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Mystery: E-Book Edition March 2020
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| The Decent Inn of Death by Rennie AirthFeaturing: John Madden, a World War I veteran and happily retired Scotland Yard inspector, and his elderly friend, Angus Sinclair, a former chief inspector with heart problems.
What happens: In post-World War II England, the widow of an anti-Nazi German preacher falls to her death. When her friend convinces Sinclair to investigate, he and Madden end up stuck in a snowed-in manor house with an unknown killer.
Series alert: This deftly plotted 6th John Madden mystery will please fans of country house mysteries, British police procedurals, and older detectives. Newcomers might start with the 1st entry, River of Darkness, which takes place just after World War I. |
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| The Killing Tide: A Brittany Mystery by Jean-Luc BannalecWhat it's about: In a fishing village on a French island that's said to have been home to witches, two local women are murdered. Commissaire Georges Dupin (who suffers from seasickness) and his team must go over to investigate.
Who it's for: Readers who appreciate evocative tales that balance crime with time in cafés will best enjoy this deftly plotted 5th Commissaire Dupin mystery.
Try this next: Martin Walker's Bruno Courreges mysteries, which are also set in France and offer a delightfully detailed setting. |
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A Keeper: A Novel
by Graham Norton
What it's about: Returning to Ireland after her mother’s death, Elizabeth Keane is focused only on saying goodbye to that part of her life until, while she is going through her mother’s belongings, she discovers a small stash of letters that reveal a startling truth.
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Secret Remains
by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
What it is: A sequel to The Coroner finds Dr. Emily Hartford investigating the murder of a high-school classmate who went missing years earlier, a case that is complicated by her past relationship with the chief suspect.
Sequel to: The Coroner
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Death of a Novice: A Reverend Mother Mystery
by Cora Harrison
What happens: When a young nun is found dead, the Reverend Mother looks into the woman's background and discovers inconsistencies that point to murder and a connection with a gunpowder explosion on Spike Island.
For history lovers: A rich setting of 1920s Ireland with its turbulence and politics.
Series alert: Reverend Mother Mysteries
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| The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay FayeStarring: Alice "Nobody" James, whose Mafia past in 1920s Harlem has her nursing a bullet wound on a train headed to Portland, Oregon.
What happens: Alice, who is white, finds an unexpected home at the black-owned and operated Paragon Hotel. But the KKK is on the rise in Portland, and when a mixed-race boy goes missing, Alice and her new friends try to find him.
Read it for: the distinctive and lively inhabitants of the hotel, such as glamorous and mysterious cabaret singer Blossom Fontaine; the frank depiction of Oregon's often-forgotten history with racist violence. |
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| Metropolis: A Bernie Gunther Novel by Philip Kerr1928 Berlin, Germany: Against the backdrop of the rise of Nazism, newly promoted police detective Bernie Gunther investigates a violent wave of murders, presumably by two different serial killers, that target the city's prostitutes and its disabled World War I veterans -- and he does so while trying out a new investigative technique, going undercover.
Series alert: This Bernie Gunther origin story is the 14th and final book in the acclaimed series; author Philip Kerr sadly passed away in 2018.
Reviewers say: "one of Kerr's most congenial, beautifully controlled, and entertaining works" (Kirkus Reviews); "a perfect goodbye -- and first hello -- to its hero" (The Washington Post). |
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Death Scene: A Henry Johnstone Mystery
by Jane Adams
1928 Shoreham-by-Sea, England: DCI Henry Johnstone and DS Mickey Hitchens travel to Shoreham-by-Sea to investigate the brutal murder of a motion picture actress.
Series alert: Johnstone and Htchens.
If you love: British police procedurals, silent movie era and well-developed characters.
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