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Golden in Death
by J. D. Robb
What happens: Homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates the springtime murder of a beloved pediatrician by an unknown killer who hid a deadly toxin inside of a small golden egg. By the best-selling author of Connections in Death.
Series alert: This will be the 50th entry in Robb's In Death series. For those new to the series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the New York City Police Security Department investigates brutal murders in mid-21st century New York City. Also, central is her passionate relationship with the Irish billionaire Roarke who was a suspect in the first book of this romantic suspense series.
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A Divided Loyalty
by Charles Todd
What happens: Investigating the murder of an unknown victim who was found within a great prehistoric circle near Stonehenge, Rutledge follows unreliable clues to an impossible conclusion that places him on the wrong side of Scotland Yard.
For fans of: Atmospheric, historical mysteries.
More about the series: Set in the aftermath of World War I, this atmospheric and compelling mysteries series stars Ian Rutledge, a veteran attempting to return to his pre-war life as an Inspector with Scotland Yard. Inspector Rutledge wants nothing more than to put the war behind him, but his shell-shock and the unusual cases he investigates repeatedly stand in the way. A Divided Loyalty is the 22nd entry.
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| Long Bright River by Liz MooreWhat it is: An intense, evocative mystery about Mickey, a single mom and Philadelphia cop trying to find her sister Kacey, a troubled prostitute and addict.
What happens: Mickey's search becomes urgent with a killer on the loose in a novel that alternates between Mickey's investigations and the girls' childhood in the same area.
Read this next: Julia Keller's atmospheric, West Virginia-set Bell Elkins mysteries, which deal with the opioid crisis and the relationship between odd-couple sisters; Matt Burgess's Uncle Janice, about a female undercover narcotics cop in Queens. |
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| All That's Bright and Gone by Eliza NellumsStarring: precocious six-year-old narrator Aoife Scott, whose mother had a breakdown at a Detroit mall; Aoife's imaginary friend, Teddy; and her neighbor, eight-year-old budding detective Hannah.
What happens: With her mom hospitalized and her Uncle Donny staying with her, Aoife's determined -- with help from Teddy and Hannah -- to sort out the mystery of her older brother's disappearance years ago.
Who it's for: This first novel is a delight and will please fans of young detectives, like Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce, as well as juvenile narrators in general fiction novels, like Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Emma Donoghue's Room. |
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All the Best Lies
by Joanna Schaffhausen
What happens: Suspended cop Ellery Hathaway accompanies FBI agent Reed Markham on an investigation in Las Vegas, where they try to solve the cold-case murder of Markham’s mother before uncovering secrets about his adoptive father.
For fans of: intricately plotted suspenseful mysteries.
Series alert: This is the 3rd entry in the Ellery Hathaway series. You can start with this one, or at the beginning with The Vanishing Season.
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| The Missing American by Kwei QuarteyIntroducing: Ghanaian Emma Djan, who finds work at a private detective agency after her dream of becoming a homicide detective like her deceased dad ends when a police superior sexually assaults her.
What happens: An American widower goes to Accra, Ghana, to meet a woman he met online, discovers he's been scammed, and goes missing. His son hires Emma to find him in a case that includes internet scams, a fetish priest, a helpful reporter, and a political assassination.
Is it for you? If you like gritty, atmospheric novels, try this series starter by Kwei Quartey, a physician who grew up in Ghana who also writes the Darko Dawson mysteries. |
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| Whiskers in the Dark: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie BrownWhat it is: the history-rich 28th entry in character-driven cozy mystery series that takes place in the present day as well as 18th-century Virginia and features anthropomorphic animals.
What it's about: A massive nor'easter on the eve of a National Beagle Club benefit for war veterans finds Harry Harristeen and her crime-solving animals, including cat Mrs. Murphy, discovering a link between the recent murder of a foreign services officer and a centuries-old unsolved killing. |
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| Fever in the Dark by Ellen HartWhat it's about: A year into their marriage, a video of stage manager Fiona asking law student Annie to marry her goes viral -- which charms Fiona, infuriates Annie (who's hiding secrets from her past), and brings journalists, strangers, and Annie's estranged family to their door. When things turn deadly, and the couple are suspects, they turn to Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless, who has her own problems, for help.
Series alert: This 24th entry in the Lambda Award-winning series reads fine as a standalone and is followed by A Whisper of Bones and Twisted at the Root. |
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It Happens in the Dark
by Carol O'Connell
What happens: The reviews called it "A Play to Die For" after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn't seem so funny the next night, when another body was found--this time the playwrigh himself, his throat slashed.
Detective Kathy Mallory from the NYPD Special Crimes Unit takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. The only person--if "person" is the right word--who seems to be clear with her is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. "MALLORY," the blackboard reads. "TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL."
If Mallory can't find out who's responsible, heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of them may be her own.
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| A Shot in the Dark: A Constable Twitten Mystery by Lynne TrussWhat it's about: In 1957 Brighton, England, someone murders a theater critic who's about to reveal new details about the long-ago bank robbery he witnessed, and enthusiastic rookie Constable Twitten investigates.
About the author: Lynne Truss wrote the grammar bestseller Eats, Shoots and Leaves; though Constable Twitten has appeared on BBC Radio in her Inspector Steine series, this is the witty 1st novel to feature him (the 2nd is The Man That Got Away).
Read this next: For another intriguing look at crime in 1950s Brighton, pick up Elly Griffiths' acclaimed Magic Men mysteries. |
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