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Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds
by Allison Brennan
A risk-averse bibliophile gets in over her head when strange notes in a book draw her into a real-life investigation.
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Death In the Dressing Room
by Simon Brett
Carole Seddon, a very respectable retired woman living in the English seaside village of Fethering, doesn't care for the theatre. But her neighbor Jude counts the job of actress among her many and varied past careers. So when Jude attends the closing night of a new play based on a classic TV sitcom, Carole is interested--but only because she suspects the leading man, Drake Purslow, is one of her scandalous friend's ex-lovers. The night turns out to be more dramatic than either Carole or Jude could have ever predicted. After the performance, Jude makes her way to Drake's dressing room, only to find him dead--in what, to Jude's experienced sleuthing eye, seem very suspicious circumstances.
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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie : a Novel
by James Lee Burke
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Bessie Holland finds strength in a suffragette mentor, battles forces threatening her Texas home and flees to New York, where she is drawn into a violent underworld that tests her unbreakable spirit.
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| Death at the White Hart by Chris ChibnallLeaving Liverpool for her sleepy coastal hometown, DS Nicola Bridge plans to work less and save her marriage. But when the local pub owner is tied to a chair, killed, and left in the road, Nicola puts in long hours with her new team to solve the case. |
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King of Ashes : a Novel
by S. A. Cosby
After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and family business Carruthers Crematorium—with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
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| The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia GrayWhile navigating a London social season complicated by family disapproval, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney become entangled in another murder investigation, one that is complicated by a contested inheritance and threats to loved ones' reputations. Read-alikes: Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen Mysteries; Sally Smith's A Case of Mice and Murder. |
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Fireweed : a Novel
by Lauren Haddad
Fireweed is a subversion of the missing woman plot that follows a white housewife's misguided investigation into the disappearance of her Indigenous neighbor.
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Doggone Bones
by Carolyn Haines
When a local pet activist's dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following Blue Christmas Bones.
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Fair Play
by Louise Hegarty
A group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year's Eve. It is Benjamin's birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d'oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else's heart is broken. In the morning, all of them wake up--except Benjamin. As Abigail attempts to wrap her mind around her brother's death, an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer. In this mansion, suddenly complete with a butler, gardener and housekeeper, everyone is a suspect, and nothing is quite as it seems. Will the culprit be revealed? And how can Abigail, now alone, piece herself back together in the wake of this loss?"
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Dead post society
by Diane Kelly
Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck take on a Victorian house with a violent past, navigating rumors of restless spirits and an unsolved double murder, as they work to restore the property while unraveling its decades-old mysteries. Original.
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| A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate KhavariAfter her grandfather's heart attack, botanist Saffron Everleigh returns to the family estate with her new beau and her long-time best friend, Elizabeth. In addition to family tensions, they find a dangerous man pretending to be a cardiologist and a medium preying upon Elizabeth's family, who lost a son in the war. Set in the 1920s, this 4th Saffron Everleigh mystery works for newcomers. Read-alike: Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall. |
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| A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel PennantIn the suburbs of 1960s Birmingham, England, Jamaican immigrant Miss Hortense co-founded a cooperative group to lend money and solve crimes for people who were ignored by officials. Pushed out of the group in the 1970s, she's roped back in as a new millennium dawns and an old member is murdered. This debut novel from a British playwright introduces an appealing older sleuth and includes recipes. For fans of: Uzma Jalaluddin's Detective Aunty. |
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| Death of an Ex by Delia PittsStruggling New Jersey PI Vandy Myrick runs into the ex-husband she hasn't seen in 20 years. He's become a successful real estate agent and the chair of an elite school's board of trustees. But after spending the night with Vandy, he's found dead, leaving her to dig into his new life to clear her name. This 2nd Vandy Myrick novel explores race and class issues within its intricate plot. Read-alikes: Rachel Howzell Hall's Fog and Fury; Tracy Clark's Chicago Mysteries. |
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Dogged pursuit
by David Rosenfelt
"In Dogged Pursuit, David Rosenfelt takes readers back to the start of this beloved series as Andy Carpenter begins his career as a defense attorney in Paterson, New Jersey. Andy Carpenter has spent the three years since graduating law school working as a prosecutor in Paterson. But having seen how the system never looks out for the little guy, he leaves to start his own practice as a defense attorney. His office might be a little bit of a dump, but he's excited to make a change. Andy goes to the shelterto adopt a dog, where he meets his beloved golden retriever, Tara, for the first time and feels an immediate connection. The shelter is crowded and Tara's been sharing space with a dog named Sunny; Andy hates to break them up and so asks to take Sunny, too, but since there's a pending criminal case involving the owner, he'll need to get written permission for temporary possession. Andy discovers that Sunny's owner, Frank Tierney, has been arrested for the murder of his ex-boss. But he takes an immediate liking to Frank and his clear dedication to his dog, and ends up with his first case along with the two dogs. This prequel to the long-running and perennially popular Andy Carpenter mysteries is a gift for fans and a terrific entry-point for newcomers"
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| The Busybody Book Club by Freya SampsonIn a Cornish village, newcomer Nova Davies starts a small book club, which isn't much of a success. But after a theft threatens the future of the community center where the group meets, the club members, who vary widely in age and reading tastes, come together to play sleuth...and then a murder occurs. For fans of: Richard Osman; Robert Thorogood. |
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The Matchmaker : a Novel
by Aisha Saeed
In Atlanta, third-generation matchmaker Nura Khan thrives in her career while navigating her complicated feelings for her pretend fiancé, Azar, but her success is jeopardized when a couple's wedding falls apart, leading to a series of suspicious and threatening events that challenge her safety and her business.
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| A Terribly Nasty Business by Julia SealesNewly arrived in Regency London, ostensibly to enjoy society with her chaperone, Beatrice Steele pursues private detective work alongside her friend Inspector Drake. She quickly adapts to life outside her small village, and when an actor is accused of a gentleman's murder, Beatrice and Drake take the case. This fun cozy is the 2nd in the Beatrice Steele mysteries. Try this next: Alison Goodman's Ill-Mannered Ladies series. |
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| The Potting Shed Murder by Paula SuttonLeaving London after a scary encounter, Daphne Brewster and her husband move to the Norfolk village of Pudding Corner with their three biracial kids. Daphne opens a vintage shop and all is well until the headmaster at the kids' school is murdered, leading Daphne to investigate. Fans of leisurely paced stories with likeable characters will appreciate this cozy series starter. Read-alike: Kat Ailes' Expectant Detectives Mysteries. |
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Kill Your Darlings : a Novel
by Peter Swanson
Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward to witness key moments from the couple's lives—their fiftieth birthday party, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a colleague—all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a terrible act they plotted together years ago.
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The Devil's Kitchen : a Murder in Yellowstone
by Mark Thielman
When a history professor is fatally shot at the base of Yellowstone Canyon, seasonal park ranger and former homicide detective Clarence Johnson finds himself roped into the murder investigation. Alongside Special Agent Alison Nance, he quickly realizes they are uncovering more than just a killer.
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