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As tourists arrive at Cobb's Landing to enjoy an authentic, colonial-style Thanksgiving, Mayor Peggy Turner would be thankful for nothing more than a clue as to who killed her neighbor--a clue that doesn't point to her. Original. …More

In this seventh installment of Crawford's delicious cozy series featuring catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons, a Thanksgiving dinner goes awry thanks to a killer who's hiding a cornucopia of secrets. …More

Cally's Thanksgiving holiday ends badly when her ailing Aunt Daphne is poisoned during the turkey dinner. Now, Cally--along with her quirky family--is going to have to use every extra sense she has if she's going to catch a killer.

An unexpected bequest sends waves of violence through placid groves of academe in Dobson's third mystery to feature professor Karen Pelletier. …More

In the second Dr. Fenimore mystery, the miniature halls of a dollhouse are haunted by a not-so-miniature murderer. …More

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In this gripping and entertaining novel, a charismatic Manhattan P.I. is caught up in the city's darkest conspiracy. …More

Set against Arizona's parched landscape, the new mystery starring Sheriff Joanna Brady delivers the breakneck plot, genuine characters and unceasing Brady style that Jance's readers have come to expect. When a peeping Tom serial killer stalks the campus of the Arizona Police Academy, Joanna is drawn into a chilling, emotional investigation. …More

A gunman walks into a trendy L.A. restaurant--a crazed former employee--and opens fire, killing 13 people and wounding 32 more before turning the weapon on himself. But evidence of a second shooter at the scene is pulling investigating Homicide Detective Peter Decker into the sordid world of California money and ruthless power. Only his wife, Rina Lazarus, and Decker's daughter from a previous marriage can help the troubled policeman solve a case that threatens to destroy his reputation, his career, and his peace. …More

Max Tudor has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwold's in the idyllic village of Nether Monkslip. The quiet village seems the perfect home for Max, who has fled a harrowing past as an MI5 agent. Now he has found a measure of peace among urban escapees and yoga practitioners, artists and crafters and New Agers. But this new-found serenity is quickly shattered when the highly vocal and unpopular president of the Women's Institute turns up dead at the Harvest Fayre. The death looks like an accident, but Max's training as a former agent kicks in, and before long he suspects foul play. …More

John Scratch, the Devil himself, is the protagonist in this stunningly imaginative and funny novel, as he prods America to greatness in the hope of luring his lost love back down to Earth from Heaven. For fans of Chris Moore, Joe Hill, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jim Shepard. …More

An inexplicable campus murder puts Notre Dame professor Roger Knight and private investigator brother, Philip, to the test. …More

Tinker's Cove has a long history of Thanksgiving festivities, but this year someone adds murder to the menu. Lucy Stone intends to discover who left a Metinnicut Indian activist dead with an ancient war club next to his head. Reissue. …More

"As the early morning mist clears on Thanksgiving Sunday, the homes of Three Pines come to life--all except one...""" Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal and yet a world away. Jane Neal, a long-time resident of Three Pines, has been found dead in the woods.   …More

The winner of the 2004 St. Martin's Press/Malice Domestic Contest for Best Traditional Mystery, this debut offers sharp observations about the rural South. Attorney Avery Andrews returns to her South Carolina hometown where the discovery of a dead body sweeps her into a red-hot case. Martin's Press. …More

To escape the madness of Thanksgiving, Louise Eldridge--wife, mother, and television gardening show host--shares dog-walks with eccentric biologist Dr. Peter Whiting. However, she soon finds his slashed body in the woods near her home. When she's invited by Dr. Whiting's widow only a week later to help complete her husband's plant experiments, Louise feels she's getting into something more sinister. …More

Professor Simon Shaw is asked to take a look at an old diver's outfit brought up from the ocean floor. But is there a body inside? Simon can't find out and, once again, discovers himself seeking the solution to a crime of the past. …More