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| There Will Be Bodies by Lindsey DavisIn 90 C.E., Roman detective Flavia Albia and her husband, Tiberius Manilus, renovate a home in a small coastal town partially destroyed by Mount Vesuvius a decade ago. Tiberius' uncle got it cheap, maybe because along with ash and dirt, workers find multiple dead bodies. Though this is Flavia's 13th outing, newcomers can still enjoy this compelling mystery. For fans of: Steven Saylor; Tasha Alexander's In the Shadow of Vesuvius.
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The Busy Body
by Kemper Donovan
The Busy Body is wittily narrated by a successful ghostwriter hired to pen the memoir of straight-shooting former Senator Dorothy Gibson, who's just lost a bid for the presidency. But after the suspicious death of a rural Maine neighbor, the two women decide to focus on finding a killer instead. If you enjoy this fun debut, the 2nd book, Loose Lips, is out this month. Read-alike: Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
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Guide Me Home
by Attica Locke
Facing a possible indictment, Black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews quits his job. Then his estranged mom tells him the only Black member of the sorority she cleans for has disappeared, leading Darren to investigate in this atmospheric finale to the Highway 59 trilogy (newcomers may want to pick up the 1st book, Bluebird, Bluebird). Read-alikes: James Lee Burke's Holland family novels; S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed.
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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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How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin
A fortune teller at a 1965 English country fair tells Frances Adams she'll be murdered, causing her to obsess over her death. Decades later, it finally happens, and Frances' great niece, 25-year-old mystery writer Annie, must find the killer in order to inherit Frances' estate. This dual timeline mystery offers an intriguing plot and delightful characters. Read-alikes: Emily Critchley's One Puzzling Afternoon; Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
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10 Marchfield Square
by Nicola Whyte
"When a minor criminal is murdered in the smallest residential square in London, elderly heiress and landlady Celeste van Duren recruits two of her tenants to investigate. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed writer Lewis is known by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he's not that fond of Audrey either--but Celeste is persuasive. As they hunt for clues in and around the Square, they discover everyone has something to hide, including their fellow residents. Audrey and Lewis must find a way to work together if they're to find the killer in their midst. Assuming of course, there's just the one."
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Booked for murder
by P. J. Nelson
"In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. Madeline Brimley left small town Georgia many years ago to go to college and pursue her dreams on the stage. Her dramatic escapades are many but success has eluded her, leaving her at loose ends. But then she gets word that not only has her beloved, eccentric Aunt Rose passed, but she's left Madeline her equally eccentric bookstore housed in an old Victorian mansion in the small college town of Enigma. But when she arrives in her beat-up Fiat to claim The Old Juniper Bookstore, and restart her life, Madeline is faced with unexpected challenges. The gazebo in the back yard is set ablaze and a late night caller threatens to burn the whole store down if she doesn't leave immediately. But Madeline Brimley, not one to be intimidated, ignores the threats and soldiers on. Until there's another fire and a murder in the store itself. Now with a cloud of suspicion falling over her, it's up to Madeline to untangle the skein of secrets and find the killer before she herself is the next victim."
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You belong here : a novel
by Megan Miranda
When her daughter enrolls at the college Beckett Bowery fled after a deadly scandal two decades earlier, Beckett is forced to return to Wyatt Valley, where buried truths and old suspicions threaten to resurface against the backdrop of the picturesque Virginia town.
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