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The eponymous and hapless detective Happy Doll returns with a new philosophy and a new case in this second installment of a series “that's a tightly coiled double helix of offbeat humor and unflinching violence” (The New York Times Book Review)Although badly scarred and down to his last kidney after the previous caper, Happy Doll is back in business. When a beguiling young woman turns up at his door, it’s Doll’s past that comes knocking. Mary DeAngelo is searching for her estranged mother, Ines Candle―a singular and troubled woman Doll once loved. The last he’d seen her she’d been near-death: arms slit like envelopes. Although she survived the episode, she vanished shortly thereafter. Now, years later, Mary claims Ines is alive and has recently made contact―messaging her on Facebook and calling her from a burner phone―only to disappear once again. Although his psychoanalyst would discourage it, Doll takes the case, desperate to see Ines again. But as the investigation deepens, there ar

The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:"Magnificent" ― Sunday Times "[Galbraith’s] greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological elements of this latest book), and to createcolorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page." ― Bill Sheehan, Washington Post"Finely honed, superbly constructed" ― Daily Mail"A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning." ― Guardian"The work of a master storyteller" ― Daily Telegraph"This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world, where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh‑so‑human flaws and virtues of Galbraith's irresistible hero and heroine." ― USA Today"Addictive, murderous fun." ― Vox "Compulsively readable." ― People

The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:"Magnificent" ― Sunday Times"[Galbraith’s] greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological elements of this latest book), and to createcolorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page." ― Bill Sheehan, Washington Post"Finely honed, superbly constructed" ― Daily Mail"A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning." ― Guardian"The work of a master storyteller" ― Daily Telegraph"This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world, where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh‑so‑human flaws and virtues of Galbraith's irresistible hero and heroine." ― USA Today"Addictive, murderous fun." ― Vox"Compulsively readable." ― People

The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:"Magnificent" ― Sunday Times"[Galbraith’s] greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological elements of this latest book), and to createcolorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page." ― Bill Sheehan, Washington Post"Finely honed, superbly constructed" ― Daily Mail"A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning." ― Guardian"The work of a master storyteller" ― Daily Telegraph"This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world, where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh‑so‑human flaws and virtues of Galbraith's irresistible hero and heroine." ― USA Today"Addictive, murderous fun." ― Vox"Compulsively readable." ― People

Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this breathtaking new thriller from the bestselling and beloved author of The Stolen Hours and The Life We Bury.Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt―he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate. When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong. But the closer Max and Lyle get to finding proof, the more slippery Reed becomes, until he makes a break for the vast Boundary Waters wilderness with vulnerable Pip in tow.On the heels of the most dangerous kind of criminal―a desperate father―Max and Lyle race to fi

A woman finds herself in a race not only for justice but for her life in this "riveting, hold-your-breath" new mystery from the bestselling author of The Life We Bury (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author).Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job―working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney―and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn. The police believe the woman’s assailant is local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the case quickly flounders as the evidence wears thin. It seems Gavin saw this investigation coming―and no one can imagine how carefully he has prepared.The more determined Lila is to put Gavin behind bars, the more elusive justice becomes. Battling a vindictive new boss and haunted by the ghosts of her own unspeakable attack, which she’s kept a dark secret for eight long years, Lila knows the clock is tic