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Staff Picks 2020: Mystery & Thriller
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The missing American
by Kwei Quartey
Lisa's Pick:
Turning private detective when her ambition to be a police officer is dashed, Emma Djan teams up with a first client to search for a man whose disappearance is linked to the email scams and fetish priests of Ghana.
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A royal affair
by Allison Montclair
Lisa's Pick:
A sequel to The Right Sort of Man finds Iris and Gwendolyn of The Right Sort of Marriage Bureau investigating the past of a dashing Greek prince who has captured the heart of the Princess Elizabeth.
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All the devils are here
by Louise Penny
Deanna's Pick:
Horrified when his billionaire godfather is targeted in a near-fatal accident, Chief Inspector Gamache follows clues deep within the Paris Archives to uncover gruesome, decades-old secrets. By the award-winning author of A Better Man.
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The unquiet dead
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Deanna's Pick:
Detective Esa Khattack and his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, investigate the death of a local man who may have been a Bosnian war criminal with ties to the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, in a haunting debut novel of loss, redemption and the cost of justice. First in series.
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The mountains wild
by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Deanna's Pick:
A series debut set in Dublin and New York introduces homicide detective and divorced mom Maggie D’arcy, who in the wake of a disappearance and new clues reopens the investigation into her cousin’s disappearance 23 years earlier.
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The silent wife : a novel
by Karin Slaughter
Deanna's Pick:
Investigating a brutal murder that eerily resembles another from years earlier, Will Trent reopens the case of a possibly wrongly convicted prisoner before teaming up with medical examiner Sara Linton to hunt down the true killer.
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The order : a novel
by Daniel Silva
Deanna's Pick:
The award-winning author of The New Girl and The Other Woman presents a latest high-action thriller that pits enigmatic art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon against an international threat that tests the limits of his skills
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The good killer : a novel
by Harry Dolan
Deanna's Pick:
Rendered famous for stopping a mass shooting, a former soldier captures the attentions of two dangerous men from the past, including one who blames him for a brother’s death. By the author of The Man in the Crooked Hat.
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Hid from our eyes
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Deanna's Pick:
Police chief Russ van Alstyne races to solve a baffling murder that eerily resembles two unsolved killings from decades earlier for which he was the prime suspect. By the award-winning author of One Was a Soldier.
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The last flight : a novel
by Julie Clark
Deanna's Pick:
Working for months on a plan to escape her secretly violent husband, Claire impulsively swaps airline tickets with a stranger also on the run before a fateful accident compels her to assume the other’s identity.
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Snow
by John Banville
Becky's Pick:
Investigating the murder of a 1957 County Wexford priest, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community’s culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family’s dangerous secrets. By the award-winning author of The Seas.
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The Hour of Death
by Jane Willan
Glynis's Pick:
Audiobook: Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn make sleuthing a work of art. But will they paint themselves into a corner when they investigate the Village Art Society president's death?
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Hot to Trot : An Agatha Raisin Mystery
by M. C. Beaton
Glynis's Pick:
Audiobook: Jealously investigating an ex's intended, Agatha Raisin crashes the wedding only to become implicated in the bride's murder, a situation that immerses Agatha in the cutthroat equestrian world.
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The Woman in the Veil
by Laura Joh Rowland
Glynis's Pick:
Audiobook: Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story. On a foggy summer night, they're called to the bank of the river Thames. The murder victim is an unidentified woman whose face has been slashed. But as Sarah takes photographs, she discovers that the woman is still alive.
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Murder on Cold Street
by Sherry Thomas
Glynis's Pick:
Audiobook: When her friend refuses to defend himself after being found in a locked room with two murder victims, Charlotte Holmes navigates baffling evidence and rumors in a case that is further complicated by Lord Ingram’s long-anticipated offer. Original.
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In the shadow of Vesuvius
by Tasha Alexander
Glynis's Pick:
Audiobook: When she discovers a body hidden in plain sight among the ruins of Pompeii, Lady Emily launches an investigation that is complicated by archaeologists' secrets and a beautiful young woman who claims to be Emily's husband Colin's daughter
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