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| Dead Tired by Kat AilesAfter joining an overnight eco-protest in order to save a Cotswolds meadow from development (and maybe get some sleep), new mom Alice and her mom friends awake to find a murdered eco-warrior. The group investigate, this time with babes in tow, in the witty and charming sequel to The Expectant Detectives. For fans of: Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Is Killing it; Mia P. Manansala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen mysteries. |
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Missing White woman
by Kellye Garrett
Bree thinks she's waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone. A Black woman alone in a new city, Bree is stranded and out of her depth—especially when it becomes clear the dead woman is Janelle Beckett, the missing white woman the entire Internet has become obsessed with. Booklist calls it a "twisty, chillingly relatable story."
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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. "A study in contrasts, this book is by turns bloody, gritty, and violent, heartwarming, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud funny. An unusual, inventive, unforgettable read that will appeal to mystery aficionados looking for something different." (Booklist) |
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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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| 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 outing for Easy. "Things are never simple for Easy Rawlins. But his creator remains a master of the genre." (Kirkus Reviews) |
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| The Queen of Poisons by Robert ThorogoodWhen the kindly mayor of Marlow, England, is fatally poisoned during a town meeting, septuagenarian Judith Potts, dogwalker Suzie Harris, and vicar's wife Becks Starling once again team up to investigate. This is the charming 3rd novel in a fun series that's recently been adapted for TV: The Marlow Murder Club is out in the United Kingdom and appears on PBS in the United States in October. Read-alikes: Anthony Horowitz's mystery novels; Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books. |
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| What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. MorrisAfter her life implodes, lawyer Deena Wood heads home to Brunswick, Georgia to start again. There, she gets drawn into the disappearance of Holcomb Gardner, a poor, elderly Black man who's been fighting an unethical land developer targeting the oceanfront property that Gardner's family has lived on since the 1860s. This timely, haunting tale is "not to be missed" (Booklist). For fans of: John Grisham; Attica Locke. |
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The dead guy next door
by Lucy Score
The prime suspect in the murder of her neighbor, Riley Thorn (possibly clairvoyant) teams up with PI Nick Santiago to figure out who pulled the trigger, while keeping the detectives at bay and dealing with a stranger claiming he has been sent to help her hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she's a loose end that requires snipping.
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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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