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| The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson; translated by Victoria CribbIntroducing: Hulda Hermannsdottir, a dogged 64-year-old Detective Inspector with the Reykjavik Police who's being forced into retirement.
What happens: With two weeks left on the job, Hulda's begrudgingly allowed to select a cold case to investigate. She picks the murder of a Russian asylum seeker -- and not everyone's happy about it.
For fans of: This debut in the Hidden Iceland series should please readers of Arnaldur Indridason's Iceland-set mysteries as well as Anne Holt's Hanne Wilhelmsen novels, which star an older female detective. |
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On the hook
by Betty Hechtman
What happens: After a realtor discovers a dead body in a house she's showing she must rely on her tight-knit group of crocheting friends, the Tarzana Hookers, to get to the bottom of things.
Note: "Crochet patterns and a delicious recipe included!"--Cover. This is number 12 in the Crochet Mystery series.
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A mortal likeness : a Victorian mystery
by Laura Joh Rowland
What happens: Hired by wealthy banker, Sir Gerald Mariner, to find his missing son, photographer and private eye Sarah Bain must figure out if the kidnapping is a cover-up for murder, especially when the case intertwines with her search for her father who disappeared 20 years earlier.
Author note: By the award-winning author of The Ripper's Shadow.
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The knowledge : a Richard Jury mystery
by Martha Grimes
What happens: Investigating a double homicide involving a brazen heist at a rarefied art gallery and casino, Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Richard Jury teams up with a motley assortment of Baker Street Irregulars to solve a case with ties to astrophysics, the Tanzanian gem mines and a long-planned act of revenge.
Author note: By the award-winning author of Vertigo 42.
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Bad optics
by Joseph Heywood
What happens: In the 11th Woods Cop Mystery, Conservation Officer Grady Service is on unpaid suspension until spring, but—stubborn as ever—continues to patrol the Mosquito Wilderness, along with his complicated past. For the first time, Service has no duties and feels like he has been beached unfairly. But voluntarily on patrol, he begins to sense political shenanigans—an old foe lurking somewhere in the shadows.
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Probable claws
by Rita Mae Brown
What happens: Postmistress ""Harry"" Haristeen and her human and animal companions investigate a mystery dating back to Virginia's post-Revolutionary past, an effort shaped by the creative influence of an artistic new friend and the struggles of their predecessors from the 18th century.
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If You Like: Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
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| Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery by Sally AndrewWhat it's about: In rural South Africa, 50-something Tannie Maria (tannie means "auntie" in Afrikaans and is a term of respect), writes a newspaper column that combines food and advice (recipes included).
What happens: Maria pens advice for an anonymous abused woman and then investigates a murder...much to the chagrin of a handsome cop.
Why Alexander McCall Smith fans might like it: Featuring a kind-hearted detective, it's the 1st in a charming cozy series set in Africa by a writer who knows and loves her part of continent. |
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Murder at the vicarage : a Miss Marple mystery
by Agatha Christie
What happens: When Colonel Protheroe is found dead from a single gun shot wound to the head, none of his neighbors in the village of St. Mary Mead is much surprised. So many people wished this local official would say farewell, if not quite so permanently. With suspects abound and the local police symied it is up to Miss Jane Marple to root out the killer.
Series: Begins the cozy Miss Marple Mystery series.
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Killed at the whim of a hat
by Colin Cotterill
What happens: Forced to relocate to rural Thailand with her eccentric family, crime reporter Jimm Juree fears that her career is over until the bodies of two hippies are discovered in a local farmer's field before a Buddhist abbot is murdered, a case that implicates a monk and nun.
Series: Begins the Jimm Juree mysteries.
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Outfoxed
by Rita Mae Brown
What is it: A mystery set in the high-class and tradition-bound world of Virginia foxhunting, the murder of a candidate for the coveted "joint-master" leaves many suspects among the social climbers vying for the position.
Series: Begins the Sister Jane Foxhunting mysteries.
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Death of a gossip
by M. C. Beaton
What happens: Police Constable Hamish Macbeth is called in to investigate the death of the unpopular Lady Jane, a malicious gossip and student at the Lochdubh School of Casting, Salmon and Trout Fishing, set in the Scottish Highlands.
Series: Begins the Hamish Macbeth mysteries.
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