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My darling dreadful thing : a novel
by Johanna van Veen
"If the dead can wake and walk among us, how can we know what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth-strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries-is the light of Roos' life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos' backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection. Soon, Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband, where an ill woman haunts the halls, strange smells drift through the air at night, and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor, but still, the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable. Then, someone is murdered. Poor, alone, and with a history of 'hysterics', Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question, she'll have to prove who-or what-is at fault or lose everything she holds dear"
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| Return to Blood by Michael BennettTenacious Māori detective Hana Westerman, who was introduced in last year's Better the Blood, investigates after her teen daughter unearths a skull in the sand dunes near their New Zealand home in this "smart, beguiling, and ultimately surprising mystery" (Kirkus Reviews). Read-alike: Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath. |
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When she was me
by Marlee Bush
"Twin sisters Cassie and Lenora are inseparable. Ever since that night, they've been on their own, and that's how they like it. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, the twins manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true crime junkies. The peace and quiet is almost enough to make them forget what happened all those years ago. Almost. Until a teenage girl camping at the neighboring cabin goes missing, and the memories come rushing back. As the crime becomes ever more recognizable, each sister suspects the other knows more than she's letting on. Trapped in the isolating, claustrophobic wilderness, Cassie and Lenora must piece together the truth of what happened-and the sinister truth lurking in their own pasts-before it's too late"
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Knife River : a novel
by Justine Champine
When her mother's remains are found 15 years after her disappearance, Jess returns to Knife River and to her sister Liz, who has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases, and seeking answers, is faced with a list of suspects who wanted their mother dead.
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A cyclist's guide to crime & croissants
by Ann Claire
An American expat who left Chicago to run a French bicycling tour company feels pressured to show her visiting hometown friends a good time but must investigate and save her dream business when one of her guests turns up dead.
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She left : a novel
by Stacie Grey
"As a teenager, Amy Therese Brewer argued with her friends and stormed out of a party-moments before the five other teens were brutally murdered. Now, on the anniversary of those deaths, ten people with connections to the crime have been invited to a remote cliffside house by a journalist looking to do a story about the so-called Memorial Day Massacre. But the group quickly learns the event is not what it seems. As a storm closes in and guests begin to die, Therese realizes there is someone in the house who knows more than they admit about what happened that night long ago, and they will stop at nothing to protect their secrets"
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| The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNealIn the 11th -- and reportedly final -- entry in the Maggie Hope World War II series, MI6 orders Maggie to visit Madrid in order to meet with Coco Chanel and to possibly assassinate a German physicist. Readers who haven't met Maggie will want to start with the 1st book, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Read-alikes: Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs novels (whose 18th and final book is out this month); Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell mysteries; James R. Benn's Billy Boyle books. |
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The deepest lake
by Andromeda Romano-Lax
After the death of her daughter, Jules, a 20-something aspiring writer, Rose goes undercover at a memoir-writing workshop run by her daughter's literary hero, and as she uncovers details about the days leading up to Jules' disappearance, she begins to suspect this glamorous retreat is hiding ugly truths.
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The library thief : a novel
by Kuchenga Shenjâe
A white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England, Florence, restoring a collection of rare books in the forbidding Rose Hall, hears whispers about Lord Belfield's late wife, and when the library is broken into and his wife's secret diary is burned, she realizes with horror it may have held the clue to her fate.
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The main character : a novel
by Jaclyn Goldis
When reclusive, mysterious author Ginerva Ex takes her on a lavish trip on the newly renovated Orient Express, for helping craft her latest thriller, Rory discovers Ginerva has masterminded the ultimate real-life twisty plot with Rory as her main character, and as lies, deceptions and betrayals pile up, so do the bodies.
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