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| Wild Fire by Ann CleevesWhat it's about: In Scotland's remote Shetland Islands, Detective Jimmy Perez investigates when an English fashion designer and her family find the body of a local nanny hanging in their barn -- and it doesn't look like suicide. On the personal front, Jimmy gets some life-changing news.
Series alert: This is the "splendid" (The Guardian) 8th and final entry in the compelling, atmospheric series that inspired the award-winning TV series Shetland. Newcomers to the series may want to start with the 1st book, Raven Black. |
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A Cold Day in Paradise: An Alex McKnight Novel
by Steve Hamilton
What happens: Now a PI in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, ex-Detroit cop Alex McKnight protects a wealthy scion with a gambling problem -- and receives messages presumably left by Maximilian Rose, who fired the bullet still lodged near Alex's heart...and who's still locked up.
Series alert: This award-winning debut is the 1st in a popular series; the 11th, Dead Man Running, is out this month.
Why William Kent Kruger fans will like it: you'll appreciate McKnight's sense of justice and the dangerous wilderness backdrop.
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| Hitting the Books: A Library Lover's Mystery by Jenn McKinlayWhat it is: a cozy mystery set in a small town and peopled with characters readers will grow to know and love.
What happens: Assisting a police investigation after witnessing an intentional hit-and-run, Briar Creek, Connecticut, library director Lindsey Norris is further drawn into the case when a stack of library books is found in the trunk of the stolen car that was used in the crime.
Read this next: If you enjoy this 9th Library Lover's Mystery, check out Miranda James's Cat in the Stacks mysteries or Eva Gates' Lighthouse Library Mysteries. |
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A Cold Day in Paradise: An Alex McKnight Novel
by Steve Hamilton
What happens: Now a PI in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, ex-Detroit cop Alex McKnight protects a wealthy scion with a gambling problem -- and receives messages presumably left by Maximilian Rose, who fired the bullet still lodged near Alex's heart...and who's still locked up.
Series alert: This award-winning debut is the 1st in a popular series; the 11th, Dead Man Running, is out this month.
Why William Kent Kruger fans will like it: you'll appreciate McKnight's sense of justice and the dangerous wilderness backdrop.
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| Miss Kopp just Won't Quit: A Kopp Sisters Novel by Amy StewartStarring: New Jersey’s indomitable first female deputy, Constance Kopp.
What it's about: In 1916, while trying to investigate two cases involving the same asylum, Constance finds her controversial career on the line -- it's an election year for her open-minded Sheriff, who might lose his job.
Did you know? Like other books in the Kopp Sisters series, this 4th one is deeply rooted in history and based on the fascinating real-life Kopps. |
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A Death in the Dales: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
by Frances Brody
Historical Cozy. When private detective Kate Shackleton's 14-year-old niece Harriet needs time to recover from an illness, the pair head to a small village in Yorkshire, staying in a cabin that Kate's beau, Lucian, recently inherited from his aunt. While Kate hopes to rest, she discovers that Lucian's aunt claimed to be the solitary witness to a murder a decade earlier, a case where she said the wrong man was convicted. But that's not all going on in the quaint town: there's blackmail, a missing boy, and another suspicious death. Set in the 1920s and featuring an independent-minded female detective, this richly detailed series (Death in the Dales is book 7) might prove a good fit for fans of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs or Charles Todd's Bess Crawford.
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| Lord of the Wings: A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna AndrewsWhat it is: a humorous cozy set in the delightful (but deadly) small town of Caerphilly, Virginia, which becomes "Spooky City" for Halloween.
Starring: Meg Langslow, a busy mother and blacksmith, who lives in her hometown, volunteers for town events, deals with her eccentric extended family's shenanigans, and solves murders.
Series alert: This is the 19th outing for Meg, but fans can also check out her 24th, Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, which publishes this month. |
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| Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. JamesWhat it's about: It's Autumn, six years after the events of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Elizabeth and Darcy are happily married with two sons -- but their estate is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth's sister Lydia arrives, announcing that her husband has been murdered.
Read it for: crime fiction master P.D. James' inspired take on Austen's characters and language.
Want a taste? "It is doubtful whether Mrs. Bennet missed the company of her second daughter, but her husband certainly did. Elizabeth had always been his favourite child." |
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| Wicked Autumn: A Max Tudor Novel by G.M. MallietWhat happens: Rev. Max Tudor, the handsome, unmarried Anglican vicar in Nether Monkslip (who's also a former MI5 officer), investigates when overbearing Wanda Batton-Smythe is found dead at the Harvest Fayre.
For fans of: charming yet crime-ridden literary villages, such as Alan Bradley's Bishop's Lacey and Agatha Christie's St. Mary Mead.
Series alert: Wicked Autumn is the leisurely paced 1st in a fun cozy series that now numbers seven. |
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| Glass Houses by Louise PennyWhat happens: Near Halloween, a black-clad figure appears on Three Pine's village green...and a murder occurs. Sûreté du Québec's Armand Gamache investigates in this novel dealing with conscience and secrets.
Series alert: Glass Houses is the 13th in the introspective Three Pines mystery series. New readers should start with the 1st book, Still Life, as each book builds on the others. Current fans will be happy that the 14th entry, Kingdom of the Blind, comes out at the end of November.
Try these next: mysteries by P.D. James, Donna Leon, and Ann Cleeves. |
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