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Invisible Helix
by Keigo Higashino
The body of a young man is found floating in Tokyo Bay. But his death was no accident - Ryota Uetsuji was shot. He'd been reported missing the week before by his live-in girlfriend Sonoka Shimauchi, but when detectives from the Homicide Squad go to interview her, she is nowhere to be found. She's taken time off from work, clothes and effects are missing from the apartment she shared. And when the detectives learn that she was the victim of domestic abuse, they presume that she was the killer. But her alibi is airtight - she was hours away in Kyotowhen Ryota disappeared, forcing Detectives Kusanagi and Utsumi to restart their investigation. But if Sonoko didn't kill her abusive lover, then who did? A thin thread of association leads them to their old consultant, brilliant physicist Manabu Yukawa, known in the department as "Detective Galileo." It's up to Galileo to find the nearly hidden threads of history and coincidence that connect the people around the bloody murder- which, surprisingly, connect to his own traumatic past - to unravel not merely the facts of the crime but the helix that ties them all together.
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The Plus One
by S. C. Lalli
In Cabos for the wedding of Radhika Singh and Raj Joshi, which marks the union of two highly influential and wealthy Indian-American families, outsider Shay Kapoor, who's dating Raj's best friend, when the bride and groom are murdered, must untangle everyone's lies before her own hidden agenda is revealed.
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Death Doesn't Forget
by Ed Lin
Jing-nan, who runs a popular Taipei night market food stand, has become famous for helping people, so he agrees to recover stolen lottery winnings for his girlfriend's mom. But when the thief is murdered, Jing-nan is blamed, and there's a surprising second murder.
This entertaining 4th outing for Jing-nan vividly depicts modern-day Taiwan.
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Death in the Air
by Ram Murali
Ro Krishna, who’s has been forced out of his high-powered London lawyer job, is spending Christmas at a luxury Indian spa owned by a family friend. After one of the elite guests is murdered, Ro agrees to quietly look for the killer. Fans of closed circle mysteries will love this debut novel that explores race, class, and Indian history, and builds to a surprising conclusion. Read-alike: R.V. Raman's Harith Athreya novels.
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The Railway Conspiracy
by John Shen Yen Nee
Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction-and kung fu skills-to take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in 1920s London. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable "dragon-taming" mace. The mace's owner is a lovely Chinese businesswoman who thanks Dee for its retrieval by throwing a lavish dinner party. In attendance is British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism-and is then poisoned two days later. Dee knows this cannot be a coincidence, and suspects Stephen won't be the only victim. Sure enough, a young Chinese communist of Lao's acquaintance is killed not long after-and a note with a strange symbol is found by his body. What could connect all these disparate, bizarre events? It is once again up to Dee's brilliant investigative skills and Lao's well-meaning but often bumbling assistance to get to the bottom of the Railway Conspiracy before anyone else ends up on the chopping block
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You Know What You Did
by K. T. Nguyen
When her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly, Annie Shaw finds her OCD coming back with a vengeance, and when the investigation zeroes in on her, her mind increasingly fractures and the only thing she knows is this: she will do anything to protect her daughter even if it means losing herself.
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The Library Game
by Gigi Pandian
Tempest Raj, part of a family business crafting secret passages, investigates a baffling murder during a mystery dinner at a literary-themed library, unraveling a deadly game where classic detective stories seem to come horrifyingly alive.
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| The Museum Detective by Maha Khan PhillipsPakistani museum curator and archaeologist Dr. Gul Delani gets a nighttime call from the Karachi police. She's hoping for news about her three-years-missing niece, but it's about a mummy and a sarcophagus in a remote drug hideout. With help from a wide variety of people, Gul investigates in this twisty, evocative series starter. |
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The Matchmaker
by Aisha Saeed
In Atlanta, third-generation matchmaker Nura Khan thrives in her career while navigating her complicated feelings for her pretend fiancé, Azar, but her success is jeopardized when a couple's wedding falls apart, leading to a series of suspicious and threatening events that challenge her safety and her business.
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Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)
by Jesse Q Sutanto
When a young woman searching for a missing friend leads Vera to the mysterious murder of influencer Xander Lin, she delves into his enigmatic life, uncovering secrets and identities to help her future daughter-in-law, Officer Selena Gray, solve the case.
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Eight Very Bad Nights
by Tod Goldberg
Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of Hanukkah noir, and poignant reminders of the meaning of the Festival of Lights. Includes stories by David L. Ulin, Ivy Pochoda, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg.
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The Forbidden Book
by Sacha Lamb
Sorel leaps out her window to escape marriage, stealing a man's identity to keep herself from being discovered. This would be easier if the real Isser Jacobs wasn't a revolutionary wanted by powerful people, but at least she's immersed in the city's underworld. An entire society where different factions vie for control of the Jewish community, forcing Sorel to decide exactly who she wants to be.
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The Paper Man
by Billy O'Callaghan
In 1980s Ireland, Jack Shine, while sorting through his mother's belongings, finds German letters and newspapers clippings that help him piece together his family history and reveal his father's hidden identity, in this thrilling story of 20th-century Europe, the Holocaust, the cost of fame and love against the odds.
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The Jazz Club Spy
by Roberta Rich
In 1939 NYC, Giddy Brodsky, a cigarette girl at a Manhattan jazz club, recognizes one of the Cossacks who burned down her family's home in Russia and enlists the help of the Chief Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island to bring him to justice.
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The 12th Commandment
by Daniel Torday
A two-time National Jewish Book Award winner's haunting new novel about murder, memory, and an ancient cult of Jewish mystics in the rural Midwest.
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Beat the Devils
by Josh Weiss
Holocaust survivor and LAPD detective Morris Baker investigates a gruesome double-homicide in 1958 during the height of the Red Scare and stumbles upon a conspiracy that could destroy all of Los Angeles.
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Recent Cozy Mystery Releases
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The Chow Maniac
by Vivien Chien
Mass Market Paperback Original
Lana Lee teams up with private detective Lydia Shepard to solve the murders of members of the secretive Eight Immortals order in Asia Village, navigating hidden connections, personal stakes, and dangerous deceptions to prevent the killer from claiming their next victim.
Series alert: Noodle Shop mystery #11
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No Roast for the Weary
by Cleo Coyle
Clare, manager of Village Blend coffee shop, starts the Writer's Block Lounge despite owner Madame's concerns?—?her own writer's group had ended in darkness?—?and when the new writer's group turns fatal, Clare must stop a desperate killer.
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Scone Cold Dead
by Maddie Day
Mass Market Paperback Original
Expectant mother and café owner Robbie Jordan balances maternity preparations and her bustling business while investigating a murder tied to her aunt Adele, uncovering secrets about a stranger and unsettling connections in South Lick, Indiana, before the mystery disrupts her family further.
Series alert: Country store mystery #13
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Dead Post Society
by Diane Kelly
Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck take on a Victorian house with a violent past, navigating rumors of restless spirits and an unsolved double murder, as they work to restore the property while unraveling its decades-old mysteries. Original.
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Bridal Shower Murder
by Leslie Meier
When a guest is murdered at her daughter's bridal shower, Lucy Stone must uncover deadly secrets before the entire wedding is ruined, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Patchwork Quilt Murder.
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Cat Got Your Killer
by Sofie Ryan
Mass Market Paperback Original
From a secondhand store in a tourist town, Sarah Grayson investigates a possible connection between a recent murder and a long-ago drowning with the help of her clever cat Elvis and a team of senior citizen detectives.
Series alert: Second Chance cat mystery #12
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