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New Mysteries at Riverside Public Library |
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Treasure state : a Cassie Dewell novel
by C. J. Box
Cassie Dewell has her hands full with two cases finding the
man who conned a wealthy Florida widow out of her fortune,
which takes her to Montana, and decoding a poem that promises
buried treasure to one lucky adventurer, which has led to five deaths.
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The shadow murders
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult with
COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their own personal
lives, Department Q, led by Detective Carl Morck, investigates a
series of accidental deaths over the span of 30 years that may
be the work of a violent serial killer.
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Murder on the poet's walk
by Ellery Adams
Overrun by poets in town competing for a coveted greeting-card contract, resort manager Jane Steward must employ her
well-versed sleuthing skills when two bodies are discovered
posed as poetic characters on Tennyson Trail.
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From the shadows : a Billy Boyle World
War II mystery
by James R. Benn
Captain Billy Boyle embarks on a humanitarian mission in the
south of France in 1944 with his wartime lover and a legendary
Special Operations Executive agent, in the 17th novel of the series following The Red Horse.
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A death in Door County
by Annelise Ryan
A Wisconsin bookstore owner and hobbyist cryptozoologist
agrees to help the local police chief after several bodies show up
on the shores of Lake Michigan with giant bites from an unknown animal, in the first novel of a new series.
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The enigma of room 622 : a novel
by Joël Dicker
While at Hotel Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, Joël Dicker, Switzerland's novelist extraordinaire, finds his expertise in the art of
the thriller put to the test when he investigates the hotel's long- unsolved murder case with the help of a beautiful fellow guest.
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The bullet that missed : a Thursday
Murder Club mystery
by Richard Osman
While Elizabeth is presented with a deadly mission, kill or be
killed, the Thursday Murder Club and their unlikely new friends,
including TV stars, money launderers and ex-KGB colonels,
investigate two murders, 10 years apart. Can they catch the
culprit and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
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A truth to lie for
by Anne Perry
Britain's MI6 sends Elena Standish on a dangerous mission to smuggle a breakthrough weapon in germ warfare out of Germany before the developers can tell Hitler it exists.
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Peg and Rose solve a murder
by Laurien Berenson
Polar opposites and bridge partners, 60-something former
nun, Rose and her sister-in-law Peg, who knows how to push
all of Rose's buttons, are drawn into a mystery. It is a mystery
that they must work together to solve when the bridge club's
most accomplished player is murdered, and they fall under
suspicion.
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The rising tide
by Ann Cleeves
When a member of a group of friends, who meet regularly for
reunions on Holy Island, is found hanged, Vera Stanhope must
discover what the friends are hiding and whether the events of
many years before could have led to murder then, and now.
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The ink black heart
by Robert Galbraith
This sixth novel in the highly acclaimed, internationally
best-selling series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in
yet another case filled with twists and turns.
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Hell and back
by Craig Johnson
Walt Longmire wakes up at the site of a tragic 1896 boarding
school fire covered in blood and missing a bullet from his gun,
in the 18th novel of the best-selling series following Daughter of
the Morning Star.
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Back to the garden : a novel
by Laurie R. King
Inspector Raquel Laing investigates a 50-year-old case at a
storied and glamourous California estate after renovations turn
up a human skull that may have been the work of a serial killer.
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A song of comfortable chairs
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mma Makutzi and Grace help an old friend with a troubled son,
while Phuti develops a new marketing campaign to beat a rival
furniture companys ads, in the latest novel of the series following
The Joy and Light Bus Company.
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Desperation in death
by J. D. Robb
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the Pleasure Academy after
two girls attempt to escape with tales of being groomed for sex trafficking, in the latest addition to the long-running, New York Times best-selling series following Desperation in Death.
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Round up the usual peacocks
by Donna Andrews
While dealing with wedding plans and demanding out-of-town
guests, Meg Langslow must help her nephew when a member of his true-crime podcast has a brush with death. She begins by tracking
down three relatively local cold cases so that she can discover who
wants them silenced forever.
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A dark and stormy tea
by Laura Childs
After witnessing the murder of her friend Lois daughter, tea shop
owner and amateur sleuth Theodosia Browning investigates and is surprised when so many suspects turn up, in the latest addition to
the long-running series, following Twisted Tea Christmas.
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Hokuloa Road
by Elizabeth Hand
Grady Kendall leaves Maine for a job as at a luxury property
in Hawaii. When he arrives, he is shocked to discover that the island
is known as a place where people vanish and becomes determined
to uncover the truth.
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The hunt
by Faye Kellerman
Teresa McLaughlin, the biological mother of Peter and his wife
Rina’s foster son, Gabe, has fled to Los Angeles with her two children
in tow, hoping to avoid a court injunction amid a messy divorce.
But LA is no escape from her problems—she is found by ruthless
men and beaten mercilessly. When she wakes, barely conscious,
Teresa discovers that both of her children are gone and frantically
calls Gabe for help.
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Fox Creek : a novel
by William Kent Krueger
Cork OConner tries to find his wife, who had accompanied a
mysterious stranger on a visit the ancient Ojibwe healer Henry
Meloux before a group of mercenaries can, in the latest novel of
the series following Desolation Mountain.
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Wrong place wrong time : a novel
by Gillian McAllister
After witnessing her teenage son kill a man, a mother falls
asleep in despair. When she wakes up and it is yesterday. She
wakes up again and it is the day before yesterday. She is
getting chance after chance to stop the murder and save her son.
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A dark steel death
by Chris Nickson
Leeds. December, 1916. Deputy Chief Constable Tom Harper is
called out in the middle of the night when a huge explosion rips
through a munitions factory supplying war materials, leaving death
and destruction in its wake. A month later, matches and paper to
start a fire are found in an army clothing depot. It's a chilling
discovery: there's a saboteur running loose on the streets of Leeds.
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Bark to the future
by Spencer Quinn
When dog Chet and his human, Bernie Little, run into a homeless panhandler who turns out to be an old classmate, they investigate
his past, in the 13th novel of the series following Its a Wonderful
Woof.
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Girl, forgotten : a novel
by Karin Slaughter
Forty years after Emily Vaughn was murdered on her prom night,
U.S. Marshal Andrea Oliver picks up the cold case to find justice in
the follow-up to the New York Times best-selling novel Pieces of Her.
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Where the sky begins : a novel
by Rhys Bowen
In 1940 London, during World War II, Josie, with nothing left
and nowhere to go, ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host of the survivors of the Blitz, and convinces
her to open a tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again.
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Desperate undertaking
by Lindsey Davis
Taking over her fathers business as a private informer in ancient
Rome, Flavia Albia is hired to investigate a series of brutal murders,
in the 10th novel of the series following A Comedy of Terrors.
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Death and the conjuror
by Tom Mead
In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered
dead in his locked study, and there seems to be no way that a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and
no evidence of the murder weapon. Stumped by the confounding
scene, the Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired
stage magician-turned-part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. For who
better to make sense of the impossible than one who traffics in
illusions?
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The sweet remnants of summer
by Alexander McCall Smith
Serving on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Isabel intercedes with family member and their philosophical disagreement, while her husband, Jamie, seeks a new cellist for his ensemble both of which endeavors require their usual tact and charm.
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The murder rule : a novel
by Dervla McTiernan
A young woman, posing as an idealistic law student, tricks everyone
into believing she is working to save an innocent man on death row when she is really there to bury him.
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The Darling Dahlias and the red hot poker
by Susan Wittig Albert
In 1935 Darling, Alabama, the members of the Darling Dahlias
garden club face the Great Depression with courage and
grace. However, they are plagued by an arsonist, an oncoming
hurricane, a visit from a much-loved-much-hated senator from
Louisiana, and romantic entanglements.
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Death and the Decorator
by Simon Brett
Jude and Pete discover the handbag of a missing woman hidden in
the wall of the locally known "Fiasco House" during renovations and investigate in the latest addition to the long running series following
Guilt at the Garage.
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Hatchet Island
by Paul Doiron
A game warden and his girlfriend investigate the death of two
marine biologists who were overheard arguing with local fisherman
near an endangered sea bird sanctuary in the thirteenth novel of
the series following Dead by Dawn.
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Monkey in the middle : an Amos Walker novel
by Loren D. Estleman
When a young would-be journalist needs his protection, but is suspiciously vague why or from whom, PI Amos Walker faced
with a sketchy novelist, a fugitive whistleblower and a career
assassin searches for answers but instead finds a dead body.
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Death by beach read
by Eva Gates
Lucy discovers dusty footprints, an open door and a dead body in
her kitchen in her new home in a historic cottage in the Outer Banks,
in the ninth novel of the series following Deadly Ever After.
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The woman in the library : a novel
by Sulari Gentill
In the Boston Public Library, on lockdown after a threat is identified,
four strangers sitting at the same table pass the time in conversation. However, it just so happens that one of them is a murderer, but which one?
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The locked room
by Elly Griffiths
Nelson, investigating a series of murder-suicides he has connected
to an archaeological discovery and to Ruth's seemingly sweet new neighbor, Sally, he enlists Ruth's help until she, Sally and Kate go
missing and he is left scrambling to find them before its too late.
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Rock of ages
by Timothy Hallinan
Los Angeles burglar and off-the-books detective to the felonious,
Junior Bender is hired by Irwin Dressler to find out who is using
his Rock of Ages tour to steal his money, a job that rouses
Junior's teenage daughter's suspicion in how he earns his living.
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Outside
by Ragnar Jónasson
Stranded by a snowstorm in the Icelandic highlands, four friends
seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge where they discover
they are not alone, and must come to terms with their past to survive
to see their future.
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The proof is in the poison
by Diane Kelly
While at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Model Train Convention
promoting her Southern homebrew moonshine, Hattie Hayes,
to keep her business on track, must clear her name in the murder
of an attendee by finding the real killer who has clearly gone off
the rails.
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A botanist's guide to parties and
poisons : a novel
by Kate Khavari
Attempting to blaze a new trail for women at the University College London in 1923, research assistant Saffron Everleigh becomes
involved in solving the murder of a professors wife who appeared
to have been poisoned at a school dinner party.
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Cold, cold bones
by Kathy Reichs
A forensic anthropologist discovers a very fresh, human eyeball in a
box on her porch with coordinates etched into it that point to a
murder at a Benedictine monastery, in the latest novel of the series following The Bone Code.
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Last call at the Nightingale
by Katharine Schellman
In 1824 New York, Vivian, whose days are filled drudgery,
escapes to the Nightingale, a secret dance club, until a dead body
and police raid traps her between the city's wealthy and New York's underground where lives of the poor are considered disposable,
including Vivian's own.
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Aunt Dimity and the enchanted cottage
by Nancy Atherton
It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is
crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation.
Will the cottage's newest resident prove yet again its enchanting
ability to matchmake? But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one
knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being
a part of the community.
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Blotto, Twinks and the Suspicious Guests
by Simon Brett
'What? You mean the earl does it for money? That's way beyond
the barbed wire!' This explosion of disgust from Blotto is provoked
when Twinks informs him of the activities of the Earl of Woking.
The gentleman in question is owner of Clusters, a stately home
not far from Tawcester Towers, and he has been renting out parts
of Clusters for private functions - and charging his guests!
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Thrill of the hunt : a novel
by Rita Mae Brown
It's the start of fox hunting season and Sister is training a new generation of hounds in eager anticipation of Opening Hunt.
But before they make it to that exciting day, several members
of the hunt club receive ominous videos in which they appear
to be doing scandalous, career-ending deeds. The videos are
doctored, but does it matter? The unknown blackmailer promises
to publish the clips if he or she doesn't get paid, and even the
most upstanding citizen can be brought down by the court of
public opinion.
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Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
by James Lee Burke
Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter
Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by
saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a
violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club
posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in
plain sight.
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Guilty creatures : a menagerie of mysteries
by Martin Edwards
"From the animal mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle and F. Tennyson
Jesse through to more modern masterpieces of the subgenre from Christianna Brand and Penelope Wallace, this anthology celebrates
one of the liveliest and most imaginative species of classic crime
fiction.
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Overboard
by Sara Paretsky
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious
conspiracy preying on Chicago's weak and vulnerable, in this
thrilling novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky.
Told against the backdrop of a city emerging from its pandemic lockdown, Overboard lays bare the dark secrets and corruption
buried in Chicago’s neighborhoods in masterly fashion.
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