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An Untidy Death
by Simon Brett
Starring: empathic professional declutterer Ellen Curtis of Sussex, England, who's adept at her job...but not so great at relationships with her adult daughter and formerly famous actress mother.
What happens: Alexandra Richards wants Ellen to tidy her journalist mother's flat that's covered in newspapers and magazines, but before Ellen can do anything, a fire occurs, killing the older woman. Ellen suspects murder and investigates, while also working to organize the homes of an elderly widower and a young single mother.
Why you might like it: This leisurely paced 2nd Decluttering mystery has realistic characters and sensitively handles mental health issues.
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
by Helene Tursten; translated by Marlaine Delargy
What it is: a dark, slyly humorous collection of five crime stories by Helene Tursten, who writes the Irene Huss police procedurals.
Starring: Maud, a cunning 88-year-old Swedish woman who lives happily alone in her roomy apartment in Gothenburg -- and who has no compunction with dispatching those who bother her.
What happens: Maud handles a local celebrity who covets her apartment, foils the engagement of her long-ago lover, and even meets Inspector Huss after a body is found in Maud's apartment.
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| Two Truths and a Murder by Colleen CambridgeAgatha Christie's housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, has developed a reputation as an amateur detective, so much so that Agatha's neighbor invites Phyllida to dinner. When a fellow guest claims she once witnessed a murder, this leads to another killing and a new case for Phyllida in her 5th outing. For other mysteries where Agatha Christie plays a role, try Amanda Chapman's Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library or Rosanne Limoncelli's The Four Queens of Crime. |
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| Mirage City by Lev AC RosenIn the 1950s, ex-cop turned San Francisco PI Evander "Andy" Mills takes a case that (unhappily) leads him home. A woman who's part of a secretive gay rights organization tells him three members have gone missing, which leads Andy to Los Angeles where he deals with a motorcycle club, a psychiatric clinic, and his estranged mother in his gritty 4th outing. Try this next: Robert Holtom's A Queer Case; John Copenhaver's Hall of Mirrors. |
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| A Killer Wedding by Joan O'LearyGloria Beaufort, the billionaire matriarch of American beauty company Glo, handpicks magazine journalist Christine to cover the wedding of her beloved grandson at an Irish castle. When Gloria is murdered and the Beauforts refuse to call the police until after the wedding, Christine digs into the toxic family's secrets in this slow-burn, funny first novel. Read-alike: The Plus One by S.C. Lalli; The Author's Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. |
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| We Had a Hunch by Tom RyanTwenty-five years ago, twin sisters Sam and Alice teamed up with their techy friend Joey to catch a Massachusetts serial killer, which resulted in the murder of the twins' father and the arrest of their high school janitor. But now someone is using the same modus operandi, leading the three now-middle-aged sleuths to put aside their earlier trauma and investigate in a novel that's "criminally good fun" (Publishers Weekly). |
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A Christmas Vanishing
by Anne Perry
Mariah 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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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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