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The Possession of Alba Diaz
by Isabel Caänas
In 1765, as plague ravages Zacatecas, Alba seeks refuge in her fiancé's remote mining estate but soon spirals into convulsions and darkness, forcing her into a dangerous alliance with his cousin Elías as demonic forces, buried secrets, and forbidden desire close in.
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Our Share of Night
by Mariana Enriquez
United in grief after the death of the wife and mother they both loved, a young father and son travel to confront the terrifying legacy she bequeathed—a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality.
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More Than You'll Ever Know
by Katie Gutierrez
Told through alternating timelines, this gripping mystery and wrenching family drama follows struggling crime writer Cassie Brown as she becomes obsessed with a 1985 murder case involving a woman whose double life led to murder and vows to tell the real story.
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The Grand Paloma Resort
by Cleyvis Natera
As ambitious resort manager Laura nears a career-defining promotion, her troubled sister Elena becomes entangled in a harrowing scandal involving missing children, forcing both women to confront the brutal realities of privilege, exploitation, and sacrifice within a luxury Dominican resort.
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The House in the Pines
by Ana Reyes
Seven years after the mysterious death of her best friend, Aubrey, Maya comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman dies in front of the same man Aubrey did, leading her back to a New England cabin to finally uncover a truth that could save her.
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Dominoes, danzâon, and death
by Raquel V. Reyes
It's been three years since food anthropologist and cooking show star Miriam Quiänones-Smith had her last brush with death. Her Spanglish culinary show, Abuela Approved, is topping the charts. Her parents are back in Miami and her kids are great. But when bones start popping up in unexpected places, Miriam's idyllic life is threatened. Her husband Robert's much-delayed hotel project screeches to a halt when human bones are unearthed. Tribal representatives, forensic archaeologists, and a pompous professor rain down on the possibly ancient site. Then a fake skeleton with the name "Smith" etched into it is found floating in the bay with an ominous note. Is it a threat to Miriam's husband or her in-laws? And when Miriam's boss Delvis is seen going off on a tour guide who marched through the crew-only area on set and is later found dead, Delvis is declared the main suspect. To protect her family and friends, Miriam must dig up the truth that has been hiding in plain sight.
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Tiny threads : a novel
by Lilliam Rivera
Samara has moved to California to take her dream job working for famous fashion designer Antonio Mota. Then she starts hearing voices and seeing strange things and discovers that the town and Mota's house might be hiding some horrific secrets beneath the glamour.
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| Murder on Sex Island by Jo FirestoneUsing a wig, makeup, and fake teeth, struggling Marie Jones has created a glamorous alter ego: New York detective Luella van Horn, who specializes in finding lost dogs. Offered her biggest case yet, she travels to an island to find a reality TV show's missing cast member, but a dead body means she might be in over her head in this quirky, fun, and satirical 1st in a series. |
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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. |
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| Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-OpokuRecently widowed Savvy Summers runs a Chicago soul food restaurant and catering business in this engaging series opener that includes recipes. But after a customer dies and people blame her, she must figure out what really killed the man to save herself and her livelihood. Thankfully she has help from her gossipy sous-chef and her cop ex-husband. |
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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. |
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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: Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club ; Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong Mysteries. |
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Murder on the Marlow Belle
by Robert Thorogood
Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn't come home last night, so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow's resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had rented The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, to host an exclusive party for the society, but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And when Oliver's body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in him, it's time for the Marlow Murder Club to leap into action.
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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. |
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Recent Cozy Mystery Releases
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Seven Secret Spellcasters
by Lynn Cahoon
Mass market paperback original
As Halloween nears in Magic Springs, Idaho, witch-in-training Mia juggles her catering business, a magical apprenticeship, and a murder investigation involving her boyfriend Trent and his mischievous familiar Cerby, whose powers draw scrutiny and suspicion.
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Murder at Cape Costumers
by Maddie Day
Mass market paperback original
When a famed Broadway star is found dead in his costume shop just before Halloween, Mac and her Cozy Capers Book Group in Westham, Massachusetts, trade mysteries on the page for a real-life whodunit, unraveling theatrical secrets to catch a killer in disguise.
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A Brew for Chaos
by Esme Addison
Addison's third mystery featuring telepathic apothecary worker Alex Daniels (after A Hex for Danger) is a sparkling supernatural cozy. After announcing that the case of the Fisherman--a serial killer who stalked Bellamy Bay, N.C., in the 1980s--will be reopened, Bellamy Bay Bugler editor Jonah Fox is found dead. Horrified, Bugler reporter Pepper Bellamy tells Alex that she believes Fox had figured out the Fisherman's identity and was killed before he could go public with his accusation. Alex--who learned she was descended from a Polish mermaid after moving to Bellamy Bay, lending her telepathic abilities--has sworn off mystery solving but soon fears that the stakes of the case are too high for her to sit on the sidelines.
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Halloween Night Murder
by Leslie Meier
In this trio of Halloween-themed novellas, a reporter in Maine investigates a teen's mysterious death, a group of friends shelters in a spooky farmhouse during a storm, and Mrs. Claus untangles magical mischief in Christmastown when Halloween chaos strikes.
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