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Historical Mysteries July 2014
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Strange gods
by Annamaria Alfieri
Feeling like a misfit in early 20th-century British East Africa, Scottish missionary's daughter Vera assists the murder investigation of her uncle at the side of alluring police superintendent Justin Tolliver, who discovers unsettling inconsistencies in the case. 10,000 first printing.
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Hell with the lid blown off
by Donis Casey
When a much-hated member of their Boynton, Oklahoma community is murdered during a tornado, Sheriff Scott Tucker, while investigating, is shocked when the clues lead him the widow Beckie MacKenzie, the beloved music teacher and mentor of Alafair's daughter Ruth.
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A catered Fourth of July : a mystery with recipes
by Isis Crawford
When the July Fourth Revolutionary War re-enactment results in murder, sisters and caterers Bernie and Libby, as suspicion and distrust boil over, must serve up a very unpatriotic killer—especially when Bernie's beau is accused of the crime.
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The Baklava Club
by Jason Goodwin
A conclusion to the Edgar Award-winning series follows Investigator Yashim's efforts to untangle a botched assassination attempt involving a kidnapped Polish prince, a mysterious adversary and Yashim's romantic priorities. 15,000 first printing.
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The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
Set in the darkest debtor's prison in Georgian London, this gripping historical thriller follows Tom Hawkins as he, due to his penchant for wine, women and cards, ends up in Marshalsea where murder runs rampant and no one is as they seem. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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Strongwood : a crime dossier
by Larry Millett
" The place is Minneapolis, the year is 1903, and Michael Masterson has fallen in love, or so he claims, with Addie Strongwood, a beautiful working-class girl with an interesting past and a mind of her own. But their promising relationship quickly beginsto disintegrate before reaching a violent conclusion. Amid allegations of seduction, rape, and blackmail, Michael is shot dead and Addie goes on trial for first-degree murder. As the case unfolds in a welter of conflicting evidence and surprise discoveries, a jury must decide whether Addie acted in self-defense or killed her one-time lover with the coldest of calculation. Reconstructing the case through trial testimony, newspaper stories, the journal of Addie's flamboyant defense attorney, and her own first-person account as serialized in the Minneapolis Tribune, Larry Millett builds a suspenseful tale of love, money, betrayal, and death. Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, long known to readers from Millett's previous mysteries, play crucial roles in the unraveling of the case, which also offers a glimpse into the sharply divided worlds of the rich and the poor at the dawn of the twentieth century. "
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The Crooked Spire
by Chris Nickson
Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect. To prove his innocence John must help the coroner in his search for his killer, a quest that brings him up against some powerful enemies in a town where he is still a stranger and friends are few.
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Fatal enquiry
by Will Thomas
When the British government grants immunity to sociopath Sebastian Nightwine in exchange for help, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, land in the greatest danger of their lives while exposing Nightwine's true agenda. By the author of Some Danger Involved. 35,000 first printing
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