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| Date with Death by Julia ChapmanCozy Mystery. Placed on indefinite leave, Met cop Samson O'Brien returns to his Yorkshire Dales hometown to open a detective agency. But no one's happy to see him, least of all Delilah Metcalfe, whose brother was Samson's best friend (Samson didn't come to the funeral after he died in Afghanistan). In spite of that, dating service owner Delilah needs money, so she rents part of her building to him. When several suspicious deaths connected to Delilah's business occur, the duo team up in this fun 1st book in an atmospheric, well-plotted series. |
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| The Chalk Pit by Elly GriffithsMystery. Beneath Norwich, England lies a number of medieval and chalk-mining tunnels, and in one of them, a surveyor unearths recent human bones. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway teams up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate the bones amid reports of cults, cannibals, a man who vanished into thin air, and a missing homeless woman. Featuring complex characters and relationships (Ruth and the married Harry have a child together) combined with suspenseful plotting, this 9th in the Ruth Galloway mysteries will please fans of both Louise Penny and Julia Spencer-Fleming. |
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| Song of the Lion by Anne HillermanMystery. Attending a high school basketball game, Navajo police officer Bernadette Manuelito hears a car bomb explode in the parking lot. It's thought that the owner of the car, a lawyer mediator working with land developers, the Hopi, and the Dani, was the target, so Bernie's husband, Sgt. Jim Chee, guards him. Meanwhile, Bernie works with retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn to uncover a link from the bomb to one of his earlier cases. While the late Tony Hillerman focused on Leaphorn and Chee, his daughter Anne places Bernie at center stage in her previous two books in the series and in this 21st entry. For another fascinating female lead, try Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak mysteries. |
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Grace to the Finish
by Julie Hyzy
The new heir to the Marshfield fortune, Grace Wheaton must quickly solve a murder so that her friends’ new business venture can move forward. By the New York Times best-selling author of the White House Chef Mysteries.
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Death on Nantucket
by Francine Mathews
Investigating the suspicious death of an aging journalist famed for his work as a correspondent during the Vietnam War, Nantucket police detective Meredith Folger struggles to uncover the truth when another member of the victim's family is killed and the remaining members demonstrate tendencies to spin wild tales or keep dangerous secrets.
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| Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love by James RuncieCozy Mystery/Short Stories. Like previous entries in this charming series, this 6th collection features clergyman-detective Sidney Chambers investigating cases big and small. First, while on a walk in the 1970s Cambridgeshire woods with his seven-year-old daughter, the archdeacon discovers a corpse. With his friend DI Geordie Keating sometimes helping, Sidney also aids a friend who's been raped, looks for a runaway teen, and tries to locate a missing medieval book. Slightly cozier than Grantchester, the TV series based on them, these leisurely paced novels are reminiscent of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries. |
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Focus on: Mysterious Russia
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Eye of the Red Tsar : a novel of suspense
by Sam Eastland
Recalled out of exile in Siberia on condition that he solve the mystery of the Romanov family murders, Pekkala, once the Tsar's most trusted ally, is partnered with the brother who betrayed him before discovering a dark secret that he realizes should stay hidden.
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A whisper to the living
by Stuart M. Kaminsky
In post-Soviet Union Russia, Inspector Portiry Petrovich Rostnikov must search for a serial killer who has claimed at least 40 victims while also protecting a British journalist who is researching a story about a Moscow prostitution ring.
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| A Man Without Breath by Philip KerrHistorical Mystery. The Nazis want evidence of a rumored Soviet massacre of Polish officers (Josef Goebbels hopes to use it as propaganda against the Soviets). To that end, Bernie Gunther of the War Crimes Bureau heads to Smolensk, where the former Berlin cop works with the Wehrmacht's Prussian aristocrats, interviewing people and sifting through the evidence. Though the truth is elusive, Bernie, an ethical man who doesn't like the Nazis, keeps at it, uncovering more crimes in the process. Enjoyed this excellent 9th in a popular series and want more World War II-era crime stories? Pick up Alan Furst's historical spy novels or David Downing's John Russell series. |
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| Gorky Park: A Novel by Martin Cruz SmithPolice Procedural. Originally published in 1981, Gorky Park introduced honorable, persistent Russian investigator Arkady Renko to the world; more than 35 years later, there are now eight books in this bestselling series. In this 1st appearance by Renko, he investigates a creepy triple murder -- three faceless, frozen bodies wearing ice skates have been found in the middle of Moscow's popular Gorky Park -- but the case is complicated by a New York City cop, several KGB agents, and a woman who captures Renko's heart. For additional police procedurals set in Russia, try Stuart Kaminsky's Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries. |
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