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New Mysteries at Riverside Public Library
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Feline fatale / : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
by Rita Mae Brown
Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen investigates a murder in Albermarle County, Virginia with assistance from her beloved pets. These include cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and dogs Pirate and Tucker, in the latest novel in the long-running series following Hiss and Tell.
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It had to be you
by Mary Higgins Clark
Years after their parents' murder, identical twin brothers are determined to clear one name at the expense of the other. They ask Laura Moran and her Under Suspicion crew to solve this brutal crime. As they get close to the truth, they find the danger from the past finding its way into the present.
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The last word
by Elly Griffiths
Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House after being hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death. They believe she was murdered. Meanwhile, another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
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Close to death : a novel
by Anthony Horowitz
Charles Kentworthy is found dead on his doorstep after moving his loud, boisterous family into an idyllic gated community. Detective Hawthorne investigates, in the fifth novel of the series following The Twist of a Knife.
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The Mistress of Bhatia House
by Sujata Massey
India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. She grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in Sujata Massey’s award-winning series.
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Pay dirt
by Sara Paretsky
V.I. Warshawski visits Angela, one her protégées in Kansas. Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, she is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
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Toxic prey
by John Sandford
When a renowned expert in infectious diseases disappears without a trace, Letty Davenport calls in her father, Lucas to locate the scientist. When their worst fears are confirmed, they must race against time to stop the virus he created from becoming the perfect weapon.
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Murder at la Villette
by Cara Black
Framed for the murder of her daughter's father, a former homicide investigator, Parisian P.I. Aimee Leduc must quickly find the real killer. Cut off from her typical network and forced to operate undercover she goes deep into the underbelly of Paris' 19th arrondissement on her hunt for justice.
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In sunshine or in shadow
by Rhys Bowen
Deep in the New York Catskills in 1908, tensions are running high, and it's not long before a body delays Molly Murphy's return to Westchester.
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Galway confidential
by Ken Bruen
Irish detective Jack Taylor awakens from a coma to discover that his sleuthing services are needed after two local nuns are found bludgeoned by a hammer, in the 17th novel of the series following A Galway Epiphany.
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Murder in the tea leaves
by Laura Childs
Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes. The reading results in the film's director's murder. Theodosia starts her own shadow investigation. Just when she's about to solve the case, another murder occurs, sending her back to square one.
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Finlay Donovan rolls the dice
by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime, Vero, arrive in Atlantic City and must find the location of Vero's kidnapped crush and a stolen car.
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Last seen in Havana
by Teresa Dovalpage
A newly widowed Cuban American baker, Mercedes Spivey, returns to her homeland to care for her ailing grandmother and to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her mother, in the fourth novel of the series following Death of a Telenovela Star.
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Listen for the lie
by Amy Tintera
When Lucy's friend Savvy is murdered, anyone could be the killer, even Lucy. Soon enough a true-crime podcast comes investigating.
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Three-inch teeth
by C. J. Box
When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he's one of those six people.
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Death of a spy
by M. C Beaton
Scottish Highland village Sergeant Hamish Macbeth introduces as his new assistant officer, James Bland. Bland is an American who is secretly investigating a Russian spy ring, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Death of a Traitor.
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The ghost orchid
by Jonathan Kellerman
Brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis are consulting on the baffling double murder of a playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire and his married lover. They are led to L.A.'s darkest side as they contend with one of the most shocking cases of their careers.
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The antique hunter's guide to murder: a novel
by C. L. Miller
Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya Lockwood's estranged mentor, dies under mysterious circumstances. Freya returns to her quaint English hometown to find the truth. She follows the clues to an old manor hosting an antiques enthusiast's weekend, and finds herself drawn back into the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts.
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The rumor game
by Thomas Mullen
A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-era Boston. June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors. The two protagonists of Thomas Mullen's gripping historical thriller find themselves at the center of a dangerous tinderbox, trying to douse the sparks before flames engulf the city.
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The Phoenix crown : a novel
by Kate Quinn
In 1906, Gemma, a silver-voiced soprano, and Suling, a Chinatown embroideress are offered patronage by Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate. When Henry disappears, along with the fabled Phoenix Crown, they are brought together five years later in one last desperate quest for justice.
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Village in the dark
by Iris Yamashita
Shocking clues emerge, revealing Detective Cara Kennedy's husband and son were possibly murdered. This is potentially connected to a string of other deaths and disappearances. Cara will stop at nothing to find the truth, placing her own life and the lives of those around her in mortal danger.
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Harbor lights : stories
by James Lee Burke
Eight short stories and a never-before-published novella, from the best-selling author of Cadillac Jukebox. Harbor Lights includes the tale of a father and son who watch evil forces disguised as federal agents try to ruin their family.
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The mysterious case of the Alperton Angels : a novel
by Janice Hallett
True crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book about the Alperton Angels cult, who convinced a teenage girl her baby was the anti-Christ. Since the Alperton baby is turning 18, Amanda seeks to find them until what she uncovers is much darker and stranger then she'd ever imagined.
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Random in death: An Eve Dallas Novel
by J. D. Robb
A 16-year-old girl is murdered during a show at a New York club. Lieutenant Eve Dallas, with the lab results showing a toxic mix of substances and infectious agents in the victim's body, must find a madman consumed by hatred who's just another face in the crowd.
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Everyone on this train is a suspect
by Benjamin Stevenson
On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
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The curse of Penryth Hall
by Jess Armstrong
After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn delivers a box of books to Penryth Hall, the home to her once dearest friend, Tamsyn. She is drawn into a mystery when Tamsyn's husband is murdered. The crime is blamed on a curse. A curse that could claim Tamsyn's life as well.
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The lace widow
by Mollie Cox Bryan
In 1804 New York, Eliza Hamilton, the grieving widow of Alexander Hamilton, turns to selling her handmade lace. This draws her into a mysterious network of widow lace makers, who help her piece together the truth about her husband's political affairs, as witnesses to his deadly duel are being killed one by one.
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The couple in the photo
by Helen Cooper
Lucy sees a photo of her best friend's husband vacationing with another woman, whom she learns has disappeared, Lucy searches for answers and uncovers secrets about her friends and her own husband that could destroy the wonderful lives they've built.
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Five bad deeds : a novel
by Caz Frear
A busy teacher, wife and mother juggles her nonstop commitments and is shocked when she receives an ominous, threatening note in the mail warning her that she's about to be taught a lesson.
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The mayors of New York
by S. J. Rozan
When the son of NYC's first female mayor disappears, PI Bill Smith and his partner, Lydia Chin, are called in the find the missing 15-year-old. However, they are faced with more questions than answers. They turn to the only contacts who could help: the neighborhood leaders who are the real “mayors” of NY.
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Death in the dark woods
by Annelise Ryan
Odds and Ends bookstore owner and amateur cryptozoologist Morgan Carter travels to Bayfield County, Wisconsin, with her dog, Newt, to investigate a series of Bigfoot sightings, in the second novel of the series following A Death in Door County.
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Lost hours : a mystery
by Paige Shelton
Beth Rivers' Alaskan tourist ship rescues a woman claiming to have been kidnapped. She befriends the woman, who reveals she's been in Juneau under witness protection. They team up with police chief Gril, who believes this complicated case is connected to another kidnapping.
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Daughter of ashes
by Ilaria Tuti
Superintendent Teresa Battaglia delays her retirement from the Italian police force to speak with an incarcerated serial killer who claims that they are both in danger, in the fourth novel of the series following The Sleeping Nymph.
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The proof of the pudding
by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, author of Gothic horror novels is attending the party of Sir Mortimer Mordred, who has borrowed her new chef to cater the festivities. When a guest dies of poisoning, she must find the culprit to save her new chef and her own reputation—all before her bundle of joy arrives.
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Resurrection walk
by Michael Connelly
With the help of his half-brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, defense attorney Mickey Haller sets out to prove the innocence of a woman in prison accused of killing her husband, who was a sheriff's deputy. This puts Mickey in the crosshairs of a killer who doesn't want the case reopened—or the truth coming to light.
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The twelve days of murder : a novel
by Andreina Cordani
Summoned to Scotland for a Christmas-themed masquerade party, former members of an exclusive mystery-solving group at university soon discover that in this game, murder is all too real, and to survive until Christmas morning, they must face the truth of what really happened one fateful night 12 years earlier.
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Unnatural death
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Examining the remains of two campers wanted by authorities in a Northern Virginia wilderness, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta considers this one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career as she tries to discover who would commit murders this savage, and why.
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Vamp : a Valentino mystery
by Loren D. Estleman
Determined to save both The Comet, an extinct drive-in movie theater, and the last remaining print of the 1917 film Cleopatra, renowned film detective Valentino navigates Hollywood's shady underbelly once more on a dangerous adventure that threatens not only his career—but his life.
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Dirty thirty
by Janet Evanovich
Trenton, New Jersey's most underappreciated bounty hunter is Stephanie Plum. While taking care of her boyfriend's giant orange dog, she tracks the former security guard of a local jeweler who supposedly stole a fortune of diamonds. Now she must keep herself clean when everyone else is playing dirty.
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Murder in Williamstown
by Kerry Greenwood
The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher is troubled by recent events. She is enlisted to help find the teenaged sister-in-law of her longtime lover Lin Chung—a disappearance she believes may be linked to a recent murder.
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Robert B. Parker's Broken trust
by Mike Lupica
When the beautiful wife of a brilliant scientist, whose groundbreaking work with lithium has made him a billionaire, asks him to look into her husband's past due to his recent paranoia and violent behavior, Spenser makes a discovery that causes him to question his own views on morality.
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The mystery guest
by Nita Prose
The esteemed Head Maid of the 5-star Regency Grand Hotel, Molly Gray, matches wits with her old foe, Detective Stark, when a world-renowned mystery author drops dead. This case not only threatens the hotel's pristine reputation but may be linked to her own past.
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