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By the Water, Kelly Artieri

Murder & Crime

Murder happens. Not all murders are gory heinous crimes. Killing someone isn’t always done by a seasoned criminal. Some are just passionate reactions to a situation, but it is murder just the same. Perfectly sane, responsible people can find themselves in the wrong places at the wrong times. By the Water is a pithy collage … Read more

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

Murder & Crime, Mystery & Suspense, Thriller & Psychological Thriller

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder – and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist … Read more

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

Murder & Crime, Mystery & Suspense, Thriller & Psychological Thriller

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of … Read more

Bright Air Black, David Vann

Murder & Crime, Myth's & Legends

In Bright Air Black, David Vann transports us to 13th century B.C. to give a nuanced and electric portrait of the life of one of ancient mythology’s most fascinating and notorious women, Medea. In brilliant poetic prose Bright Air Black brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea … Read more

Good Me, Bad Me, Ali Land

Murder & Crime, Thriller & Psychological Thriller

Fifteen year old Milly was raised by a serial killer: her mother. When she finally breaks away and tells the police everything about her mother’s crimes and years of abuse, she is given a new identity and placed in an affluent foster family and an exclusive private school. She wrestles with being the daughter of … Read more

Alaska Deadly, J.L. Askew

Murder & Crime

Memphis private eye Race Warren goes to Alaska to find Ron Billings, a client’s estranged husband. Surviving a deadly encounter with an assassin, Warren realizes someone doesn’t want Billings found. Since the fugitive is key to the mystery, the private eye tracks Billings to a remote arctic village where Warren meets Dr. Mark Dunbar, head … Read more