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The Murder Farm
Price: $24.95 Author: Andrea Schenkel

A family made up of the patriarch, his wife, his daughter and her children, and a newly arrived maid, live on an isolated farm outside a German village. They will all be murdered on the same day. One by one, the villagers tell of their opinions of the family and when they first heard of the murders. This book is riveting in its portrayals, and cleverly formatted as a series of witness statements.

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Promise Not To Tell
Price: $22.99 Author: Jennifer McMahon

Kate Cypher has no choice but to return to the small town of her childhood to care for her ill mother. She arrives on the same night a young girl is murdered. Drawn into the investigation, Kate relives the death of another girl, her friend, years earlier.

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Swan Peak
Price: $32.99 Author: James Lee Burke

Returning to Montana after decades, Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcel think they will have a restorative time after the devastation and pain of Hurricane Katrina. The deaths of a couple of hikers call them back to the world of murder investigation. They do not realise it is also the beginning of a journey back to unfinished business and more pain.

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The Birthday Present
Price: $32.95 Author: Barbara Vine

It is 1990 and a member of Thatcher's government is a star in the making. When he indulges his fantasy with a particularly memorable birthday present for his lover, his world unravels and he falls from grace.

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The Build Up
Price: $32.99 Author: Phillip Gwynne

The setting is the Northern Territory - for many Australians an exotic and unexplored place with more than a touch of the wild about it. Into this environment comes a female detective who sees a chance to make a name for herself when a body is found in a billabong near a Vietnam veterans' campsite.

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The Likeness
Price: $32.99 Author: Tana French

When working as an undercover detective, Cassie Maddox took the name of Lexie Madison. Called out to a murder scene, the detective finds not only that the dead girl looks like her but that the identification on her lists her name as Lexie Madison. So begins a murder enquiry but also an exploration of the notion of identity.

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Death In Breslau
Price: $29.95 Author: Marek Krajewski

It is 1933 and the Gestapo are already a force to be feared. Into this atmosphere comes Inspector Eberhard Mock who is investigating the deaths of two women, their bodies found side by side in a train carriage. The city is notorious for its criminal under

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Blood Sunset
Price: $29.95 Author: Jarad Henry

Set in Melbourne's St. Kilda, this is a reminder that the day life of a city or suburb can bear little resemblance to the same streets under the cover of darkness. When the body of a young runaway is found, the lack of interest in uncovering the truth beh

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Careless In Red
Price: $32.99 Author: Elizabeth George

Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is in Cornwall when he discovers a body at the base of a cliff. He cannot help but become part of the investigating team.

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A Carrion Death
Price: $32.99 Author: Michael Stanley

Assistant SuperIntendent David 'Kubu' Bengu thinks, at first, that the discovery of a body desecrated by hyenas is an isolated incident, the animals taking to it after murder had been committed. He soon realises it is in fact connected to a series of crim

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Hold Tight
Price: $32.99 Author: Harlan Coben

The secrets held by teenagers can be the source of angst and concern for their parents. Could it be, though, that some things are better left unknown? Adam Baye and Spencer Hill are friends. When Spencer suicides, Adam's parents are naturally worried for

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The Frightened Man
Price: $32.99 Author: Kenneth Cameron

An American in London at the turn of the century becomes embroiled in the murder of a prostitute and the suggestion that her death is the work of Jack the Ripper.

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A Quiet Flame
Price: $29.95 Author: Philip Kerr

Staff Review by Mary D: Bernie Gunther is undercover as an escaping Nazi war-criminal in Buenos Aires. A young girl's murder closely resembles

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Child 44
Price: $32.95 Author: Tom Rob Smith

Poised to be adapted to film, this novel introduces Leo Demidov, a loyal and prominent oficer in the State Security Force of Stalinist Russia. Unbelievably, Demidov inds himself at the centre of attention because of his belief that there is a murderer in the midst of this 'perfect' society. Going from trusted oficer to a man on the run, Demidov inds that he has no option but to risk everything if he is to survive.

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A Cure for all Diseases
Price: $32.99 Author: Reginald Hill

DCI Peter Pascoe becomes embroiled in the worlds of medical science and holistic remedies when one of the landowners of a seaside resort is murdered. The fact that Andy Dalziel was convalescing at the resort when the unthinkable happened only serves to hamper Pascoe's investigations.

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Death at Dawn
Price: $32.99 Author: Caro Peacock

Liberty Lane has received a note to say her father has died in a duel at Calais. This seems impossible given her father's opposition to duelling. Liberty's investigations lead to kidnapping, espionage, and perhaps even treason.

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Price: $32.95 Author: Steig Larsson

Harriet Vanger's disappearance forty years earlier is given to Blomqvist to investigate by her uncle, Henrik. Linking this disappearance to a series of murders, Blomqvist uncovers a lifetime's worth of secrets amongst the powerful and mysterious Vanger family.

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The Killer's Wife
Price: $32.99 Author: Bill Floyd

Having been at the centre of the identiication of her husband as a serial killer, Leigh Wren has tried to create a new life for herself and her son. But the past becomes the present when the father of one the victims starts stalking her and a new series of killings emulating those committed by her husband begins.

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No Time for Goodbye
Price: $32.99 Author: Linwood Barclay

On waking after a night of drinking, teenage Cynthia comes to the realisation that she is alone in the house, her family having disappeared. Twenty-five years later the devastating truth of their disappearance emerges.

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The Ice Princess
Price: $32.99 Author: Camilla Leckberg

Staff Review by Mary D: Erica Falck is a successful woman who is forced back to her childhood town after the death of her parents. Whilst there, her best friend from school is found with her wrists slashed. Dismissing suicide, Erica sets out to prove that Alex was in fact murdered. To do this, though, she must return to her past and identify the events, buried in the collective psyche of the town's families, which explain the tragedy of the present. This novel is a benign introduction to the Nordic style.

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This Night's Foul Work
Price: $32.95 Author: Fred Vargas

Two bodies are found on the outskirts of Paris and the deaths appear to be drug-related. Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg distrusts this conclusion and enlists the help of pathologist Lagarde to prove his theory. Meanwhile, a serial killer recently escaped from prison could be at work again.

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Bleeding Kansas
Price: $32.99 Author: Sara Paretsky

Gina Haring has decided to take up residence in a dilapidated house near to the Grelliers and Schapens, families who have lived side by side for generations. They are divided on almost every issue and as the current stresses of life overtake them, this division becomes even more acute. Gina's presence adds to the disastrous turn of events and the lives of all involved fall apart.

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Mr Wong Goes West
Price: $22.95 Author: Nury Vittachi

The Feng Shui detective is once again embroiled in murder and intrigue, a state he very much enjoys. CF Wong is asked to verify the feng shui of the world's biggest aircraft but when a murder is committed on board during the plane's maiden light, he finds himself in London, assessing the feng shui of the Royal Family. At the same time, he and his assistant Joyce have to try to solve the murder mystery.

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The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Price: $34.99 Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Precious Ramotswe and husband Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni are at loggerheads. Precious believes it is time to retire her most reliable white van but her husband disagrees. In the midst of this discussion, Precious is asked to trace the biological family of a client who was adopted, an investigation that will not end in the hoped for happiness of all parties. This is the ninth in the incredibly successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

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Killer Heat
Price: $32.99 Author: Linda Fairstein

Alexander Cooper is fearful that a spate of recent killings will never be explained. The apparent randomness of the victim selection initially belies the fact that the police have a serial killer to track.

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Silver Swan
Price: $32.95 Author: Benjamin Black

Following his first foray into crime fiction, John Banville (writing as Benjamin Black) continues the story of Quirke, a Dublin based pathologist. Quirke becomes embroiled in a seedy world when his college friend asks for assistance after his wife's appar

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The Draining Lake
Price: $35.00 Author: Arnaldur Indridason

The water level in an Icelandic lake falls dramatically and reveals a skeleton with a large hole in the skull. Other factors lead the investigators back to the Cold War era and Iceland's involvement.

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The Almost Moon
Price: $32.95 Author: Alice Sebold

The opening line focuses the reader: 'when all is said and done, killing my mother came easily'. Sebold presents the dark world that the mother/daughter relationship can be and examines the fragility of all relationships.

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The Shadow in the River
Price: $29.95 Author: Frode Grytten

Frank, brother of Robert and husband of Irene, is the police officer in a small town. Robert is the only journalist and is called upon to report the apparently racially motivated murder of a young man and the disappearance of his lover - namely Irene. The

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