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| Cold as Hell by Kelley ArmstrongHaven's Rock in the Yukon forest, population 67, is the place to be for those who need to disappear in order to stay safe. Or maybe not. Because one woman has been drugged and attacked and another has been killed. As a blizzard threatens, Sheriff Eric Dalton and his pregnant wife, Detective Casey Duncan, need to quickly figure out what's going on in this suspenseful 3rd Haven's Rock novel. Read-alikes: Iris Yamashita's City Under One Roof; Paul Doiron's Mike Bowditch novels. |
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| Saint of the Narrows Street by William BoyleIn this "great, gravely unsettling novel that welcomes repeated readings" (Kirkus Reviews), Risa Franzone and her abusive crook husband, Sav, live in 1986 Brooklyn. When a drunken Sav pulls a gun on Risa, their baby, and her sister, Risa accidentally kills him. The sisters get help hiding the body and say Sav ran off, but years later, people still question what really happened. For fans of: Dennis Lehane; George Pelecanos. |
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| Smoke on the Water by Loren D. EstlemanAs smoke from Canadian wildfires blows into Detroit, tough PI Amos Walker works the suspicious hit-and-run death of a young lawyer who had been carrying confidential documents that are now missing. The dead man's firm wants the papers back, and bad, so Walker takes the case, but the deaths are just beginning in Amos' 32nd outing. For more gritty Detroit mysteries, try Stephen Mack Jones' August Snow novels. |
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| The Four Queens of Crime by Rosanne LimoncelliIn 1938 England, mystery writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh plan a fundraiser as rumors of war increase. When their aristocratic host is killed, they work with DCI Lilian Wyles to close the case in this debut, a "note-perfect Golden Age pastiche" (Publishers Weekly). Read-alikes: Marie Benedict's The Queens of Crime; Colleen Cambridge's Phyllida Bright mysteries. |
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| The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskeyStill recovering from an on-the-job injury, Glasgow DI Georgina "George" Lennox and her partner Richie Stewart travel to an isolated island off the western coast of Scotland to investigate the death of an 18-year-old. But the case is complicated by hostile locals, a powerful priest, and the strange 1919 disappearance of three lighthouse keepers. Fans of atmospheric, gothic-infused mysteries will enjoy this slow-burn debut. |
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| The Museum Detective by Maha Khan PhillipsPakistani museum curator and archaeologist Dr. Gul Delani gets a nighttime call from the Karachi police. She's hoping for news about her three-years-missing niece, but it's about a mummy and a sarcophagus in a remote drug hideout. With help from a wide variety of people, Gul investigates in this twisty, evocative series starter. Read-alikes: Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway mysteries; Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry novels. |
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The maid's secret
by Nita Prose
Head maid Molly Gray's discovery of a priceless artifact sparks a media frenzy, a daring heist, and revelations from her grandmother's hidden diary, intertwining a present-day mystery with a long-lost tale of forbidden love and family secrets.
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Sealed with a hiss / : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
by Rita Mae Brown
When a decades-forgotten car bobs to the surface of a creek in Virginia, with a body in the driver's seat, Mary Minor“Harry” Haristeen and her animal companions?—?felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, Tee Tucker the Corgi and Irish Wolfhound Pirate?—?team up to solve the mystery.
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Caledon Public Library
7 branches to serve you across Caledon 150 Queen St. S., Bolton, ON L7E 1E3 905-857-1400 www.caledon.library.on.ca |
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