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| The Secrets of the Abbey by Jean-Luc BannalecIn coastal Brittany, France, Police Commissaire Dupin and his team investigate when Second Inspector Kadeg is attacked and critically injured at his elderly aunt's property, just days after she died in odd circumstances. At the aunt's home in a restored former abbey on the Côte des Légendes, Dupin finds secrets and murder. Like the others in the series, this 11th entry lovingly describes the setting and food and works as a standalone story. |
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| A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan HarperIn Los Angeles, people make money however they can. Jake monitors the police scanner and livestreams to his many followers, defense attorney Gibson reluctantly represents a big-time TV producer charged with possession of child abuse images, and Kara works for a private concierge service, getting the wealthy what they want. Then a missing woman connects them, upending their lives. For fans of: gritty neo-noir novels with well-crafted dialogue; Jonathan Ames' Happy Doll novels. |
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| Robbie McNeil's Hit List by Brianna HeathMilitary vet Robbie McNeil is busy running the Indiana karaoke bar she co-owns with her queerplatonic partner and fellow contract killer, Dee. The two are also writing and staging a musical. Needing money for their theatrical ambitions, Robbie takes a sketchy contract job and soon her target disappears, leading Robbie to investigate in the midst of everything else. For fans of: found family themes; slow-burn crime novels with likeable morally gray characters. |
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| The Gardeners' Club by Marnie RichesSingle mom Gill Swanley juggles her boring-but-necessary job with taking care of her teen son and her elderly mother. To help deal with anxiety, she takes up gardening by joining the Bromley Botanists, who hope to win the coveted Golden Trowel award. But when Gill and another member find a dead body in a greenhouse, the group adds investigating a murder to their to-do list. Read-alike: Paula Sutton's The Potting Shed Murder; Robert Thorogood's The Marlow Murder Club books. |
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| Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy RoseIn this fun sequel to Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder, heiress Pomona Afton has started a charity to help kids go to college. She's hosting her first gala at the New York Public Library when she discovers the body of her biggest donor. With her best friend the prime suspect, Pomona tries to solve the murder, getting help from her middle-class boyfriend. Read-alikes: Jenny Elder Moke's She Doesn't Have a Clue; Amanda Chapman's Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library. |
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| The Politician by Tim SullivanWhen Peggy Frampton, a former Bristol mayor turned influencer, is killed, methodical DS George Cross, who's on the autism spectrum, realizes this isn't a burglary gone wrong as others assume. But was the killer someone from Peggy's professional life or was it more personal, such as her cheating barrister husband or gambling-addicted adult son? Though this is the 4th in an acclaimed British series, readers can start here. |
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The Library After Dark
by Ande Pliego
Aria Stokes is finally feeling settled--she lives in a tiny New York apartment, works as a bookseller at a local shop, and has even taken a leap of faith in love by indulging her attraction to bookstore regular Jasper. And he seems to already know her so well. As a Valentine's Day surprise, Jasper gets the two of them tickets to an exclusive, after-dark tour of the Daedalus Library--the grandiose establishment famed for its immersive genre-based reading rooms and, more notoriously, its rumored hauntings. While Aria normally loves all things ghastly, this place holds more dark secrets than she'd prefer Jasper to know...
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| Nobody's Baby by Olivia WaiteOn the HMS Fairweather, a luxurious interstellar passenger liner, ship's detective Dorothy Gentleman investigates when an infant is left on her nephew's doorstep. Since fertility is supposed to be on pause during the journey, Dorothy has lots of questions, and while she looks for answers, her nephew and his partner grow attached to the baby. Readers who appreciate smart, fresh takes on cozy mysteries will want to pick up this delightful 2nd in a series. Try this next: Malka Older's Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series. |
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Moonlight Murder
by Uzma Jalaluddin
When Kausar Khan moved back to Toronto to be closer to her family, she didn't expect to have another murder investigation on her hands so soon--or really ever. But when a young man named Qasim is found dead in their Golden Crescent neighborhood, and when she learns he was close to her granddaughter, Maleeha, what's a grandmother to do but try and solve the case?
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