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A Very Vexing Murder
by Lucy Andrew
Harriet Smith isn't the gullible girl she appears to be in Jane Austen's Emma, but a clever young con woman. Known in the village of Highbury as someone who can help with delicate matters, she's hired by Mrs. Churchill to break up her nephew's engagement and find the jewelry she thinks his betrothed stole. But there's also a killer about, and Harriet is afraid it's someone from her past. Try these next: Vanessa Kelly's Emma Knightly mysteries; Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar's Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator.
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| A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurrayIn 1930s Manhattan, the city's first Black woman prosecutor, Eunice Carter, interviews Polly Adler, who owns the city's best brothel, and the two women from vastly different worlds realize they can help each other. None of Eunice's male colleagues have been able to touch gangster Lucky Luciano, who's recently put Polly's workers in danger, so the pair utilize a network of women to assemble evidence. Read-alike: Diane Richard's Ella. |
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Good Spirits
by B.K. Borison
In this cozy contemporary spin on A Christmas Carol, antique store owner Harriet York receives a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past in the form of handsome Irish fisherman Nolan Callahan, who died 100 years ago. As the two revisit Christmases past, Harriet discovers she might not be the only one who needs help, and that her store may hold the key to freeing Nolan's spirit. For fans of: Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Hot Frosty.
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| A Chance for Kallie Mae by Ann H. GabhartIn 1911 Kentucky, 19-year-old Kallie Bertram dreams of both an education and a forbidden love. Caring for her siblings after her mother died in childbirth, she's never learned to read or write, but a new school for adults might change that. Meanwhile, she runs into Quinn Spencer, and while their feelings are strong, their feuding families make a match seem impossible. For another faith-filled historical romance set in 1911 Kentucky, read Suzanne Woods Fisher's The Moonlight School. |
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| Poppy Montgomery Gets Even by Gordon JackIn this biting adult debut, eighty-year-old Poppy Montgomery uncovers a lethal dating scam aimed at seniors. With help from her tech-savvy grandson, the outspoken sleuth dives into a suspicious death and a web of deception, using her sharp instincts and humor to expose a killer in this lively, senior-driven mystery.
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My Grandfather, the Master Detective
by Masateru Konishi
A Japanese The Thursday Murder Club, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin with this bestseller that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan. He's not your average Grandpa. As a lover of classic crime stories, it's no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old. Solving them is another matter, though. For that, she turns to her beloved grandfather, who retains a keen sharpness of mind despite his dementia, and who was once a key member of The Waseda Mystery Club. From impossible locked room murders to confounding missing persons cases, the grandfather-granddaughter duo weave stories to get to the bottom of every mystery. But all the while, an insidious shadow from Kaede's past slowly closes in on her . . . Steeped in references to classic crime from Christie to Chesterton to Poe, My Grandfather, the Master Detective plays with the genre, capturing readers' imagination in this Tokyo-set escapist mystery. Its charming characters and affectionate focus on relationships echo heartwarming Japanese titles such as Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
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| The Butler by Clare MackintoshSkilled professional butler Baxter agrees to work at a French villa rented by wealthy Alec Prescott for a week and gets mixed up with murder. The guests are: Alec's only child, Carter, who's celebrating his 21st birthday; Carter's girlfriend; Alec's girlfriend; Alec's ex-wife; and a Hollywood couple in town for the Cannes Film Festival. Things heat up, ending with a body in the pool, but with help from a young pickpocket and others, indomitable Baxter sets things to rights in this fun, fast-paced read. For fans of: Sian Gilbert's I Did Warn Her. |
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| Safari Murder Party by Rachel MooreAfter years as an overworked executive assistant, Fletcher Spence finally attends a luxury corporate retreat on a private island, but upon arrival, she finds the CEO dead and a twisted inheritance game in motion. With no escape and trust in short supply, Fletcher must navigate shifting alliances and danger to survive the week-long power struggle. |
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A Perfect Hand
by Ayelet Waldman
In 1879 England, clever Alice Lockey has risen from tenant farmer's daughter to being lady's maid to the eldest daughter at Alderwick Park. In a ploy to spend time with handsome valet Charlie, Alice tries to end her lady's infatuation with one (no-good) man and push her toward Charlie's employer. If they marry, then Alice and Charlie can work together as husband and wife. But soon the women's suffrage movement causes Alice to wonder what she really wants. For fans of: amusing, richly detailed stories of class, gender, and changing times.
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All Them Dogs
by Djamel White
After killing a rival and hiding in England for a few years, brash young Tony Ward is back in Dublin. Working as a local crime boss’s enforcer, he's paired up with Flute Walsh, whom he knew in school, and when they develop a strong connection, their already violent lives get more dangerous. "A debut novel of rare force and control" (Kirkus Reviews), All Them Dogs is both brutal, and tender. For fans of: Douglas Stuart's Young Mungo; Karl Geary's Juno Loves Legs.
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| America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.New York Times bestselling author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own) incisively examines the racial contradictions of America's founding in his reflective history that demythologizes 250 years of the country's milestone anniversaries. Further reading: The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis. |
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Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
by Julia Ioffe
Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy. In 1990, seven-year-old Julia Ioffe and her family fled the Soviet Union. Nearly twenty years later, Ioffe returned to Moscow--only to discover just how much Russian society had changed while she had been living in America. The Soviet women she had known growing up--doctors, engineers, scientists--seemed to have been replaced by women desperate to marry rich and become stay-at-home moms. How had Russia gone from portraying itself as the vanguard of world feminism to becoming a bastion of conservative Christian values? In Motherland, Ioffe turns modern Russian history on its head, telling it exclusively through the stories of its women. From her own physician great-grandmothers to Lenin's lover, a feminist revolutionary; from the hundreds of thousands of Soviet girls who fought in World War II to the millions of single mothers who rebuilt and repopulated a devastated country; from the members of Pussy Riot to Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Ioffe chronicles one of the most audacious social experiments in history and documents how it failed the very women it was meant to liberate--and how that failure paved the way for the revanche of Vladimir Putin.
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The Second Life of Snap
by Erin Entrada Kelly
In a future devastated by climate change and ruled by tech mega-corporation Lockwood, 12-year-old Zuzu and her friends find an unlikely ally in Snap, a reprogrammed Lockwood robot who shows unusual curiosity and loyalty. This bittersweet yet hopeful read will give you lots to think about. For fans of: Peter Brown's The Wild Robot; Guojing's Oasis.
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Dad
by Christian Robinson
From Christian Robinson, #1 New York Times bestseller, Caldecott Honoree, and one of the most recognizable picture book creators of this generation comes a loving tribute to all kinds of dads.
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| Midsummer Sisters by Niki SmithWith their parents' marriage in trouble, stepsisters and best friends Quinn and Kenzie are visiting Gramma on North Carolina's Outer Banks. There, they become attached to a wild foal, while also wondering what will happen if their parents get divorced. Delicate yet expressive artwork highlights the big emotions in this graphic novel. |
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