April 2021 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Cold Reading Murder
by R. J. Lee
Investigative reporter and Bridge expert, Wendy Winchester, investigates the murder of the new owner of the historic Overview Mansion--a house believed to be both haunted and cursed. Bridge to Death Mystery series.
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Comes the War
by Ed Ruggero
April 1944, the fifty-fifth month of the war in Europe. Lieutenant Harkins is tasked to investigate the murder of an OSS analyst. Soon a suspect is arrested and Harkins is ordered to stop digging. Suspicious, he continues only to find himself trapped in a web of Soviet secrets. Eddie Harkins series.
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Dangerous Women
by Hope Adams
London, 1841. One hundred eighty Englishwomen file aboard the Rajah, embarking on a three-month voyage to Australia. They're daughters, sisters, mothers—and convicts. Transported for petty crimes. Except one of them is a murderer and the hunt is on before he or she strikes again.
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Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle
by Sarah Graves
Begged to prove the innocence of a sweet-natured neighbor who has been accused of murdering an unscrupulous curmudgeon, Jake and Ellie race to identify the killer. Death by Chocolate Mystery series.
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The Diabolical Bones
by Bella Ellis
Haworth Parsonage, February 1846: The Brontë sisters— Anne, Emily, and Charlotte—are busy with their literary pursuits. As they query publishers for their poetry, each sister hopes to write a full-length novel that will thrill the reading public. They’re also hoping for a new case for their fledgling detecting enterprise, Bell Brothers and Company solicitors. Brontë Sisters Mystery series.
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The Downstairs Neighbor
by Helen Cooper
From her downstairs apartment, Emma has often overheard the everyday life of the seemingly perfect family upstairs, but has never got to know them. Until she hears that their teenage daughter has vanished. The effects of Freya's disappearance ripple outward, affecting not just her parents, but everyone who lives in the building, including Emma.
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An Extravagant Death
by Charles Finch
Sir Charles Lenox leaves Scotland Yard and travels to 1878 Newport, where he investigates the supposed suicide of a beautiful debutante who threw herself off a cliff. Charles Lenox Mystery series.
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Farm to Trouble
by Amanda Flower
To save the family farm, Shiloh Bellamy is determined to create a sustainable organic farm against her father’s wishes. But when her investor turns up dead, more than her dreams are at stake. Farm to Table Mystery series.
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A Fatal Lie
by Charles Todd
Dispatched from London to investigate the discovery of an unidentified body in a peaceful Welsh village, Ian Rutledge uncovers a tangle of deception involving a child’s tragic fate and a woman bent on hiding the past. Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery series.
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Finlay Donovan is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano
When struggling suspense novelist and single mom Finlay Donovan is mistaken for a contract killer, she inadvertently accepts the offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet, discovering that crime in real life is a lot harder than fiction.
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Good Neighbors
by Sarah Langan
From three-time Bram Stoker-Award-winning novelist Sarah Langan comes a propulsive literary suburban noir set in near-future America during the hottest summer on record. Maple Street has a neighborly cul-de-sac, where a terrible secret tears a rift between two misfit moms who were once best friends. It's one mom's word against the other's, in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood.
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Let Her Lie
by Bryan Reardon
Facing the likely end of his career after a public misstep, a rising documentary filmmaker boldly decides to pursue the story of the notorious "Halo Killer". But delving into the life and mind of a serial killer could prove more deadly than Theo ever could have imagined.
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Lola on Fire
by Rio Youers
Blackmailed by a witness after robbing a convenience store, desperate Brody is forced to commit a burglary before realizing he is now caught up in a deadly dispute between the notorious mobster Jimmy Latzo and a notorious enforcer named Lola Bear. Running is his only chance.
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Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop
by Darci Hannah
With her Memorial Day opening marred by a protest group and the murder of her ex-fiance’s girlfriend, Lindsey must save her business and herself when she is named the prime suspect. Beacon Bookshop Mystery series.
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Murder on the Metro
by Jon Land
Quietly informed by a Secret Service agent that the recently deceased Vice President may have been murdered, international investigator Robert Brixton uncovers disturbing clues that suggest that the victim and the President had been having an affair. Capital Crimes Mystery series.
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Murder With a View
by Diane Kelly
A dream property. A living nightmare. In Nashville, the real estate market is to die for… House-Flipper Mystery series.
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Nighthawking
by Russ Thomas
You are a trespasser. You are a thief. You are a Nighthawker. When a nighthawker on the hunt for antiquities instead uncovers the body of a foreign student, Detective Adam Tyler is pulled into a serpentine mystery of dangerous secrets, precious finds, and illegal dealings. Sequel to Firewatching.
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Smoke
by Joe Ide
Going into hiding in a small California town, unlicensed detective Isaiah confronts a desperate man on the trail of a serial killer, while Dodson accepts a cutthroat advertising internship in his effort to go straight. IQ series.
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Summer of Secrets
by Cora Harrison
August, 1856. Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens are spending the summer at Knebworth House, where they are putting on a charity performance of The Lady of Lyon. But the dress rehearsal is disrupted by the discovery of a body lying in the centre of the stage, shot to death. And the two writer-sleuths feel compelled to investigate. Gaslight Mystery series.
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