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Mysteries and Thrillers from the past year. All books available on Libby & OverDrive. |
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Coconut Layer Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke"When Hannah learns that her sister Michelle's boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight from a movie studio sound stage to the Los Angeles airport. Back in frigid Minnesota, she discovers that proving Lonnie's innocence will be harder than figuring out what went wrong with a recipe." Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Beating About the Bushby M. C BeatonDiscovering evidence of a gruesome murder in a roadside hedge, private detective Agatha Raisin is embroiled in a case involving industrial espionage, a bad-tempered donkey and her own growing fame. By the best-selling author of the Hamish Macbeth series. Available as audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall SmithMma Ramotswe’s efforts to help an old friend’s daughter are complicated by family drama, Charlie’s girlfriend’s apparent preference for Fanwell and the schemes of nemesis Violet Sephotho. By the author of The Colors of All the Cattle. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Whiskers in the Dark : a Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae BrownA massive nor'easter on the eve of an annual National Beagle Club benefit finds Harry Harristeen and her crime-solving kitties linking the murder of a foreign services officer to an unsolved killing from the 18th century. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Conviction by Denise MinaAn upper-class Edinburgh housewife who enjoys listening to the sordid details of true-crime podcasts has her world turned upside down when a new podcast turns out to have connections to her own dark past. Available as audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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One Good Deed by David BaldacciThe #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci introduces an unforgettable new character: Archer, a straight-talking former World War II soldier fresh out of prison for a crime he didn't commit. Available as audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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You Are Not Alone by Greer HendricksA lonely misfit with a dead-end job quietly envies a circle of popular sisters who hide dangerous vengeful truths beneath a veneer of friendship, glamour and accomplishments. By the authors of The Wife Between Us. Available as audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesA young woman takes a night-clerk job at the same roadside motel from where her aunt went missing decades earlier before uncovering the work of a serial killer. By the award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Long Bright River by Liz MooreA policewoman races to find her missing sister, a homeless addict, amid a vicious killing spree in a Philadelphia neighborhood, in a story that alternates between the investigation and memories of their shared childhood. By the award-winning author of Heft. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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The Only Child : A Novel by Mi-ae SeoWhen serial killer Yi Byeongdo asks to speak to her, and her husband’s 11-year-old daughter from a previous marriage shows up at their door, criminal psychologist Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. 75,000 first printing. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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The Boy from the Woods by Harlan CobenA man with a past shrouded in mystery searches desperately for a missing teenage girl whose disappearance is triggering disastrous consequences throughout her community and the world. By the best-selling author of Fool Me Once. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Recursion by Blake CrouchReality is broken.At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that's sweeping the world is no pathogen. It's just the first shock wave, unleashed by a stunning discovery—and what's in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself. Available as ebook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Lady in the Lake by Laura LippmanThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. Available as e-book and audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Magic for Liars by Sarah GaileyIn a first novel by an Hugo Award-winning writer, a private investigator and talented liar embarks on a search for a killer at a California private academy for mages where her estranged, magically gifted twin hides in plain sight. Available as audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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