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New and Coming Soon Mysteries April 2017
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The Last Chance Olive Ranch by Susan Wittig AlbertWhen a killer McQuaid put away years ago escapes from prison and heads towards Pecan Springs, China is sent away against her will to the Last Chance Oliver Ranch, whose new owner is facing an increasingly violent estate challenge. By the best-selling author of the Darling Dahlias Mysteries. MYSTERY ALBERT (#25)
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A death by any other name by Tessa ArlenAfter a cook is framed for poisoning a guest at the Hyde Rose Society, Lady Montfort and her housekeeper investigate. By the author of Death Sits Down to Dinner. MYSTERY ARLEN (#3)
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The devil's feast by Miranda CarterInvestigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a discreet murder investigation at a grand gentleman's club shaped by political conflicts, personal vendettas and England's first celebrity chef. By the author of Anthony Blunt. MYSTERY CARTER (#3)
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Cold Earth by Ann CleevesWhen a landslide in the dark days of a Shetland winter destroys a house in which the body of a mysterious woman in a red silk dress is found, Jimmy Perez becomes obsessed with identifying the woman and discovering how she actually died. MYSTERY CLEEVES (#7)
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Banana cream pie murder by Joanne FlukeReturning 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. MYSTERY FLUKE (#21)
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Duplicity by Jane HaseldineA follow-up to The Last Time She Saw Him finds Detroit reporter Julia Gooden struggling to overcome past demons and support a high-profile case against a drug trafficker who has orchestrated a bombing that has left Julia's assistant district attorney husband critically injured. MYSTERY HASELDINE (#01)
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Fractured Families by Charlotte HingerIt's the Garden of Eden. And the weather is absolutely freezing!The discovery of the body of a young man inside the mausoleum of the Civil War veteran who commissioned this bizarre sculpture park makes the blood of Undersheriff Lottie Albright and her husband's Aunt Dorothy run cold. MYSTERY HINGER (#4)
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Bad seeds by Jassy Mackenzie"Relentless South African private investigator Jade de Jong tracks a saboteur in a race to prevent a nuclear disaster in Jassy Mackenzie's new, pulse-pounding thriller. Despite her checkered history with law enforcement, Johannesburg private investigator Jade de Jong is attempting to operate on the right side of the law, confining herself to low-profile cases. But her remarkably attractive new employer, Ryan Gillespie, has tasked her with finding a missing security official after a break-in at his nuclear energy plant. The target of her search is Carlos Botha, a skilled operative and a threat to national security. Jade traces Botha to a run-down suburb, but discovers she's not the only one looking for him. Someone has put a hit out on Botha, and Jade forms an unlikely alliance with her mark in order to learn more. But how long can she keep up the of friendship before he realizes she's been hired to track him?" MYSTERY MACKENZIE (#5)
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Devil's breath : a Max Tudor mystery by G. M. MallietWhen the body of a glamorous film star washes ashore from a luxury yacht, Max Tudor agrees to help former colleague Patrice Logan sift through numerous suspects to identify the killer. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Death of a Cozy Writer. MYSTERY MALLIET (#6)
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My darling detective by Howard A NormanWhen her future mother-in-law shocks the art world by destroying a master work of photography, police detective Martha Crauchet conducts the ensuing interrogation against a backdrop of her fiancé's shocking discovery about his father. By the award-winning author of The Northern Lights. 20,000 first printing. MYSTERY NORMAN
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Bad Blood by Nick OldhamAs Henry Christie settles into a new life running The Tawny Owl pub with his fiancee Alison, their rural idyll is disrupted by a violent intruder. After Henry foils a kidnap attempt on Alison's daughter, it becomes clear that he and his family have become the targets of a ruthless professional killer. But who - and why? MYSTERY OLDHAM (#24)
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The Wages of Sin by Kaite WelshDespite numerous barriers, Sarah Gilchrist is determined to become a doctor in 1882, the first year the University of Edinburgh admitted women, but is drawn into a murder mystery when a former acquaintance turns up as a corpse in the dissecting room. MYSTERY WELSH
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Dark Side of the Moon by Les WoodBoddice, a crime lord looking over his shoulder for good reason, has assembled an unlikely band of misfit crooks. Their job is to steal a famous diamond worth millions, known as The Dark Side of the Moon. Despite the odds, the crewis self-serving squabbles and natural incompetence, the plan progresses. As events build to an explosive climax no one really knows who is playing who. Full of twists and turns and laugh-out-loud moments, this is a hugely enjoyable romp entirely from the criminal's point-of-view. MYSTERY WOOD
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A welcome murder by Robin YocumAfter his unspectacular professional baseball career ends with a knee injury in Toledo, Ohio, Johnny Earl gets busted for selling cocaine. After serving seven years in prison, all he wants to do is return to his hometown of Steubenville, retrieve the drug money he stashed before he went to jail, and start a new life where no one has ever heard of Johnny Earl.
However, before he can leave town with his money, Johnny is picked up for questioning in the murder of Rayce Daubner, the FBI informant who had set him up on drug charges in the first place. Then his former prison cellmate shows up--a white supremacist who wants the drug money to help fund an Aryan nation in the wilds of Idaho. MYSTERY YOCUM
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