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New and Coming Soon Mysteries January 2020
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The Art of Dying
by Ambrose Parry
In 1850 Edinburgh, a whispering campaign seeks to blame Dr. James Simpson for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances, and Simpson’s protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher are determined to clear their patron’s name.
MYSTERY PARRY #2
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Careless Whiskers
by Miranda James
When his lead-actress daughter is wrongly accused of poisoning a fading, drama-prone actor during a local stage production, Charlie teams up with feline sidekick, Diesel, to identify the true killer. By the author of The Pawful Truth.
MYSTERY JAMES #12
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Dark Truths
by A. J. Cross
Introducing criminologist Will Traynor in the first of a gripping new forensic mystery series from an expert in the field.When a headless body is discovered on a popular jogging trail, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged headlong into a baffling murder investigation. Why would someone stab to death a young woman on her daily run - and take her head?When a close examination of the crime scene results in a shocking discovery linking the present murder to a past crime, criminologist Will Traynor is brought in to assist the police. Aware of Traynor's troubled past and already having to deal with inexperienced rookie PC Chloe Judd on his team, Watts is sceptical that Traynor will bring anything useful to the investigation.He's about to be proved very wrong ...
MYSTERY CROSS #1
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A Dredging in Swann
by Tim Garvin
Two investigations start at the same time in Swann County, North Carolina, one by the FBI, the other by the sheriff. The feds want to know who stole three Stinger missiles during a helicopter crash. The sheriff wants to know who hanged a black ex-con in a well.
MYSTERY GARVIN #1
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An Incantation of Cats
by Clea Simon
After a man turns up dead, a fledging witch detective uses her three magical cats to determine who is growing a rare, poisonous root that appears and disappears, in the second novel of the series following A Spell of Murder.
MYSTERY SIMON #2
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In the Shadow of Vesuvius
by Tasha Alexander
Discovering a body hidden in plain sight among the ruins of Pompeii, Lady Emily launches an investigation that is complicated by archaeologist secrets and a beautiful young woman who claims a shocking relationship to Colin’s family.
MYSTERY ALEXANDER #14
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Many Rivers to Cross : A Dci Banks Novel
by Peter Robinson
A second entry in the three-part story arc that began with Careless Love finds detective Alan Banks investigating a racially sensitive case that is complicated by a friend’s precarious circumstances. 75,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
MYSTERY ROBINSON #26
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The Missing American
by Kwei Quartey
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.
MYSTERY QUARTEY #1
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Spitfire
by M. Huie
Hired by the notorious Ian Fleming to find the World War II traitor behind the execution of the man she loved, former spy Livy Nash finds the case complicated by shifting alliances and new intelligence strategies. A first novel.
MYSTERY HUIE #1
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The Tenant
by Katrine Engberg
Copenhagen detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner investigate the murder of a woman whose story is being suspiciously chronicled in her landlady’s novel, in a U.S. debut of a best-selling series from Denmark. 100,000 first printing. Maps.
MYSTERY ENGBERG
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