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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." This clever latest by Sophie Hannah is authorized by Agatha Christie’s estate and will appeal to fans of Colleen Cambridge's Murder at Mallowan Hall. |
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Sugar and Spite: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
by M. C. Beaton
When a series of deaths within the small Cotswolds birdwatching community begins to unravel her village, Agatha is certain foul play was involved. Now, she must dig up decades' worth of tempestuous relationships and simmering secrets among the birdwatching enthusiasts of the village in order to prevent any further deaths.
Agatha Raisin Mystery (68)
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| The Bone Thief by Vanessa LillieRhode Island Bureau of Indian Affairs archeologist Syd Walker, who’s Cherokee, returns in this compelling 2nd outing. Having received a promotion, she’s ready when the 300-year-old bones of a child are found at a summer camp run by the powerful Founders Society. But when the remains disappear and a young Indigenous woman goes missing, Syd has to work fast to find answers. Try this next: Marcie R. Rendon’s Cash Blackbear novels. |
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We Had a Hunch: A Mystery
by Tom Ryan
The town of Edgar Mills had not one, but two sets of teenage sleuths. Twins Alice and Samantha VanDyne and their rival, Joey O'Day. When a series of murders rocks Edgar Mills, a miscalculation from the twins leads to the deaths of their father, and the killer - known as The Janitor - is captured with Joey's help. Twenty-five years later, the town is shaken by a new murder that appears to follow The Janitor's MO. From his prison cell, the The Janitor is willing to provide new information that might help crack this new case. The catch? He’ll only talk to the Teen Detectives that put him away.
Tom Ryan lives in Halifax, NS.
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Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse
by Simon Brett
Introducing a new but not-so-amateur sleuth from another peaceful English village with an alarmingly high death rate! Meet Major Bricket, an infrequent resident of Highfield House in Stunston Peveril, Suffolk. In the past the Major's work assignments, frequently in foreign countries, have prevented him from spending much time there and a result, there is an air of mystery around him while everyone in the village speculates on the nature of his occupation. But now the Major has retired and has come home for good in his open-topped little red sports car... and what a homecoming it is, for lying spreadeagled on his lawn in the summer sunshine is the corpse of a clown.
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Come Through Your Door
by Carlene O'Connor
The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant Patrick drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn't expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin. Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery. There's a dead woman in Niamh's bed, shot in the head, a hunting rifle beside her. When Niamh comes to, she has no memory of the day's events, and no idea of the woman's identity. All she can tell Detective Inspector Cormac O'Brien with certainty is that for weeks, she's felt like she was being watched--
County Kerry Mystery (4)
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Death at the Door
by Olivia Blacke
When Ruby discovers the body of a delivery guy at work, the new life she’s been building hangs in the balance. The last time Cordelia dragged Ruby into a murder investigation, it was almost two ghosts living in the apartment, not one. It will take both of them working together to navigate the fine line between the dead and the living to bring a killer to light.
Ruby and Cordelia Mystery (2)
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Two Truths and a Murder
by Colleen Cambridge
Agatha Christie’s trusted housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, has become an amateur sleuth in her own right, using her little grey cells to solve crimes. When a party game leads to murder, she decides to crash the investigation to unmask the killer.
Phyllida Bright Mystery (5)
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Fox and Furious
by Rita Mae Brown
It's hunting season in the foothills of Virginia, and 'Sister' Jane Arnold is content to spend it alongside her friends, particularly one Olivia Bradford. Olivia is a formidable figure in town--not least because she keeps the peace between her sons Winston and Andrew. But when she passes away, the brothers return to their squabbling ways. Faced with contention over their inheritance, tensions escalate, and the two get into a fierce fight--and soon after, one of them turns up dead--
Sister Jane (17)
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The Sister's Curse
by Nicola Solvinic
When mysterious drownings plague her small town, a detective haunted by her serial killer father must uncover whether revenge, ancient legends, or something darker lurks beneath the surface.
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A Season for Spies: A Lane Winslow Prequel
by Iona Whishaw
In A Season for Spies, the page-turning prequel to the mystery series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertaining,” Lane Winslow embarks on her first spy mission in wartime England, while her grandparents’ quiet Christmas in Scotland is interrupted by a mysterious guest.
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Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
by Tod Goldberg
Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights.
This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of Hanukkah noir, and poignant reminders of the meaning of the Festival of Lights. Includes stories by David L. Ulin, Ivy Pochoda, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg--
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A Christmas Witness
by Charles Todd
In 'A Christmas Witness', Inspector Rutledge is sent to the Kentish home of a lord who is recovering from an attempt on his life. When he gets there, Rutledge uncovers similarities between his life and that of the man he's sent to protect, all of which grows eerily poignant as the Christmas holiday approaches.
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And to All a Good Bite
by David Rosenfelt
Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter investigates a murder that left a dog stranded in And to All a Good Bite, the latest Christmas mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series.
Andy Carpenter (32)
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Five Golden Wings
by Donna Andrews
Two of Meg's cousins are getting married in the same venue on the same day. And while they are cousins, they are also lifelong enemies. When the photographer is found murdered, Meg works with the local police to nab the killer so the wedding can go on as planned. But could the killer be one of the brides or grooms?
Meg Langslow Mystery (38)
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