| A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan HarperIn Los Angeles, people make money however they can. Jake monitors the police scanner and livestreams to his many followers, defense attorney Gibson reluctantly represents a big-time TV producer charged with possession of child abuse images, and Kara works for a private concierge service, getting the wealthy what they want. Then a missing woman connects them, upending their lives. For fans of: gritty neo-noir novels with well-crafted dialogue; Jonathan Ames' Happy Doll novels. |
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| My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru KonishiKaede, a 27-year-old teacher and crime novel reader, often uncovers puzzling events as she goes about her day. With her beloved grandfather, a former member of a mystery club whose Lewy body dementia hasn't affected his armchair crime-solving skills, she explores six mysteries, including a locked room murder and a missing persons case. For fans of: novels that reference classic mysteries; cozy Japanese stories. |
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| No Good Deed by Katherine KovacicNewly widowed and retired, Rena sets out alone on the camping journey across Australia she'd planned on doing with her husband. But she isn't even to her first stop when she sees a fire off road and finds a burned-out car and the dead body of a fellow geologist she knew years ago. Staying in town at the request of the cops, she can't help but conduct her own inquiries. For fans of: Jane Harper; Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek. |
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| A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna RaybournAre there vampires in 1890 London? Natural scientists Veronica Speedwell and Revelstoke “Stoker” Templeton-Vane investigate when a young man with bite marks on his neck is found dead near Highgate Cemetery. This well-plotted 10th in a popular series finds Veronica and Stoker going to a Romany camp as well as interacting with a vampire-like man and his witchy partner. For fans of: the author's Lady Julia Grey novels (Julia makes a cameo here); twisty mysteries with bantering detective duos. |
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| The Gardeners' Club by Marnie RichesSingle mom Gill Swanley juggles her boring-but-necessary job with taking care of her teen son and her elderly mother. To help deal with anxiety, she takes up gardening by joining the Bromley Botanists, who hope to win the coveted Golden Trowel award. But when Gill and another member find a dead body in a greenhouse, the group adds investigating a murder to their to-do list. Read-alike: Paula Sutton's The Potting Shed Murder; Robert Thorogood's The Marlow Murder Club books. |
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| The Politician by Tim SullivanWhen Peggy Frampton, a former Bristol mayor turned influencer, is killed, methodical DS George Cross, who's on the autism spectrum, realizes this isn't a burglary gone wrong as others assume. But was the killer someone from Peggy's professional life or was it more personal, such as her cheating barrister husband or gambling-addicted adult son? Though this is the 4th in an acclaimed British series, readers can start here. |
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