| 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 twelfth 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 eighth in the compelling Vera Stanhope series that inspired TV's Vera. |
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Touch of Red
by Laura Griffin
Mystery. When crime scene investigator Brooke Porter arrives at the home of a murdered woman, the only thing more shocking than the carnage is the evidence that someone escaped the scene. But where is this witness now? A thorough search of the area yields more questions than answers, and before Brooke even packs up her evidence kit, she’s made it her goal to find the witness and get them out of harm’s way. Searching for a witness to the murder, crime scene investigator Brooke Porter teams up with homicide detective Sean Byrne, and—as their investigation, and relationship, heats up—they must try to keep their personal lives and work separate, especially when the killer sets his sights on Brooke. Twelfth in the Tracers series.
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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 third 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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A Season to Lie: A Detective Gemma Monroe Mystery
by Emily Littlejohn
Mystery. A follow-up to the acclaimed Inherit the Bones. On a cold dark night in February, as a blizzard shrieks through Cedar Valley, police officer Gemma Monroe responds to an anonymous report of a prowler at the local private high school, The Valley Academy. In her idyllic Colorado small town, Gemma expects the call was just a prank by a bored teenager. But there in the snow lies the savaged body of a man whose presence in town was meant to be a secret. And a disturbing message left by his killer promises more death to come. This is only the beginning . . .
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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 and 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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Dead of Winter: A Lily Dale Mystery
by Wendy Corsi Staub
Mystery. In Valley View, a small town populated by mediums, a superstitious killer is on the prowl and gunning for Bella Jordan, who witnessed one of his body dumps, and the whole town must come together to stop the murderer before he strikes again. Third in the Lily Dale series.
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| The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna AndrewsCozy Mystery. As a blacksmith and mother of twins, Meg Langslow has her hands full. While she has her Christmas shopping done, she's in charge of keeping the decorators for the local historical society's Christmas show house organized. That's no easy task...especially when one of them is killed and her designer mother is suspected. Donna Andrews' charming cozy series has endearingly eccentric characters and large dollops of humor. If you enjoy Meg's Christmas investigations, pick up the latest in the series, How the Finch Stole Christmas! |
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A Catered Thanksgiving: A Mystery with Recipes
by Isis Crawford
Culinary Mystery. When the beautiful Thanksgiving turkey they prepared blows up in their client's face, sending Monty Field to the great dining room in the sky, sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons must convince the Field family that they are not responsible and whip up the real killer. For more fun reads pick up other titles in the Mystery with Recipes series.
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
by Rhys Bowen
Historical Mystery. Struggling with depression in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a miscarriage, semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan and her husband, Daniel, accept an invitation to spend the holidays at a Hudson mansion, only to be embroiled in the mystery of their hosts' daughter's disappearance. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. The 17th book in the Molly Murphy series.
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The Diva Runs out of Thyme: A Domestic Diva Mystery
by Krista Davis
Culinary Mystery. Sophie Winston is determined to take home the prize at the Stupendous Stuffing Shakedown. She just needs the right ingredients; however, Sophie's search for the perfect turkey takes a basting when she stumbles across a corpse. And when the police find her name and photo inside the victim's car, they think she has some explaining to do. Sophie will have to set her trussing aside to solve the murder or she'll be serving up prison grub, and that definitely wouldn't be a good thing. First title in the Domestic Diva series.
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Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries
by Martin Edwards
British Mysteries. Fifteen classic British mystery tales featuring Christmas themes, originally printed in 1936. This book introduces readers to some of the finest Christmas detective stories of the past. Martin Edwards’ selection blends festive pieces from much-loved authors with one or two stories which are likely to be unfamiliar even to diehard mystery fans. With authors including Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Edmund Crispin, the result is a collection of crime fiction to savor, whatever the season.
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Candy Cane Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Culinary Mysteries. This delightful collection of holiday whodunits, featuring more than fifteen delectable recipes, includes Joanne Fluke's Candy Cane Murder, in which bakery owner Hannah Swenson, while dressed as an elf, finds murder on the agenda at Lake Eden's annual Christmas gala. In The Dangers of Candy Canes by Laura Levine a wealthy suburbanite takes a lethal tumble off his roof while installing a giant candy cane. Now it's up to Jaine Austen to sift through a long list of scheming neighbors with dirty secrets in their stockings to expose a murderer. Candy Canes of Christmas Past by Leslie Meier finds Lucy Stone investigating the mystery of a glass candy cane that was found smashed to bits by a corpse's body to unlock the doors of Christmas past--and find a killer who got away with murder.
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The Body in the Sleigh: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
by Katherine Hall Page
Mystery. It's Christmastime, and the Fairchild family is spending the holidays on idyllic Sanpere Island in Maine while the Reverend Thomas Fairchild recuperates from surgery. His caterer wife, Faith, is rejoicing in the rare, holiday family-time together--but Faith's high spirits are dampened when she discovers the body of a young woman that is somehow connected to an abandoned, newborn baby boy. Eighteenth in the Faith Fairchild Mystery series.
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