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Mystery & Suspense November 2020
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| The Red Horse by James R. BennStarring: ex-cop Billy Boyle, an Irish American army captain serving in World War II, who's getting help for emotional and addiction issues at a special British hospital; his friend, Lieutenant "Kaz" Kazimierz, who had a heart attack during the Liberation of Paris and is in the medical wing.
What happens: Billy investigates when he witnesses a murder made to look like a suicide, and Kaz wants to get back to work in order to find his sister, who's been captured by Nazis.
Series alert: This is the "superlative" (Publishers Weekly) 15th entry in a consistently well-researched, well-plotted series. |
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Snow
by John Banville
Investigating the murder of a 1957 County Wexford priest, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community’s culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family’s dangerous secrets. By the award-winning author of The Seas.
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| Still Life by Val McDermidWhat it's about: In February 2020, DCI Karen Pirie, head of Scotland's Historic Cases Unit, investigates two cold cases and deals with skeletal remains, art forgery, secret identities, and more. Also, the killer of her true love gets out of prison, and near the novel's end, COVID-19 hits.
Series alert: Peppered with Scottish words, this entertaining 6th Karen Pirie mystery has complex characters and deft writing.
Try this next: Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope novels, Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series, or Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus books. |
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| One for the Books by Jenn McKinlayStarring: Briar Creek, Connecticut library director Lindsey Norris; Sully, her fiancé and a boat captain who grew up in the small coastal town.
Wedding problems: A mishap with the guest list finds most of the town invited to the wedding, but the biggest development is that someone murders Sully's old friend, who was to perform the ceremony.
Who it's for: This 11th Library Lover's mystery is perfect for fans who've watched the romance between Lindsey and Sully grow as well as newcomers who love romantic Christmas mysteries. |
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| Murder on Cold Street by Sherry ThomasStarring: brilliant, logical Charlotte Holmes, who pretends to have a brother, Sherlock, in order to work as a woman in Victorian London.
What happens: Just before Christmas 1886, Charlotte's friend, Scotland Yard Inspector Treadles, is charged with murder -- he's been found in a locked room with two dead men, both connected to his wife's newly inherited business, and refuses to explain what happened.
Series alert: This 5th in the Lady Sherlock series features a clever locked-room mystery, a simmering romance, and appealing characters. |
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Troubled blood
by Robert Galbraith
While visiting his family in Cornwall, Private Detective Cormoran Strike agrees to take on a cold case involving a woman who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974, and as Strike and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, investigate the disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer, and witnesses who cannot all be trusted
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Dead West
by Matt Goldman
What happens: Minneapolis PI Nils Shapiro heads to Hollywood on a supposedly easy job: make sure that wealthy Beverly Mayer's grieving grandson, whose fiancée recently died in a tragic accident, isn't wasting all of his money trying to start a film studio. What Nils finds is a smart man surrounded by users and that the "accident" was actually murder.
Series alert: Though this is the 4th Nils Shapiro novel readers new to the series can easily start here (but grab Gone to Dust to start at book 1).
Read this next: For more Hollywood-set novels, try Elmore Leonard's darkly humorous Get Shorty or Kellye Garret's more lighthearted Detective by Day mysteries.
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The book of lamps and banners : a novel
by Elizabeth Hand
"Photographer Cass Neary is desperate to get home, and she's already lost her camera--like losing a limb. Now her only chance is to cash in on a deal that a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners. TheBook is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power. So when an intruder brazenly steals the manuscript, Cass and her ex-con lover Quinn must get it back"
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The orphan's guilt : a Joe Gunther novel
by Archer Mayor
When a man’s routine DUI defense reveals evidence of a years-old shaken-baby murder case, Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team peel back layers of history to uncover links to other deaths. 35,000 first printing.
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The Eighth Detective
by Alex Pavesi
Starring: Grant McAllister, a mathematician who, some 20 years ago, wrote a paper about the rules of whodunits as well as seven short stories demonstrating them (which are all included within this novel); Julia Hart, a book editor who wants to re-edit and publish Grant's work.
What happens: Julia travels to Grant's remote Mediterranean island home to work with him -- and discovers that the books have strange errors and may hide even greater mysteries than she first thought.
Who it's for: Those who like creative storytelling and mystery novels' puzzle aspects will best enjoy this fresh, intricately plotted debut.
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