September 2025 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Can You Solve the Murder?
by Antony Johnston
One murder.
Six suspects.
One truth for YOU to uncover.
An interactive crime novel.
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Dead Line
by Marc Cameron
Deputy U.S. Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki hunt down a ruthless hitman in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, uncovering a conspiracy and even deeper threat.
Arliss Cutter series.
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Death and the Librarian
by Victoria Gilbert
It’s summertime in Virginia, but things are about to get out of hand when murder darkens the annual arts festival. When a woman is murdered after accusing art dealer Kurt Kendrick of a cold case crime, librarian Amy Muir races to uncover the truth and protect her family.
Blue Ridge Library Mystery series.
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Etiquette for Lovers and Killers
by Anna Fitzgerald Healy
In 1964 Eastport, Maine, the bored and curious Billie McCadie becomes entangled in a glamorous and deadly mystery involving love letters, secret pasts, and murder, all while questioning if she's just a bystander or the heroine of her own story.
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The Game is Murder
by Hazell Ward
You are invited to a very special murder mystery party. The game is simple: Listen to the witnesses. Examine the evidence. Solve the case. Be careful. Trust no one. All might not be as it seems
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A Ghostwriter's Guide to Murder
by Melinda Mullet
Maeve Gardner kills people for a living. As ghostwriter for the long-running Simon Hills mysteries, Maeve has planned the perfect murder time and again. Suddenly, Maeve is thrust into one of her own crime dramas, complete with missing money, violent thugs, extortion, and conspiracy. Only this time, there is no real-life Simon Hill to come to her aid...
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The Good Liar
by Denise Mina
What will it take to tell the truth when you life depends on a lie?
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The House at Devil's Neck
by Tom Mead
In this latest locked room mystery, amateur sleuth Joseph Spector pits his knowledge of stage magic against the seemingly supernatural when a seance at an isolated old hospital turns deadly. Joseph Spector series.
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Icing on the Murder
by Valerie Burns
Influencer-turned-bakery-owner Maddy Montgomery has sold plenty of wedding cakes before, but before she turns one out for her own wedding, she’ll have to solve a little case of murder first… Baker Street Mystery series.
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Ink Ribbon Red
by Alex Pavesi
At a remote birthday gathering, six friends play a murder-themed storytelling game that dredges up secrets and grudges, but as fiction bleeds into reality, the line between imagined killings and real danger disappears.
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Into the Leopard's Den
by Harini Nagendra
In Bangalore, 1922, pregnant Kaveri investigates an elderly woman's death, but when one murder turns to two and then three, Kaveri must expose a brutally intelligent killer. Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery series.
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Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator
by Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar
When Georgiana Darcy sets off to find a missing maid, Caroline Bingley follows and stumbles upon a murder; assisted by manservant Gordon, Caroline demands answers of shady characters, police magistrates, and mysterious East India Company men to discover the killer.
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Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue
by Spencer Quinn
Mrs. Plansky plans to celebrate a senior tennis championship with her partner, Kev, on his yacht, until the yacht is destroyed in a suspicious fire and Kev goes missing. And apparently Kev was introduced to Jack, her wayward tennis pro son—and now he's missing too. Mrs. Plansky series.
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The Red Queen
by Martha Grimes
When a businessman is gunned down in a quiet Twickenham pub, superintendent Richard Jury uncovers a web of conflicting accounts, a mysterious American lookalike, and a parallel case involving a missing woman that soon complicates both investigations in unexpected ways. Richard Jury Mysteries.
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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
When Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two of Savvy Summers's soul food café, she finds herself swamped by bad press, so Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy. Savvy Summers Mystery series.
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That Missing Piece is Killing Me
by Roz Noonan
After a local woman vanishes, retired librarian Alice Pepper and her puzzle-loving friends in West Hazel, Oregon, uncover troubling clues as they investigate whether the disappearance signals escape, deception, or something darker. Alice Pepper Lonely Hearts and Puzzle Club Mystery series.
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Tricks of Fortune
by Lina Chern
When a beloved police officer is murdered, tarot reader Katie True must rely on intuition to uncover the truth, even as suspicion falls on her closest friend, and long-buried secrets threaten to upend her fragile new start. Play the Fool Mystery series.
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The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant
by Liza Tully
Eager to prove herself, assistant detective Olivia Blunt pushes her reluctant mentor to investigate a wealthy matriarch's suspicious death, only to find herself entangled in the secrets and shifting loyalties of a powerful local family. Merritt & Blunt Mystery series.
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Writers and Liars
by Carol Goodman
They’ll kill for inspiration…
A group of mystery authors gathers on a secluded Greek island for a writers retreat, only to discover that their enigmatic host has been murdered and everyone present is a suspect.
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