| 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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| 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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| 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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Miss Caroline Bingley, private investigator : a novel
by Kelly Gardiner
In this imaginative cozy mystery, the search for a missing maid leads Miss Caroline Bingley from Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice into murder and mayhem in the gritty underbelly of Regency London.
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Etiquette for lovers and killers : a novel
by Anna Fitzgerald Healy
Set in 1960s Maine, a Nancy Drew for the contemporary adult reader, in a deliciously witty and twisty murder mystery following a young woman who just wishes something interesting would happen for once . . . only to stumble upon a stranger-than-fiction mystery that even the local police can't handle.
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The ex-girlfriend murder
by Gloria Chao
The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she'd agreed to meet Olivia and Elle--Tucker's other girlfriends--to exact revenge for all he'd put them through... But then they found him. Dead...To clear their names, Kat, Olivia, and Elle team up to find the real killer. But as they go undercover and lie to everyone...they realize that every person in their ex's life had a reason to want him dead. Will they uncover the truth before they go down for a murder they didn't commit?
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I did warn her : a novel
by Sian Gilbert
Joining the crew of the luxurious super yacht Ophelia, Sasha expects high wages and glamour but quickly realizes the yacht's beauty masks something far more sinister when a crew member is murdered and priceless jewels go missing.
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The ascent : a novel
by Allison Buccola
Twenty years after being the sole survivor of a vanished commune, Lee Burton's carefully constructed life unravels when a stranger offers answers about her past, forcing her to confront buried secrets and the growing paranoia threatening her grasp on motherhood and identity.
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