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The other half
by Charlotte Vassell
When he stumbles upon the body of a young socialite during his morning run on Hampstead Heath, Detective Caius Beauchamp finds a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatening to shut down his investigation before it's begun.
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| The Unwedding by Ally CondieRecently divorced Ellery Wainwright takes a planned 20th anniversary trip alone -- but the beautiful Big Sur resort is packed with a large wedding group. That’s bad enough, but then the groom is killed and a mudslide cuts off the resort, leading Ellery to turn sleuth. This first adult novel by a popular YA author is a Reese’s Book Club Pick. Read-alikes: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley; The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand. |
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The lost coast : a novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
PI Clay Edison, when a case of simple fraud explodes into an elaborate con game stretching back decades and involving countless victims, follows the evidence to a tiny town on California's remote Lost Coast where he discovers the price of truth is higher?—?and deadlier?—?than he ever could've imagined.
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We Solve Murders
by Richard Osman
Investigator Steve Wheeler comes out of retirement when his daughter-in-law, Amy, needs help finding out who left a dead body on a remote island with a huge bag of money.
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Ash Dark as Night
by Gary Phillips
In 1965 Los Angeles, Black freelance news photographer Harry Ingram covers the Watts riots, capturing police brutality on film. He's arrested, but with the help of his girlfriend, the photos get printed. In addition, Harry's hired to look for a man who went missing during the riots. This atmospheric follow-up to One-Shot Harry will please fans of Walter Mosley's crime novels.
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Death in the Details
by Katie Tietjen
Newly widowed and in need of money, Maple Bishop starts selling intricate dollhouses in 1946 Vermont. While delivering her first order, she finds a body, and the cops say it's suicide. Maple disagrees, creating a diorama of the scene to prove it's murder and investigating with help from a rookie cop. Katie Tietjen's fascinating debut is inspired by Frances Glessner Lee's Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.
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A Lonesome Place for Dying
by Nolan Chase
Ethan Brand's first day as Blaine, Washington's chief of police is a doozy, starting with a threatening note and animal heart on his porch and followed by the discovery of the town's first murder victim in years. For fans of: Craig Johnson; William Kent Krueger; Northwoods by Amy Pease.
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The Last Word
by Elly Griffiths
A romance writer's daughters think their mother was murdered and hire West Sussex PIs Natalka, a math whiz, and Edwin, an octogenarian, to look into things, which leads to Edwin going undercover at a writing retreat. Though this is the 4th DI Harbinder Kaur mystery, this outing focuses more on Natalka and Edwin, who also appear in The Postscript Murders. Read-alikes: Richard Thorogood's Marlow Murder Club novels; Susan Fletcher's The Night in Question.
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Cold to the Touch
by Kerri Hakoda
Anchorage homicide detective DeHavilland Beans tries to find the killer of his favorite barista, who, like him, grew up a multiracial kid in small-town Alaska. When another barista dies, Beans' ex is also assigned to the case, and then the FBI show up. For other suspenseful Alaskan crime novels, try Iris Yamashita's City Under One Roof, Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak novels, and Page Shelton's Alaska mysteries.
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The Last Hope
by Susan Elia MacNeal
In the 11th -- and reportedly final -- entry in the Maggie Hope World War II series, MI6 orders Maggie to visit Madrid in order to meet with Coco Chanel and to possibly assassinate a German physicist. Readers who haven't met Maggie will want to start with the 1st book, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Read-alikes: Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs novels (whose 18th and final book is out this month); Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell mysteries; James R. Benn's Billy Boyle books.
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