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| Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara BerryAdrift and unwilling to move back home with her disapproving parents, 31-year-old trainee private detective Amber Winslow heads to Arizona, and the grandmother she's never met. Jade, a free-spirited true crime podcast producer, embraces Amber with open arms, and soon they are investigating a murder with help from Jade's retirement community friends in this "knockout series debut" (Kirkus Reviews).
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Knave of Diamonds
by Laurie R. King
Mary Russell's long-lost Uncle Jake reappears and is somehow connected to the infamous theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, pulling her into a mystery and pitting her against Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft and her own loyalties. Read-alikes: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas and Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March.
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| Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura LippmanAfter winning the lottery, 68-year-old widow Mrs. Blossom goes on her first international trip, which finds her facing deceptive fellow travelers and a deadly mystery. Using skills she learned from working for PI Tess Monaghan, Mrs. Blossom sets things right while seeing Paris and going on a European river cruise. This cozyish tale by bestselling author Laura Lippman will interest fans of Nicholas George's A Deadly Walk in Devon. |
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Doggone Bones
by Carolyn Haines
When a local pet activist's dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following Blue Christmas Bones. For fans of The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson and Decked by Carol Higgins Clark.
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Harmattan Season
by Tochi Onyebuchi
Veteran and private eye Boubacar must pull his attention away from his unpaid bills to investigate the disappearance of a bleeding woman who appeared at his door. For fans of A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark and The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias.
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| A Death on Corfu by Emily SullivanThough her husband died four years ago, British expat Minnie Harper continues to raise her children, 14-year-old Juliet and 8-year-old Tommy, in 1898 Corfu, embracing the laid-back atmosphere of the Greek island. But her life livens up when a handsome mystery writer moves in next door and they team up to investigate the murder of a maid. Try this next: Erica Ruth Neubauer's Jane Wunderly Mysteries. |
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| One Final Turn by Ashley WeaverIn her 5th and final outing, English safecracker Ellie McDonnell, who's been using her skills to help military intelligence during World War II, is sent to Portugal to rescue her cousin, an escaped POW. While newcomers can still enjoy One Final Turn, those who want to start with the 1st book can pick up A Peculiar Combination. Read-alikes: the Maggie Hope novels by Susan Elia MacNeal; the Poppy Redfern mysteries by Tessa Arlen. |
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