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The night of the storm : a novel
by Nishita Parekh
"From debut author Nishita Parekh, a fresh take on the classic locked-room thriller, about a multigenerational Indian American family marooned in a house with a murderer during Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce-their move to Houston, her family's disapproval, the struggle to make ends meet on her own-now Jia is worried about Ishaan's future, too. Will her solo parenting be enough? Doesn't a boy need a father? And now their apartment complex is under a mandatory evacuation order. Jia's sister, Seema, has invited them to hunker down in her fancy house in Sugar Land, and despite Jia's misgivings-Seema's husband, Vipul, has been just a little too friendly with her lately-Jia concedes it's probably the best place to keep Ishaan safe during the hurricane. With Jia's philandering ex scrutinizing her every move, all too eager to snatch back custody of Ishaan, she can't afford to make a mistake. When Vipul's brother and his wife show up on Seema's doorstep, too, it's a recipe for disaster. Grandma, the family matriarch, has never been shy about playing favorites among her sons and their wives. As the storm escalates, tensions rise quickly, and soon someone's dead. Was it a horrible accident or is there a murderer in their midst? With no help available until the floodwaters recede in the morning, Jia must protect her son and identify the culprit before she goes down for a crime she didn't commit-or becomes the next victim. . . "
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The Satapur moonstone
by Sujata Massey
"India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and the maharaja's widow. The royal ladies are in dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer's council is required--but the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, India's only female lawyer. Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future, but knows she is breaking a rule by traveling alone as a woman into the remote countryside. And she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Too late, sherealizes she has walked into a trap. But whose? And how can she protect the royal children from the palace's deadly curse?"
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Rabbit hole
by Kate Brody
When her father takes his own life exactly 10 years after the disappearance of her older sister, Theodora“Teddy” Angstrom becomes obsessed with an amateur sleuth keen on helping her solve the case and begins to lose her moral compass as she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories.
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| The Mystery Writer by Sulari GentillAbruptly leaving law school in Australia, Theodosia "Theo" Benton moves to Lawrence, Kansas, to live with her brother and write a novel. She meets a famous author who mentors her, but he might have connections to a secretive online group -- and then he's murdered. Fans of Benjamin Stevenson and Paula Hawkins will like this "fizzy whodunit with pace, panache, and surprises galore" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi PandianJulian Rhodes blames Secret Staircase Construction for the fall that put his wife in a coma. But California magician Tempest Raj believes Rhodes tried to murder his wife and is using her family's business as a scapegoat. This "fiendishly clever, intricately constructed" (Publishers Weekly) 3rd outing for Tempest also delves into her mom's mysterious disappearance and her family curse. |
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| How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen PerrinA fortune teller at a 1965 English country fair tells Frances Adams she'll be murdered, causing her to obsess over her death. Decades later, it finally happens, and Frances' great niece, 25-year-old mystery writer Annie, must find the killer in order to inherit Frances' estate. This dual timeline mystery offers an intriguing plot and delightful characters. Read-alikes: Emily Critchley's One Puzzling Afternoon; Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway. |
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| Ash Dark as Night by Gary PhillipsIn 1965 Los Angeles, Black freelance news photographer Harry Ingram covers the Watts riots, capturing police brutality on film. He's arrested, but with the help of his girlfriend, the photos get printed. In addition, Harry's hired to look for a man who went missing during the riots. This atmospheric follow-up to One-Shot Harry will please fans of Walter Mosley's crime novels. |
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| The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy SchillaceAfter a divorce, a job loss, and the death of her mother, autistic editor Jo Jones leaves the U.S. to move to Yorkshire, England, where she's inherited a rundown estate. When an old portrait disappears and the sketchy groundskeeper is murdered, Jo and a recently divorced police detective check into it all. Read-alikes: The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L. Miller; Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club series. |
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| Death in the Details by Katie TietjenNewly widowed and in need of money, Maple Bishop starts selling intricate dollhouses in 1946 Vermont. While delivering her first order, she finds a body, and the cops say it's suicide. Maple disagrees, creating a diorama of the scene to prove it's murder and investigating with help from a rookie cop. Katie Tietjen's fascinating debut is inspired by Frances Glessner Lee's Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. |
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If You Like: Anthony Horowitz
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| The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeSpecial Operative Thursday Next is a literary detective in an alternate England where dodos are kept as pets and fictional characters are as real as "real" people. So when Jane Eyre is kidnapped from her book, it's up to Thursday to save the day. This charming mix of humorous mystery, police procedural, and fantasy is the 1st in the Thursday Next series and will please readers who enjoy bookish mysteries that offer something a bit different. |
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| A Place of Safety by Caroline GrahamInspector Tom Barnaby and DS Gavin Troy visit the village of Ferne Basset after a local man is murdered. There, they find a former vicar still trying to help others, his unhappy wife, two adult siblings living in a glass house, and secrets aplenty. Fans of Anthony Horowitz should know that he helped create TV's Midsomer Murders by adapting the Chief Inspector Barnaby books (of which this is the 6th book). |
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| The Eighth Detective by Alex PavesiBook editor Julia Hart travels to a remote Mediterranean island to work with Grant McAllister, who wrote a paper about the rules of whodunits as well as seven short stories demonstrating them (which are all included here). But Julia discovers the books may hide other mysteries. Those who like creative storytelling and mystery novels' puzzle aspects will relish this fresh, intricately plotted debut. |
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| The Marlow Murder Club by Robert ThorogoodJudith Potts, a 77-year-old happily living on her own in a rundown mansion in a sleepy English village, finds her neighbor murdered. So she sets out to solve the case, teaming up with a dog walker, a vicar's wife, and a police detective who's in over her head. Fans of Anthony Horowitz's mysteries and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club series will enjoy this debut novel by Robert Thorogood, who created TV's Death in Paradise. |
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