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For your convenience, beginning in January we will be consolidating our newsletters into one, all-encompassing newsletter. Suggestions from each individual genre will now be included in the new newsletter format on a rotating basis. The separate newsletters for these genres are now discontinued.
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| All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. MorrisStarring: Ellice Littlejohn, the only Black lawyer at her Atlanta company, who's also having an affair with her married white boss, Michael.
Early morning surprise: Ellice shows up for an office tryst and finds Michael dead. She thinks it's suicide, panics, and leaves -- but Michael was murdered. After she's unexpectedly given his job, Ellice faces office scrutiny and gossip, and realizes she needs to figure out what happened to Michael, even as old secrets from her past threaten her future.
Why you might like it: All Her Little Secrets is a compelling debut that weaves in poignant flashbacks to Ellice's troubled childhood and thoughtfully covers racism, sexism, abuse, and corporate politics. |
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Cutthroat Dogs: an Amos Walker Mystery
by Loren D. Estleman
The sister of a man implicated in a murder 20 years prior hires Detroit private detective Amos Walker to prove his innocence, in the next novel of the long-running series following When Old Midnight Comes Along.
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| Grave Reservations by Cherie PriestIntroducing: Leda Foley, a Seattle travel agent and psychic whose fiancé's murder has never been solved.
What happens: After she gets a bad feeling and changes Seattle police detective Grady Merritt's flight, which saves his life, the two team up to solve a cold case...which might also be related to Leda's fiancé's death.
Did you know? Cherie Priest is a Locus Award winner who's best known for writing horror and steampunk; Grave Reservations is her first adult mystery and the charming 1st in a planned series. |
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| Depth of Winter by Craig JohnsonA change of scenery: Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire arrives in northern Mexico alone, on the hunt for his kidnapped adult daughter, who's been taken by a ruthless drug cartel leader.
Series alert: Newcomers who'd like a gritty Western crime story can start with this compelling 14th Longmire outing. Those who want to begin in Wyoming, where most of the books take place, can pick up the 1st novel, The Cold Dish, or his short story collection, Look for Signs.
Reviewers say: "the celebratory Mexican festivals are vivid and complement the unfolding plot" (Library Journal); "a rip-roaring adventure" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The Darkest Evening
by Ann Cleeves
Discovering a toddler in an abandoned vehicle near the run-down home where her estranged father grew up, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope approaches the property during a boisterous Christmas party before discovering the body of a woman outside.
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Snow
by John Banville
Investigating the murder of a 1957 County Wexford priest, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community’s culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family’s dangerous secrets.
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| Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenWhat happens: Virgil Wounded Horse, a vigilante enforcer on South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation, works with the ex-girlfriend he still loves in order to figure out who's bringing heroin to the rez. Virgil's also raising his teenage nephew, who's bullied for his mixed-race heritage.
For fans of: S.A. Cosby, Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and others who write gritty, compelling crime novels with rural settings.
Did you know? With his 2021 win for Best First Novel for Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbi Weiden became the first Native American writer to win an Anthony Award. |
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