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  Publication Date:  July 5, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Noir Crime/Conspiracy  Publisher:  Mulholland Books Length:  296 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. Anna McDonald has made a terrible mistake. She has forced her blended family to vacation together. The weather is bad, her daughters are bored, and her ex-husband still insufferable. Oh, and Fin Cohen brought his latest girlfriend, too. So when news of a shocking kidnapping breaks, Anna and Fin do the responsible thing. They take off to solve the case.  Lisa Lee, a young YouTube star, has vanished after answering the door to what she thought was a pizza delivery. Police suspect her dad or the delivery guy, but in Lisa’s last known video she ventured into an abandoned chateau in France, where she uncovered a priceless artifact. Anna knows they must find this young woman before it’s too late. To do so,...

Publication Date:  August 18, 2020 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Fiction Publisher:  Mulholland Books Length:  354 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Dr. Margo Dunlop is at a crossroads. Her adoptive mom just passed away, and Margo misses her so much she can't begin to empty the house-or, it seems, get her brother on the phone. Not to mention she's newly single, secretly pregnant, and worried about her best friend's dangerous relationship. In an effort to cheer herself up she goes in search of her birth mother. Instead she finds Nikki, her mother's sister. Aunt Nikki isn't what Margo expects, and she brings upsetting news: Margo's mother is dead. Worse, she was murdered years ago, and her killer is still at large—and sending Nikki...

  Publication Date:  February 6, 2006 Format:  Audio Genre:   Noir fiction  Narrators:  Heather O'Neill Publisher:  Highbridge      Length:  6 hours 59 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time of hunger strikes, riots and unemployment that decimated the old industrial heartlands,  The Field of Blood  is the first in the tense Paddy Meehan series from Scotland's princess of crime, Denise Mina. The vicious murder of a young child provides rookie journalist Paddy Meehan with her first big break when the suspect turns out to be her fiance's 11-year old cousin. Launching her own investigation into the horrific crime, Paddy uncovers lines of deception deep in Glasgow'...

Publication Date:  June 18, 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Noir Crime Publisher:  Little Brown & Co                   Length:  385 pages Buy:  Paperback  | Kindle  Synopsis The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life exploded started off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone. Reeling, desperate for distraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people's problems are much better than one's own -- a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint of international conspiracy. But this case actual...