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| Death in St. Petersburg: A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha AlexanderIn St. Petersburg, Russia, the body of a rising star, a young prima ballerina, is discovered in the snow, still wearing her white Swan Lake tutu. Having attended the ballet, Lady Emily and her British spy husband become involved in a case that is complicated by a distraught lover, the politics of Tsarist Russia, and sightings of a ghostly dancer. |
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The ghost of Christmas past
by Rhys Bowen
Struggling with depression in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a miscarriage, semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan and her husband, Daniel, accept an invitation to spend the holidays at a Hudson mansion, only to be embroiled in the mystery of their hosts' daughter's disappearance.
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Missing persons
by Michael Brandman
Reluctantly agreeing to succeed his ailing sheriff father, former LAPD homicide detective Buddy Steel investigates the disappearance of a renowned television minister's wife, only to become embroiled in a case involving con artists, gangs and corruption.
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| The Seagull by Ann CleevesWhile Vera's giving a talk at a prison, current inmate (and former cop and Gang-of-Four member) John Brace tells her he has info about a buried body -- if she looks after his daughter. Vera agrees, and then the cops dig up two skeletons instead of one. What do a 1980s bar and her father have to do with it all? |
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| The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths It's 1953, and while most of England is preparing for the coronation of its young queen, DI Edgar Stephens and his two detective sergeants investigate the suspicious death of a Brighton fortune teller. This engaging 3rd entry in Elly Griffiths atmospheric Stephens and Mephisto novels will please fans of 1950s-set mysteries. |
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| Righteous: An IQ novel by Joe IdeIn this firecracker of a follow-up to last year's award-winning debut IQ, readers find Isaiah “IQ” Quintabe dealing with the news that his beloved brother Marcus' hit-and-run death eight years ago wasn't an accident. Then, Marcus' former fiancée shows up; her sister is in trouble in Las Vegas and needs help. |
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Sleep no more : six murderous tales
by P. D James
An anthology of six previously uncollected stories by the author of Death Comes to Pemberley explores the memories, emotional machinations, rationalizations, dreams and desires of people who get away with the perfect murder or who help keep information about a killing secret.
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Death comes to the school
by Catherine Lloyd
When a rash of anonymous letters, accusing various residents of being witches, ends with a local schoolteacher murdered at her classroom desk, Lucy Harrington volunteers to take over teaching at the school in order to suss out some clues among the students, but in doing so, she may be putting her own life at risk.
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| Old Scores by Will ThomasIn anticipation of opening an embassy, a delegation of Japanese diplomats has arrived in 1890 London. When one of them is shot to death, detective Cyrus Barker is accused of the crime. Hired by one of the diplomats who doesn't think he did it, Baker and his witty Welsh sidekick Llewelyn try to find the real killer in this strong 9th series entry. |
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| Blood Orange by Susan Wittig Albert In the small Texas Hill Country town of Pecan Springs, herbalist China Bayles tends her shop, About Thyme, as well as jointly running a tea room and a rental house. When the nurse renting the cottage discovers disturbing evidence about a patient's death, and then a suspicious accident lands her in a coma, China and her friends investigate. |
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How the finch stole Christmas! : a Meg Langslow mystery
by Donna Andrews
When her husband organizes a full-scale production of A Christmas Carol with a famous veteran actor in the starring role, Meg Langslow finds herself navigating unexpected challenges in the star's baggage and enemies.
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| Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke After her best friend Claire and her new husband, the Reverend Bob Knudson, leave Lake Eden, Minnesota for their much-anticipated honeymoon, caterer Hannah Swensen stumbles upon the body of Bob's substitute minister -- and then questions arise about the dead man's identity. |
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| Dead by Midnight: A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn HartIn Broward's Rock, South Carolina, mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling refuses to believe that her newest employee committed suicide. Together with her loving husband Max, she investigates a series of clues, including a hidden towel and the lack of fingerprints on a mug -- and decides to set a trap for the murderer. |
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