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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.
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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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| Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry ThomasThe premise: Sherlock Holmes doesn't exist; he's an alter ego made up by socially ruined Charlotte Holmes, who uses her extraordinary powers of deduction to succeed as an inquiry agent in Victorian England.
Enemy at the gates: Moriarty arranges a meeting to request Charlotte's help finding his daughter, who was last seen at a community of occult practitioners. Charlotte and Mrs. Watson travel to the remote locale, finding lies and liars, and Charlotte wonders if it's all a setup.
Series alert: The richly detailed 6th Lady Sherlock book works best for fans (who'll be interested in romantic developments); newcomers can start with an earlier entry, like the 1st one, A Study in Scarlet Women. |
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| Midnight Hour by Abby L. Vandiver, editor; foreword by Stephen Mack JonesWhat it is: A wide-ranging collection, from cozy to noir, of 20 original stories centered around the midnight hour, showcasing authors of color and edited by Abby L. Vandiver (aka Abby Collette).
Authors include: Jennifer Chow, Tracy Clark, E.A. Aymar, Raquel V. Reyes, Gigi Pandian, V.M. Burns, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
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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.
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| The Secrets of Winter by Nicola UpsonStarring: Real-life British Golden Age mystery author Josephine Tey; her partner Marta Fox; and Tey's longtime friend, Scotland Yard detective Archie Penrose.
What happens: In 1938, the trio head to St. Michael's Mount, a tidal island in Cornwall, for a Christmas house party -- but the festivities are interrupted by two brutal deaths.
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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.
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