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| Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth HobbsAfter her parents die in 1894, Marigold Manners is unable to afford her studies at Wellesley College and goes to stay with eccentric relatives on Great Misery Island, off the Massachusetts coast. When a murder occurs, she tries to figure out what's going on in this witty, leisurely paced series starter that's reminiscent of Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm but with mystery elements. |
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| Silent Are the Dead by D.M. RowellMud Sawpole, a Kiowa woman who runs a storytelling business in Silicon Valley, is still in Oklahoma in this sequel to Never Name the Dead. When her high school sweetheart finds a body that then disappears, Mud and her cousin Denny investigate while also dealing with a stolen ancestral headdress, illegal fracking, and more. Read-alike: Ramona Emerson's Rita Todacheene novels. |
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| The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess ArmstrongIn 1922, elderly bookstore owner Mr. Owen cons his mentee Ruby Vaughn into visiting Scotland with him, where he's hoping a séance will connect him with his dead son. But delving into the past brings danger into the present in this atmospheric 2nd mystery starring Ruby, an heiress whose family died on the Lusitania. Read-alike: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner. |
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| Alter Ego by Alex SeguraFilm director Annie Bustamante's first love is creating and reading comic books. So she signs on when she's offered the chance to work on a variety of projects starring the Legendary Lynx, a superhero she loved as a child in the 1970s. But there are creative issues, warning notes, and a murder in this richly drawn standalone sequel to Secret Identity. Read-alike: Lisa Jewell's Breaking the Dark. |
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| The River We Remember by William Kent KruegerOn Memorial Day 1958, the town of Jewel, Minnesota's richest and most hated citizen is found shot dead and floating in the river. As Sheriff Brody Dern investigates, locals blame World War II veteran and Native American Noah Bluestone, who's married to a Japanese woman. This character-driven historical mystery paints an evocative picture of small-town life while examining love, discrimination, and the effects of war. |
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| Northwoods by Amy PeaseAfghanistan vet Eli North drinks too much, deals with untreated PTSD, and has a failing marriage. So after his Fish and Wildlife Service job is eliminated, he returns to his picturesque Midwestern hometown where his mother is the sheriff and where his looking into the murder of a young boy uncovers ugly secrets about the town's opioid crisis. Read-alike: Chris Offutt's The Killing Hills. |
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| The Busy Body by Kemper DonovanThe Busy Body is wittily narrated by a successful ghostwriter hired to pen the memoir of straight-shooting former Senator Dorothy Gibson, who's just lost a bid for the presidency. But after the suspicious death of a rural Maine neighbor, the two women decide to focus on finding a killer instead. If you enjoy this fun debut, the 2nd book, Loose Lips, is out this month. Read-alike: Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. |
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| The Rumor Game by Thomas MullenIn 1943 Boston, intrepid reporter Anne Lemire chases down the truth about common rumors for a Star column. But when her 17-year-old brother is beaten after leaving Hebrew school, she digs into a story about Nazi propaganda and antisemitism that intersects with a murder being investigated by handsome (and womanizing) FBI Agent Devon Mulvey. Those who'd like to read about the American home front during World War II should grab this atmospheric novel. |
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| The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart TurtonNo one is left on earth except 122 people on an island near Greece and the three long-lived scientists who run the place, protecting their home from a deadly fog. But when one of the scientists is murdered, it's up to villager Emory to find the killer within a matter of hours or humanity might die out completely in this suspenseful tale that's "as imaginative as it is dazzling and mind-boggling" (Booklist). |
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