18 books like By a Spider's Thread
R. Holmes & Co.
The son of Sherlock Holmes (who also happens to also be the grandson of thief A. J. Raffles) decides to have his own adventures published. Upon selecting the man who will chronicle his life (much as Watson did for Holmes), we get the tale Raffles' astonishing origin, followed by an exciting series of adventures involving burglary, extortion, armed robbery, and more-with Raffles treading the fine…
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Infected
Infected
Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Working under the government's shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya…
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The case of the Sin City sister
"When Eve's biological sister goes missing, the nun heads to Las Vegas to track her down before it's too late. Years ago, Eve heard God's call to become a nun, but her recent stint moonlighting at her father's detective agency invigorates her so much that she's wrestling with her vocation. She's working with him on a case involving a miner in New Mexico when alarming news develops: her sister…
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The Girl in the Green Raincoat
The Girl in the Green Raincoat
Bedridden while in the last two months of her pregnancy, Tess Monaghan watches a young woman in a green raincoat walk her dog in the park across the street, until one day she sees the dog running loose, and becomes convinced that harm has befallen the dog's owner.
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An Incomplete Revenge
An Incomplete Revenge
With the country in the grip of economic malaise, and worried about her business, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment from an old friend to investigate certain matters concerning a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village in Kent during the hop-picking season, but beneath its pastoral surface she finds evidence that something…
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Blue shoes and happiness
In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there.…
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Local Girl Missing
Local Girl Missing
Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the mist parts—just for a second—to reveal a beautiful young girl on the ground, her pale lips frozen forever in a silent scream…
 
On a winding mountain road into the small town…
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The Broken Soul
The Broken Soul
When the party of a lifetime becomes a party to the death, the lines become blurred. Friends become enemies. Drugs become weapons. And that's just the beginning ...Retired medical examiner Maddie LaFoe is in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with her best friend and private investigator, Sloane Monroe. When Sloane leaves to get them fresh drinks, Maddie witnesses what appears to be a body being…
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Inside Cut: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel
Inside Cut: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel
College basketball star Calvin Murray always played to win.This time, losing could cost him his life. It's March. The most important time of the year in college hoops. John Hanson College is breezing through their conference en route to the NCAA tournament. But are they? Games they should win going away turn out to be close contests. Calvin's mother hires private investigator C.T.…
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The Farmhouse Killings
The Farmhouse Killings
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The Quick Red Fox
The Quick Red Fox
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Hush Little Girl
Hush Little Girl
Dressed in pajamas covered with stars, the little girl’s body is perfectly still, her arms folded neatly over her chest. The wildflowers decorating her hair scatter across the grass in the sharp breeze. Her lips are parted slightly, as if to whisper goodnight for the very last time…
When twelve-year-old Holly Mitchell’s fragile little body is found on the steps of a mountainside church in the…
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The Unknown Devil: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery
The Unknown Devil: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery
A gray hat hacker. A dark-hearted crime boss. Baltimore isn't big enough for both of them. C.T. Ferguson uses his illicit digital skills as a private investigator. When a teenaged boy wants to find his missing older brother, C.T. takes the case. He soon discovers the missing brother is a fellow keyboard wizard, which piques his interest. Then shadowy figures turn up wherever C.T.…
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FATAL PURSUIT
FATAL PURSUIT
A MESSAGE CARVED IN FLESH. A THRILLER THAT CUTS LIKE A KNIFE.
When a murder victim turns up in a Baltimore motel room with investigator Dave O'Donnell's name carved into his chest, O'Donnell knows he's being called back to a case he thought was closed forever. 
The victim was supposedly killed in action in Afghanistan years ago in a devastating explosion O'Donnell investigated and ruled an…
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The Yacht Girl
The Yacht Girl
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The New Girl
The New Girl
An addictive, gripping psychological thriller from TOP TEN BESTSELLER Alison Stockham, author of The Cuckoo Sister The letterbox clatters and sitting on the mat is a piece of paper, in black and white, with everything needed to blow Anna’s perfect life apart.A baby scan photo.Anna and Jon have been trying for a baby with no success, so after years of disappointment, this feels like a kick in the…
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A Purple Place for Dying
A Purple Place for Dying
From a beloved master of crime fiction, A Purple Place for Dying is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee’s taking his retirement in installments while he’s still young enough to enjoy it. But sooner or later, his money runs out and he has to work. This time McGee’s lured out West to a strangely secretive meeting…
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One Child Alive
One Child Alive
One, two, three. She counts the bodies dragged from the burning beach house, smoke rising from their cotton pajamas, and remembers a fourth; red hair, freckles, clinging to his mother’s legs, begging to watch the fireworks a while longer. “Where’s the little boy?” she whispers…
 
In the ashes of the Fox family’s seafront vacation home, Olivia Rockwell can barely hold back her tears as she…
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