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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ~ Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926), American academic and Harvard University president
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| Tabula Rasa: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth DownieHistorical Mystery. In 122 A.D., the Romans work on Hadrian's Wall at the borderlands of occupied Britannia. Army doctor Ruso cares for the legionnaires (including doing an amputation after a landslide), but when his new clerk and the young son of a local family both go missing, Ruso and his native-born wife, Tilla, investigate the disappearances, though their efforts are complicated by rising tensions between the Britons and Romans. This character-driven 6th in the Gaius Petreius Ruso series brings Roman occupied Briton to life and is "a pleasure to read" (Booklist); Fans of Rosemary Rowe, Lindsey Davis, and Steven Saylor who haven't tried Ruth Downie yet, will certainly want to do so soon. |
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| The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia HodgsonHistorical Mystery. Clergyman's son Tom Hawkins loves gambling and wine too much to make a success of himself. In 1727, at the age of 25, he finds himself in the Marshalsea Gaol, a notorious debtor's prison in Georgian London. There, he is offered a deal: discover who murdered another inmate and he will be freed. This outstanding debut has already won a CWA Award for Historical Novel. For another vividly rendered, well-researched mystery set in London, try Clare Clark's The Great Stink; though set in 1855, it also provides an insider's view of a restricted part of the great city. If you would like another look at Marshalsea and are open to reading a classic novel, try Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, which is based on his experience visiting his father in the prison. |
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| The Devil May Care: A McKenzie Novel by David HousewrightMystery. Independently wealthy former cop Rushmore McKenzie doesn't have to work and isn't a licensed PI, but he does occasionally investigate as a favor. When the young granddaughter of powerful billionaire Walter Muehlenhaus has nowhere else to turn, she asks McKenzie to find her missing boyfriend, Juan Carlos Navarre, of whom her family doesn't approve. A reluctant McKenzie (he's tangled with Muehlenhaus before) discovers that the missing man had heavily misrepresented himself, that others are looking for him, and that a violent criminal is targeting those close to Navarre. This is the "exceptional" (Publishers Weekly) 11th book in the McKenzie series by Edgar Award-winning author David Housewright. |
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Bloom and doom
by Beverly Allen
After a friend she was designing a bouquet for ends up dead, Audrey Bloom becomes the murder suspect.
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| The Bone Seeker: An Edie Kiglatuk Mystery by M.J. McGrathMystery. Half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk decamps from her Canadian arctic hometown in this 3rd series entry to teach summer school in nearby Kuujuaq. After one of her favorite teenage students is murdered, Police Sergeant Derek Palliser -- the only cop in town at the time -- needs help and deputizes her. With the girl's father being a powerful local leader and with plenty of strangers around due to nearby military exercises, the two have their hands full. If you enjoy Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak novels set in remote areas of Alaska, you may want to pick up M.J. McGrath's Edie Kiglatuk mysteries; this 3rd book is "filled with cultural tensions, gorgeous Arctic spring scenery, and pulsing suspense" (Booklist). |
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| The Late Scholar: The New Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mystery by Jill Paton Walsh; based on the characters of Dorothy L. SayersHistorical Mystery. Dorothy L. Sayers fans have reason to celebrate -- not only has Jill Paton Walsh continued Sayers' beloved mystery series for the fourth time, but her "pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight" (Publishers Weekly). Returning to Oxford University, the scene of their literate courtship (see the delightful Gaudy Night for details), Lord Peter and Harriet must resolve a dispute that is complicated by the disappearance of a college's Warden and several prominent Fellows. If you've finished every Sayers novel, try other Golden Age authors such as Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Agatha Christie. If you can't get enough of cleverly plotted mysteries set in Oxford, pick up Colin Dexter's excellent Inspector Morse books. |
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| The Ways of the Dead: A Novel by Neely TuckerMystery. In this highly acclaimed debut novel, former war reporter Sully Carter now covers the crime beat in Washington, D.C. When the 15-year-old white daughter of a powerful judge is murdered, the cops quickly arrest three young black men who'd been bothering the girl. When Carter realizes that other nearby murders indicate a serial killer is at work, no one -- not his editors or the cops -- listen. Inspired by the real-life 1990s Princeton Place murders, The Ways of the Dead is "crisp, crafty and sharply observed" (Kirkus Reviews). Fans of Elmore Leonard may recognize award-winning Washington Post journalist Neely Tucker's name; Leonard, a friend, used it in his book Cuba Libre. If you love the pitch-perfect dialogue and vibrantly described D.C. locales in George Pelecanos' crime novels, you'll appreciate them here, too. |
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| The Death of Lucy Kyte: A Josephine Tey Mystery by Nicola UpsonHistorical Mystery. Inheriting a remote Suffolk cottage from actress Hester Larkspur, the godmother she barely knew, author Josephine Tey is beholden by the will to allow Lucy Kyte to take what she needs from the home -- but no one knows who or where Lucy is. As Tey investigates and sorts through Hester's papers in search of answers, she discovers that Hester was fascinated by an infamous murder that was committed on the property a century before. As she, too, becomes intrigued by the old killing, she wonders exactly how her godmother died...and if the cottage is haunted. If you enjoy Nicola Upson's atmospheric, leisurely paced novels featuring real-life mystery writer Josephine Tey, of which this is the 5th, check out Tey's own novels featuring thoughtful Inspector Alan Grant. |
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Coldsleep lullaby : a mystery
by Andrew Brown
A U.S. release of a prize-winning series from South Africa follows Detective Eberard Februarie's investigation of the murder of a young woman in the underworld of an old university town that is fraught with prejudice and sexual hedonism..
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The severed streets
by Paul Cornell
The Hugo Award-nominated Doctor Who writer presents a sequel to London Falling that finds Quill and his team investigating the eerily familiar murders of a cabinet minister and a police commissioner.
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Fatal conceit : a novel
by Robert Tanenbaum
The murder of the CIA director on the eve of his scheduled testimony about a cover-up involving the death of Bin Laden in Chechnya pits Butch Karp against formidable adversaries in the U.S. government. By the best-selling author of Tragic.
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Nantucket sawbuck : A Henry Kennis Mystery
by Steven Axelrod
When wealthy Nantucket homeowner Preston Lomax winds up dead, the state police think it is an open-and-shut case, but new Nantucket Police Chief Henry Kennis digs deeper and is surprised by what he finds
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Shots fired : stories from Joe Pickett Country
by C. J. Box
A treasury of 10 suspenseful stories set in Joe Pickett's Wyoming includes four Pickett tales, including "One-Car Bridge," "Shots Fired," "Pirates of Yellowstone" and "Le Sauvage Noble."
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The reckoning : a novel
by Rennie Airth
Investigating two murders linked by a common weapon, Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Billy Styles and local detective Vic Chivers trace one of the victims to retired legend John Madden, who joins them in a race against time to prevent further killings. By the author of River of Darkness
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The red chameleon
by Erica Wright
A private investigator and her drag queen friend trail a cheating husband who ends up murdered under suspicious circumstances and worry that their cover might be blown by the gang members and drug dealers who previously crossed their path.
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Any other name
by Craig Johnson
Investigating a detective's suspicious suicide in a neighboring county during a bleak high-plains winter, Sheriff Walt Longmire, awaiting the birth of a first grandchild, discovers that the victim might have suppressed information in a missing-persons case. TV tie-in.
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