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Mystery May 2020 These eBooks and eAudios may be downloaded in the Libby by OverDrive app or viewed online on our OverDrive page.
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Eight Perfect Murders
by Peter Swanson
Summary: Years after establishing a literary career through his compilation of the mystery genre’s most unsolvable classics, an unsuspecting bookseller is tapped by the FBI for help solving murders that eerily mimic the books on his list.
Similar Authors: A.J. Finn, Liv Constantine, Gillian Flynn.
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Please See Us
by Caitlin Mullen
What happens: Two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer in Atlantic City as mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home.
Debut: Looking for a new author to read?
Why you may like it: This mystery has strong female relationships.
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Things in Jars
by Jess Kidd
Summary: Woman detective Bridie Devine investigates the kidnapping of a nobleman’s illegitimate daughter, whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the attention of sinister collectors in the underworld’s curiosities trade.
For fans of: paranormal fiction.
You may like it: for the strong sense of place: London.
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The Holdout
by Graham Moore
Plot: A woman is wrongly implicated in a murder one decade after convincing the members of a deadlocked jury to return a not-guilty verdict.
You may like it: because it is by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game.
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The Shooting at Chateau Rock
by Martin Walker
Summary: When a wealthy farmer is found dead amid revelations about his disinherited family, Bruno follows leads to a Russian oligarch and a shadowy multinational conglomerate in a case involving the chief suspect’s daughter and an aging rock star.
Start with: Bruno, Chief of Police. It's the first in the series.
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| Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-FlemingWhat it is: the long-awaited (seven years!) 9th entry in the award-winning series that began in 2002 with In the Bleak Midwinter.
What happens: Millers Kill, New York, police chief Russ van Alstyne, with help from his wife, Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson, investigates a murder that closely resembles two old, unsolved killings, including one for which Russ, fresh from the Vietnam War, was the prime suspect.
You might also like: Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway mystery series or Deborah Crombie's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James novels -- though both popular series are set in the U.K., they feature compelling plots and complicated relationships. |
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| IQ by Joe IdeIntroducing: Isaiah "IQ" Quintabe, a 20-something high school-dropout who lives in one of Los Angeles's toughest neighborhoods and uses his Sherlock-esque intellect to solve local crimes when the LAPD can't (or won't).
What happens: He usually takes food, tires, etc. for payment, but needing cash, IQ investigates the attempted murder (via attack dog) of increasingly paranoid rap mogul Black the Knife.
Why you might like it: Balancing dual timelines (we learn about IQ's troubled teen years), author Joe Ide, who himself grew up in South Central L.A., provides an appealing original detective and surrounds him with quirky characters in a witty and clever series debut. |
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| A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry ThomasThe premise: Sherlock Holmes is actually a woman.
What? How? After social ruination, brilliant, eccentric Charlotte Holmes reinvents herself as a detective with help from wealthy widow Joanna Watson. "Assisting" a fictitious brother named Sherlock, Charlotte investigates when Victorian London is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father.
For fans of: This delightful 1st in the Lady Sherlock series should please readers who like Deanne Raybourn's romantic historical mystery series, where characters' relationships develop throughout the books. |
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