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| When Hell Struck Twelve by James R. BennThe problem: Two months after D-Day, a French traitor has been delivering classified plans to German leaders in Nazi-occupied Paris.
The solution: The Allies leak false information, and U.S Army Captain Billy Boyle and his friend Kaz must prevent the traitor's capture by the French Resistance until the fake plans are delivered, while also investigating a murder.
Series alert: This well-researched 14th Billy Boyle novel provides a fascinating mystery and a compelling look at the realities of war. |
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| Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery by Ellen HartStarring: Minneapolis restaurateur/private detective Jane Lawless, her retirement-age lawyer father, Ray, and her best friend, vibrant theater director Cordelia Thorn.
What happens: When new evidence surfaces, Jane helps her dad work to free an innocent man (whom he defended in court four years earlier) and try to locate the real murderer.
Series alert: This is the tightly-plotted 26th entry in the Lambda Award-winning Jane Lawless series, and newcomers can start here. |
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Terns of endearment : a Meg Langslow mystery
by Donna Andrews
When her family’s cruise vacation is interrupted by a ship breakdown and reports of a passenger’s suspicious leap overboard, Meg races against time to uncover the truth. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Toucan Keep a Secret.
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| Paper Son by S.J. RozanStarring: Chinese American private detective Lydia Chin and her Kentucky-born partner, Bill Smith, who work out of New York's Chinatown.
What happens: On orders from Lydia's domineering mother, Lydia and Bill head to the Mississippi Delta to prove the innocence of Lydia's distant cousin, who's been accused of killing his father.
Welcome back! This 12th Lydia Chin and Bill Smith novel has terrific dialogue and is the first book to feature the entertaining PIs since 2011. |
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The missing ones
by Edwin Hill
Summoned to a rugged, remote island of the coast of Maine by a cryptic text, Hester Thursby discovers a community cleaning up from a devastating storm—and uncovers a murder.
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| This Poison Will Remain by Fred Vargas; translated by Sian ReynoldsWhat happens: Called away from a trip to a remote Icelandic island, Chief Inspector Adamsberg reluctantly returns to Paris to solve the cases of a woman who'd been fatally run over crossing a street and the strange spider-related deaths of several elderly men.
Series alert: This is the cunning, compelling 10th book in the Chief Inspector Adamsberg series.
Reviewers say: It "combines the depth and detail of a satisfying police procedural with a devilish mystery" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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If You Like: Downton Abbey
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Death at Wentwater Court : a Daisy Dalrymple mystery
by Carola Dunn
During the post-war turbulence of 1920s England, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple shocks her family by getting a job writing, a position that leads her to Wentwater Court, a manor house full of jealousy and murder.
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| The Mitford Murders by Jessica FellowesIntroducing: Louisa Cannon, a down-on-her-luck young Londoner in 1919 who finds work as a nursemaid to the (real-life) Mitford family.
What happens: She investigates with teenage Nancy Mitford and a handsome railway cop when a retired military nurse is killed on a train.
Why Downton Abbey fans might like it: it's set during the inter-war period, examines social classes, and Jessica Fellowes is the niece of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and has written several nonfiction books about the show. |
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Murder on a summer's day
by Frances Brody
Amateur detective Kate Shackleton investigates the death of Maharajah Narayan, whose body was found on the Bolton Abbey hunting grounds after shooting a sacred white doe.
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| A Duty to the Dead by Charles ToddWhat happens: After being injured, World War I nurse Bess Crawford is recovering back in England where she delivers a dying soldier's strange message to his family. Bess stays on with the family for a while...and becomes embroiled in a murder case.
Series alert: This is the 1st in a popular, atmospheric series. The 11th entry, A Cruel Deception, comes out in October.
Why Downton Abbey fans might like it: the World War I setting at a family estate where secrets and allegiances prove life-changing for many. |
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