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Starring: Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock, who's just moved to Melbourne and is struggling with the changes in her life after leaving her five-year-old son in the custody of his dad in her small hometown.
What happens: In this complex sequel to The Dark Lake, Gemma and her hostile new partner investigate the murder of a homeless man as well as the fatal stabbing of a movie star, whose death took place on camera while filming a zombie crowd scene.
For fans of: atmospheric Australian mysteries and troubled-yet-smart heroines. |
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Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake by Sarah GravesPreparing a wedding order for Eastport, Maine's favorite couple, Jake and Ellie investigate when the betrotheds wind up behind bars after the poisoning of an ex and a baffling confession. By the best-selling author of Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake. Yum!
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The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan BradleySetting up shop to solve crimes, 12-year-old Flavia de Luce, aided by trusty gardener Dogger, investigates a grisly discovery in her older sister's wedding cake. By the New York Times best-selling author of As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust.
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What happens: When Draper, Utah police dismiss the strangling of a Hispanic immigrant, empty nester and Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim agrees to help a mutual friend look for the killer, even if it means battling dogmatic Church members and facing danger.
Read it for: This 4th outing for Linda features nuanced looks at several timely topics, including racism and homophobia.
Read this next: For another series that examines the plight of immigrants in the U.S., pick up Suzanne Chazin's Jimmy Vega novels. |
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Crewel and Unusual by Molly MacRaeCaught between two rival shopkeepers who are accusing each other of forging their crafts, Kath Rutledge teams up with the TGIF needlework group and Geneva the ghost to solve an untimely murder. By the best-selling author of Plagued by Quilt
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What happens: When New York College hosts the first ever Tania Trace Teen Rock Camp, assistant residence hall director (and former teen singing sensation) Heather Wells finds herself trying to stay alive while surrounded by teenage divas in training and working with her P.I. fiancé Cooper Cartwright to catch a killer on the loose.
Read it for: Like the other books in the series, this frothy 4th Heather Wells mystery has a chick-lit feel and plenty of humor. |
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What happens: Handsome, well-bred young World War I vet DI John Redfyre begins work with the Cambridge CID in 1923 and attends a holiday concert scandalously headlined by a female trumpeter, who later suffers a suspicious, near-fatal accident.
Series alert: This is the 1st in a new series by the bestselling author of the Joe Sandilands mysteries; the 2nd John Redfyre book, Invitation to Die, comes out in August.
Read this next: If you enjoy this look at Cambridge in the 1920s, try Dorothy L. Sayer's Gaudy Night, which is set at Oxford in the 1930s and also deals with women's rights and poison-pen letters. |
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What happens: In New York, musicologist and former concert pianist Meta Taverner is given a partial manuscript of a mysterious 18th-century sonata. The dying old woman who gave it to her requests that Meta find its true owner...who hasn't been seen since World War II. This leads Meta to Prague, where she looks for answers and the rest of sonata.
Is it for you? Pick it up if you appreciate complex historical stories with multiple perspectives and timelines, missing-item mysteries, and lyrical language. |
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The setup: In a remote monastery, 24 monks should be contemplating nature and God, but one brother's mind -- and hand -- turns to murder.
What happens: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Inspector Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec arrive to investigate the murder of the order's choir director and meet with the monks, who've taken vows of silence but are the voices on a bestselling album of Gregorian chants.
Series alert: This is the 8th in an elegant, award-winning series; since the well-drawn characters evolve over time, newcomers may want to pick up the 1st in the series, Still Life. |
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