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| A Beautiful Corpse by Christi DaughertyStarring: Harper McClain, a 28-year-old Savannah Daily News crime reporter whose mother was murdered when she was a child.
What happens: When a law student and bartender is fatally shot on her way home from work, Harper looks at three suspects -- the victim's boyfriend, her boss, and her ex (who's the son of the district attorney). Harper also needs to figure out who's breaking into her own car and home and leaving virtually no trace.
Series alert: Newcomers can start with this 2nd in a new series, but to learn the story behind why the cops don't like Harper anymore, pick up the 1st book The Echo Killing. |
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| Smoke and Ashes by Abir MukherjeeWhat happens: Against the backdrop of protests for Indian independence in 1921 Calcutta, World War I veteran Captain Sam Wyndham of the British Imperial police battles a secret opium addiction and works with his friend, Sgt. "Surrender-not" Banerjee, to solve two grisly murders.
Read this next: If you like this evocative 3rd in an award-winning series and would like a contemporary look at a detective hiding a drug problem, pick up David Swinson's Frank Marr series. For more mysteries set in 1920s India, try Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry novels. |
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Murder by matchlight
by E. C. R. Lorac
When Bruce Mallaig witnesses a murder in Regent's Park, Chief Inspector Macdonald must investigate during a debilitating blackout in 1945 London
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Bertie : the complete Prince of Wales mysteries
by Peter Lovesey
An omnibus edition follows the adventures of Albert Edward, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, over three novels as he takes up a decidedly unprincely hobby—sleuthing, while searching out the best meals, the most beautiful women and the fanciest parties.
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The missing corpse : a Brittany mystery
by Jean-Luc Bannalec
"Jean-Luc Bannalec's fourth novel in the Commissaire Dupin series. It's picturesque, suspenseful, and the next best thing to a trip to Brittany. Along the picturesque Belon River, home of the world famous oyster beds, between steep cliffs, ominous forests and the Atlantic Ocean, a stubborn elderly film actress discovers a corpse. By the time Commissaire Dupin arrives at the scene, the body has disappeared. A little while later, he receives a phone call from the mystical hills of Monts d'Arree, where legends of fairies and the devil abound: another unidentified body has turned up. Dupin quickly realizes this may be his most diffcult and confounding case yet, with links to celtic myths, a sand theft operation, and mysterious ancient druid cults"
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A risky undertaking for Loretta Singletary : a Samuel Craddock mystery
by Terry Shames
"After using an online dating site for senior citizens, town favorite Loretta Singletary goes missing. Chief Samuel Craddock's old friend Loretta Singletary has undergone a transformation, with a new hairstyle and modern clothes. He thinks nothing of ituntil she disappears. Only then does he find out that she has been flirting in an online dating site for small-town participants. When a woman from a nearby town who frequented the same site is murdered, Craddock becomes alarmed. Evidence shows that Loretta was lured to a meeting with a Mr. Hart, who also corresponded with the murdered woman. Will Craddock be able to find Loretta before she suffers the same fate?"
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| The Blood of an Englishman by M.C. BeatonStarring: snarky curmudgeon Agatha Raisin, who runs a detective agency in the English Cotswolds and is always concerned about her love life (or lack thereof).
What happens: Someone kills the baker before the final curtain call of a pantomime production put on by local amateurs.
Series alert: Funny and fast-paced, this is the 25th novel in a popular series. Look for the 30th entry, Beating About the Bush, in November. |
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Himself : a novel
by Jess Kidd
When he discovers that his mother may not have given him up, but that foul play may have led to her disappearance, lovable car thief and Dublin charmer Mahony returns to the rural Irish Village where he was born to find out what really happened 26 years ago and, setting the town on its ear, enlists the help of a brash anarchist and retired theater actress to solve this mystery.
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| Stagestruck by Peter LoveseyWhat it's about: At Bath's Theatre Royal, a 30-something pop star is making her stage debut. But before she utters her first line, she grimaces and screams -- someone has poisoned her makeup, burning her face. To find the culprit, Det. Supt. Peter Diamond must deal with his own mysterious theater phobia.
Series alert: This is the pleasing 11th British police procedural starring the irascible Peter Diamond. His 18th outing, Killing with Confetti, comes out in July. |
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Banana cream pie murder
by Joanne Fluke
Returning from an extravagant honeymoon only to learn that an unpopular neighbor has been murdered, Hannah Swensen doubts a police ruling about a random intruder while sifting through a growing number of suspects. Includes recipes. By the New York Times best-selling author of Wedding Cake Murder.
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Smoke and mirrors
by Elly Griffiths
A sequel to Zig Zag Girl finds DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto hunting for a killer during Brighton's holiday season after the gruesome murders of two children found at a crime scene eerily reminiscent of "Hansel and Gretel." By a winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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