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| Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle CosimanoIn her witty 4th outing, Finlay Donovan heads to Atlantic City with her two kids, her nanny Vero, her ex-husband, and her mother. They aim to find Vero's kidnapped childhood crush and get back a stolen car...but a murder puts a kink in their plans. "Perfect escapist fare for stay-at-home readers who wonder why nothing ever happens to them." (Kirkus reviews) |
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| Last Seen in Havana by Teresa DovalpageIn the present day, newly widowed Miami baker Mercedes Spivey returns to Cuba to take care of her sick grandmother and look into her mother's decades-long disappearance. In the 1980s, an idealistic young American falls for a Cuban soldier and makes the island her home. This dual timeline mystery is the 4th in a series, but readers who appreciate novels with a strong sense of place can begin here. |
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| Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia HastingsIn Victorian London, Violet Manville, who secretly pens the Miss Hermoine advice column, receives a letter from a worried mother whose daughter has joined a cult. So Violet pretends an interest in the group to gain access...and then a murder occurs. This witty sequel to Of Manners and Murder is a fun choice for fans of Dianne Freeman's Countess of Harleigh novels or Mary Winters' Lady of Letters mysteries. |
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| California Bear by Duane SwierczynskiThe Bear, a serial killer in hibernation for decades, is stirring due to an investigation by an ex-cop and an ex-con in this "tour de force" (Publishers Weekly.) Meet four unlikely vigilantes, including a teen girl detective with cancer and a genealogist in a troubled marriage, whose decision to take justice into their own hands pits them against the villain behind California’s coldest case. |
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| The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart TaylorThough she visited Ireland when her cousin Erin disappeared there 23 years earlier, Maggie D'arcy found little except a desire to be a cop. Now a New York homicide detective, she returns after the Garda find Erin's scarf in a wooded area while they are searching for another woman. Read it for the Dublin setting, complex plotting, and authentic characters. |
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Murder in an Irish cottage by Carlene O'ConnorIn a remote—and superstitious—village in County Cork, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must solve a murder where the prime suspects are fairies. After multiple mysterious deaths the villagers insist a local cottage is cursed—built on a fairy path. Although the townsfolk blame malevolent fairies, Siobhán must follow the path of a murderer all too human—but just as evil . . .
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The Rage by Gene KerriganIn this police procedural with a working class view, Vincent Naylor, just released from jail, resumes doing what he does best, planning for an armored car robbery. Bob Tidey, an honest policeman, is investigating the murder of a crooked banker. Maura Coady, a retired nun living on regrets and bad memories, sees something that she can't ignore and decides to tell someone. She makes a phone call that sets in motion a violent fate.
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The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKintyNorthern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things--and people--aren't always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all.
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