18 books like The King of Lies
The emperor of Ocean Park
n his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord--families who summer at Martha's Vineyard--and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school.
Talcott Garland is a successful law professor,…
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Putting Lipstick on a Pig
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The Barrowfields
"Just before Henry Aster's birth, his father -- outsized literary ambition and pregnant wife in tow -- reluctantly returns to the small Appalachian town in which he was raised and installs his young family in an immense house of iron and glass perched high on the side of a mountain. There, Henry grows up under the writing desk of this fiercely brilliant man. But when tragedy tips his father…
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Daddy
El mundo alrededor de Oliver Watson parece disolverse cuando Sarah, su esposa durante dieciocho an os, regresa a Harvard para graduarse. Oliver es abandonado a su suerte, con tres hijos y una libertad que jama s deseo . Cuando la madre de Oliver muere, su padre tambie n ha cambiado: ma s osado que su hijo y con menos tiempo por vivir, George Watson pronto reencontrara el amor y un nuevo…
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Salvation Boulevard
Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect-who has confessed-is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic…
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Vermilion
**From the jacket**
From the very beginning, for Lindsay Phillips, there was the memory of that terrible cane with the dragon's head-threatening horror, torment, death. And always there was Vermilion whispering in Lindsay's ear: "Go! You must go to Arizona. Everything you want is waiting for you there."
Lindsay hadn't listened to Vermilion for years, but now she couldn't shut out her…
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A chain of evidence
missing pages 10-11
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Forgotten Place, A
Forgotten Place, A
Though the Great War has ended, Bess Crawford finds herself caught in deadly circumstances on a remote Welsh headland in this tenth entry from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author.The fighting has ended, the Armistice signed, but the war has left wounds that are still agonizingly raw. Battlefield Nurse Bess Crawford has been assigned to a clinic for amputees, and the Welsh patients…
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A Betrothed's Betrayal
A Betrothed's Betrayal
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Oxford Blue
Oxford Blue
Rose Miles was young, wealthy, recently widowed and bored out of her mind. Theodore Stone was trying to find a way to avoid joining the family business. When their paths crossed in dramatic fashion, it seemed logical for them to join forces -- and the Milestone Investigative Agency was the result.'Oxford Blue' is the first novel in the Milestone Agency Victorian Mysteries series
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Reckless With a Bonus Excerpt
Reckless With a Bonus Excerpt
For a limited time and a special price, discover Reckless, the New York Times bestselling novel by Andrew Gross, plus the first three chapters from his next novel, 15 Seconds, a thrilling, fast-paced story of a man, on the run, desperate to prove his innocence and to save his family’s lives. 15 Seconds will be available wherever books are sold July 10th.
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The Body in the Garden
The Body in the Garden
Experience the scandals, gossip—and murder!—of Regency London in this historical mystery series debut for fans of Tasha Alexander and Rhys Bowen.A young widow’s return to London high-society doesn’t go as planned when a body turns up at Lady Walter’s ball . . . Regency London, 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to…
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A Swirl of Shadows
A Swirl of Shadows
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The Body at Carnival Bridge
The Body at Carnival Bridge
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The Price of Paradise
The Price of Paradise
A gripping Regency tale of greed, temptation, and the deadly dance between truth and lies.
London, 1817: For Arianna and Saybrook, a rare interlude of peace at their country estate with their young son has been a much-needed respite from their undercover missions for the British government. But when an old friend arrives in London as part of an American diplomatic mission and requests their…
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A Scandal in Mayfair
A Scandal in Mayfair
Sometimes danger lurks in plain sight, and in the cutthroat London Season socialite Lily Adler must race against time to catch a killer. Fans of Bridgerton will delight in this Regency-era mystery featuring an intrepid sleuth, plenty of intrigue, and a touch of romance.London, 1817. The London Season is beginning once more, and Lily Adler’s return to her home on Half Moon Street feels different…
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
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The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet: preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh.Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, generous patroness of Mr. William Collins, a woman of rank who rules over the estate of Rosings Park…
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