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| The Moth Catcher by Ann CleevesMystery. After the body of a stranger is found in a ditch in the small Northumberland community of Valley Farm, dogged DI Vera Stanhope and good-hearted DS Joe Ashworth visit the nearby country home where the dead man had been house sitting...and discover another corpse. Try as they might, the only connection they find between the two dead men is a mutual affection for moths. As the investigation progresses, the cops discover that many of the people living in Valley Farm have secrets, especially the three middle-aged couples who make up "the retired hedonists' club." This is the 7th book in the Vera Stanhope series (which is the inspiration for Vera, the popular TV show starring Brenda Blethyn). For another atmospheric series featuring a smart, irascible female detective in Europe, try Norwegian author Anne Holt's Hanne Wilhelmsen novels. |
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| The Inheritance by Charles FinchHistorical Mystery. It's a snowy January 3, 1877 in London when gentleman detective Charles Lenox receives an odd letter from Gerald Leigh, a former Harrow schoolmate who'd been an outcast there, but has become a renowned scientist living in France. Later, it appears that Gerald has gone missing, and Charles wonders if the letter and his disappearance are related to the mysterious benefactor who paid for Gerald's expensive schooling. Meanwhile, Charles' partners, Polly Buchanan and Lord John Dallington, investigate break-ins at Parliament. As the trio work their cases, they encounter both East End gangs and Royal Society denizens. Readers who enjoy intricately plotted, elegantly written traditional mysteries will love the Charles Lenox Chronicles; The Inheritance is the 10th entry. |
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Christmas caramel murder
by Joanne Fluke
Cozy Mystery. The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town's annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say "Bah, humbug!" a Santa-sized sackful of trouble ensues. Like the fact that Lisa's husband will be playing Mr. Claus to his ex-girlfriend Phyllis Bates' Mrs. Claus. Or that before the curtains even go up Phyllis is found dead in the snow - wearing a costume that the real Mrs. Claus would put on the naughty list. Soon after the suspects pile up faster than snowdrifts in a blizzard, while a merry murderer remains on the loose. With clues even harder to find, it might take a visit from ghosts of Christmas past to wrap up this mystery in time for the holidays. By the best-selling author of Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder.
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Murder in the courthouse : a Hailey Dean mystery
by Nancy Grace
Thriller Mystery. Hailey Dean is in trouble again-and this time it could be deadly! Hailey Dean, the prosecutor who never lost a case, heads to Savannah as an expert witness on the sensational Julie Love-Adams murder trial, but she soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery. and an unexpected love affair. At the baggage claim, Hailey is greeted by the handsome Lieutenant Chase Billings. On their way to her hotel, they hear an APB for a murder that has just been committed. When they race to the scene, they find Alton Turner, a courthouse sheriff known for being as neat as a pin. Only he's found lying sprawled in a pool of blood, severed in half by a garage door. Hailey, never one to mind her own business, jump-starts Turner's murder investigation while juggling the Julie Love trial. The timing of the trial and murder could be a coincidence, but everyone knows there is no such thing as coincidence in criminal law! Next, Elle Odom, a gorgeous court clerk, is poisoned at the courthouse cafeteria coffee bar. Then, the police tech who helps find Elle's missing handbag (stuffed with her life-saving Epi-pen) turns into alligator bait at an amusement park... and that's just the beginning. With Lt. Billings falling hard for Hailey, she digs deeper to find a killer with a very mysterious agenda. knowing full well the next murder victim may very well be herself. It's crime sleuth Hailey Dean at her best! By the New York Times best-selling author of The Eleventh Victim.
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The Language of Secrets
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Mystery. Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada's Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive cases across all levels of law enforcement. Khattak is still under scrutiny for his last case, so he's surprised when INSET, Canada's federal intelligence agency, calls him in on another potentially hot button issue. For months, INSET has been investigating a local terrorist cell which is planning an attack on New Year's Day. INSET had an informant, Mohsin Dar, undercover inside the cell. But now, just weeks before the attack, Mohsin has been murdered at the group's training camp deep in the woods. INSET wants Khattak to give the appearance of investigating Mohsin's death, and then to bury the lead. They can't risk exposing their operation, or Mohsin's role in it. But Khattak used to know Mohsin, and he knows he can't just let this murder slide. So Khattak sends his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, undercover into the small-town mosque which houses the terrorist cell. As Rachel tentatively reaches out into the unfamiliar world of Islam, and begins developing relationships with the people of the mosque and the terrorist cell within it, the potential reasons for Mohsin's murder only seem to multiply, from the political and ideological to the intensely personal. The Unquiet Dead author Ausma Zehanat Khan once again dazzles with a brilliant mystery carefully woven into a profound and intimate story of humanity.
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| Ruler of the Night by David MorrellHistorical Mystery. Trains are still fairly new in 1855 England, providing a novel setting for murder in this excellent book, the last in a trilogy. Drug addict/author/private inquiry agent Thomas De Quincey investigates the high profile killing along with his irrepressible daughter Emily, getting help from various real-life personages and personable Scotland Yard detectives. De Quincey learns that the dead man held powerful secrets -- and that his own most ruthless adversary may be involved. Anne Perry fans who'd like another atmospheric, tightly plotted Victorian mystery but with more action should pick up the Thomas De Quincey mysteries by bestselling author David Morrell (who's also the creator of the character Rambo). |
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| The Lake House: A Novel by Kate MortonMystery. London police detective Sadie Sparrow has been messing up at work -- especially on a recent child abandonment case -- and needs a break. Staying at her grandfather's Cornwall home, she comes across a rundown country house in the woods, abandoned by the family in 1933 when their toddler son disappeared during a party and was never found. Sadie meets the boy's sister, now an elderly mystery writer living in London, and tries to sort out what happened those many years ago, triggering a series of events that lead to shocking revelations. Set in both 1933 and 2003, this gothic-tinged mystery should please fans of Eve Chase's debut, Black Rabbit Hall. |
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A murder in time : a novel
by Julie McElwain
Mystery. Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teammates. While fleeing from an unexpected assassin herself, Kendra escapes into a stairwell that promises sanctuary but when she stumbles out again, she is in the same place - Aldrich Castle - but in a different time: 1815, to be exact. Mistaken for a lady's maid hired to help with weekend guests, Kendra is forced to quickly adapt to the time period until she can figure out how she got there; and, more importantly, how to get back home. However, after the body of a young girl is found on the extensive grounds of the county estate, she starts to feel there's some purpose to her bizarre circumstances. Stripped of her twenty-first century tools, Kendra must use her wits alone in order to unmask a cunning madman.
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The rich and the dead
by Liv Spector
Mystery. Welcome to Star Island, where Miami's wealthiest residents lead private lives behind the tall gates of their sprawling mansions. It's a blissful escape from the hot and dirty city--or it was, until New Year's Day 2015, when twelve of the most powerful people in the world were found murdered in the basement of a Star Island mansion. The massacre shocked the nation and destroyed the life of investigator Lila Day. Her hunt for the Star Island killer consumed her. But the case went unsolved, resulting in her dismissal from the Miami PD. Now, three years later, life hands Lila an unexpected second chance: reclusive billionaire Teddy Hawkins approaches Lila and asks her to solve the case. But how do you investigate a crime when all the leads have long ago gone cold? The answer, Teddy tells her, is to solve the case before it happens. He's going to send Lila back in time. With nothing left to lose, an incredulous Lila travels back to 2014, determined to find the Star Island killer once and for all. But as she goes undercover among the members of Miami's high society, she finds herself caring for--and falling for--people who are destined to die that fateful night. Now she must either say good-bye or risk altering the future forever.
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