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Mission Road by Ron CorbettWhat it's about: Beginning where Cape Diamond left off, Detective Frank Diamond must deal with a 21st-century diamond rush, the arrival of a known murderer, and his ex-cop dad. About the author: Rob Corbett is an author, journalist, and broadcaster living in Ottawa. He's been nominated for both the the Edgar and Arthur Ellis awards.
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| The King's Beast: A Mystery of the American Revolution by Eliot PattisonWhat it's about: In the wilderness of 1769 Kentucky, at the behest of Benjamin Franklin, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum and his group (which includes Daniel Boone) retrieve an astonishing cache of oversize fossils. Duncan is to deliver the fossils to Franklin in London to help the Sons of Liberty's cause, but someone's willing to kill to stop him.
Reviewers say: This 6th Bone Rattler mystery is a "triumphant combination of whodunit and deeply researched history" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Body in the Garden by Katharine SchellmanIntroducing: charming young widow Lily Adler, who, still missing her husband, returns to London in 1815 in hopes of creating an independent new life for herself.
What happens: At her first ball of the season, Lily overhears the murder of a blackmailer. When the magistrate is bribed to drop the case, intrepid Lily vows to investigate and gets help from Anglo-Indian naval captain Jack (her deceased husband's best friend), as well as from an heiress newly arrived from the West Indies.
Why you might like it: This 1st Lily Adler mystery offers well-researched details and diverse Regency-era characters. |
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| Read and Buried: A Lighthouse Library Mystery by Eva GatesWhat it's about: While repairing the old Nags Head, North Carolina, lighthouse that's now used as a library, workers unearth an old metal box containing a red leather notebook and a coded, hand-drawn map.
What happens: The map is stolen and a historical society member is murdered, leading librarian Lucy Richardson to investigate.
Why you might like it: This 6th cozy Lighthouse Library mystery offers a charming coastal setting and likable characters. |
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| The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues by Nova JacobsThe task: To honor her (possibly murdered) genius grandfather's last wish, failed bookstore owner Hazel must solve the clues he's left in her favorite novel and on a map in order to deliver his mathematical work into safe hands. But there are others who want his groundbreaking equation...and they might be willing to kill for it.
For fans of: literary mysteries, family dramas, inventive stories, and books dealing with big ideas, like chaos theory and free will.
Awards buzz: This delightful debut won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was one of The Wall Street Journal's Best Mysteries of 2018. |
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| Broken Ground by Val McDermidWhat it is: a gritty, deftly plotted police procedural and the 5th DCI Karen Pirie novel by acclaimed Scottish writer Val McDermid.
What happens: In search of two American motorcycles hidden by her grandfather in a Highland peat bog in 1944, a woman finds a corpse wearing circa 1995 clothing. Persistent cold-case expert DCI Pirie digs into the past to find the killer and takes on an unusual domestic violence case.
Read it for: fascinating forensics, masterly plotting, and well-wrought characters. |
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| A Great Reckoning by Louise PennyWhat happens: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, now in charge of Quebec's police academy, searches for a killer when a corrupt instructor is murdered. Found near the body is an odd World War I-era map of Three Pines, the small village where Gamache lives.
Reviewers say: Penny's "work is rich with luminous prose, complex but uncluttered plots, and profound compassion" (The Seattle Times).
Series alert: Newcomers can start with this award-winning 12th Gamache mystery, but it's best enjoyed by those familiar with earlier entries. |
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