April 2024 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Cahokia Jazz
by Francis Spufford
A detective and his indigenous jazz pianist partner investigate a seemingly ordinary murder that ultimately threatens to unravel the peace and reveal hidden secrets in an alternate history version of 1920s America where Native American populations thrived.
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A Catered Quilting Bee
by Isis Crawford
For sisters and business partners Bernie and Libby Simmons, catering a quilting showcase is about as tame as it gets—until murder put them in a bind! Mystery With Recipes series.
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Crime and Cherry Pits
by Amanda Flower
Head back to snowy Michigan just in time for the annual cherry pit spitting contest. It's all fun and games until the local drama professor chokes on more than just his pride. Farm to Table Mysteries series.
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The Fortune Seller
by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Starting a job at a Manhattan hedge fund after graduation, Rosie uncovers the true identity of the mysterious Annelise, a girl who infiltrated her elite Yale set with devastating consequences. Now Rosie wonders if it's too late for her to put right what went wrong.
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The Framed Women of Ardemore House
by Brandy Schillace
A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, and finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait goes missing.
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Gone with the Witch
by Angela M. Sanders
As the bones pile up in Wilfred, Oregon, librarian and apprentice witch Josie Way hits the books—and soon finds herself playing Dr. Watson to none other than Sherlock Holmes! Witch Way Librarian Mysteries series.
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The Hapless Milliner
by Jessica Bull
Jane Austen-sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever--is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner's dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. Miss Austen Investigates series.
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The Kamogawa Food Detectives
by Hisashi Kashiwai
What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare are 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories--dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness.
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Murder by Lamplight
by Patrice McDonough
In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia. Dr. Julia Lewis Mystery series.
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Murder in Masquerade
by Mary Winters
Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing the role of sleuth when a night at the theatre turns deadly. Lady of Letters Mystery series.
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Once Upon a Murder
by Samantha Larsen
1784 England. Officially hired as the librarian for the Duchess of Beaufort, Miss Tiffany Woodall is through with masquerades and murders for good. That is, until she stumbles upon the frozen dead body of a former footman and finds herself embroiled in another case. Lady Librarian Mystery series.
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One Wrong Word
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
With just two weeks to save her career and reputation, crisis management expert Arden Ward takes on the case of a Boston real estate mogul recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident, and soon discovers she is protecting a murderer—and one wrong word can kill.
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A Smoking Bun
by Ellie Alexander
Pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition, in which murder comes in first. Now she must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again. Bakeshop Mystery series.
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A Step Past Darkness
by Vera Kurian
Twenty years after a group of misfit kids working on a capstone project in 1995 uncovered sinister secrets within their local mines, one of them turns up dead sending the others racing back to finish what they started.
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The Stranger in the Asylum
by Alys Clare
London, April 1882. When Phyllida offers a curious case concerning her fiancee, to proprietor Lily Raynor, she is intrigued. With her assistant, Felix Wilbraham, Lily journeys to rural France to uncover the truth. World’s End Bureau Mystery series.
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Village in the Dark
by Iris Yamashita
Detective Cara Kennedy thought she'd lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder--and she will stop at nothing to find the truth.
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