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| Death at the White Hart by Chris ChibnallLeaving Liverpool for her sleepy coastal hometown, DS Nicola Bridge plans to work less and save her marriage. But when the local pub owner is tied to a chair, killed, and left in the road, Nicola puts in long hours with her new team to solve the case. This "spectacular" (Library Journal) debut by the creator of TV's Broadchurch features well-drawn characters and will please fans of Ann Cleeves. |
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Killer on the First Page
by Ian Ferguson
During a murder mystery festival, an author turns up in dead - and this death is just the beginning. Miranda Abbott is on the case and she'll stop at nothing to solve three murders, in three locked rooms, and three impossible crimes.
Ian Ferguson lives in Victoria, BC, and Will Ferguson lives in Calgary, AB.
Sseries: Miranda Abbott Mystery (3)
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| Welcome to Murder Week by Karen DukessAfter her estranged mother's sudden death, Cath Little is surprised to find pre-paid tickets to an English village murder mystery week meant for the two of them. Curious, Cath flies over alone, where she teams up with two other Americans to solve the fake killing, meets a handsome local, and tries to figure out what her mysterious mom was up to. For fans of: romantic mystery novels; murder-less mysteries. |
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The Frozen People
by Elly Griffiths
Cold cases are a lot easier to solve when you can travel back in time to find new evidence. Unless, that is, you get stuck in the 19th century. In a race through and against time, Ali Dawson must discover the link between a murder in 1850 and a 21st century killing in time to prevent another death in this first entry of a new mystery series.
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| The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia GrayWhile navigating a London social season complicated by family disapproval, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney become entangled in another murder investigation, one that is complicated by a contested inheritance and threats to loved ones' reputations. Don't miss this 4th Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney novel if you want to see the young couple's relationship progress. Read-alikes: Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen Mysteries; Sally Smith's A Case of Mice and Murder. |
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The Red Queen
by Martha Grimes
When a businessman named Tom Treadnor is shot off his barstool at the local pub, Superintendent Richard Jury is called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Wiggins takes off in search of his missing sister, and soon the two investigations begin to converge.
Series: Richard Jury Mystery (26)
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| A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate KhavariAfter her grandfather's heart attack, botanist Saffron Everleigh returns to the family estate with her new beau and her long-time best friend, Elizabeth. In addition to family tensions, they find a dangerous man pretending to be a cardiologist and a medium preying upon Elizabeth's family, who lost a son in the war. Set in the 1920s, this 4th Saffron Everleigh mystery works for newcomers. Read-alike: Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall. |
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The Good Liar
by Denise Mina
Using forensic evidence, Dr. Claudia O'Sheil helped convict a brutal killer. A year later, new evidence suggests the evidence Claudia gave was junk science, and an innocent man is now in jail. Now Claudia is faced with an impossible choice: does she do the right thing and reveal the truth even if costs her everyone and everything she loves?
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| The Busybody Book Club by Freya SampsonIn a Cornish village, newcomer Nova Davies starts a small book club, which isn't much of a success. But after a theft threatens the future of the community center where the group meets, the club members, who vary widely in age and reading tastes, come together to play sleuth...and then a murder occurs. For fans of: Richard Osman; Robert Thorogood. |
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Mrs. Plansky goes rogue
by Spencer Quinn
Mrs. Plansky is fresh off of winning a senior tennis championship with her doubles partner, Kev Dinardo, when Kev goes missing. Meanwhile, a conversation with her dad reveals that not long ago, he'd introduced Kev to Jack, Mrs. Plansky's tennis pro son. And now, her dad either can't remember or has no interest in divulging any details. Worse? Now Jack has gone missing, too.
Series: Mrs. Planksy (2)
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| A Terribly Nasty Business by Julia SealesNewly arrived in Regency London, ostensibly to enjoy society with her chaperone, Beatrice Steele pursues private detective work alongside her friend Inspector Drake. She quickly adapts to life outside her small village, and when an actor is accused of a gentleman's murder, Beatrice and Drake take the case. This fun cozy is the 2nd in the Beatrice Steele mysteries. Try this next: Alison Goodman's Ill-Mannered Ladies series. |
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Tea with Jam & Dread
by Vicki Delany
When Cape Cod tearoom owner Lily Roberts travels with her mother to a Yorkshire castle for a centenarian aristocrat's birthday, a missing heirloom sapphire and a deadly allergic reaction pull her into a tangled mystery amid high-society tensions and suspicious guests.
Series: Tea by the Sea Mystery (6)
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| The Potting Shed Murder by Paula SuttonLeaving London after a scary encounter, Daphne Brewster and her husband move to the Norfolk village of Pudding Corner with their three biracial kids. Daphne opens a vintage shop and all is well until the headmaster at the kids' school is murdered, leading Daphne to investigate. Fans of leisurely paced stories with likeable characters will appreciate this cozy series starter. Read-alike: Kat Ailes' Expectant Detectives Mysteries. |
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This House of Burning Bones
by Stuart MacBride
With half the force off sick, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff. But as bad as everything seems, there's something far more sinister lurking in the heat-haze of a sweltering Aberdeen summer - something that's been building for years.
Series: Logan McRae (13)
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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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Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman
Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
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Dogged Pursuit
by David Rosenfelt
'Dogged Pursuit' takes the reader back to the beginning of Andy Carpenter's career as a defence attorney in Paterson, NJ. When Andy meets Frank Tierney, who has been arrested for the murder of his ex-boss, he ends up with his first case along with two dogs, Tara and Sunny.
Series: Andy Carpenter (31)
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Knife in the Back
by Karen Rose
After being framed for stealing cocaine from evidence and serving five years in prison, Officer Naomi Cranston is threatened again by the crooks who framed her; former cop Burke Broussard reluctantly agrees to protect her and her son and prove her innocence.
Series: New Orleans (4)
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A Deceit of Lapwings
by Steve Burrows
In 'Deceit of Lapwings', Domenic Jejeune and Marvin Laraby must work together to discover why a ruthless land contractor would want to invest in new bird migration software, and what possible interest the death of a birding app developer could be to the British intelligence services.
Series: Birder Murder Mysteries (9)
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An Enemy in the Village
by Martin Walker
In 'An Enemy in the Village', a real estate agent’s suicide sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye.
Series: Bruno (18)
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A Lonesome Place for Murder
by Nolan Chase
When police chief Ethan Brand discovers a dead body connected to a decade-old mystery, his investigation leads him to a cross-border smuggling operation connected to the town’s notorious family of smugglers. And when a bomb is sent to Ethan’s own house, the case takes a deadly and personal turn.
Series: Ethan Brand (2)
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