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New and Coming Soon Mysteries April 2021
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Becoming Inspector Chen
by Xiaolong Qiu
After a number of grueling cases Chief Inspector Chen is facing mounting pressure from his superiors, many of whom are concerned with where his loyalties lie. What's more, he is excluded from an investigation into an incendiary poem posted on an online forum. Wracked with self-doubt and facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of his career, Chen is left to reflect on the events that have led to where he is now - from his amateur investigations as a child during the Cultural Revolution, to his very first case on the Shanghai Police Force.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Dark sky : a Joe Pickett novel
by C. J. Box
Reluctantly accompanying a Silicon Valley tech baron on an elk hunting trip, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett finds himself defending his high-profile charge from a vengeful sharpshooter. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Long Range.
Also available on Libby.
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Death Grip
by Elaine Viets
Chouteau County death investigator, Angela Richman, goes up against the wealthy residents of Chouteau Forest, a town of privilege and secrets, to bring the killer of a popular Forest High track star to justice.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Haunted Hibiscus
by Laura Childs
When their literary haunted house costume party is disrupted by an untimely double attack, Indigo Tea Shop proprietress Theodosia Browning and her sommelier, Drayton, investigate suspects including a man with a claim to the Bouchard Mansion property.
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Last Nocturne
by M. J. Trow
Private detectives Grand & Batchelor's latest case draws them into the arcane world of high art and high society in this compelling Victorian mystery.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Lightseekers
by Femi Kayode
A Nigerian psychologist travels to a remote southern border town to uncover the truth about the murder of three university students.
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The Progress of a Crime
by Julian Symons
"The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes's (bonfire) night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green, and there were definitely a number of witnesses. And yet, nobody is clear on what exactly happened and what theysaw. In the writhing, violent shadows, it seems as if the truth may have gone up in smoke. Julian Symons's phenomenal 1960 novel is a searing drama of wrongful accusation, twisty police procedural, and account of grim murder all rolled together. Also includes the short story "The Tigers of Subtopia.""
Also available on Hoopla.
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The Stills
by Jess Montgomery
Investigating a teen’s near death from a tainted batch of moonshine, a sheriff and an expert distiller confront a nemesis bootlegger and a prohibitionist brother-in-law to protect the citizens of their 1927 Ohio community. 50,000 first printing.
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Summer of Secrets
by Cora Harrison
August, 1856. Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens are spending the summer at Knebworth House, the magnificent Hertfordshire home of fellow writer Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, where they are putting on a charity performance of one of Lord Edward's most successful plays, The Lady of Lyon. But the dress rehearsal is disrupted by the discovery of a body lying in the center of the stage, shot to death. With everyone involved in the play coming under suspicion, the two writer-sleuths feel compelled to investigate. Their enquiries unearth a number of scandalous secrets lurking among the writers, artists and actors assembled at Knebworth. Secrets that stretch back more than twenty years. Secrets that will have devastating repercussions for the present.
Also available on Hoopla.
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To the Dark
by Chris Nickson
Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch.
Also available on Hoopla.
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