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Bite Club
by Laurien Berenson
What happens: Wife, mom, and show dog breeder Melanie Travis starts a mystery book club made up of fellow dog lovers. After one of the members is killed, Melanie (with some help from her take-charge Aunt Peg) tries to suss out a murderer.
Series alert: This amusing 23rd Melanie Travis mystery is a treat for both fans and newbies. The 26th book, Howloween Murder, comes out this month.
Read this next: Donna Andrew's Meg Langslow mysteries, which offer humor, eccentric family members, and a wide array of animals.
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The book supremacy
by Kate Carlisle
"Brooklyn and Derek are enjoying their honeymoon in Paris when Brooklyn finds the perfect gift for Derek; a first edition of The Spy Who Loved Me. When they bump into Ned, an old friend from Derek's spy days, Brooklyn shows him her latest treasure. Back home, the owner of a spy shop Ned mentioned begs to display the book as part of a celebration. Soon after, Derek is dismayed when he receives a mysterious letter from Paris announcing Ned's death. Then late one night, someone is killed inside the spy shop. Are the murders connected to Brooklyn's rare, pricey book?"
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Outsider
by Linda Castillo
A follow-up to the best-selling Shamed finds Kate Burkholder helping a friend from the police academy go into hiding among the Amish to avoid vengeful rogue cops who have wrongly accused her of murdering an undercover officer.
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Stranger in the lake
by Kimberly Belle
A newly married woman questions her husband’s involvement with a woman murdered in the lake behind their home and how it connects the unsolved case that shook the town decades before. By the best-selling author of The Marriage Lie.
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Cut and Run
by Allison Brennan
FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid must reconstruct an old crime to find a missing child in the present day, while her husband helps an investigative reporter find the truth after a confessed killer recants his statement, leading them all down the darkest corridors of corporate crime where their cases intersect. Original.
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Her father's secret
by Sara Blædel
"A woman's murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind--before she becomes the next victim."
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If You Like: Louise Penny
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| Raven Black by Ann CleevesIntroducing: dogged police inspector Jimmy Perez, who's returned home to the Shetland Islands after separating from his wife.
What happens: In one of the area's insular communities, a teenage girl who'd moved there from London a year ago is killed. Perez hunts for the murderer as locals point fingers at one of the last people to be seen with the victim, an elderly man with intellectual disabilities.
Why Louise Penny fans might like it: This acclaimed 1st in the Shetland Quartet (which inspired U.K. television's Shetland) offers atmosphere to spare, an isolated locale, and deft plotting. |
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| A Killing in the Hills by Julia KellerThe setup: In tiny Acker's Gap, West Virginia, a "shabby afterthought of a town," 17-year-old Carla Elkins witnesses the efficient shooting of three elderly men by an unknown person in a diner on a Saturday morning.
The aftermath: As Carla gradually recalls details about the shooter, her estranged mom, obsessively driven county prosecutor Bell Elkins, works to solve the case.
Why Louise Penny fans might like it: This award-winning debut novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist features lyrical writing and a complex investigator working in a vividly depicted small town. |
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| Wicked Autumn by G.M. MallietIntroducing: Max Tudor, the handsome new vicar in Nether Monkslip, who's also a former MI5 officer.
What happens: The quiet village's most overbearing woman dies in suspicious circumstances at the Harvest Fayre, leading Max to suspect foul play and wonder if one of his new parishioners is a killer.
Why Louise Penny fans might like it: Though more lighthearted than Penny's novels, this 1st in a series provides a modern village setting, charming characters, and a clever whodunit. |
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| A Test of Wills by Charles ToddIntroducing: shell-shocked World War I veteran Ian Rutledge, who's secretly tormented by a dead Scottish soldier's voice and has just returned to duty as a Scotland Yard Inspector in 1919.
What happens: A jealous colleague has Ian assigned to a hot-potato case that could push him over the edge. In the village of Warwickshire, a retired colonel has been murdered and the prime suspect is a decorated war hero, who's also a friend of the Prince of Wales.
Why Louise Penny fans might like it: In this layered 1st in a series, the introspective Rutledge must maneuver his way through several figurative minefields in order to solve the complex case and hold on to his sanity. |
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