| The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison GoodmanIn Regency England, 42-year-old twin sisters and amateur sleuths Augusta and Julia Colebrook have never married, each for her own reasons. Their compelling 2nd adventure combines mystery and romantic elements as the two try to clear an innocent man's name, hide a woman from her controlling brother, and push against the restrictions society places on women. Try this next: Katharine Schellman's Lily Adler mysteries; Vanessa Riley's Lady Worthing mysteries. |
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| Marble Hall Murders by Anthony HorowitzAfter breaking up with her Greek boyfriend, Susan Ryeland is back in London, editing a novel by the late Alan Conway that's been completed by Eliot Crace. But troubled Crace has laced the plot with references to his well-known grandmother's suspicious death, and this leads to murder. Fine for newcomers and featuring a book-within-a-book, this is the 3rd Magpie Murders novel. Read-alikes: Sulari Gentill's The Woman in the Library; Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code. |
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| Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess KiddIn 1954, after letters from former novice Frieda abruptly stop, Sister Agnes leaves the order she's been a part of for decades. Now known as Nora Breen, she goes to Frieda's last address, the Gulls Nest boarding house in Kent, and finds an eccentric group. When murder occurs, Nora works with an intriguing police inspector to solve the cases. Read-alike: Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House. |
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| This Is Not a Game by Kelly MullenOn Michigan's Mackinac Island, septuagenarian Mimi invites her granddaughter Addie to a socialite's charity auction with an ulterior motive. Mimi is being blackmailed by the host and wants Addie, cocreator of a murder mystery video game, to help find a solution. But then the guests are snowed in and the host is murdered in this atmospheric, well-plotted debut. |
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| Esperance by Adam OyebanjiDetective Ethan Krol needs to figure out how a man and his young son drowned in sea water in a Chicago high rise. Things get trickier when he learns of similar deaths in Nigeria and Rhode Island. Meanwhile, a woman with strange powers appears in Bristol, England, asking about a slave ship from 1791. |
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| Big Bad Wool by Leonie SwannThe sheep of Glennkill, Ireland, including clever Miss Maple, are wintering in France with their shepherdess Rebecca and her tarot card-reading mum. But strange deer deaths attributed to a werewolf and the killing of a human find the flock once again using wit and courage to solve crimes in this charming sequel to Three Bags Full. |
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| One Death at a Time by Abbi WaxmanAward-winning actress Julia Mann is drunk when she finds a body in her Los Angeles pool. She did time for her ex's death, so the cops want to pin this on her, too. But her young, bubbly-with-an-edge sobriety sponsor Natasha is determined to clear Julia's name in both cases. This entertaining novel introduces a fun duo who are witty, sarcastic, and full of heart. Try this next: Kemper Donovan's Ghostwriter mysteries. |
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| No Roast for the Weary by Cleo CoyleFiction turns fatal. New York City's Village Blend coffee shop has been around for decades but business after COVID hasn't been too hot. To draw in customers, master roaster and co-owner Clare encourages writers to hang out, which they do...but that brews up a murder with ties to the past. This cozy 21st outing for Clare features fun characters and an assortment of culinary tips and recipes.
Series note: Coffeehouse Mystery #21 |
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The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg
by Krista Davis
In Old Town Alexandria, domestic diva Sophie Winston investigates the suspicious death of a designer renovating a historic house, uncovering secrets about family, affairs, and the mysterious property while searching for her missing friend and unraveling a tangled web of suspects.
Series note: Domestic Diva Mystery #18
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| Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom-CourageIn this fun series starter, TV's Golden Girls are back, and this time, they're solving crimes! After Rose's niece decides to have her wedding in Miami instead of St. Olaf, Dorothy's date ends up dead at the bridal shower. With Dorothy the prime suspect, the senior sleuths set out to solve the case.
Series: Golden Girls Cozy Mystery |
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There'll Be Shell to Pay
by Molly MacRae
She sells seashells and solves murders... When she’s not selling seashells by the North Carolina seashore from her shell shop, Maureen Nash is a crime-solving sleuth with a ghost pirate for a supernatural sidekick.
The city of Ocracoke has a history of old ghosts, desirable mollusk shells, is gossip central, and visitors who refer to themselves as 'murder tourists'. Our mystery begins when a shell collector's body is found in a marshy area by the crows who notified the ghost who forged a note to the sheriff.
Series alert: This is the 2nd book in the Haunted Shell Shop Mystery series.
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Making Friends can be Murder
by Kathleen West
For years Sarah has received all types of correspondence intended for different Sarah Joneses, but now it seems that this mistake has given her the opportunity for an instant community. But what starts as a low-stakes meet-up called "The Sarah Jones Project" soon turns far more sinister when another local Sarah Jones is found dead, under suspicious circumstances, at the base of the downtown Minneapolis bridge. After fielding numerous calls from concerned loved ones ruling out their Sarah as the victim, the surviving Sarahs decide to take matters into their own hands. Aided by the dead woman's nanny, a newly commissioned (and very handsome and eligible) FBI agent, and a cloistered nun with a complicated past, the motley crew of unlikely friends are determined to get to the bottom of the murder of one of their own.
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