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| The Phantom Patrol by James R. BennIn December 1944, U.S Army investigator Billy Boyle looks into art thefts by a Nazi-affiliated group, runs into actor David Niven (who's part of a secretive British military unit), and eventually ends up at the Battle of the Bulge. Fans and newcomers alike will enjoy Billy's action-packed 19th book. Read-alikes: Charles Todd's historical mysteries; Martin Limon's George Sueno and Ernie Bascom mysteries. |
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| The Waiting by Michael ConnellyWhile LAPD detective Renée Ballard surfs, someone steals her gun, badge, phone, and wallet. Later, she gets help with two cold cases from her mentor Harry Bosch and his patrol officer daughter, Maddie, in this well-plotted 6th outing. If you enjoy TV adaptions, look for the new series Ballard in late 2025. Read-alikes: Rachel Howzell Hall's Detective Elouise Norton novels; Val McDermid's Karen Pirie novels. |
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| The Whitewashed Tombs by Kwei QuarteyIn Accra, Ghana, PI Emma Djan is hired to find the killer of a gay activist since the victim's dad doesn't think the police care. More murders occur, so Emma goes undercover to find who's responsible for the hate crimes. Gritty and with a strong sense of place, this 4th Emma Djan novel thoughtfully addresses a timely topic. Read-alikes: the Philip Taiwo mysteries by Femi Kayode; Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby. |
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| Murder in Berkeley Square by Vanessa RileyOn Christmas Eve 1806, biracial Lady Abigail Worthing is given a carriage ride across snowy London by her handsome neighbor. But a supposedly quick stop finds them snowed in at the home of Lord Charles Duncan, a powerful magistrate, and then they find a body in this 3rd Lady Worthing novel. Read-alikes: the Lily Adler mysteries by Katharine Schellman; Celeste Connally's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord. |
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| Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie SwannThis amusing follow-up to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp has the elderly residents of Sunset Hall mixed up with murder again. This time, they're vacationing in Cornwall when multiple people are killed and a storm cuts off their resort. Lead by retired policewoman Agnes, the group tries to set things right. Read-alikes: Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club books; Robert Thorogood's Marlow Murder Club novels. |
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| The Author's Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen WhiteOn a remote island in the Scottish Highlands, superstar novelist Brett Saffron Presley is murdered at Castle Kinloch, where he hosts writing retreats. The cops focus on three Americans -- a cozy mystery author, an erotica writer, and a historical fiction novelist -- who decide to solve the mystery themselves. This locked-room tale will please fans of witty mysteries like Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. |
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Disturbing the bones
by Davis, Andrew
Chicago detective Randall Jenkins returns to Cairo, Illinois, where he teams up with ambitious archaeologist Molly Moore to unravel entwined family mysteries and confront a rogue general threatening a global peace summit with a military conspiracy.
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A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death
by V.M. Burns
In her engaging 3rd outing, former influencer turned baker Maddy Montgomery becomes a murder suspect after her high school bully is found dead inside her shop. This culinary mystery serves up a relatable heroine, a sweet dog, a charming small town, and, of course, recipes. Read-alikes: Abby Collette's Ice Cream Parlour Mysteries; Vicki Delany's Tea by the Sea Mysteries.
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The grey wolf
by Penny, Louise
A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Chief Inspector Gamache reading“this might interest you,” a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder all propel Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization: something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.
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Time will tell
by Brown, Rita Mae
Amidst managing her busy fox hunting season and caring for her hounds, "Sister" Jane Arnold stumbles upon an expensive watch while helping to corral a neighbor's escaped cows, leading her into a murder investigation where she must connect the clues and confront a clever adversary before more blood is shed.
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The murderess
by Notaro, Laurie
"It's October 1931. When Winnie Ruth Judd arrives at the Los Angeles train station from Phoenix, her shipping trunks catch the attention of a suspicious porter. By the time they're pried open, revealing the dismembered bodies of two women inside, Ruth has disappeared into the crowd. The search for, and eventual apprehension of, the Trunk Murderess quickly becomes a headline-making sensation. Even the Phoenix murder house is a sideshow attraction. The one question on everyone's lips: How could a twenty-six-year-old reverend's daughter and doctor's wife--petite, pretty, well educated, and poised--commit such a heinous act on two people she'd called "my dearest friends in the world"? Everyone has their theories and judgments, but no one knows the whole truth"
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Devils kill devils
by Compton, Johnny
Believing she's been watched over her entire life by a guardian angel named Angelo, Sarita is shocked when he murders someone she loves and realizes she must embrace her inner evil if she wants to survive.
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All the hearts you eat
by Piper, Hailey
"Ivory's life changes irrevocably when she discovers the body of Cabrina Brite on the sands of Cape Morning, along with a mysterious poem. How did she die, and why does it seem she was trying to swim to Ghost Cat Island, the center of so many local mysteries? Desperate to uncover the answers surrounding Cabrina's death, and haunted by her discovery, Ivory begins to see the pale ghost of Cabrina, only to shake it off as a mere hallucination. But Ivory is not alone. Cabrina's closest friends have also seena similar apparition, and as they toy with occult possibilities, they begin to unravel the truth behind Cabrina's death. Because Cape Morning isn't a ghost town, but a town filled with ghosts, and Ivory is about to discover just what happens when you letone in"
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Drop dead sisters
by Coombs, Amelia Diane
"Three sisters reunite on a family vacation and rekindle their relationship the only way they know how-by covering each other's tracks in a real-life murder mystery not even they can figure out. Remi Finch has spent the better part of her adult life avoiding family-especially her sisters. They just don't click. Besides, her unconventional upbringing and major anxiety have convinced Remi that she can't build a relationship with anyone. Period. When her parents plan a family reunion camping trip to celebrate their anniversary, Remi's willing to reconnect, if only because she doesn't have a choice. But then a dead body turns up at their campsite, and their sisterly bonding kicks into high gear. No one knows the whole story, but the Finch women are preparedto cover up the pieces before anyone tries to put them together. It's a precautionary measure, probably unnecessary. Nobody else was there, so how could they have seen anything? Between old grudges and new dynamics, a handsome park ranger, and a body that won't stay hidden, Remi is about to learn that nothing strengthens family ties quite like crime"
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Miss Morton and the deadly inheritance
by Lloyd, Catherine
Miss Caroline Morton unwittingly becomes the center of both a criminal case and a sordid love triangle when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father's estate only to discover the lawyer has been murdered?—?and found with an empty envelope bearing her name in his pocket.
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Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
by Kelly, Julia
Evelyne Redfern's first spy assignment at Blackthorn Park turns perilous when she and her handler, David Poole, must solve the murder of the chief engineer to protect a critical wartime facility, in the follow-up to A Traitor in Whitehall.
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The knife before Christmas
by Carlisle, Kate
Contractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans.
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| The Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangIn small-town Wisconsin, overbearing restaurant owner Leo Chao's wife has left him. It's Christmas, so his three grown sons gather at the restaurant for a party, but then Leo is murdered, one of his sons is arrested, and a trial takes place. A modern take on Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic The Brothers Karamazov, The Family Chao is a "timely, trenchant, and thoroughly entertaining book" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| A Christmas Vanishing by Anne PerryMariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's octogenarian grandmother, travels to Dorset to spend Christmas with her old friend Sadie, but when she arrives, Sadie's husband behaves suspiciously and says she isn't home. Fearing Sadie is in danger, Mariah teams up with two locals to sort out what's going on while pondering her own life. Read-alikes: the author's many other Christmas mysteries; Tasha Alexander's Lady Emily Ashton mysteries; Laura Joh Rowland's Victorian mysteries. |
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Blue Christmas bones
by Haines, Carolyn
Sarah's Christmas cheer gets rocked by a jewel heist at the Elvis Festival, forcing her to solve a mystery amongst suspicious minds in the latest addition to the long-running series following Lights, Camera, Bones. 40,000 first printing.
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