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Savvy Summers and the sweet potato crimes
by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
When Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two of Savvy Summers's soul food café Essie's, she finds herself and her café swamped by bad press, so Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy.
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Just another dead author
by Katarina Bivald
A French castle, good food, wine, and literature-this writers retreat has everything, even a real murder! Berit Gardner has traveled to France to teach at a writer's retreat. Unfortunately, the class is abruptly cancelled when its star, a bestselling author, is murdered right in front of Berit's eyes. Detective Inspector Roche at the Lyon Police Department now has her hands full with twenty wannabe authors who all have some kind of motive for the murder. Not only are they dangerously used to making things up, but all of them are using the police investigation as an opportunity to do real-life research. With nowhere else to turn, Roche goes to Berit for help. When a second murder is committed, things take a turn for the worse. Luckily, reinforcements, in the form of DI Ian Ahmed, who was on holiday nearby, arrive in the nick of time. Will Berit and Ian be able to stop the daunting murder spree, or will Berit's life once again hang in the balance?
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| The Busybody Book Club by Freya SampsonIn a Cornish village, newcomer Nova Davies starts a small book club, which isn't much of a success. But after a theft threatens the future of the community center where the group meets, the club members, who vary widely in age and reading tastes, come together to play sleuth...and then a murder occurs. For fans of: Richard Osman; Robert Thorogood. |
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| Death at the White Hart by Chris ChibnallLeaving Liverpool for her sleepy coastal hometown, DS Nicola Bridge plans to work less and save her marriage. But when the local pub owner is tied to a chair, killed, and left in the road, Nicola puts in long hours with her new team to solve the case. This "spectacular" (Library Journal) debut by the creator of TV's Broadchurch features well-drawn characters and will please fans of Ann Cleeves. |
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| Welcome to Murder Week by Karen DukessAfter her estranged mother's sudden death, Cath Little is surprised to find pre-paid tickets to an English village murder mystery week meant for the two of them. Curious, Cath flies over alone, where she teams up with two other Americans to solve the fake killing, meets a handsome local, and tries to figure out what her mysterious mom was up to. For fans of: romantic mystery novels; murder-less mysteries. |
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| The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia GrayWhile navigating a London social season complicated by family disapproval, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney become entangled in another murder investigation, one that is complicated by a contested inheritance and threats to loved ones' reputations. Don't miss this 4th Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney novel if you want to see the young couple's relationship progress. Read-alikes: Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen Mysteries; Sally Smith's A Case of Mice and Murder. |
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| A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel PennantIn the suburbs of 1960s Birmingham, England, Jamaican immigrant Miss Hortense co-founded a cooperative group to lend money and solve crimes for people who were ignored by officials. Pushed out of the group in the 1970s, she's roped back in as a new millennium dawns and an old member is murdered. This debut novel from a British playwright introduces an appealing older sleuth and includes recipes. For fans of: Uzma Jalaluddin's Detective Aunty. |
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Solid gold murder
by Ellen Byron
When the discovery of gold turns her struggling motel into a viral tourist hotspot, ex-sitcom writer Dee Stern must navigate eccentric guests, tech millionaires, and a suspicious death in the mines to save her business and clear her name.
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Tea with jam & dread
by Vicki Delany
When Cape Cod tearoom owner Lily Roberts travels with her mother to a Yorkshire castle for a centenarian aristocrats birthday, a missing heirloom sapphire and a deadly allergic reaction pull her into a tangled mystery amid high-society tensions and suspicious guests.
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