September 2019 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Blood in the Water
by Jack Flynn
Jack Flynn's Blood in the Water is an edge-of-the-seat ride in a roller coaster, action-packed thriller with international terrorism at its core and family at its heart.
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Buried in the Stacks
by Allison Brook
After Dorothy is murdered library ghost Evelyn implores Carrie the librarian to find her niece's killer. Carrie, Evelyn, and Smoky Joe the cat are on the case, but are the library cards stacked against them? Haunted Library Mystery series.
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The Chestnut Man
by Søren Sveistrup
A young single mother is found brutally murdered at her home in the suburbs--she's been tortured, and one hand has been cut off. Thulin and Hess, the detectives sent to investigate the crime, find a figure made of chestnuts hanging from a playhouse nearby. When yet another woman is murdered--this time with both hands cut off--and another chestnut figure is found, Thulin and Hess begin to suspect a connection to the brutal Hartung case.
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A Dangerous Engagement
by Ashley Weaver
As they travel by ship to New York for her friend’s wedding, Amory Ames is excited by the prospect of being a bridesmaid. But when a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the bride’s home, the happy plans take a darker twist. Amory Ames Mystery series.
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The Empty Birdcage
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
London, 1873. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, and Mycroft has been called to aid the Crown. While, Sherlock has already taken it upon himself to solve the case, as his interest in the criminal mind grows into an obsession. Mycroft and Sherlock series.
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Gallows Court
by Martin Edwards
London, 1930. Sooty, sulphurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this. A spate of violent deaths—the details too foul to print—has horrified the capital and the streets are deserted. But Rachel Savernake is no ordinary woman. To Scotland Yard's embarrassment, she solved the Chorus Girl Murder, and now she's on the trail of another killer.
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The Garden Club Murder
by Amy Patricia Meade
Caterer Tish Tarragon’s preparations for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered. Tish Tarragon Mystery series.
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The Godmother
by Hannelore Cayre
Meet Patience Portefeux, a fifty-three-year-old, underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps, Patience makes a life-altering decision: infiltrate a massive drug deal. She thus becomes "The Godmother".
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A Golden Grave
by Erin Lindsey
Rose Gallagher always dreamed of finding adventure, so her she's excited for her new life as a Pinkerton agent. She’s learning to shoot a gun, dance the waltz, and throw a man over her shoulder. Better still, she’s been recruited to the special branch, an elite unit dedicated to cases of a paranormal nature. Rose Gallagher Mystery series.
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Graveyard Bay
by Thomas Kies
The nude bodies of a corrupt judge and a Jane Doe are found under the icy, black waters at Groward Bay Marina, chained to the prongs of a mammoth fork lift. Journalist Geneva Chase investigates pill mills, crooked doctors, and a massive money laundering scheme in an attempt to identify the murdered woman and find the killer. Geneva Chase Mystery series.
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Ice Cold Heart
by P. J. Tracy
It's a bitter winter in Minnesota--too cold to kill. Then Detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are called to the gruesome homicide of Kelly Ramage. Tipped off about a murder that is a mirror-image of Kelly's crime scene, they enlist the aid of Grace MacBride and her tech genius partners in Monkeewrench Software to help them decipher the digital trail that might connect the cases. Monkeewrench series.
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Late Checkout
by Carol J. Perry
Lee Barrett steps up to the plate to catch the killer who took an old ballplayer out of the game... Witch City Mystery series.
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The Lies We Tell
by Debra Webb
Doctor Rowan Dupont knows a serial killer is coming for her. Julian Addington has been waiting. Watching. And it’s only a matter of time before he strikes. But what Julian doesn’t know is that Rowan is ready for him. And she wants answers. Undertaker's Daughter series.
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The Long Call
by Ann Cleeves
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father’s funeral takes place. Then a call comes in: a body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. Two Rivers series.
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A Means to an End
by Lissa Marie Redmond
The body of a young woman has been found in the same woods as a murder victim from one of detective Lauren Riley's most horrifying cases. Now Lauren is forced into a deadly game that she can't afford to lose. Cold Case Investigation series.
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Missing Person
by Sarah Lotz
Investigating a relative's mysterious flight from Ireland, reclusive bookseller Shaun Ryan teams up with a missing-persons expert and her network of obsessive cold-case enthusiasts to uncover the truth about a hate-inspired murder.
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The Nanny
by Gilly MacMillan
When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. When human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.
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The Vanished Bride
by Bella Ellis
In 1845 Yorkshire, a young wife and mother has gone missing from her home, leaving behind two small children and a large pool of blood, and it is up to the Bronte sisters to investigate. Bronte Mystery series.
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The Vanishing Man
by Philip Purser-Hallard
It is 1896, and Sherlock Holmes is investigating a self-proclaimed psychic who disappeared from a locked room, in front of several witnesses.
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