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A grave robbery
by Deanna Raybourn
Veronica and Stoke investigate after the purchase of a beautiful wax figure by Lord Rosemorran turns out to be the perfectly preserved body of a real young woman, in the ninth novel of the series following A Sinister Revenge.
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Feline fatale / : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
by Rita Mae Brown
Mary Minor“Harry” Harristeen investigates a murder in Albermarle County, Virginia with assistance from her beloved pets, including cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and dogs Pirate and Tucker, in the latest novel in the long-running series following Hiss and Tell. Illustrations.
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The last word
by Gerri Lewis
When the very much alive Leocadia Arlington requests her own obituary by the end of the week, and then turns up dead, obituary writer Winter Snow falls under suspicion and, with the help of friends and family, must uncover the killer before the next obituary written is her own.
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| The Seminarian by Hart HansonFormer seminary student turned Venice Beach PI, Xavier "Priest" Priestly helps a friend, stuntwoman/bodyguard Dusty Queen, when her escort girlfriend disappears. Meanwhile, a tween boy shows up saying Priest is his father. This witty, action-packed standalone mystery is the latest novel by Hart Hanson, creator of the TV show Bones. For fans of: Tod Goldberg's Gangsterland trilogy; Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard novels. |
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Nosy neighbors
by Freya Sampson
When their apartments in Shelley House face demolition, sworn enemies 25-year-old Kat and 77-year-old Dorothy put their differences aside to save their historic building, but when one of its residents is murdered, the duo seek justice to restore peace in their community. Original.
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| The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko JeanIn small-town Coldwell Beach, Washington, police detective Chelsey Calhoun, whose sister disappeared two decades ago, is assigned the case when 19-year-old Ellie Black, who's been missing for two years, turns up lost, confused, and unwilling to talk about where she's been. If you like this suspenseful, intricately plotted novel, try Paula McLain's When the Stars Go Dark or Alice Blanchard's Trace of Evil. |
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Pitch dark
by Paul Doiron
In pursuit of mysterious fugitive Mark Redmond, who's responsible for drugging him and killing a bush pilot, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch, to stop Redmond and his daughter from reaching the Canadian border, soon discovers his enemy is prepared to kill his own child rather than have her taken from him.
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| Farewell, Amethystine by Walter MosleyIn January 1970, 50-year-old Los Angeles PI Easy Rawlins agrees to help beautiful Amethystine Stoller when her ex-husband disappears. When the ex turns up dead and Easy's LAPD connection goes underground, things get dicey. Newcomers and series fans alike will enjoy this atmospheric 16th outing for Easy. Read-alikes: One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips; Good Man Gone Bad by Gar Anthony Haywood; The Second Murderer by Denise Mina. |
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The burning
by Linda Castillo
Discovering the charred body of an Amish man, chained to a stake and burned alive, in the woods, newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder, at odds with everyone around her, uncovers a secret legacy that shatters everything she thought she knew about the Amish themselves?—?and her own roots.
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| The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline WinspearThis moving 18th and final outing for psychologist and PI Maisie Dobbs links to her past as she helps four teenage squatters in 1945 London who've witnessed something they shouldn't and who are nursing a gravely ill demobbed soldier. Read-alikes: Charles Todd's historical mysteries; Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope series; Allison Montclair's Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries. |
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