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Carter Beats The Devil

Set in America in the 20's, Charles Carter, aka Carter the Great, a brilliant stage magician known for outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets. He runs into major problems -- and the Secret Service -- when he puts on the most outrageous stunt of all, using President Harding, who later dies mysteriously in his San Francisco hotel room.

Into the Water

Set in a town where a single mother and a teenage girl were found dead in a river within a few months of each other. The story centers on a 15-year-old girl, who has been left parentless while caring for her mother’s sister — a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from.

Departure

A brilliant Miami-based FAA investigator is obsessed with learning how a 727 suddenly vanished into thin air and then reappeared in the exact same spot ten minutes later. As mysterious occurrences continue to occur with increasing frequency in the skies over Miami, the investigation becomes personal when the employee’s beloved wife is on one of the planes affected.

Murder Party

Seven women involved in a pyramid scheme meet for a dinner party on a private island. When one of the guests gets murdered, the women must figure out who is responsible before they become victims themselves.

The Truth About the Har...

A young novelist heads to New Hampshire to solve a 33-year-old murder — with his former college professor and mentor being accused of the killing.

American Wolf

O-Six, in some circles, is the world's most famous wild animal. The female alpha wolf, which is named after the year she was born, is collared and tracked by researchers at Yellowstone National Park, gaining a huge following from not only scientists but the public as well. She is shot by a hunter in 2012 just outside the park's boundaries, an act that causes howls around the country (she even got an obituary in The New York Times) despite it being legal — wolves are scaled back from endangered species' lists, so there are new population control measures in place.

Malamander (The Legends...

Set in Eerie-on-Sea, a seaside town filled with oddball characters and mysteries as murky as its winter fog, a young boy named Herbert Lemon acts as a hotel's lost-and-found director. He teams up with Violet Parma, a young girl who is looking for parents she lost as a baby. They set off on an adventure that involves the Malamander — a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true — and a hook-handed man who is pursuing them.

Queen of Hearts

The plot centers on the young Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s famed fairytale, when she was merely princess of Wonderland Palace. A host of other characters from Alice show up, and the future Knave of Hearts is the love of her young life.

A Conspiracy of Paper

Set in early 18th century London against the backdrop of the beginnings of stock speculation and the retreat from a mineral-based currency, Benjamin Weaver, a Jewish former boxer living on the fringes of criminal society, becomes entangled with powerful financial giants.

Witness for the Prosecu...

A lawyer represents a man accused of murdering a rich widow who had become enamored with him and made him the main beneficiary of her will.

A Most Agreeable Murder

Described as a story of manners and murder; a Knives Out meets The Favourite.

Bunny Lake is Missing

A woman reports that her daughter Bunny Lake has gone missing. When police find no evidence that she even existed, they being to question the woman's sanity.