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| Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom-CourageIn this fun series starter, TV's Golden Girls are back, and this time, they're solving crimes! After Rose's niece decides to have her wedding in Miami instead of St. Olaf, Dorothy's date ends up dead at the bridal shower. With Dorothy the prime suspect, the senior sleuths set out to solve the case in this "nostalgic delight" (Publishers Weekly). Read-alikes: the Glory Broussard mysteries by Danielle Arceneaux; C.J. Wray's The Excitements. |
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The Secret of the Three Fates
by Jess Armstrong
In 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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A Death in Diamonds
by S.J. Bennett
In 1957, small oddities lead Queen Elizabeth II to suspect someone in her inner circle can't be trusted. Meanwhile, Prince Philip has a connection to a double murder in Chelsea. With help from clever private secretary Joan McGraw, Elizabeth is able to set things to rights in this charming 4th in a series. Try these next: Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness mysteries; Allison Montclair's A Royal Affair.
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A Fashionably French Murder
by Colleen Cambridge
In 1950 Paris, American expat Tabitha Knight and her friend Julia Child, who's a whiz in the kitchen, become involved in a murder case after visiting a fashion house in their evocative 3rd outing. Also investigating? Handsome Inspector Merveille. For a second helping of crime with a French food focus, try Martin Walker's Bruno Courreges mysteries.
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| Marble Hall Murders by Anthony HorowitzAfter breaking up with her Greek boyfriend, Susan Ryeland is back in London, editing a novel by the late Alan Conway that's been completed by Eliot Crace. But troubled Crace has laced the plot with references to his well-known grandmother's suspicious death, and this leads to murder. Fine for newcomers and featuring a book-within-a-book, this 3rd Magpie Murders novel "dazzles" (Publishers Weekly). Read-alikes: Sulari Gentill's The Woman in the Library; Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code. |
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Loose lips
by Kemper Donovan
A successful ghostwriter reluctantly joins the "Get Lit Cruise" hosted by her frenemy Payton Garrett, but the event turns deadly when an attendee is murdered and others fall ill, prompting her to navigate a web of motives and suspects while grappling with her past and chaotic cruise dynamics.
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| This Is Not a Game by Kelly MullenOn Michigan's Mackinac Island, septuagenarian Mimi invites her granddaughter Addie to a socialite's charity auction with an ulterior motive. Mimi is being blackmailed by the host and wants Addie, cocreator of a murder mystery video game, to help find a solution. But then the guests are snowed in and the host is murdered in this atmospheric, well-plotted debut. Read-alikes: Ally Condie's The Unwedding; Louise Hegarty's Fair Play. |
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High tea and misdemeanors
by Laura Childs
While catering an elegant wedding, tea shop owner Theodosia Browning investigates a murder after a suspicious greenhouse collapse turns deadly during the celebration, in the latest addition to long-running the series following Peach Tea Smash.
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The Gatsby gambit
by Claire Anderson-Wheeler
Greta Gatsby, newly arrived at her brother Jay's West Egg mansion, finds her idyllic summer shattered by scandal, betrayal, and murder, forcing her to navigate the secrets of a glittering yet dangerous world of wealth and deception.
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Dead in the Frame
by Stephen Spotswood
After the evidence points her way, famed detective Lillian Pentecost is arrested for murder in 1947 New York. While Lillian, who has multiple sclerosis and lots of enemies, tries to survive jail, her determined assistant, Willowjean "Will" Parker, searches for the real killer in this suspenseful 5th series entry. Read-alikes: Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries; Lev AC Rosen's Evander Mills novels.
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