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I'll Never Tell
by Catherine McKenzie
What it's about: The MacAllister siblings try to decide what to do with their late parents' camp estate but learn they must first discover what happened to Amanda Holmes who was found bludgeoned to death in a boat twenty years before.
Want more?: Give The Au Pair by Emma Rous a try for more inherited secrets.
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| Almost Midnight by Paul DoironWhat it's about: A corrections officer is killed in a Maine state prison, and a prisoner, the best friend of game warden Mike Bowditch, is injured trying to help -- but it's all related to bigger crimes outside the pen.
Series alert: Newcomers can start with this 10th Mike Bowditch novel, but to follow him from his rookie year, pick up The Poacher's Son.
For fans of: C.J. Box, Nevada Barr, and William Kent Kruger's well-plotted mysteries featuring the great outdoors. |
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| The Cutting Room by Ashley DyerWhat it's about: Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver, who are both still healing from their last traumatic case, work to stop a serial killer who fancies himself an artist and has a large social media following.
Is it for you? If you like gritty British police procedurals like Mo Hayder's, you'll enjoy this chilling, suspenseful sequel to Splinter in the Blood.
About the author: Ashley Dyer is the pseudonym of novelist Margaret Murphy and forensic expert Helen Pepper (who has consulted for British TV's Vera, Shetland, and Bancroft). |
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Dead of Winter
by Annelise Ryan
What it's about: Before she can even get settled into her new life in Wisconsin, medicolegal death investigator Mattie Winston is drawn into the ruthless world of human trafficking while investigating the murder of a young girl whose little sister has gone missing.
Series alert: This is the latest in the Mattie Winston series, to start at the beginning, pick up a copy of Working Stiff.
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| The Shallows by Matt GoldmanStarring: Minneapolis, Minnesota PI Nils "Shap" Shapiro, who's jaded, newly 40, and in a complex relationship with his ex-wife.
What it's about: When a prominent lawyer is found dead in a pond with a fishing stringer hooked in his mouth, multiple people (the man's wife, her lover, the cops, etc.) want Nils' help.
Series alert: This is the twisty 3rd novel (after Gone to Dust and Broken Ice) to feature Shapiro, a modern version of a hardboiled detective. |
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| The Darwin Affair by Tim MasonStarring: Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field, who was a real person and the inspiration for Charles Dickens' Bleak House's Inspector Bucket.
What happens: In 1860 London, the connection between an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria and the murder of a petty thief leads Field to body snatchers, a conspiracy related to Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and a diabolical criminal.
For fans of: Louis Bayard, Charles Finch, Heather Redmond's Dickens of a Crime series, and E.S. Thomson's Jem Flockhart novels. |
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If You Like: Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow novels
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| Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy AthertonWhat it's about: American-in-England Lori Shepherd is struggling with new motherhood when the vicar asks her to find a missing historical pamphlet that details antiquities shenanigans. Lori gets help from ghostly Aunt Dimity, who communicates via otherworldly writing, and the elderly Pym sisters, who send a nanny.
Series alert: This 4th Aunt Dimity novel is just as charming as the other entries in the delightfully cozy and slightly supernatural series; the 24th book, Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold, came out this summer.
Why Donna Andrews fans might like it: the charming village, the highlighting of life with young twins, and the quirky characters. |
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| Bones to Pick by Carolyn HainesWhat happens: The well-to-do 23-year-old author of a tell-all book about her hometown is found dead in a cotton field. The main suspect's upper-crust brother hires southern belle and intrepid PI Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner Tinkie to find the real killer -- and they quickly unearth some "accidental" deaths that might be related.
Series alert: This is the 6th in a humorous cozy series which now has 20 books (the latest, Game of Bones, was recently published).
Why Donna Andrews fans might like it: the witty humor, the zany characters, and the Southern small-town setting. |
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| Birthday Party Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery by Leslie MeierWhat happens: Part-time reporter and mom of four Lucy Stone helps plan a party for Tinker's Cover, Maine's oldest resident, Miss Tilley. But when a local attorney suspiciously dies and Miss Tilley's long-lost niece unexpectedly appears and moves in, Lucy has more things to worry about than parties, gray hairs, and her teen's coed sleepover.
Series alert: This is the lighthearted 9th Lucy Stone book; the 26th, Invitation Only Murder, hits shelves in November.
Why Donna Andrews fans might like it: the details of family life, Lucy's civic engagement, and the entertaining townspeople. |
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Buried In A Bog
by Sheila Connolly
What it's about: While visiting the small Irish village where her Gran was born, Maura Donovan takes a job in one of the local pubs where she can get to know the people who knew her Gran, but instead, finds herself mired in a homicide investigation when a body is discovered in a nearby bog.
Series alert: This is the first in the County Cork series, continue reading with Scandal In Skibbereen.
Why Donna Andrews fans might like it: a small-town feel and quirky likable characters.
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