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| Death in St. Petersburg: A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha AlexanderHistorical Mystery. In St. Petersburg, Russia, the body of a rising star, a young prima ballerina, is discovered in the snow, still wearing her white Swan Lake tutu. Having attended the ballet, Lady Emily and her British spy husband become involved in a case that is complicated by a distraught lover, the politics of Tsarist Russia, and sightings of a ghostly dancer. This well-researched 12th entry in the Lady Emily mysteries will make readers feel as if they've visited St. Petersburg. Ballet aficionados will find much to like here, including narrative parts of the story that portray the young ballerina at school. |
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| The Seagull by Ann CleevesMystery. DCI Vera Stanhope's latest case has a link to her now-deceased cop father, who raised her alone...and sometimes used her as a lookout on some of his less-than-legal outings with his "Gang of Four." While Vera's giving a talk at a prison, current inmate (and former cop and Gang-of-Four member) John Brace tells her he has info about a buried body -- if she looks after his daughter. Vera agrees, and then the cops dig up two skeletons instead of one. What do a 1980s bar and her father have to do with it all? Tough, dedicated Vera will sort it out. This is the 8th in the compelling series that inspired TV's Vera. |
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| The Blood Card by Elly GriffithsHistorical Mystery. It's 1953, and while most of England is preparing for the coronation of its young queen, DI Edgar Stephens and his two detective sergeants investigate the suspicious death of a Brighton fortune teller. Then, Edgar and his magician friend Max Mephisto try to figure out who murdered their former commanding officer, leading Edgar to take a trip to New York alone as Max readies for his television debut. This engaging 3rd entry in Elly Griffiths atmospheric Stephens and Mephisto novels will please fans of 1950s-set mysteries as well as those who like a bit of romance with their crimes. |
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| Righteous: An IQ novel by Joe IdeMystery. In this firecracker of a follow-up to last year's award-winning debut IQ, readers find Isaiah “IQ” Quintabe dealing with the news that his beloved brother Marcus' hit-and-run death eight years ago wasn't an accident. Then, Marcus' former fiancée shows up; her sister is in trouble in Las Vegas and needs help. IQ and his volatile (and funny) sidekick, Dodson, head to Sin City to help out and end up dealing with Chinese gangsters and a formidable loan shark. Anyone looking for a modern, gritty take on Sherlock Holmes should check out this fantastic series. |
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| Murderous Mistral by Cay RademacherMystery. Policing in Provence may sound like a dream job, but it's punishment for Capitaine Roger Blanc; he's been transferred from Paris after leading corruption investigations into a trade minister and others. He has a home (inherited, in dire need of renovation) but no wife (she stayed in the city with her lover). When an unpopular local man is murdered, Blanc works to solve the crime, even if his new partner is a bit lackadaisical about the whole thing. Wish you were in the South of France? This evocative series launch should take you there. |
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| Old Scores by Will ThomasHistorical Mystery. In anticipation of opening an embassy, a delegation of Japanese diplomats has arrived in 1890 London. When one of them is shot to death, detective Cyrus Barker is accused of the crime (to be fair, he was near the murder scene carrying a gun that had been recently fired). Hired by one of the diplomats who doesn't think he did it, Baker and his witty Welsh sidekick Llewelyn try to find the real killer in this strong 9th series entry that gives fans previously unknown details about Barker's time in Asia. Love Victorian London mysteries? Try Alex Grecian's Scotland Yard's Murder Squad novels or David Morrell’s Thomas De Quincey mysteries. |
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| Blood Orange by Susan Wittig AlbertCozy Mystery. In the small Texas Hill Country town of Pecan Springs, herbalist China Bayles tends her shop, About Thyme, as well as jointly running a tea room and a rental house. When the nurse renting the cottage discovers disturbing evidence about a patient's death, and then a suspicious accident lands her in a coma, China and her friends investigate. Like the Faith Fairchild mysteries, the China Bayles mysteries feature over two dozen series entries starring a strong female amateur sleuth living in a richly described small-town setting (and recipes are included!). Blood Orange is the 24th China book; the most recent one is The Last Chance Olive Ranch, which came out earlier this year. |
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Gone gull
by Donna Andrews
Cozy Mystery. Gone Gull brings readers yet another knee-slapping adventure filled with New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews' cast of wacky characters. Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordeliarun the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism, threatening to ruin the newly-opened center's reputation. Is it the work of a rival center? Have the developers who want to build a resort atop Biscuit Mountain found a new tactic to pressureCordelia into selling? Or is the real target Meg's grandfather, who points out that any number of environmentally irresponsible people and organizations could have it in for him? While Meg is trying to track down the vandal, her grandfather is more interested in locating a rare gull. Their missions collide when a body is found in one of the classrooms. Can Meg identify the vandal and the murderer in time to save the center's name--while helping her grandfather track down and rescue his beloved gulls?
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Banana cream pie murder
by Joanne Fluke
Cozy Mystery. After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town... and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman as police claim, or was a deadlier scheme at play? As Hannah peels through countless suspects and some new troubles of her own, solving this crime - and living to tell about it - might prove trickier than mixing up the ultimate banana cream pie.
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Ghost times two
by Carolyn G Hart
Cozy Mystery. Bailey Ruth Raeburn's latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him--which is easier said than done. As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn't enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan's vulnerable secretary if Megan accepts a partnership at another law firm. She's in an impossible bind. Since Jimmy refuses to move on while Megan is being blackmailed, Bailey Ruth agrees to help him. But after the partner turns up dead and Megan is found at the crime scene, Bailey Ruth and Jimmy have to find a way to uncover a killer before the love of Jimmy's life is ordered to spend a lifetime behind bars.
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