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| Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda ChapmanAfter closing Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library for the day, book conservator Tory Van Dyne discovers a woman who says she's Agatha Christie...which does appear to be the case, despite Christie being dead. So when Tory's actress cousin Nic is linked to a suspicious death, Tory works with Christie to solve the crime. For fans of: traditional mysteries with clever plotting; Colleen Cambridge’s Phyllida Bright mysteries; Marie Benedict’s The Queens of Crime.
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How to solve your own murder : a novel
by Kristen Perrin
"A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece Annie must solve the crime to avenge her great aunt's death, and in so doing uncovers the dark heart of the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, where she might just find herself in the path of the killer"
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The Windsor Knot
by S.J. Bennett
What happens: After a Russian pianist is murdered during an event at Windsor Castle in 2016, Queen Elizabeth II turns detective with the help of Rozie Oshodi, her young British Nigerian assistant private secretary.
For fans of: the Netflix TV series The Crown; Allison Montclair's A Royal Affair, the 2nd Sparks & Bainbridge mystery, which cleverly covers the time leading up to Elizabeth and Philip's engagement.
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Glory Daze
by Danielle Arceneaux
This fun follow-up to the award-winning Glory Be finds Louisiana bookie Glory Broussard investigating another murder when her ex's second wife shows up saying he has disappeared. Glory finds him murdered and tries to figure out who killed him while keeping tabs on her mourning middle-aged daughter and planning the Red Hat Society's Mardi Gras gala. For fans of: Ellen Byron; Mario Giordano.
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The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea
by C.L. Miller
In their fun, fast-paced 2nd outing, English antique store owners Freya Lockwood and her aunt Carole board an antiques-focused cruise ship in Cyprus, where Freya acts a resident expert. The two are also trying to find a stolen painting, but with a multitude of sketchy passengers, it's just a matter of time before they also investigate a murder. Try this next: Janie Hallett's The Examiner.
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We are all guilty here : a novel
by Karin Slaughter
When two girls vanish on fireworks night in North Falls, Officer Emmy Clifton races to uncover their secrets and redeem her past failure, only to find the town—and those closest to her—harbor darker truths than she ever imagined.
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Hidden nature
by Nora Roberts
"Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the Western Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store - and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world. After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she has a long recovery ahead, so she moves back to her parents' peaceful house in Heron's Rest. As for the boyfriend who dumped her via text while she was in the hospital, good riddance. She may be down, but she's not out. So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young - the missing seem to have nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening. Luckily, the new man in her life shares her passion for solving this mystery. But it will take every ounce of endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case - and she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes to stop the horror"
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The Queen City Detective Agency
by Snowden Wright
In 1980s Meridian, Mississippi, jaded biracial PI Clementine Baldwin works with white Vietnam veteran Dixon Hicks to investigate the death of a young white man, who supposedly jumped off the jail's roof while he was in custody. But they find themselves up against the secretive Dixie Mafia and a hired killer in this twisty, slow-burn crime novel. Read-alikes: the Hap and Leonard novels by Joe R. Lansdale; Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts.
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