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Crime And Punishment

author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Hoffman, Andrew Jay, Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Dostoevskii, Fedor Mikhailovich, 1821-1881, Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky, Mikhailovich Fyodor, Hurt, John
Raskolnikov, an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990

Jazz

author: Morrison, Toni
A mysterious voice weaves the story of an African-American door-to-door salesman of beauty products who shoots his young lover, and his wife who tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife in the winter of 1926.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980

Horns

author: Hill, Joe
When privileged Ig, who comes from a prominent family, wakes up one morning with a terrible hangover after a night of drinking and doing terrible things, he discovers he has grown horns.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: murder [X], revenge, homicide [X], good and evil, grief, devil, supernatural, bereavement, new hampshire, psychological fiction [X]

The Lovely Bones

author: Sebold, Alice
In the first chapter of this haunting novel, 14-year-old Susie Salmon looks down from heaven and describes the horrifying events of her murder.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890

Broken Harbor

author: French, Tana
In the aftermath of a brutal attack that left a woman in intensive care and her husband and young children dead, brash cop Scorcher Kennedy and his rookie partner, Richie, struggle with perplexing clues and Scorcher's haunting memories of a shattering incident from his childhood.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], police, dublin (ireland), murder [X], psychological fiction [X], mystery fiction

Sunburn

author: Lippman, Laura
"A novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], man-woman relationships, homicide [X], man-woman relationship, delaware, thrillers (fiction), psychological fiction [X]

Sweet Little Lies

author: Frear, Caz
"Twenty-six-year-old Cat Kinsella overcame a troubled childhood to become a detective constable with the Metropolitan Police Force, but she's never been able to banish the ghosts of her past or reconcile with her estranged father.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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Once A Liar

author: Brady, A. F
Manhattan defense attorney Peter Caine is accused of the murder of his former lover, Charlie Doyle, the daughter of the Manhattan DA.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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The Turn Of The Key

author: Ware, Ruth
"When [nanny] Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
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Walking The Bones

author: Silvis, Randall
"The bones of seven young girls, picked clean and carefully preserved, discovered years ago.
FIC
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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The Hunting Party

author: Foley, Lucy
"During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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The Guest List

author: Foley, Lucy
"On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: weddings, murder [X], islands, homicide [X], ireland, psychological fiction [X], thrillers (fiction), detective and mystery fiction

Someone We Know

author: Lape?a, Shari
Neighbors begin to turn on each other after a series of break-ins is followed by a murder.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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How We Fall Apart

author: Zhao, Katie
"Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
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Alguien A Quien Conoces

author: Lape?a, Shari
A teen boy in upstate New York begins breaking into homes and hacking the owners' computers to learn their secrets; sometimes he even shares the secrets in prank emails.
FIC
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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