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Before she disappeared : a novel by Lisa GardnerStarring: Frankie Elkin - an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings who searches for missing people the world has stopped looking for. What happens: investigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing could be her.
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Dangerous women by Hope AdamsWhat it is: London, 1841. One hundred eighty Englishwomen file aboard the Rajah, embarking on a three-month voyage to the other side of the world, sentenced to a distant penal colony for petty crimes. Why you'll like it: the women forge a tenuous kinship. Until, in the middle of the cold and unforgiving sea, a young mother is mortally wounded, and the hunt is on for the assailant before he or she strikes again.
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Finlay Donovan is killing it by Elle CosimanoFeaturing: Finlay - her life is in chaos; she’s a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist. What happens: when Finlay Donovan is mistaken for a contract killer, she inadvertently accepts the offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet, discovering that crime in real life is a lot harder than fiction. Series alert: first novel of a new series - Finlay Donovan.
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Killer content by Olivia BlackeWhat it is: while adjusting to life in Brooklyn, Louisiana native Odessa Dean investigates when a fellow waitress is murdered in the background of a viral, flash-mob proposal video. Why you'll like it: determined to prove there's a killer on the loose, Odessa takes matters into her own hands. But can she pin down Bethany's killer before they take Odessa offline for good? Series alert: first novel of a new series - Brooklyn Murder Mysteries.
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The lost apothecary by Sarah PennerWhen it starts: secretly dispensing poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them, a London apothecary triggers unintended consequences that shape three lives across multiple centuries. What happens then: when an aspiring historian stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary's in a stunning twist of fate and not everyone will survive.
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The house on Vesper Sands : a novel by Paraic O'DonnellWhat it is: a Victorian-inspired supernatural mystery follows the experiences of a Cambridge dropout and his savvy detective partner, who connect a paramour’s disappearance to a bizarre suicide. Read it for: the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer, he leads them all, at last, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands
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| Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy AthertonWhat it's about: when her husband must miss their planned trip to England to visit the charming cottage she's inherited, Lori Shepherd 's father-in-law goes in his place. When the older man goes missing, Lori sets out to find him, guided by the ghost of Aunt Dimity.
Series alert: This is the 3rd in a bestselling cozy series; the 24th and most recent book, Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold, came out last year. |
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A good marriage : a novel by Kimberly McCreightFeaturing: an overworked lawyer who is begged for help by an old friend to investigates a suspicious death in a Brooklyn brownstone. What it's about: Lizzie must confront not only her own marriage, but what it means to have a good marriage in the first place, and the dangerous compromises some couples make-and the secrets they keep-in order to stay together.
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The good daughter : a novel by Karin SlaughterWhat happens: decades after a shattering confrontation that left her mother dead and her sister traumatized, a New York-based lawyer returns to her Atlanta hometown to help her father save the life of a young woman accused of a school shooting. Why you'll like it: two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint; one runs for her life; one is left behind. Packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, the shocking truth won't stay buried forever.
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One good deed by David BaldacciWhat it is: in 1949, World War II veteran and recent convict Aloysius Archer is released on parole with instructions to stay out of trouble. Why you'll like it: when a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison . . . if he doesn't use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer. Series alert: first novel of a new series - Aloysius Archer.
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