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Mystery & Suspense August 2020
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The revelators
by Ace Atkins
Struggling to recover after an attempt on his life, Sheriff Quinn Colson resolves to track down his would-be killers only to find his efforts stymied by an interim sheriff who has been appointed by a corrupt governor.
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Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby What it's about: Stellar getaway driver Beauregard "Bug" Montage has been on the straight and narrow for three years, but with the rent for his Virginia car repair shop well overdue, his mom's care home wanting money, and his kid needing glasses, he agrees to work a heist. But his efforts are complicated by violence, racism, and the ghosts of his past.
For fans of: gritty, compelling noir; James Sallis' Drive, which features a getaway driver in California and Arizona; stories that examine poverty and crime in the rural South, like Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone. | |
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The grim reader
by Kate Carlisle
When Dharma’s first annual Book Fair is marred by murder — one predicted by both of their moms — book-restoration expert Brooklyn and her new husband Derek must catch a spineless killer.
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Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht Starring: Vera Kelly, an ex-CIA agent introduced in Who Is Vera Kelly? who loses her girlfriend and her job on the same day, and then sets up shop as private detective in 1967 New York City.
What happens: A wealthy couple hires Vera to find their great-nephew, sent to Brooklyn during the political upheavals in their country. But the boy has gone missing, leading Vera back into undercover work and a trip to the Dominican Republic.
Why you might like it: Just like the delightful Vera, the book is clever, fresh, and compelling. | |
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Credible threat
by Judith A. Jance
Ali Reynolds and her team at High Noon Enterprises must race against the clock to save an archbishop who faces mysterious death threats. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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The golden cage
by Camilla Läckberg
Discovering that the privileged husband for whom she sacrificed everything has been having an affair, an emotionally and financially devastated woman orchestrates a daring plot for revenge. By the award-winning author of the Fjallbacka series.
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More better deals
by Joe R. Lansdale
Dispatched to repossess a Cadillac from a deadbeat pet-cemetery owner and his beautiful wife, an unscrupulous used-car salesman embarks on an affair that tests the limits of his character. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The Bottoms.
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The geometry of holding hands
by Alexander McCall Smith
Investigating local rumors about mysterious occurrences taking place throughout Edinburgh, a skeptical Isabel finds the limits of her good sense and ethics tested by the demands of her family, including her tempestuous niece’s latest romantic entanglement.
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Execution
by S. J. Parris
When spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham decides not to interfere in a Catholic nobleman’s assassination plot that has the potential to condemn Mary Queen of Scots, heretic-turned-spy Giordano Bruno goes undercover to prevent the murder of Elizabeth I.
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Of mutts and men
by Spencer Quinn
Chet the dog and his private investigator partner, Bernie Little, must investigate after they show up for a meeting with a hydrologist but discover him murdered in the latest addition to the series following Heart of Barkness. 50,000 first printing.
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