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| Murder in Bel-Air by Cara BlackStarring: Fashionable Paris PI and single mom Aimée Leduc, whose American mother has worked with both the CIA and 1970s radicals.
What happens: It's 1999, and Aimée's mother (who was supposed to be with Aimée's daughter at a playgroup) disappears. A murder near the play area has Aimée desperately seeking her mom while dealing with neighborhood secrets, spycraft, and Cote d’Ivore politics.
Who it's for: This 19th Aimée Leduc novel (which works for readers who know Aimée and those who don't) will please those who enjoy character-driven mystery novels with international settings. |
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| Almost Midnight by Paul DoironWhat it's about: A corrections officer is killed in a Maine state prison, and a prisoner, the best friend of game warden Mike Bowditch, is injured trying to help -- but it's all related to bigger crimes outside the pen.
Series alert: Newcomers can start with this 10th Mike Bowditch novel, but to follow him from his rookie year, pick up The Poacher's Son.
For fans of: C.J. Box, Nevada Barr, and William Kent Kruger's well-plotted mysteries featuring the great outdoors. |
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| The Cutting Room by Ashley DyerWhat it's about: Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver, who are both still healing from their last traumatic case, work to stop a serial killer who fancies himself an artist and has a large social media following.
Is it for you? If you like gritty British police procedurals like Mo Hayder's, you'll enjoy this chilling, suspenseful sequel to Splinter in the Blood.
About the author: Ashley Dyer is the pseudonym of novelist Margaret Murphy and forensic expert Helen Pepper (who has consulted for British TV's Vera, Shetland, and Bancroft). |
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| A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne FreemanWhat it is: a lighthearted, cozy Victorian mystery with a touch of romance; the sequel to the Agatha Award-winning A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder.
Starring: The Countess Harleigh, an adventurous American whose recently deceased husband only married her for her money.
What happens: When a woman she'd hoped would marry her cousin is murdered, Lady Harleigh plays sleuth, which has her unearthing all kinds of upper-crust gossip and possibly a blackmail plot. |
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| The Shallows by Matt GoldmanStarring: Minneapolis, Minnesota PI Nils "Shap" Shapiro, who's jaded, newly 40, and in a complex relationship with his ex-wife.
What it's about: When a prominent lawyer is found dead in a pond with a fishing stringer hooked in his mouth, multiple people (the man's wife, her lover, the cops, etc.) want Nils' help.
Series alert: This is the twisty 3rd novel (after Gone to Dust and Broken Ice) to feature Shapiro, a modern version of a hardboiled detective. |
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| The Darwin Affair by Tim MasonStarring: Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field, who was a real person and the inspiration for Charles Dickens' Bleak House's Inspector Bucket.
What happens: In 1860 London, the connection between an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria and the murder of a petty thief leads Field to body snatchers, a conspiracy related to Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and a diabolical criminal.
For fans of: Louis Bayard, Charles Finch, Heather Redmond's Dickens of a Crime series, and E.S. Thomson's Jem Flockhart novels. |
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