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Author: Steven James
Published: November 1, 2012 by Revell
Series Name: The Jevin Banks Experience
Category: Thriller

While covertly investigating a controversial neurological research program, exposé filmmaker Jevin Banks is drawn into a far-reaching conspiracy involving one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms. After giving up his career as an escape artist and illusionist in the wake of his wife and sons' tragic death, Jevin is seeking not only answers about the questionable mind-to-mind communication program, but also answers to why his family suffered as they did.

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Scorched
Author: Laura Griffin
Published: October 30, 2012 by Pocket Books
Series Name: The Tracers Series, book #6
Main Character: Kelsey Quinn, Gage Brewer, Mark Wolfe, Elizabeth LeBlanc, Derek Vaughn

IF YOU PLAY WITH A KILLER, YOU'RE BOUND TO GET BURNED...

The dead don’t speak, but Kelsey knows their secrets. As a
forensic anthropologist at the Delphi Center crime lab, Kelsey makes it her
mission to identify bodies, often using no more than shards of bone. Her find
at a remote Philippines dig hints at a sinister story. When Kelsey's search for
answers puts her at the scene of her ex-fiancé’s murder, only one man can help
her--the man who broke her heart months before and is also a prime suspect.


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HITMAN: DAMNATION
Author: Raymond Benson
Published: October 30, 2012 by Del Rey
Series Name: Hitman
Category: Thriller
Main Character: Agent 47

Since the devastating conclusion of Hitman: Blood Money, Agent 47 has been MIA. Now fans awaiting the return of the blockbuster videogame and film phenomenon can pinpoint the location of the world’s most brutal and effective killer-for-hire before he reemerges in Hitman: Absolution. When the Agency lures him back with a mission that will require every last ounce of his stealth, strength, and undercover tactics, they grossly underestimate the silent assassin’s own agenda. Because this time, Agent 47 isn’t just going to bite the hand that feeds him.
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Murder by Vegetable: The Baby Quilt
Author: Barbara Graham
Published: October 19, 2012 by Five Star/Gale
Series Name: "A Quilted Mystery"
Category: Cozy/Small town
Main Character: Sheriff Tony Abernathy, Theo Abernathy, Harrison Ragsdale

Spring fever, coupled with a full moon, arrives in tiny Park County, Tennessee, and induces the well-named madness in its residents and visitors alike. Sheriff Tony Abernathy and his small contingent of deputies must slog through the morass of stupidity and bad behavior. His wife Theo is overwhelmed with running her quilt shop, raising their children and listening in at "gossip central".


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Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Author: Anne-Marie Beller; ed. Elizabeth Foxwell
Published: October 18, 2012 by McFarland
Series Name: McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction
Category: Mystery Reference
Main Character: Lucy Audley, Robert Audley

A comprehensive guide to the work of an icon of the sensation genre who wrote Lady Audley's Secret (1861-62) and made significant contributions to the development of the mystery, especially as the creator of the first clerical sleuth. Vol. 4 in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series.

"outstanding literary studies series"--Midwest Book Review


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