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| Cahokia Jazz by Francis SpuffordIn this noirish alternate history starring a hardboiled police detective, Indigenous people didn't die of smallpox and make up a large percentage of 1922 Cahokia, a city on the Mississippi where everyone gets along fairly well. But the grisly murder of a white man agitates race relations. Read-alikes: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon; Better the Blood by Michael Bennett. |
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| The Excitements by C.J. WrayJosephine and Penny are 90-something English sisters who served during World War II (including doing top secret work). Heading to Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, they plan on settling a few scores along the way in this "utterly charming" (Booklist) novel by C.J. Wray, aka bestselling author Christine Manby. |
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
by Janice Hallett
Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the anti-Christ. Now, true crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and also on the baby’s trail. As Amanda and Oliver are forced to collaborate, they realize that the truth about the Angels is much darker and stranger than they’d ever imagined, and in pursuit of the story they risk becoming part of it.
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The Mountain King
by Anders De la Motte
After a high-profile kidnapping case goes wrong, criminal inspector Leonore Asker is relegated to the so-called Department of Lost Souls where she, drawn into a peculiar case, one possibly linked to the kidnapping, is led to the darkest recesses of the city where an unusual kind of evil lurks in the shadows. "This series debut is a sure bet for fans of gritty procedurals" (Booklist).
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A Meditation on Murder
by Susan Juby
When butler Helen Thorpe is loaned out to help influencer Cartier Hightower get her life in order, Helen finds herself working for a young woman entirely unbound by the fetters of good taste or sound judgment. Add to that, one of Cartier’s fellow content creators recently died in a strange accident, and, soon after Helen arrives, another is killed in an equally bizarre way. Then comes a terrible incident that turns Cartier into a global pariah, at least according to social media. Helen hopes a period of simplicity and an internet detox will help Cartier find her true nature and maybe acquire some social graces. This task turns out to be even more impossible when it becomes clear that they have been followed to Weeping Creek Ranch by a murderer.
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| Observations by Gaslight by Lyndsay FayeThis entertaining collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is told in epistolary form by people who've encountered the great detective over the years, including Irene Adler and Geoffrey Lestrade. Read it for the smart plotting, atmospheric Victorian settings, and in-depth Sherlockian knowledge on display. |
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| Seasonal Work by Laura LippmanLaura Lippman, the acclaimed author of novels such as Prom Mom and Lady in the Lake, serves up a "delightful" (Library Journal) collection of 12 stories, including a new novella. Tess Monaghan fans take note: the tough Baltimore PI makes two appearances here. |
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| An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene TurstenIn this follow-up to An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, readers learn more about clever, capable 88-year-old Maude in six darkly humorous stories that detail her meting out justice at various points in her life, including the present day, where Swedish police have just discovered a body in her apartment. For fans of: Arsenic and Old Lace. |
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| Midnight Hour by Abby L. Vandiver, editor; foreword by Stephen Mack JonesCentered around the midnight hour, this "excellent" (Kirkus Reviews) collection presents 20 original stories, from cozy to noir, written by authors of color, such as Jennifer Chow, Tracy Clark, E.A. Aymar, Raquel V. Reyes, Gigi Pandian, V.M. Burns, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
Available only as an eBook from Hoopla. |
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