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| Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda ChapmanAfter closing Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library for the day, book conservator Tory Van Dyne discovers a woman who says she's Agatha Christie...which does appear to be the case, despite Christie being dead. So when Tory's actress cousin Nic is linked to a suspicious death, Tory works with Christie to solve the crime. For fans of: traditional mysteries with clever plotting; Colleen Cambridge’s Phyllida Bright mysteries; Marie Benedict’s The Queens of Crime. |
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| Guilty by Definition by Susie DentA cryptic letter with references to Shakespeare arrives at the Clarendon English Dictionary offices in Oxford, England. Senior editor Martha Thornhill thinks the odd missive might be related to her sister’s disappearance a decade earlier, so when more notes appear, Martha and her team work to solve the clues and possibly a crime. This clever debut novel by English lexicographer and TV presenter Susie Dent will please both mystery fans and language lovers. Try this next: Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg. |
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A daughter's guide to mothers and murder
by Dianne Freeman
Frances is asked by friend Alicia to investigate Carlson, a wealthy American with a murdered wife who's courting Alicia's daughter—and when stage icon Sarah Bernhardt receives jewelry stolen from the victim, Frances and husband George must infiltrate elite Parisian society to find the murderer.
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| Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue by Spencer QuinnAfter winning a senior tennis competition, 71-year-old Floridian Loretta Plansky drives her doubles partner home, arriving just in time to see his yacht explode. He claims it was lightning, but Loretta isn’t sure, so when he disappears and she learns her estranged son might somehow be involved, she investigates in her fun 2nd outing. Try this next: Rachel Ekstrom-Courage’s Murder by Cheesecake. |
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| The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy SchillaceAutistic American Jo Jones has recently relocated to rural Yorkshire, England, after inheriting a rundown family estate. In her 2nd outing, Jo unearths more secrets about her ancestors and teams up with handsome detective James MacAdams after her new tenant is killed. For fans of: Nita Prose’s Maid novels. |
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Keystone
by Peter Lovesey
"A British vaudeville performer turned movie cop finds himself in a real-life crime story. It's 1916, and Warwick Easton's traveling show has landed him in California. Out of money and about to return to England, Easton gets lucky when silent movie star and "King of Comedy" Mack Sennett offers him a job performing slapstick comedy stunts as a Keystone Cop. At Keystone Film Studios, he runs into silent-era comedy legends, including Mabel Normand and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, but the laughs turn sour as things quickly start to go awry. Known in his new role only as "Keystone," Easton finds the line between cop and comedian starts to blur, especially when a series of tragedies strikes the studio. The gory death of a stunt actor on a roller coaster seems likean accident, but then a bludgeoned body is discovered in a bungalow and Amber Honeybee, the beautiful but troubled actress Easton has befriended, vanishes. Easton has no choice but to step into the role of a real detective. Does he have what it takes to unravel the mystery in time and save the girl? Set during the golden age of silent cinema, this is a whodunit with a sense of humor, written by one of the masters of the genre"
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The game is murder
by Hazell Ward
At an immersive murder mystery party where nothing is as it seems, the participants are challenged to play the role of Great Detective and unravel a complex case by dissecting testimony, analyzing clues, and uncovering the full truth behind the crime.
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| Murder at the Wham Bam Club by Carolyn Marie WilkinsIn 1922, young Nola Ann Jackson, whose Harlem Hellfighter husband died in the war, lives with her psychic Aunt Sarah in her fast-growing Illinois hometown. Nola, who’s been embracing her own psychic talents, helps investigate when a murder occurs that’s related to a local girls' school she once attended. For fans of: historical mysteries with a strong sense of place and paranormal elements. |
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