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New MysteriesFebruary 2021
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The adventures of Isabel : a postmodern mystery, by the numbers by Candas Jane DorseyRescued from poverty by the need to help a good friend deal with the murder of her beloved granddaughter, the downsized-social-worker protagonist and her cat Bunnywit are jolted into a harsh, street-wise world of sex, lies, and betrayal, to which they respond with irony, wit, intelligence (except for the cat), and tenacity to what seems at first to be just a grotty little street killing, but is actually the "surface of a grandiose and glittering set of criminal schemes".
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Midwinter murder : fireside tales from the queen of mystery by Agatha ChristieThis winter-themed collection of a dozen stories from the legendary mystery writer featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and other series detectives amply display the author's storytelling gifts and provide a sample of her skill at hiding clues. Both fans and newcomers looking for suspenseful escapism will be pleasantly diverted.
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Robert B. Parker's someone to watch over me by Ace AtkinsWhen his apprentice Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects is murdered, Spenser traces the victim’s demise to an international sex-trafficking ring that has been operating with impunity under the protection of a well-connected billionaire.
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The outcast girls by Alys ClareLily Raynor goes undercover in a girls’ boarding school in 1881 London to investigate runaway pupils and their connection to a shadowy group of powerful men, in the second novel of the series following The Woman Who Spoke to Spirits.
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Bone canyon by Lee GoldbergA sequel to Lost Hills finds Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's youngest homicide detective Eve Ronin investigating the cold-case disappearance and death of a woman whose remains are found in the aftermath of a Santa Monica Mountains fire. Aided by a forensic anthropologist's findings, Eve and her excellent mentor and partner Duncan track the identities of multiple victims in a thriller that addresses sexism, cronyism, and corrupt officers, while also dealing with the investigative process.
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The scorpion's tail : a Nora Kelly novel by Douglas J. PrestonA sequel to Old Bones finds FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigating the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious 16th-century gold cross.
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A deadly fortune by Stacie MurphyAn orphan in Gilded Age New York City, Amelia, along with her foster brother Jonas, has parleyed her modest psychic talent into a safe and comfortable life, which vanishes when a head injury leaves her with a dramatically-expanded gift. After she publicly channels an angry spirit, she finds herself imprisoned in the notorious insane asylum on Blackwell's Island where she struggles to control her disturbing new abilities and survive a place where cruelty and despair threaten her sanity.
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Sleep well, my lady by Kwei QuarteyA sequel to The Missing American finds private investigator Emma Djan going undercover to investigate the untimely death of a Ghanaian fashion icon who was found murdered days after breaking up with her boyfriend, a womanizing talk-show host.
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I saw him dieby Andrew Wilson"Who saw him die? I, said the fly, with my little eye. I saw him die." An astonishingly beautiful setting on the island of Skye, a gathering of fascinating guests at a hunting lodge set to enjoy abundant hospitality, and a double murder leaves a household in chaos when no one is allowed to leave and a tantalizing new case for Agatha Christie to solve.
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The blood is still by Douglas SkeltonWhile covering two stories in Inverness, Scotland, a body in full Highland dress left on Culloden battlefield with a claymore through his chest and a protest in the Ferrys led by a reputed drug dealer, investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly attempts to link them when a second body, again in costume, surfaces. Unusual murders, a crime family, right-wing politics, and violence highlight this issue-oriented second novel featuring Rebecca Connolly.
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House of the patriarch by Barbara HamblyReluctantly accepting a missing-persons case in New York, Benjamin January navigates religious zealots, human circus shows and kidnapping slavers to solve the mystery of a girl’s baffling disappearance from a crowded steamboat.
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City of schemes by Victoria ThompsonAfter the Great War, Elizabeth Miles and Gideon Bates plan their wedding and welcome home old friends now discharged from the army as they must come to the aid of their friend Archie who may be the victim of a con-woman, all while fending off their worst enemy - in this latest "Counterfeit Lady" mystery.
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The butterfly house by Katrine EngbergA sequel to The Tenant finds Copenhagen-based police detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner racing to solve a series of brutal murders targeting vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital -- and to expose a murderer who specializes in cold, cold blood..
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Out of houndsby Rita Mae BrownSister Jane investigates when a series of art thefts and acts of vandalism targeting the Jefferson Hunt Club escalates to the murder of a retired foxhunter - by the best-selling author of the "Sneaky Pie Brown" mysteries.
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Knock knock by Anders RoslundA police inspector races to protect a child in witness protection from an unidentified killer, while a criminal informant confronts the underworld vigilante threatening his family, in a U.S. release of a best-selling solo debut from Sweden.
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Before she disappearedby Lisa GardnerInvestigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, recovering alcoholic Frankie Elkin, who has devoted her life to searching for lost and forgotten missing persons, navigates resident and police resistance as well as the challenges of her own sobriety before risking her life to uncover the truth.
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