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| Our Marriage Is Murder by Carol GoodmanAt a mystery conference in a haunted hotel in Italy, married writing duo Fred and Thea return to the location where they fell in love and plotted their first novel. No one knows they are secretly separated and that after 20 books and 20 years, each has plans to end their marriage and writing partnership at this event. But then very real murders occur that mimic the ones in their debut, so they reunite to investigate. For fans of: metafictional mystery novels; humorous vacation cozies. |
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| The Silent Appeal by Janice HallettFollowing The Appeal and The Christmas Appeal, the Fairway Players of Lower Lockwood are back! Tensions are high as they prepare to put on an Agatha Christie play, and that's before they find themselves embroiled in murder. Again. Later, intrepid young lawyers Femi and Charlotte dig into emails, text messages, and more to figure out what really happened and who's really guilty in this fun, intricately plotted epistolary whodunit. For fans of: Robert Thorogood's Marlow Murder Club novels. |
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| City of Promises by Victoria Thompson with Ellen ThompsonFrank and Sarah Malloy's besotted daughter plans to marry a dubious man she just met. Convinced he's a fraudster, they visit lawyer Gideon Bates, only to discover no legal recourse. But Gideon's wife, Elizabeth, who was raised by a confidence artist, develops a plan to con the con man. This "delightfully amusing" (Kirkus Reviews) 8th Counterfeit Lady novel also stars characters from the author's Gaslight mysteries. Author Victoria Thompson sadly died in 2024; this novel was completed by her daughter Ellen. |
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| The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies by Kate WestburyIn 1951 Oxford, England, Gin Bishop is a clever student with no plans to marry the well-to-do man her aristocratic father has selected, while Sidney Braithwaite, a veteran and former spy, studies Latin and Greek. At first, Gin and Sidney annoy each other, but when a kindly librarian is murdered, and they learn he had been tracking a Soviet agent, they team up to investigate in this "cracking good debut" (Kirkus Reviews). For fans of: Susan Elia MacNeal; Jess Armstrong's Ruby Vaughn mysteries. |
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A Killer Plot: A Jane Hepburn Mystery by E. C. NevinJane Hepburn has almost made it. After solving the murder of her literary agent at last season's crime-book festival, Jane receives a burst of internet fame that lands her an invite to a splashy book launch in London. Visiting beloved bookstores along the winding alleyway of Cecil Court, and brushing shoulders with famous writers and the editors and agents who made them stars, Jane is looking forward to a fun, murder-free weekend and a distraction from her own writer's block. However, things take a turn for the worse when the hotshot editor is nowhere to be seen. And they really go south after Jane discovers a body in the bookshop cellar. To ensure that another event isn't overshadowed by an unsolved murder, Jane and her two friends--debut novelist and star of the party Natasha Martez and clumsy publicity assistant Daniel Thurston--must put their sleuthing skills to the test.
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My Sister Is Going to Kill Me by Nina SimonLiv and Mandy Chisholm's yearly sister trip is a sacred tradition, an attempt to bond as their lives increasingly diverge. Liv, the ever-practical older sister, packs the color-coded itineraries. Mandy, a bedazzled human tumbleweed, brings the spontaneity. This year, the sisters take off for a rafting adventure through the breathtaking depths of the Grand Canyon with a group of strangers. But beyond the terrors of whitewater rapids, sibling squabbles, and rogue reptiles, the ferocious beauty of the river carries a darker undercurrent, and an unexpected guest: a murderer in their midst. When a fellow traveler is found dead and another corpse hits the water, the rafting trip flips from idyllic sister vacation to high-stakes murder investigation. Every suspect has a secret, every clue is drenched in mystery, and Liv and Mandy can hardly trust each other, let alone their own instincts.
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The Opposite of Murder by Sophie HannahThe perfect alibi. The perfect motive. The perfect lie? Jemma Stelling walks into a police station and confesses--not to a murder she's committed, but to the one she's terrified she might. Jemma can't stop herself from thinking about murdering her stepmother, Marianne Upton. The only way to stop herself might be to confess before she snaps and does the unthinkable. But while Jemma is still giving her statement, a call comes in: Marianne has just been found stabbed to death, killed in exactly the way Jemma described. Suddenly, the woman desperate to prevent a murder has an unshakeable alibi... and a disturbingly accurate description of the crime she couldn't have committed. Is Jemma an innocent bystander? Or a brilliant, cold-blooded killer who planned everything down to the minute?
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