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| Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell HallEx-LAPD detective Sonny Rush moves to picturesque Haven, California, to work for her godfather's PI firm and help care for her mom. After learning that the police didn't do a good job investigating a Black teen's supposed suicide, she looks into the death, unearthing the area's ugly underbelly in this suspenseful 1st in a new series. Read-alikes: Tracy Clark's Chicago Mysteries; Delia Pitts' Vandy Myrick series. |
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| Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-OpokuRecently widowed Savvy Summers runs a Chicago soul food restaurant and catering business in this engaging series opener that includes recipes. But after a customer dies and people blame her, she must figure out what really killed the man to save herself and her livelihood. Thankfully she has help from her gossipy sous-chef and her cop ex-husband. Try this next: Abby Collette’s Books and Biscuits Mysteries; Danielle Arceneaux’s Glory Broussard Mysteries. |
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| The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo NicholsElderly Mrs. B. rents her Santa Barbara, California, cottages to people who need help in this charming 1st in a series. Her newest renter, an ex-convict, is blamed when a body is found nearby, so Mrs. B. sets out to prove his innocence with help from other tenants, including a single mom and her kids, an agoraphobic man, and a workaholic perfectionist. For fans of: Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building; Richard Osman; Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong Mysteries. |
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| History Lessons by Zoe B. WallbrookLife as a new history professor at prestigious Harrison University has been pretty good for Daphne Ouverture, even though her love life needs help. But when the school's star professor is murdered right after texting Daphne, she is suspected by the police and targeted by the killer. Teaming up with a handsome book store owner, she plays amateur sleuth. For fans of: debut mysteries; smart, witty academic novels; Kellye Garrett. |
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