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Silent as the Grave
by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy Sullivan, juggling motherhood in 1900s New York, investigates deadly sabotage on a film set after her adopted daughter, Bridie, lands a starring role, uncovering tensions between rival studios amidst the fledgling movie industry's dangerous experiments.
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Sealed With a Hiss
by Rita Mae Brown
When a decades-forgotten car bobs to the surface of a creek in Virginia, with a body in the driver's seat, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her animal companions—felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, Tee Tucker the Corgi and Irish Wolfhound Pirate—team up to solve the mystery.
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Rage
by Linda Castillo
"In this gripping new installment of the Edgar Award winning series, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a brutal double murder that takes her into the dark underbelly of society and exposes the dangers of Amish lives gone wrong.
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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave
by Elle Cosimano
After a body is found in a neighbor's yard, Finlay and Vero must solve the murder before police uncover secrets they'd rather keep buried, in the fifth novel of the series following Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice.
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| Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom-CourageTV's Golden Girls are back, and this time, they're solving crimes! After Rose's niece decides to have her wedding in Miami instead of St. Olaf, Dorothy's date ends up dead at the bridal shower. With Dorothy the prime suspect, the senior sleuths set out to solve the case in this "nostalgic delight" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison GoodmanIn Regency England, 42-year-old twin sisters and amateur sleuths Augusta and Julia Colebrook have never married, each for her own reasons. Their compelling 2nd adventure combines mystery and romantic elements as the two try to clear an innocent man's name, hide a woman from her controlling brother, and push against the restrictions society places on women. Try this next: Katharine Schellman's Lily Adler mysteries; Vanessa Riley's Lady Worthing mysteries. |
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| Marble Hall Murders by Anthony HorowitzAfter breaking up with her Greek boyfriend, Susan Ryeland is back in London, editing a novel by the late Alan Conway that's been completed by Eliot Crace. But troubled Crace has laced the plot with references to his well-known grandmother's suspicious death, and this leads to murder. Read-alikes: Sulari Gentill's The Woman in the Library; Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code. |
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Return to Sender
by Craig Johnson
When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest route in the country, goes missing, the Wyoming postal inspector tells Sheriff Longmire to investigate her disappearance; posing as a letter-carrier, the sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in an otherworldly cult.
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| Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess KiddIn 1954, after letters from former novice Frieda abruptly stop, Sister Agnes leaves the order she's been a part of for decades. Now known as Nora Breen, she goes to Frieda's last address, the Gulls Nest boarding house in Kent, and finds an eccentric group. When murder occurs, Nora works with an intriguing police inspector to solve the cases. Read-alike: Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House. |
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Murder Takes a Vacation : a Novel
by Laura Lippman
Former private investigator and middle-aged widow Muriel Blossom's vacation on a Parisian river cruise turns into a deadly international mystery… that only she can solve.
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The Crash
by Freida McFadden
Eight months pregnant and abandoned by her baby's father, Tegan embarks on a desperate journey to her brother's house during a storm, only to crash and find herself at the mercy of a remote couple with potentially sinister intentions.
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
by Walter Mosley
In his 3rd outing, New York PI Joe King Oliver juggles complex family cases. First, a billionaire hires him to locate his young daughter, whom his 2nd wife has disappeared with. Then, Joe's 94-year-old grandmother wants him to find her ex-con son, who's the father Joe hasn't seen in years. Read-alikes: the August Snow mysteries by Stephen Mack Jones; the Emma Djan novels by Kwei Quartey.
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| This Is Not a Game by Kelly MullenOn Michigan's Mackinac Island, septuagenarian Mimi invites her granddaughter Addie to a socialite's charity auction with an ulterior motive. Mimi is being blackmailed by the host and wants Addie, cocreator of a murder mystery video game, to help find a solution. But then the guests are snowed in and the host is murdered in this atmospheric, well-plotted debut. Read-alikes: Ally Condie's The Unwedding; Louise Hegarty's Fair Play. |
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A Shipwreck In Fiji
by Nilima Rao
In 1915, Fiji transplant Sergeant Akal Singh and friend Taviti—investigating strange reports of Germans on neighboring island Ovalau; chaperoning strong-willed European ladies Mary and Katherine; and supervising the only police officer on Ovalau, an excitable 18-year-old constable—face an unpopular local's death and imprisoned Norwegian sailors.
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Kills Well With Others
by Deanna Raybourn
When a mole in the elite assassin organization the Museum leaks names to an Eastern European gangster who's murdering agents, assassins Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie—senior in status and age—must root out the organization's mole and hunt down their new nemesis.
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The Dark Maestro : a Novel
by Brendan Slocumb
Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy from D.C. who rose to classical music stardom, is forced into witness protection after his drug-dealer father turns informant, but when the cartel remains untouchable, Curtis and his family must use their wits and his musical gifts to fight for survival.
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| Big Bad Wool by Leonie SwannThe sheep of Glennkill, Ireland, including clever Miss Maple, are wintering in France with their shepherdess Rebecca and her tarot card-reading mum. But strange deer deaths attributed to a werewolf and the killing of a human find the flock once again using wit and courage to solve crimes in this charming sequel to Three Bags Full. |
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