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2017 · M.L. Rio
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Seven Shakespeare students at a conservatory — one of them is dead. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder, and is finally ready to tell the truth.
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2016 · Sally Thorne
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Lucy and Joshua are office co-workers who share one desk, hate each other on sight, and play increasingly dangerous games to gain the upper hand.
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2019 · Alex Michaelides
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A famous painter shoots her husband five times then never speaks another word. A criminal therapist becomes obsessed with uncovering her motive.
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2015 · Victoria Aveyard
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Mare Barrow lives in a world divided by blood — red or silver. When she discovers she has extraordinary powers despite her red blood, she's thrust into the Silver elite's deadly court games.
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