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| The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery AdamsWhat it is: a book-centric cozy mystery featuring four women carrying scars from the past (some literal), including bookstore owner Nora, who can talk to people and somehow know what novel will help them. A visiting land developer to Nora's small North Carolina town asks her for recommendations, but before she can give him the books she's picked out, he's dead. Was it murder? Nora and three new friends try to find out.
Who it's for: This 1st in a new series is for mystery fans who like women's fiction and a bit of magical realism. |
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The wanted
by Robert Crais
What it's about: Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, embark on a seemingly simple case involving a client who fears her troubled teen son is dealing drugs, an investigation that reveals the young man's dangerous role in a string of high-end burglaries that have resulted in a murder and a disappearance.
Reviewers say: "More fantastic reading from a perennial A-lister who belongs on every crime fan’s TBR list." (Booklist)
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| The Missing Guests of the Magic Grove Hotel by David CasarettWhat it's about: In this 2nd book in the engaging Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency series, hospital nurse ethicist Ladarat Patalung, who helps terminally ill patients have a "good death," and her friend, dependable police detective Wiriya Mookjai, once again team up: eight foreign travelers to Thailand have disappeared, and all they have in common is brief stays at the mysterious Magic Grove Hotel.
For fans of: Timothy Hallinan's and Colin Cotterill's mysteries set in Thailand and Alexander McCall Smith's No.1 Ladies Detective Agency books. |
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My brother's keeper : a mystery
by Donna Malane
What it's about: Helping an ex-convict track down the teenage daughter she lost contact with while in prison, missing-persons expert Diane Rowe struggles with concerns that her client's intentions may not be as honorable as they seem.
Reviewers say: "This absorbing read by New Zealand author Malane mixes the investigative methodology of PI fiction with the fast pace of a thriller." (Library Journal)
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| Murder in an English Village by Jessica EllicottIntroducing: boisterous American adventurer Beryl Helliwell, who's grown weary of change as she's gotten older, and prim and proper (but definitely not prosperous) British spinster Edwina Davenport. Beryl takes a room in Edwina's home, and when young ladies disappear or die in mysterious circumstances, the two old school friends of a certain age decide to solve the cases.
What it is: a historical cozy and charming series launch set in a rural 1920s English village. |
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| Beau Death by Peter LoveseyWhat it's about: In Bath, England, police detective Peter Diamond investigates after a demolition crew uncovers stylishly clad human remains, which could be the skeleton of famous 18th-century dandy Beau Nash. To boot, the irascible Diamond works a modern murder case.
Series alert: Though this is the 17th entry in a popular series, newcomers can start here.
For fans of: flawed yet entertaining protagonists and British police procedurals with a touch of humor. |
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2017 Books You Might Have Missed
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| Hollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettIntroducing: broke actress Dayna Anderson, who, with help from her wannabe reality-show star friend, decides to earn the $15,000 in reward money offered in the case of a hit-and-run death that Dayna witnessed.
For fans of: amusing mysteries and those who appreciate insider peeks at Hollywood.
Author alert: Kellye Garrett was a TV writer for almost a decade, including for Cold Case; this is her debut novel. |
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The dying detective
by Leif G. W Persson
What it's about: Legendary Swedish homicide detective Lars Martin Johansson is racing against time to solve one final murder. Johansson is retired, living in the country, his police days behind him. Or so he thinks. And as he draws closer to solving a long unsolved crime, he finds that he is confronting not just a case, but his own mortality.
Reviewers say: "A knotty, sinuous story that leads to a hard-won resolution—and a decidedly conclusive end."(Kirkus Reviews)
"An absolutely masterful crime novel." (Booklist)
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| She Rides Shotgun by Jordan HarperFeaturing: shy, smart 11-year-old Polly, who carries her beloved one-eyed teddy bear everywhere, and her newly released ex-con father.
What it's about: Nate ticked off the Aryan Steel gang leader in prison, and now there's a hit out on him and his daughter, whom he hasn't seen in years. Since the gang's already killed Polly's mom, Nate takes Polly with him as he wreaks havoc on the gang's businesses in this gritty, compelling debut crime novel. |
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The satanic mechanic
by Sally Andrew
What it's about: When a local land-rights activist is murdered - poisoned before her eyes - recipe writer-turned-crime fighter Tannie Maria becomes embroiled in a nature-reserve land dispute among Bushmen descendants, diamond miners, and cattle companies.
Reviewers say: "Food heals, arouses, coerces, and kills in Andrew’s sublime second psychological cozy featuring South African agony aunt Tannie Maria van Harte, which also offers an immersion course in a polyglot post-Apartheid culture...Her food wisdom is universal, unassailable: potato salad eases worry; warm orange pudding makes one feel whole." (Publishers Weekly)
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