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New and Coming Soon Mysteries August 2019
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France by Alexander McCall SmithA follow-up to the best-selling My Italian Bulldozer finds Paul Stuart navigating romantic complications while writing his latest cookbook before finding his fortunes tangled up with those of an infamous restaurant in the French countryside. MYSTERY MCCALL SMITH #2
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Almost Midnight by Paul DoironWhen his best friend is released from prison under suspicious circumstances, warden investigator Mike Bowditch races to protect his friend's family only to uncover a violent criminal conspiracy. By the award-winning author of The Poacher's Son.
MYSTERY DOIRON #10
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Arches Enemy by Scott GrahamA famed sandstone arch in Utah's Arches National Park collapses and takes a woman atop it to her death, ensnaring archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family in lethal questions of environmental monkeywrenching and political intrigue. As more deaths follow, Chuck and his wife Janelle race to uncover the killer even as they become murder targets themselves. MYSTERY GRAHAM #5
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Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold by Nancy AthertonJoining friends for an annual holiday bash at Emma Harris's manor that turns into an overnight stay because of stormy weather, Tilly tours her host's home and discovers a hidden compartment filled with a treasure in gold. MYSTERY ATHERTON #24
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Bark of Night by David RosenfeltRescuing a dog who was abandoned at a veterinarian's office by a stranger, defense lawyer Andy Carpenter searches for answers upon learning that the dog's real owner has been found murdered. By the award-nominated author of Deck the Hounds.
MYSTERY ROSENFELT #19
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Killer in the Carriage House by Sheila ConnollyA sequel to Murder at the Mansion finds Kate and Joshua searching for a solution to the community's money troubles only to discover a dead body in the town library hours before valuable historical documents are scheduled to arrive.
MYSTERY CONNOLLY #2
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Marah Chase and the Conqueror's Tomb by Jay StringerA series debut by the award-winning author of the Eoin Miller trilogy introduces rogue archaeologist Marah Chase, a Jewish lesbian who is recruited by MI6 to help recover a dangerous treasure from the time of Alexander the Great.
MYSTERY STRINGER
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Paper Son by S. J RozanInformed that an unknown cousin is in jail, Chinese-American private detective Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, travel to the Mississippi Delta, where they confront river-levee disputes, computer scams and questions about her cousin's innocence. MYSTERY ROZAN #12
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Rag and Bone by Joe CliffordHaving spent ten months on the run after he was framed for the murder of an estate-clearing associate, handyman Jay Porter returns to his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire. With his reputation tarnished and employment opportunities nonexistent, Jay takes a charity assignment from old friend/flame Alison Rodgers and learns of a fire at Alison's former rehab farm. He soon discovers that evil isn't so easy to define. MYSTERY CLIFFORD #5
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Season of Darkness by Cora HarrisonWhen a young woman is dragged from the River Thames, Inspector Field's friend, Charles Dickens, recognizes the victim as Isabella Gordon, a housemaid he had tried to help through his charity. Dickens and his fellow writer Wilkie Collins work to determine who killed her. Led on by fragments of a journal discovered by Isabella's friend Sesina, the two men work on uncovering her past. But what does Sesina know that she's not to telling them? Is she doomed to follow in Isabella's footsteps? MYSTERY HARRISON #1
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Second Sight by Aiofe CliffordDrawn back to her hometown by the biggest legal case of her career, Eliza witnesses a crime that enmeshes her in mysteries from her childhood and the dangerous secrets her community would keep hidden. MYSTERY CLIFFORD
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Shamed by Linda CastilloInvestigating a brutal murder and kidnapping in a once-peaceful Amish community, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder uncovers an Old Order settlement that hides a tragic secret. By the award-winning author of Sworn to Silence. MYSTERY CASTILLO #11
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Stone Cold Heart by Caz FrearWhen a coffee-shop owner is implicated in the death of a young Australian woman, DC Cat Kinsella of the London Metropolitan Police investigates the chief suspect's hostile wife to discern which of them is telling the truth. MYSTERY FREAR #2
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The Stories You Tell by Kristen LepionkaWhen her brother is implicated in the disappearance of a hip young DJ, Roxane Weary investigates the coincidental murder of a police officer amid questions about a local dance club and its conspicuously absent staff. MYSTERY LEPIONKA #3
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Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry DisherA cold case investigator looks into a possible murder that the coroner pegged as a suicide and a doctor who killed three women and left no evidence in a new thriller from the author of the Inspector Challis series. MYSTERY DISHER
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Watchers of the Dead by Simon BeaufortDecember 1882. Attending the opening of the new Natural History Museum, Pall Mall Gazette reporter Alec Lonsdale and his colleague Hulda Friederichs are shocked to discover a body in the basement, hacked to death. Suspicion immediately falls on a trio of cannibals, brought over from the Congo as museum exhibits, who have disappeared without trace. Alec however has his doubts--especially when he discovers that three other influential London men have been similarly murdered. When he and Hulda discover a letter in the victim's home warning of a catastrophic event planned for Christmas Eve, the pair find themselves in a race against time to discover who exactly the Watchers are and what it is they want. MYSTERY BEAUFORT #2
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The Bird Boys by Lisa SandlinA sequel to The Do-Right finds Delpha questioned for her attack on the man who nearly killed her; while her boss, neophyte private detective Tom, tries to determine which of two brothers is a murderer. Original. 10,000 first printing. MYSTERY SANDLIN #2
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A Capitol Death by Lindsey DavisStepping in for her ailing husband in the wake of a political assassination, private informer Flavia Albia uncovers unsettling truths about the victim and a disturbing number of suspects against a backdrop of an erratic emperor's ill-advised military celebrations. MYSTERY DAVIS #7
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Penne Dreadful by Catherine BrunsWhen she discovers that her husband Dylan didn’t die in an accident but was murdered, local chef Tessa Esposito infiltrates a local family business—the last place Dylan was seen alive—and finds that his many secrets might land her in hot water. Original. MYSTERY BRUNS #1
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