| A Rustle of Silk by Alys ClareHistorical Mystery. Queen Elizabeth I has died and King James I, the son of Mary Queen of Scots, has just taken the throne. As the king's official coronation approaches, former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner, who now works as a physician in Devon, is called by the coroner to help with a corpse. Realizing the dead man has been murdered, Gabriel investigates with the coroner's help, and finds the crime connected to the silk trade, people he holds dear, and the coronation. Filled with engaging personalities and fascinating history, this well-researched series debut by veteran author Alys Clare is sure to leave fans longing for the next Gabriel Taverner mystery; readers who can't wait may want to try Robin Blake's Georgian-set mysteries featuring Coroner Titus Cragg and Dr. Luke Fidelis. |
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| The Cat Sitter and the Canary: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery by Blaize and John ClementCozy Mystery. In sunny Siesta Key, Florida, former-deputy-turned-pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway arrives on a job and finds a suspicious man in front of the house and a dead body inside. Even worse, there's a note on the body referring to Dixie. Is someone targeting her? Or trying to frame her? When another murder and note are discovered, Dixie needs to solve the crimes to avoid being arrested or killed. Meanwhile, Dixie's ex is getting married, and she's having a bit of trouble dealing with her feelings about that. This amusing 11th outing for Dixie provides a sunny getaway for readers. |
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| The Dry: A Novel by Jane HarperMystery. In this highly acclaimed debut novel by an Australian journalist, Melbourne-based federal agent Aaron Falk receives a troubling note from the father of his childhood best friend: "You lied. Luke lied. Be at the funeral." Against a backdrop of the worst drought the small town of Kiewarra has seen in a century, which is causing financial problems for just about everyone, Falk returns to his hometown for the first time since he was a teen. Even though his expertise is in financial crimes and he hasn't talked to Luke in years, he agrees with his friend's dad: Luke didn't kill his wife and daughter and then himself. Teaming up with Raco, the newly arrived local cop, Falk confronts the fallout of 20-year-old false alibis and a long-ago death. Richly detailed and beautifully plotted, The Dry is set to catch fire (Reese Witherspoon's already snagged the movie rights). |
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| A Perilous Undertaking: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery by Deanna RaybournHistorical Mystery. In September 1887, after a much-looked-forward-to research trip to Fiji is canceled, English adventuress and lepidopterist Veronica Speedwell finds herself called to a secretive meeting at a ladies-only club. There, she's engaged by Princess Louise, one of Queen Victoria's daughters, to find the real killer of a pregnant artist, one of the princess' dear friends. The police have arrested the dead woman's married lover, and he will hang in a week if Veronica and her dashing partner Stoker can't sort out the truth. Readers who enjoyed A Most Curious Beginning will appreciate this delightful follow-up, which has the same delicious humor and romantic tension. |
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| And Only to Deceive by Tasha AlexanderHistorical Mystery. Tired of her overbearing mother, Emily accepts a dashing viscount's marriage proposal. So, when she's widowed mere months after the wedding, Lady Emily feels relief more than despair since she never wanted to marry at all. But as she learns more about her Greek antiquities-loving late husband and meets those who knew him well, including his handsome best friend, she finds herself intrigued by the man she married. Then she learns he may have been involved in illegal activities and been killed...or, stunningly, is possibly still alive. This 1st in the Lady Emily Ashton mysteries will remind readers of Deanna Raybourn's stylish Lady Julia Grey mysteries: both are lighthearted romantic mysteries set in the Victorian period featuring widows who investigate their husbands' deaths with a handsome new beau. |
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| I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-FlemingMystery. Opening with a tense scene in which a man holding women and children hostage in a rural New York farmhouse is shooting at police outside, I Shall Not Want follows the investigation of murders targeting the migrant community of the Adirondack mountains. In charge is recently widowed police chief Russ van Alstyne, who consults with Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson for help since she works with that community. But since Clare and Russ have complex, unresolved feelings for each other, that colors their time together as the case is plagued by media hysteria and a conflict within the police unit. This 6th of eight books in a superb series is fine for readers who don't mind jumping into something midstream, but those who want to see the slow burn of the romance slowly ignite can start with the initial entry, In the Bleak Midwinter. |
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Silent on the Moor
by Deanna Raybourn
Historical Mystery. Despite his admonitions to stay away, Lady Julia arrives in Yorkshire to find Brisbane as remote and maddeningly attractive as ever. Cloistered together, they share the moldering house with the proud but impoverished remnants of an ancient family--the sort that keeps their bloodline pure and their secrets close. Lady Allenby and her daughters, dependent upon Brisbane and devastated by their fall in society, seem adrift on the moor winds, powerless to change their fortunes. But poison does not discriminate between classes.... A mystery unfolds from the rotten heart of Grimsgrave, one Lady Julia may have to solve alone, as Brisbane appears inextricably tangled in its heinous twists and turns. But blood will out, and before spring touches the craggy northern landscape, Lady Julia will have uncovered a Gypsy witch, a dark rider and a long-buried legacy of malevolence and evil.
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Gemini
by Carol Cassella
Mystery. Caring for an anonymous coma patient whose baffling condition is turning critical, Seattle ICU doctor Charlotte Reese and her science journalist boyfriend, Eric, find their relationship tested when the case forces them to confront respective feelings about death, love and marriage.
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