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| The Kindness of Strangers by Emma GarmanIn a shabby genteel Victorian house in 1953 London, literary free spirit Honor Wilson takes in lodgers, including a writer, a teen girl sleuth, a model/debutante, and an elderly refugee who barely survived the war. Each has secrets, and when Jimmy Sullivan shows up, he seems to threaten them all. Then he's murdered. This "beautifully written" debut (Library Journal) will please fans of thought-provoking, slow-burn novels. |
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| Heather by Caitlin MullenCallie Hauser moves back to her New Jersey Pine Barrens hometown to be the police chief and to help her best friend, who's recovering from a hit-and-run. She's quickly pulled into a 30-year-old cold case connected to her estranged mother that also involves the death of an infant and long-missing 16-year-old twin sisters. For fans of: twisty mysteries with multiple narrators; Liz Moore’s Long Bright River; HBO's Mare of Easttown. |
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Confessions of an Amateur Sleuth by Lynn CahoonTwenty-something bookseller and sleuth Meg Gates meets freelance food critic Lee Anderson at the Bainbridge Island writers' group--he's a bit of a crab and intends to do a hatchet job on the eatery. Instead, someone does a job on the critic--he's found dead by the marina. Now Bainbridge's culinary elite are on the suspect list. With help from her beau, Dalton, and the Mystery Crew at Island Books, Meg dons her sleuthing cap to solve the mystery du jour. Don't miss the first book in the Bainbridge Island Mystery series, An Amateur Sleuth's Guide to Murder.
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Wreck Your Heart
by Lori Rader-Day
Chicago's Doll Devine hopes to make it as a country singer, but for now she's singing at a tavern owned by Alex McPhee, who's helped her since she was a kid. When her estranged mom briefly shows up after 20 years, followed by a woman claiming to be Doll's half-sister, Doll doesn't know what to think, and then her ex is found dead outside the bar. For fans of: standalone mysteries with a strong sense of place and a wisecracking main character.
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| The Chowder House Murder by Lee HollisWidowed matriarch Maggie Holbrook is hosting her weekly dinner at her Maine coastal property for her three sons, daughter Jill, and their families. But police chief Jill has to leave early when a local man dies after eating poisoned chowder at a restaurant. It appears a business rival is responsible, but Maggie and granddaughter Audrey disagree and begin their own investigation in this 1st in a new series. For fans of: cozies with multi-generational casts. |
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| Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-VinayAfter COVID stole her sense of taste, American sommelier Olivia Beech lost her job. Doing better, she's hoping to work in Paris, but the beloved chef she's interviewing with dies in front of her after drinking poisoned wine. Teaming up with an eccentric group of locals led by agoraphobic detective Augusta Dupin, Olivia makes new friends and helps find the killer in this witty tale. For fans of: mysteries combining France and food, such as Colleen Cambridge's American in Paris Mysteries. |
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| Broken Truths by Alessandro Robecchi; translated by Gregory ContiAfter becoming disillusioned, acclaimed Italian director Manlio Parrini left the film industry decades ago. Now in his 70s, he's back and determined to make a film about Augusto De Angelis, a (real) pioneer of Italian crime fiction who was targeted by fascists and murdered in 1944. While writing and working to get his film financed, Manlio also investigates the killing of the elderly widow next door. Translated from Italian, this thoughtful mystery ponders artistry, censorship, freedom, and more. |
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| The Body in the Kitchen Garden by Paula SuttonEx-Londoners Daphne Brewster and her family have settled into the charming Norfolk village of Pudding Corner, even after dealing with a killing in The Potting Shed Murder. Now in her 2nd outing, vintage furnishings expert Daphne is asked to help when Lord Darlington returns to his abandoned ancestral home after years away. But amidst the overgrown greenery, Daphne finds a dead body. For fans of: Richard Osman; Robert Thorogood. |
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660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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