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| A Death in Diamonds by S.J. BennettIn 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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| Echo by Tracy ClarkIn wintery Chicago, wealthy college student Bruce Collier is found dead outside a secret society's mansion, mimicking a 30-year-old death that has ties to his powerful father. Homicide detective Harriet Foster works this case while also digging into her former partner's death in her atmospheric 3rd outing. Read-alike: Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski novels. |
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| The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki DelanyExpat Brit and Massachusetts bookstore owner Gemma Doyle returns to London for her sister's wedding and ends up investigating the murder of her own ex-husband. Gemma finds him dead in his bookstore, but the exceptionally rare book he'd told her about the day before is nowhere to be seen. This atmospheric 10th Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery will please fans of intricately plotted bookish cozies. |
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| Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. DoveAs the new tribal marshal on the Oklahoma reservation where her dad grew up, ex-Chicago cop Carrie Starr, who struggles with addiction and her teen daughter's death, is assigned to work cold cases of missing Indigenous women. But on her third day, there's a new woman reported missing and Carrie's determined to find her. "The suspense builds steadily into a stunning ending" (Booklist) in this compelling debut. |
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| A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria LaurieIn the Washington, D.C. area, beautiful 200-year-old Dovey Van Dalen is forced to look for a dangerous artifact by mystic Elric Ostergaard, whom she's been bound to since she was 18 and must obey. But a handsome F.B.I. agent makes the search more pleasant in this supernatural mystery and series starter. Try these next: C.M. Waggoner's The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society; Olivia Blacke's A New Lease on Death. |
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| A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage by Asia MackayThis darkly humorous crime novel stars Hazel and Fox, well-off London parents of a toddler. But while Fox is happy settling down, artist Hazel misses their old lives...as vigilante killers. Before long, Hazel dispatches someone she thinks deserves it and doesn't tell Fox. Then she learns one of the other playgroup moms is a cop investigating the case. Read-alike: It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier. |
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| Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter MosleyIn his 3rd outing, New York PI Joe King Oliver juggles complex family cases. First, a billionaire hires him to locate his young daughter, whom his 2nd wife has disappeared with. Then, Joe's 94-year-old grandmother wants him to find her ex-con son, who's the father Joe hasn't seen in years. "A gritty crime novel with a pace that never lets up," raves Library Journal. Read-alikes: the August Snow mysteries by Stephen Mack Jones; the Emma Djan novels by Kwei Quartey. |
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| The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob OslerIn 1898 Chicago, bicycle-riding 21-year-old Harriet Morrow wants different opportunities than women traditionally have and is determined to make it as the prestigious Prescott Agency's first woman detective. But to do so, she must find a missing a maid within a week. Fans of Stephen Spotswood's Pentecost and Parker novels or Nekesa Afia's Harlem Renaissance mysteries will like this fun, atmospheric series starter. |
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| Trouble Island by Sharon ShortAfter a bit of trouble in the late 1920s, Aurelia Escalante got help from a friend and her gangster husband. By 1931, Aurelia is tired of being treated as a maid at their mansion on an isolated Lake Erie island and plans to leave -- but a dead body, unexpected arrivals, and a winter storm interfere. This atmospheric, suspenseful novel has a complex plot and was inspired by the author's family. Read-alikes: Colleen Cambridge's A Trace of Poison; Emily Bain Murphy's Enchanted Hill. |
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| Johnny Careless by Kevin WadeThis debut by Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade introduces former NYPD detective Jeep Mullane, the new police chief in his small Long Island hometown. Things start off rocky when Jeep's high school best friend Johnny Chambliss is found drowned. Convinced it's murder, Jeep looks to the past and to Johnny's wealthy family. Fans of fast-paced police procedurals like those by John Sandford will want to give this a try. |
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