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| Into the Night by Sarah BaileyStarring: Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock, who's just moved to Melbourne and is struggling with the changes in her life after leaving her five-year-old son in the custody of his dad in her small hometown.
What happens: In this complex sequel to The Dark Lake, Gemma and her hostile new partner investigate the murder of a homeless man as well as the fatal stabbing of a movie star, whose death took place on camera while filming a zombie crowd scene.
For fans of: atmospheric Australian mysteries and troubled-yet-smart heroines. |
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| Not of This Fold by Mette Ivie HarrisonWhat happens: When Draper, Utah police dismiss the strangling of a Hispanic immigrant, empty nester and Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim agrees to help a mutual friend look for the killer, even if it means battling dogmatic Church members and facing danger.
Read it for: This 4th outing for Linda features nuanced looks at several timely topics, including racism and homophobia.
Read this next: For another series that examines the plight of immigrants in the U.S., pick up Suzanne Chazin's Jimmy Vega novels. |
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| Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack JonesWhat happens: In Detroit's Mexicantown neighborhood, August Snow, a half-Mexican and Half-African American ex-cop who won millions in a wrongful dismissal suit, investigates the death of an immigrant teen found dead in the river and dressed as Marie Antoinette.
Series alert: This is the 2nd mystery novel, after the award-winning August Snow, by poet and playwright Stephen Mack Jones.
For fans of: Walter Mosley; Loren Estleman's hardboiled, Detroit-set novels; and David Housewright’s Rushmore McKenzie series. |
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Never let go
by Elizabeth Goddard
When a forensic genealogist stumbles into the middle of a decades-old abduction case, she will need the help of her ex-flame to discover the truth, stay alive and save her heart in the process. Simultaneous eBook.\\When a forensic genealogist stumbles into the middle of a decades-old abduction case, she will need the help of her ex-flame to discover the truth, stay alive and save her heart in the process. Simultaneous eBook.\\
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| The Blood by E.S. ThomsonFeaturing: Jem Flockhart, a young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to work as an apothecary in Victorian London, and Will Quartermain, an engineer and friend of Jem, who knows her secret.
What happens: Called to a floating seaman's hospital on the Thames, the friends learn about deaths and disappearances of people connected to the hospital and uncover a secret society that may play a role.
For fans of: Victorian mysteries, like Will Thomas' Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn mysteries, Alex Grecian's Walter Day novels, and Charles Finch's (less gritty) Charles Lennox novels. |
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That old scoundrel death : A Dan Rhodes mystery
by Bill Crider
Texas sheriff Dan Rhodes tackles a final series mystery involving an unidentified victim at a school demolition site, a band of dimwitted hoodlums and a paranoid detective. By the late Anthony Award-winning author of Dead, to Begin With
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Breach of trust
by Rachel Dylan
Corporate litigator Mia Shaw suffers the shock of her life when she finds her colleague and friend brutally murdered, but the man accused of the murder is a friend of security tech guru Noah Ramirez and the evidence just doesn't add up. Simultaneous eBook.\\Corporate litigator Mia Shaw suffers the shock of her life when she finds her colleague and friend brutally murdered, but the man accused of the murder is a friend of security tech guru Noah Ramirez and the evidence just doesn't add up. Simultaneous eBook.\\
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The night Olivia fell
by Christina McDonald
When her pregnant daughter is rendered brain dead from a fall and placed on life support to help the baby survive, a grieving mother notices suspicious injuries and resolves to uncover the truth. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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The Shaker murders
by Eleanor Kuhns
After accusations of witchcraft, Will Rees, a farmer in 1796 Maine, and his family take refuge in Zion, a Shaker community, but when multiple deaths occur there, Will is determined to investigate the suspicious circumstances, despite the Shaker Elders dismssing his concerns
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