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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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Murder Runs in the Family
by Tamara Berry
Adrift and unwilling to move back home with her disapproving parents, 31-year-old trainee private detective Amber Winslow heads to Arizona, and the grandmother she's never met. Jade, a free-spirited true crime podcast producer, embraces Amber with open arms, and soon they are investigating a murder with help from Jade's retirement community friends in this "knockout series debut" (Kirkus Reviews).
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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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Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman
Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
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| Into the Leopard's Den by Harini NagendraIn 1922 colonial India, pregnant private detective Kaveri Murthy leaves Bangalore to visit her husband in Coorg where he's setting up a new medical clinic. While happy to see him, she's also investigating the odd death of an old woman, which leads to more cases, including one involving a ghost leopard. This evocative, charming 4th Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery will work for new readers to the series and for fans of Nev March and Sujata Massey. |
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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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| The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza TullyWhen 20-something Olivia Blunt gets a job assisting famous New York City detective Aubrey Merritt, she's eager to get to work, but finds herself doing boring tasks. Things change when the duo travel to Vermont to investigate the supposed suicide of a wealthy woman at her luxurious resort. There are plenty of suspects, and soon more murders, in this entertaining fair-play mystery. Read-alike: The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan. |
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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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Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 N. Virginia Ave, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 703-248-5030 (TTY 711) www.mrspl.org
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