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From Cradle to Grave by Rhys BowenIn search of a new nanny, Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch travels to London to see her old friend ZouZou, only to find her about to depart for a funeral after the unexpected death of a young man in her social circle. As Georgie delves deeper, she can’t help worrying that her own husband, Darcy, may be next.
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The Burning Grounds by Abir MukherjeeIn late 1920s Calcutta, India, the British are hanging on by any means necessary in the wake of the Home Rule movement. Amid those tensions, Detective Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee must solve two seemingly separate but urgent cases—a high-profile murder and a disappearance that hits too close to home.
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The Hidden City: A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles FinchIt's 1879, and Lenox is convalescing from the violent events of his last investigation. But a desperate letter from an old servant forces him to pick up the trail of a cold case: the murder of an apothecary seven years before, whose only clue is an odd emblem carved into the doorway of the building where the man was killed.
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The Last Death of the Year by Sophie HannahOn New Year’s Eve 1932, Hercule Poirot and Inspector Catchpool are staying in a rundown guesthouse on a small Greek island while Poirot investigates a threat against a fellow lodger. Then a note appears promising “the last and first death of the year."
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Silent Bones by Val McDermidScotland, 2025. Sam Nimmo, an investigative journalist who'd been poking his nose into the murky politics of the Scottish independence referendum, had become the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his girlfriend when he vanished. Now he's reappeared, buried under the motorway.
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Innocence Road by Laura GriffinLeanne Everhart knows women have something to fear in her artsy hometown, especially so if they're not rich, white locals. Returning to town after her father's death, she sees the ugliest sides of an area that draws people for its severe, untamed natural landscape.
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6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk A writer's peaceful train journey to Montreal turns deadly when a passenger dies mysteriously and survivors must fight an unknown enemy while confined to their cabin.
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The Devil in Oxford: A Ruby Vaughn Mystery by Jess ArmstrongWhen Ruby Vaughn's octogenarian housemate and employer, Mr. Owen, secures two tickets to an upcoming exhibition of artifacts amassed by disgraced scholar Julius Harker, Ruby reluctantly agrees to attend. The evening turns out to be more eventful than either of them bargained for.
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Lost in the Garden of Eve by L. DivineWhen former Atlanta stripper-turned-reporter Keke McCoy finds fame after solving the gruesome ritualistic murder of a fellow dancer, she's tapped to investigate the unsolved disappearance of underage dancers from her teenage stomping grounds.
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