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Mystery & Suspense January 2020
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| Trace of Evil by Alice BlanchardIntroducing: tenacious, likable 30-year-old rookie detective Natalie Lockhart, whose teen sister was murdered 20 years ago, and whose upstate New York town contains a higher-than-average number of people into the occult due to the area's history of witch burning.
What happens: Assigned to the cold cases of nine transient people who disappeared over the last 25 years, Natalie also works on the disturbing recent murder of a fellow cop's pregnant wife.
For fans of: compelling, atmospheric mysteries with surprising endings. |
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The attempted murder of Teddy Roosevelt
by Burt Solomon
A historical tale based on true events finds Secretary of State John Hay teaming up with journalist Nellie Bly to investigate a suspicious accident that nearly ended the life of the 26th President. By the author of Where They Ain’t.
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| Nothing More Dangerous by Allen EskensStarring: misfit 15-year-old Boady Sanden, an only child in 1970s Missouri whose widowed mom sends him to the Catholic high school after he's caught smoking (and who, as an adult, appears as a secondary character in The Life We Bury and The Heavens May Fall).
What happens: When a black family from Minnesota moves in across the street, white Boady becomes friends with their son. The two deal with bullies, a missing person, a murder, and a white supremacist group.
Why you might like it: Evocative and peopled with complex characters, this mystery offers up a coming-of-age story that thoughtfully examines racism and classism. |
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| Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar by Kate SaundersStarring: sensible Laetitia Rodd, a 53-year-old widow in 1851 England, who earns money by doing private investigations for her lawyer brother.
What happens: A dying gentleman hires Laetitia to find his missing young philosopher brother, last seen living in the wild; while doing so, she uncovers secrets and murder in Oxford's countryside.
Read this next: If you like this charming, vividly described 2nd in the Laetitia Rodd series, try Charles Finch's Charles Lenox mysteries, Jennifer Ashley's Below Stairs mysteries, or Bella Ellis' The Vanished Bride, starring the Brontë sisters as detectives. |
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The Siberian dilemma
by Martin Cruz Smith
When his lover fails to return from a deep-cover assignment, Moscow investigator Arkady Renko embarks on a dangerous journey involving the rise of a political dissident who threatens Putin’s rule. By the award-winning author of Gorky Park.
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Just watch me : a novel
by Jeffry P Lindsay
Targeting a crown jewel collection that is protected by airtight security, a Robin Hood-type master thief finds his efforts complicated by an equally skilled nemesis cop and an expert forger with dubious loyalties. By the author of the Dexter series.
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And dangerous to know
by Darcie Wilde
Tasked to recover a packet of letters containing highly sensitive information about the poet Lord Byron’s affair with Lady Melbourne’s unstable daughter-in-law, Rosalind finds her task complicated by the death of an unidentified woman on the Melbourne estate.
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The pursuit of William Abbey
by Claire North
A naïve young English doctor in 1880s South Africa is haunted by the ghost of a lynching victim who threatens a loved one’s life. By the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
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The sacrament : a novel
by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
A nun’s past returns to her in unexpected ways while she investigates a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims. By the author of One Station Away.
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Reputation : a novel
by Sara Shepard
Told in multiple points of view, a story of intrigue, sabotage and secrets follows a tight-knit college community as it is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people’s emails onto an easily searchable database, which results in murder.
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