Alafair Burke
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English
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Television producer Laurie Moran puts everything on the line to help a woman she thinks was wrongfully convicted of murder. Casey Carter was convicted of murdering her fiance, famed philanthropist Hunter Raleigh III, fifteen years ago. And Casey claims, has always claimed, she's innocent. Although she was charged and served out her sentence in prison, she is still living under suspicion. She hears whispers at the grocery store. She can't get a job....
22) La doble esposa
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 24 cm
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Español
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Cuando Angela conoció a Jason Powell mientras preparaba un catering en los East Hampton, asumió que su romance duraría poco, duraría lo que duran los amores de verano. Pero para su sorpresa, Jason, un brillante profesor de economía en la NYU, tenía otros planes, y se casaron el siguiente verano. Para Angela, el matrimonio resultó ser una oportunidad para rehacer su vida. Ella y su hijo pueden finalmente mudarse de casa de su madre a Manhattan,...
23) It had to be you
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English
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The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way-handsome, intelligent, popular-until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other brother had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, the twins are long estranged, each of them claiming to be convinced that the other is responsible for the death...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 300 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Starting with the 2021, the annual short story anthology will now become The Best American Mystery and Suspense and the new series editor, Steph Cha, and best-selling guest editor, Alafair Burke, will select the best short mystery and suspense fiction of the year.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Description
It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories-- a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar...
26) Inherit the dead
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English
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"TO FIND AN ANGEL, HE MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past--a former cop, who lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward (and lucrative) case. The socialite is looking for her beautiful, aimless daughter, Angelina, who is about to become a...