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| Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. HeadWhat happens: Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement, Meghan McKenzie, a young Black journalist with the Detroit Free Press, digs into the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in 1929 Birmingham, Alabama.
Read it for: the moving dual timeline narratives; the richly detailed combination of mystery, family history, and timely social justice issues.
Try this next: Wanda M. Morris' Anywhere You Run, Tracy Clark's Chicago mysteries, or Tamron Hall's As the Wicked Watch. |
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| Murder Under a Red Moon by Harini NagendraWhat it's about: After her new mother-in-law asks for help, 19-year-old Kaveri Murthy, who has a talent for mathematics, examines a company's accounts...and upsets a killer in 1921 Bangalore.
Why you might like it: This fast-paced follow-up to The Bangalore Detectives Club has recipes and charming secondary characters who assist with Kaveri's investigations.
For fans of: Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry mysteries, which also feature a determined woman sleuth in 1920s India. |
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| Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. SutantoWhat happens: Vera Wong lives alone above her San Francisco tea shop, which has seen better days. But after Vera finds a dead body one morning, the victim's friends and family visit the scene, and Vera not only enjoys the company, she decides to solve the murder!
Media buzz: Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films and Mindy Kaling's production company are teaming up to bring this charming cozy to the small screen.
Read this next: Mia P. Manansala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen mysteries, Laurien Berenson's Peg and Rose Solve a Murder, or Jennifer J. Chow's Death by Bubble Tea, the 1st in her new L.A. Night Market mysteries. |
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| The White Lady by Jacqueline WinspearWhat it's about: Reclusive Elinor White lives in 1947 Kent, England, but she was once a spy, including as a child in World War I-era Belgium. After she makes friends with a neighbor girl, Elinor takes on a powerful crime family and reaches into her past for help, but surprises await.
Why you might like it: This "smart, nuanced" (Publishers Weekly) standalone by the author of the Maisie Dobbs mysteries covers a trio of time periods and has a compelling heroine and intricate plotting.
Read this next: Cara Black's Night Flight to Paris, Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope mysteries, Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell novels, or Allison Montclair's Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries. |
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Hands Down
by Felix Francis
Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner. The police think it's suicide, but Sid is not convinced after his friend's terrified phone calls. Heavy with a guilty heart, Sid starts to investigate and soon finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that cuts to the very heart of the integrity of British horse racing.
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Murder on Bedford Street
by Victoria Thompson
Agreeing to help Hugh Breedlove's niece Julia, who has been wrongfully committed to an insane asylum by her cruel and unfaithful husband, PI Frank Malloy and his wife Sarah find their case turning into a murder investigation and must expose a killer hiding in plain sight.
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Unnatural History
by Jonathan Kellerman
When a wealthy photographer, who had recently received rave media attention for his images of homeless people in their personal“dream” situations, is shot to death, Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis, when new murders arise, are confronted by one of the deadliest threats they've ever faced.
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I Have Some Questions for You
by Rebecca Makkai
A successful film professor returns to teach at her alma mater and becomes determined to investigate a closed murder case.
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Storm Watch
by C. J. Box
After finding the frozen and mutilated body of a man killed near the location of a mysterious high-tech structure, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett finds his investigation obstructed by federal agents, extremists and the governor and must find away around them to stop the oncoming storm of peril.
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The Golden Spoon
by Jessa Maxwell
Bake week: At the Vermont estate of "America's Grandmother" Betsy Martin (a cookbook author who's maybe not as sweet as she appears), a 10th annual televised baking contest begins, complete with white tent, six contestants, and a young new male co-host.
Sabotage and more: Someone substitutes ingredients, leaves a fridge door open, etc., and then adds murder to the menu.
Is it for you? If a traditional country house mystery mixed with The Great British Bake Off makes you salivate, you'll love this fun concoction.
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Lemon Curd Killer
by Laura Childs
When murder takes center stage during Charleston Fashion Week, tea shop entrepreneur Theodosia Browning, implored by the victim's daughter to help find the killer, enters a world of backstabbing business partners, crazed clothing designers, angry film producers and drug deals.
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Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories
by Peter Lovesey
On the occasion of his hundredth short story, the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master presents a collection of 18 tales of mystery, melancholy and mischief, including the one that launched his career as well as three exclusive new stories.
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5851 Cavendish Blvd.
Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec H4W 2X8
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