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Book Cover for: Don't Know Tough, Eli Cranor

Don't Know Tough

Eli Cranor
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And the Edgar Award for Best First Novel goes to Eli Cranor for “Don’t Know Tough”

Paperback, 2023

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: City Under One Roof, Iris Yamashita

City Under One Roof

Iris Yamashita
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"The action in 'City Under One Roof,' Iris Yamashita’s taut debut novel, plays out against a backdrop of natural splendor and eerie desolation." https://t.co/WkCLsMCMMe

Paperback, 2024

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In), Lee Child

Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In)

Lee Child
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After years of waiting, Reacher fans have a new hero—and a story that goes back to the beginning. Lee Child's biographer, Heather Martin (@drheathermartin), looks at the brand new series. https://t.co/TkEP63LBwW

Paperback, Mass Market, 2021

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley
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Nightcrawling will make you desperate, it will make you awed, it will make you read anything that Mottley should ever choose to write.

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Maigret, Georges Simenon

Maigret

Georges Simenon
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Maigret was Georges Simenon's most famous creation. But his intense, psychological noirs left a legacy all their own. From Andrew Nette (@Pulpcurry). https://t.co/i7B0dqZaui

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Book Cover for: Little Essays, Logan Pearsall Smith

Little Essays

Logan Pearsall Smith
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We're pleased to announce a new series: Olivia Rutigliano's Little Essays on Sherlock Holmes! Every week, @oldrutigliano will publish a small essay on one of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Today we begin with her reading of "The Engineer's Thumb." https://crimereads.com/little-essays-on-sherlock-holmes-the-engineers-thumb/

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Book Cover for: Outlander, Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon
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"Diana Gabaldon’s historical time-traveling blockbuster, 'Outlander,' almost didn’t make history, in either the twentieth or eighteenth centuries." https://t.co/pvCVyO2cLP

Paperback, 2001

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: In a Lonely Place, Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes
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On Dorothy B. Hughes’ "In a Lonely Place" and the cultural perception of a link between returned veterans and criminal behavior. https://t.co/WWa3a4SD5M

Paperback, 2017

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Last Housewife, Ashley Winstead

The Last Housewife

Ashley Winstead
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Samantha Ladwig dives deep into "Complicit," by Winnie M. Li, and "The Last Housewife," by Ashley Winstead. https://t.co/7byEcMntw9

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crocodile Tears, Mercedes Rosende

Crocodile Tears

Mercedes Rosende
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Read our thrilling, exclusive excerpt from "Crocodile Tears," by Mercedes Rosende and translated by Tim Gutteridge. https://t.co/ha80znTPpg

Paperback, 2021

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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