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| Surrender, New York: A Novel by Caleb CarrMystery. Living on an upstate New York dairy farm after losing the favor of the NYPD, criminal psychologist Trajan Jones has been teaching college classes about the problems with forensic science and not working crimes. But when a series of "throwaway children" are murdered around Surrender, New York, Jones and his friend Michael Li, a trace evidence expert, investigate. Detail-rich and leisurely paced at over 600 pages, Surrender, New York is thought-provoking and, at times, disturbing. Readers who enjoyed Caleb Carr's bestselling The Alienist may appreciate Jones (who's an authority on Dr. Kreizler), his quirky supporting cast, and the New York setting; important differences are that this more multilayered book takes place in the present day and in a rural upstate town. |
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The woman in blue : a Ruth Galloway mystery
by Elly Griffiths
When a woman matching the description of an apparition mistaken for the Virgin Mary is found dead at the same time an Anglican priest begins receiving threatening letters, Ruth Galloway teams up with Cathbad and DCI Harry Nelson to investigate a string of deaths tied to religious fanaticism in the medieval town of Little Walsingham. 25,000 first printing.
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| Darktown: A Novel by Thomas MullenHistorical Mystery. It's 1948, and Atlanta has eight African American police officers -- but the new cops have limited privileges (no driving a police car, no entering police headquarters, no policing white parts of town, etc.) and face hostility from their peers as well as distrust from their community. One night while walking their beat, rookies Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith see a white man driving a car erratically with a young African American woman inside. When the woman is found dead, the men investigate, even though it could end their careers and maybe their lives. Blending history with mystery, this gritty 1st in a new series has already been optioned for TV, with Jamie Foxx set to produce. For another atmospheric Atlanta-set mystery, pick up Matthew Guinn's Scribe featuring an (entirely fictional) African American cop in 1881. |
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Rain dogs : a Detective Sean Duffy novel
by Adrian McKinty
When journalist Lily Bigelow seemingly commits suicide, Irish Detective Sean Duffy, stumbling upon some clues that cause him to believe otherwise, discovers that she was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and must expose her killer.
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A great reckoning
by Louise Penny
Receiving a mysterious old map that has been found stuffed in the walls of a bistro, former Quebec homicide investigator Armand Gamache follows clues to the site of a dead Sûreté academy professor and an unlikely cadet with whom he is implicated in a murder case. By the award-winning author of The Nature of the Beast.
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Downfall : a Brady novel of suspense
by Judith A Jance
Juggling her pregnancy, family deaths, her daughter's imminent departure for college and a reelection campaign, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady investigates two suspicious falling deaths that may be the work of a serial killer. By the best-selling author of the Ali Reynolds series. 250,000 first printing.
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| A Song of Shadows by John ConnollyMystery. Struggling to recover from life-threatening wounds in a dying coastal town in Maine, Charlie "Bird" Parker takes daily walks on the beach. It's there that he meets his new (and only) neighbors, widow Ruth Winter and her nine-year-old daughter Amanda. When a body washes up on the beach, Parker can't help but look into things, and learns that the case might be related to his new friends and to World War II Nazis. Blending bits of the supernatural with suspense and hardboiled action, this 13th in the Charlie "Bird" Parker novels "builds to a shocking ending" (Publishers Weekly); fans eager for the next book will be happy to know that the 14th book, A Time of Torment, was recently published. |
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The ghost and Mrs. Mewer
by Krista Davis
When the TV show Apparition Apprehenders descends on Wagtail's annual Halloween festivities—and their investigation of supernatural local legends leads to murder—Sugar Maple Inn owner Holly Miller must catch a flesh-and-blood killer. Original.
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| Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher FowlerMystery. The Peculiar Crimes Unit was recently closed, leaving elderly detectives Arthur Bryant and John May at a bit of a loss. But not to worry: thanks to the discovery of a beheaded body in King's Cross, the members of the London group are back! Well, sort of. They don't have money or official status, but they do have May champing at the bit to work (he even gets Bryant back on the street). In addition to the headless corpse, there's a man wearing a stag's head abducting people in the same area, and the peculiar cases might be connected. In this 7th outing, "the pacing, prose, planting of clues and characterizations are all top-notch" (Publishers Weekly); Bryant & May and the Burning Man, the 12th book in this funny, well-plotted series was released earlier this year. |
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| Joyland by Stephen KingMystery. In the summer of 1973, college student Devin Jones takes a job at Joyland, a North Carolina amusement park, despite an ominous warning from the park's fortune-teller. When he's not dressing up as the park's mascot, operating rides, or cleaning up the resulting vomit, Devin explores his surroundings...which leads to the knowledge that a girl was murdered on one of the rides a few years ago and possibly still haunts it. Aided by terminally ill child psychic Mike and fellow employee Erin Cook, Devin comes of age as he tries to solve the crime. Combining nostalgia with a spooky mystery, this delightful book is Stephen King at his best. |
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