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Death at a Highland wedding
by Kelley Armstrong
Living as a Victorian-era housemaid after slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson joins Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie at McCreadie's sister's Highland wedding. As Gray and Atkinson set off to explore the grounds, they come across deadly traps for wild cats set by the groom, and a cat whose injuries don't match the trap's intricacies. The secretive and erratic behavior of the groom puts Mallory and Duncan on edge, and when one of the guests is murdered, they must work fast to uncover the killer before another life is lost.
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Beach reads and deadly deeds
by Allison Brennan
Mia Crawford is responsible to a fault. She has to be. Between her high-demand job and taking care of her grandmother and her cats, she has little time for anything else. What time she does have, she pours into reading. Now, forced into taking a long-overdue vacation, she finds herself on a luxurious private island where she just might have a chance to reinvent herself. But when gossipy notes written in the margins of an old book turn out to be clues to the disappearance of another guest, Mia finds herself diving headfirst into a dangerous adventure.
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Knave of diamonds : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
by Laurie R. King
When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake, but she hasn't heard from him in many years. When he reappears and is somehow connected to the infamous theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, a theft that shook a government, enraged a king, threatened the English establishment and baffled Sherlock Holmes himself, Mary is pulled into the mystery and pitted against Holmes, Mycroft and her own loyalties.
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| Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura LippmanMrs. Blossom has a knack for blending into the background, which was an asset during her days assisting private investigator Tess Monaghan. After winning the lottery, 68-year-old widow Mrs. Blossom goes on her first international trip, only to find herself facing deceptive fellow travelers and a deadly mystery. Using skills she learned from working for PI Monaghan, Mrs. Blossom sets things right, all while seeing Paris and going on a European river cruise. This cozyish tale by bestselling author Laura Lippman will interest fans of Nicholas George's A Deadly Walk in Devon. |
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A most puzzling murder
by Bianca Marais
Destiny Whip is a former child prodigy, world-renowned enigmatologist and very, very alone. A life filled with loss has made her a recluse, an existence she's content to endure until a letter arrives inviting her to interview for the position of Scruffmore family historian on Eerie Island. While Destiny slowly works to unravel the mysteries hidden throughout the ominous castle, she struggles to interpret disturbing nightly visions of what is to come. Destiny is certain of only two things: one of the Scruffmores is going to die and she's running out of time to stop it.
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All the words we know : a novel
by Bruce Nash
.Rose may be in her eighties and suffering from dementia, but she's not done with life just yet. Alternately sharp as a tack and spectacularly forgetful, she spends her days roaming the corridors of her assisted living facility, musing on the staff and residents, and enduring visits form her emotionally distant children and granddaughters. But when her friend is found dead after an apparent fall from a window, Rose embarks on an eccentric and determined investigation to discover the truth and uncover all manner of secrets . . . even some from her own past.
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Requiem for a mouse
by Miranda James
At last, Charlie and Helen Louise's wedding is only a month away. They're busy preparing for the big day, and the last thing Charlie needs is a new mystery to solve. Enter Tara Martin, a shy, peculiar woman who has recently started working part-time at Helen Louise's bistro and helping Charlie in the archive. Tara isn't exactly friendly and she has an angry outburst at the library that leaves Charlie baffled. When Tara is viciously attacked and lands in the hospital, Charlie knows his instincts were correct: Tara was in trouble and someone was after her. With the help of his much beloved cat, Diesel, Charlie digs deeper, and discovers shocking glimpses into Tara's past that they could never have predicted. Will they catch the villain before Charlie's own happily ever after with Helen Louise is ruined?
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House of glass
by Sarah Pekkanen
On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie. Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny - in the midst of her parent's bitter divorce - and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. From the moment Stella steps into the historic DC home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder - even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?
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