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  • Quicksand
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    Quicksand

    As head of California's task force on narcotics and organized crime, Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of informants, his team has successfully brought...
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  • Stay of Execution
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    Stay of Execution

    Small-time operator Bobby Carnes took a shot at a big score, setting up a major drug sale with some high rollers in Marina del Ray. He went in with a few bags of crank-methamphetamine and a .44 and walked out a stone-cold killer: a suitcase full of cash...
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  • Broken Trust
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    Broken Trust

    Superior Court Judge Timothy Nash thought the brutal murder trial in his court would be like many he'd presided over before. He didn't know it might lead to his own murder. Nash has been tapped as point man in a federal sting operation against the most...
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  • Fugitive City
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    Fugitive City

    A one-man crime wave is shaking the peaceful city of Santa Maria, California, and no place is safe. Kenny Trask, an unpredictable, high-strung, shockingly violent convict, has just escaped from prison and is intent on putting together enough cash to...
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  • Gangland
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    Gangland

    Hector Molina controls Gangland. From behind prison bars, he rules a ruthless gang of renegades who deal in extortion, drugs, and death. U.S. attorney Claude Massingill is determined to expose Gangland. He's got Molina locked up as a protected witness...
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  • Rampage
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    Rampage

    From bestselling crime novelist (and deputy district attorney) William P. Wood . . . A killer so savage (and so sly) that the brutal frenzy of his crimes makes an unassailable insanity defense-such is the opponent facing Tony Fraser, a young district...
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  • Serpent's Dance
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    Serpent's Dance

    FIND HIM. Bernadette Kane never believed that her sister committed suicide. And what she heard about her sister's mysterious-and sadistic-lover, Wesley Edwards, made her suspect the worst. With his good looks, private jet, and successful career, he could...
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  • The Silverberg Business
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    The Silverberg Business

    Cover art by Jon Langford of The Mekons An eldritch Western noirAuthor has 2 books out in 2021 building up to this novel in 2022
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  • Head Shot
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    Head Shot

    The Most Elusive Assassin in the World Versus D.C. Homicide Detective Marko ZornWashington, D.C. homicide detective Marko Zorn is investigating the murder of an actress-an old love-when he is assigned to protect the visiting prime minister of Montenegro,...
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  • Last Redemption
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    Last Redemption

    San Diego Writer's Festival Mystery Writer of the Year for 2021Anthony, Shamus, and Lefty Award-winning AuthorWill Rick Cahill survive an insidious disease long enough to see his first-born child-or will sadistic killers murder him first?Rick Cahill is...
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  • The OC
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    The OC

    Thrill-a-minute crime fiction-infused with wry humorRestaurant owner and former professional baseball player Jake Longly is hoping for a few weeks of fun with Nicole Jamison in the warm Orange County, CA sun-The OC, baby. After that, they'll be on their...
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  • Shadow Music
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    Shadow Music

    Winner of the IPPY Gold Award, the National Indie Excellence Award, and the Foreword INDIES Gold AwardOvercoming loss-finding the courage to move on-trying to stay aliveLate in the Cold War, a young woman escapes from Communist Hungary, vanishing into...
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  • Fatal Intent
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    Fatal Intent

    End-of-life care-or assisted death When her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. "Old people die, that's what they do," is his response. When Kate...
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  • Blind Vigil
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    Blind Vigil

    Anthony, Shamus, and Lefty Award-winning Author A friend arrested for murder. A vicious killer lurking in the shadows. A world of darkness. Blinded by a gunshot wound to the face while working as a private investigator nine months ago, Rick Cahill is now...
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    Pegasus Down
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    Pegasus Down

    Best-Selling and Award-Winning AuthorA story of love, loyalty, and how far Donovan Nash will go to rescue Lauren . . . and save hundreds of thousands of livesA CIA-operated jet on a clandestine mission disappears in Eastern Europe. No mayday, no...
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    Tengu

    [Japan] An intelligence analyst is murdered on temple grounds. [Manila] Two embassy guards go missing and a bizarre execution video is discovered by a special-forces team. [New York] Martial arts expert Connor Burke is hired as a consultant for an elite...
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    The File
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    The File

    Review from the former Director of the C.I.A.A thoroughly enjoyable, engrossing thriller with a captivating young, beautiful American botanist at the center of the fast paced action. Rooting for Sara West as she evades a Russian assassination team...
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  • Sara Paretsky
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    Sara Paretsky

    This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky's detective fiction.Sara Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky...
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  • Evil Dead Center
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    Evil Dead Center

    AnOjibwa woman has been found dead on the outskirts of the Minnesota Red EarthReservation. The coroner ruled the death a suicide, but after some suggest foulplay was involved, Renee LaRoche wants to prove otherwise, uncovering horribletruths and working...
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  • When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead
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    When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead

    When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead: A Thrilling Detective Story (1894) is a novel by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett. While she is mostly remembered today for New Amazonia, a feminist utopian novel which depicts the emergence of an advanced society of women in...
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Crime & Mystery Books – Best Crime Fiction, Thrillers, Detective Novels & Mystery Books in Australia

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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.

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