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| Proud Sorrows by James R. BennVisiting a coastal English village in 1944, U.S. Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates after the wreckage of a German bomber emerges from the North Sea with the body of a British officer inside. This is the 18th in a well-researched series that follows ex-Boston cop Billy from 1942 onwards. |
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| The Raging Storm by Ann CleevesDI Matthew Venn and his team are called to remote North Devon after the murder of a celebrity adventurer, who'd shown up in a seaside village a month earlier claiming to be waiting on a mysterious visitor. This well-plotted 3rd in a series can be read as a standalone. Read-alikes: Firewatching by Russ Thomas; the Ruth Galloway mysteries by Elly Griffiths. |
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| Those We Thought We Knew by David JoyToya Gardner, a young Black artist, plans to spend the summer in her grandmother's small North Carolina mountain town, which is overdue for a reckoning with its racist past. Then the KKK show up and violence erupts, leading to murder. Read-alikes: S.A Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed; Attica Locke's Heaven, My Home. |
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| Murder and Mamon by Mia P. ManansalaCafe owner Lila Macapagal's godmothers usually know everything that goes on in their small Illinois town, but when a relative visiting from the Philippines is murdered in their new laundromat, they need Lila to sort out what happened. This lighthearted 4th entry in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen series, which began with Arsenic and Adobo, includes recipes. |
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| The Lady from Burma by Allison MontclairIn their atmospheric 5th outing, Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge, who run a marriage agency in post-World War II London, look into the murder of a dying woman and navigate tough personal issues (like Gwen's dealings with the lunacy board). Read-alikes: Jessica Ellicott's Beryl and Edwina mysteries; Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell novels. |
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| Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina SimonThis "dazzling debut" (Library Journal) introduces three generations of Rubicon women: businesswoman Lana; her estranged daughter, Beth; and 15-year-old Jack. Lana moves in with Beth and Jack during her cancer treatment, and when Jack is accused of murder, the trio investigates. Read-alikes: Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club novels; Darynda Jones' Sunshine Vicram mysteries. |
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| Murder Most Fowl by Donna AndrewsVirginia blacksmith Meg Langslow stirs up trouble while hunting for the killer of an unlikeable documentary filmmaker, who'd purposefully shot embarrassing footage of actors in a local production of Macbeth. Plus, there are medieval Scots reenactors camping in the woods. This is the delightful 29th novel starring Meg and her family; their 34th outing, Let it Crow! Let it Crow! Let it Crow!, is due this month. |
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| Trace of Evil by Alice BlanchardIn an upstate New York town that has a history with the occult, rookie detective Natalie Lockhart works the cold case of nine people who've disappeared over the course of 25 years and the recent murder of a fellow cop's pregnant wife. This 1st in a series will please fans of small-town mysteries with surprising endings. |
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| Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinIn this richly detailed series starter set In 1171 Cambridge, Christian children are being murdered and the Jews are blamed. King Henry II brings in a "mistress of the art of death" (medical examiner) from a famed Sicilian school, who struggles with life in less-civilized England. Read-alike: S.D. Sykes' Somershill Manor mysteries. |
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| Magic for Liars by Sarah GaileyNon-magical California PI Ivy Gamble takes her first murder case. But since the killing happened at the private boarding school for mages where her estranged (and magically gifted) twin works, she'll have to deal with both sister issues and a killer. For fans of: supernatural mysteries, such as T.L. Huchu's Edinburgh Nights novels. |
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Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330
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