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| That Old Scoundrel Death: A Dan Rhodes Mystery by Bill CriderWhat happens: Sheriff Dan Rhodes contemplates retiring as he faces down a man with a gun and investigates a murder at an abandoned school that some want to raze and others want to restore.
Read it for: wry humor, clever plotting, a well-wrought small-town Texas setting, and entertaining characters.
About the author: Sadly, Bill Crider died in 2018. That Old Scoundrel Death is his 25th and final entry in the character-driven Dan Rhodes mysteries. |
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A Dangerous Collaboration: a Veronica Speedwell Mystery
by Deanna Raybourn
Attending a party in remote Cornwall as a favor to a colleague, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell races to uncover her host's true agenda when suspicious accidents plague the guests. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Treacherous Curse
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| The Vanishing Man: A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles FinchFeaturing: Charles Lenox, a 26-year-old sleuth and Oxford grad in 1853 London; his butler Graham, who assists with cases; his clever neighbor, Lady Jane Grey; and Lancelot, his mischievous 12-year-old cousin.
What happens: The theft of a duke's painting finds Lenox contemplating Shakespeare, visiting a Tower of London prisoner, seeing his own name dragged through the mud, and sussing out a killer.
Series alert: This is the 2nd prequel in the Charles Lenox series and the 12th book overall. |
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| Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna by Mario GiordanoFeaturing: the unnamed narrator, a German novelist who regularly flies to Sicily to visit his aunt; and Auntie Poldi, a wacky, Prosecco-loving widowed retiree who romances a local cop and turns amateur sleuth.
What it's about: Poldi tries to find out who cut off her neighborhood's water and poisoned a friend's dog...and then she finds a corpse.
Series alert: Also known as Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord in the U.K., this is the leisurely paced, atmospheric, and zany follow-up to Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions. |
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| What Angels Fear: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery by C.S. HarrisWhat it's about: At the dawn of the Regency period in 1811 London, the prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a woman is young Sebastian St. Cyr, a war veteran and heir to an earldom. Turning fugitive, St. Cyr, a master of disguise, seeks to clear his name.
Why Anne Perry fans might like it: it's part of a long-running series, has fascinating historical details, and includes a bit of romance.
Series alert: This is the atmospheric 1st entry in the St. Cyr mysteries; the 14th, Who Slays the Wicked, comes out this month. |
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| Murder in Murray Hill: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria ThompsonStarring: Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, a single father who recently inherited a lot of money, and his intrepid fiancée, midwife Sarah Brandt.
What happens: In late-19th-century New York, wealthy men aren't welcome to work as cops, so on his last police case, Frank looks for a missing spinster who'd responded to a “lonely hearts” newspaper ad.
Series alert: This intense 16th Gaslight Mysteries is fine for newcomers; the 22nd series entry, Murder on Trinity Place, was just published.
Anne Perry fans might like: the compelling story, vibrant Victorian setting, and well-drawn relationship between a male police detective and his female companion. |
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| The Gate Keeper by Charles ToddStarring: Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge, a shell-shocked World War I veteran who often hears the voice of Hamish, a dead soldier.
What happens: A nighttime encounter with a woman standing over a body on a lonely Suffolk road leads Rutledge to a tricky case in his 20th outing (the 21st entry, The Black Ascot, came out earlier this year).
Anne Perry fans might like: the vivid English setting; the intelligent, tightly woven plot; and the nuanced characters. This series will especially appeal to fans of Perry's World War I series. |
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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