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One of Our Kind
by Nicola Yoon
Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. Then Jasmyn discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders and must save her loved ones from embracing the Liberty way of life.
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A Ruse of Shadows
by Sherry Thomas
Charlotte Holmes agrees to help Lord Bancroft Ashburton, disgraced and imprisoned due to one of her prior investigations, locate one of his most loyal henchmen, in the eighth novel of the series following A Tempest at Sea.
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| The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia GrayIn 1821 England, after attempts on her life, imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh summons her great-nephew Jonathan Darcy and his friend Juliet Tilney to investigate, as they've had some success in solving crimes. With attempts against Lady Catherine escalating, and no one among the list of prime suspects seemingly capable of committing all of the attacks, the pressure on Jonathan and Juliet mounts—even as more gentle feelings between the two of them begin to bloom. The race is now on to provoke two one from the attempted murderer before it is too late—and one, perhaps, of love. |
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| The Mayfair Dagger by Ava JanuaryHaving lost her father and brother in 1894, Albertine is in danger of being married off. So she takes a fake name and escapes to London to open a detective agency. When her first case leaves her unpaid and accused of murder, a handsome Scotland Yard detective comes to her aid. |
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The Bang-Bang Sisters
by Rio Youers
Kickass bandmates who moonlight as highly skilled vigilantes, exacting justice on criminals who have escaped the system, Brea, Jessie and Flo find themselves at the mercy of a ruthless mobster who forces them to play a sadistic game that pits them against each other- and only one of them can survive.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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