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How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
by Nina McConigley
Summer, 1986. The Creel sisters, Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna, welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin--newly arrived from India--into their house in rural Wyoming where they'll all live together. Because this is what families do. That is, until the sisters decide that it's time for their uncle to die. According to Georgie, the British are to blame. And to understand why, you need to hear her story. She details the violence hiding in their house and history, her once-unshakeable bond with Agatha Krishna, and her understanding of herself as an Indian-American in the heart of the West. Her account is, at every turn, cheeky, unflinching, and infectiously inflected with the trappings of teendom, including the magazine quizzes that help her make sense of her life. At its heart, the tale she weaves is: a) a vivid portrait of an extended family, b) a moving story of sisterhood, c) a playful ode to the 80s, d) a murder mystery (of sorts), e) an unexpected and unwaveringly powerful meditation on history and language, trauma and healing, and the meaning of independence. Or maybe it's really: f) all of the above.
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| What Happened That Night by Nicci FrenchTyler Green spent 27 years in an English prison for the 1993 murder of his best mate, but he's always denied the charge. Freed, he reunites with the eight university friends present the night of the killing, which leads to another death. DI Maud O'Connor works the case, and despite what others think, she doubts Tyler's guilt. This slow-burn, locked-room mystery is the suspenseful 3rd in the Maud O'Connor series. Try this next: Jane Casey's Maeve Kerrigan novels. |
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The Hadacol Boogie: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
by James Lee Burke
Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke's iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex ofcorruption and violence in the Louisiana bayouWhen a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux's property, he knows his world and family are about to change.With Valerie Benoit, a detective new to the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department who is grappling with sexist and racist harassment from their colleagues, and the volatile but fiercely loyal Clete Purcel, Dave embarks on an investigation that brings him into the most dangerous moments of his career and threatens the lives of Valerie and his daughter Alafair.He encounters a local handyman who leaves cryptic notes and warns of the ghosts who roam the shores of the bayou and is targeted by a vicious New Orleans button man and gangsters from the north.
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| Crown City by Naomi HiraharaAfter his parents' deaths in 1903 Japan, 18-year-old Ryui Wada lands in Pasadena, California. Grief-stricken and in culture shock, he works and adjusts to life in a boardinghouse with his enigmatic roommate, Jack. When a painting is stolen from a famous Japanese artist, Ryui and Jack investigate, and then a murder occurs. Focusing less on the mystery aspect than earlier books, Naomi Hirahara's well-researched 3rd Japantown novel will also please fans of historical fiction. |
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Illusion of Truth
by James L'Etoile
Sacramento Detective Emily Hunter is exposed to inhumanity on a daily basis--it's the unfortunate baggage that comes with police work, and she's mostly learned how to shoulder the load. But it all turns personal when her fellow cop and boyfriend, Brian Conner, is caught in the blast of a targeted church bombing. Brian is gravely injured, suffering a traumatic brain injury. But the attacks don't stop there-soon, more officers come under fire, and Emily searches for a connection. She and her partner, Javier Medina, discover that Brian and the other injured officers share a common past-a past that now has them targeted for payback. Battling with heartbreak, Emily has to identify who's responsible for the string of attacks and stop them before there are more casualties. Will Brian ever be the same again? Already grappling with her mother's progressing Alzheimer's, Emily can't bear the thought of losing both of the people she loves most. Though it feels impossible, Emily must stay focused on finding the criminals who uprooted her life-and making sure that justice is served.
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| The Murder at World's End by Ross MontgomeryOn a Cornish tidal island in 1910, 19-year-old Stephen Pike is the new footman at Tithe Hall, where Viscount Stockingham-Welt believes Halley's Comet will destroy the earth. That doesn't happen, but someone does kill the viscount in his locked study. When ex-con Stephen is suspected, the viscount's elderly, scientific-minded aunt teams up with him to prove his innocence in this delightful series starter. For fans of: atmospheric Edwardian mysteries; witty, unlikely detective duos. |
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| Wolf Hour by Jo NesbøIn 2022, a Norwegian true crime writer visits Minneapolis, Minnesota, to research a set of 2016 serial killings. Back in 2016, everything starts with the sniper shooting of a gun dealer known for not asking questions. Divorced cop Bob Oz becomes obsessed with the case, working it even after he's suspended from the force, believing a taxidermist may hold the key to it all in this twisty dual-timeline standalone. Try this next: Stephen Mack Jones' August Snow series; Christoffer Carlsson's Blaze Me a Sun. |
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| The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-ReverteAfter bad weather cuts off an idyllic Greek island in 1960, a dead British tourist is found inside a locked cabana. Aging actor Ormond Basil, who played Sherlock Holmes in 15 films, finds himself tasked with investigating while a Spanish mystery writer acts as his Watson. Also on the island are an Italian film producer, a former opera star, and others. For fans of: locked-room mysteries; Sherlock Holmes; Anthony Horowitz; Knives Out. |
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| Ruby Falls by Gin PhillipsTo drum up publicity and attract tourists during the Great Depression, the proprietors of Ruby Falls, a massive waterfall inside a Tennessee cave, have a psychic attempt to find a hatpin hidden inside. In case of emergency, the psychic and his group of five are secretly shadowed by Ada, a friend of the owners who knows the caves well, and Quinton, a cavern guide. Then a shocking murder occurs deep underground. For fans of: suspenseful impossible crime stories; well-researched historical novels. |
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