October 2020 list by Bonnie Bradford
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15 Minutes of Flame
by Christin Brecher
As Stella Wright’s Nantucket candle store thrives, her knack for solving mysteries burns equally bright—especially when a Halloween haunted house uncovers evidence of a centuries-old murder... Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery series.
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Before She Was Helen
by Caroline B. Cooney
Clemmie makes the irrevocable error of forwarding a picture of her neighbor's beautiful artwork. As the picture swirls over the internet, Clemmie tries desperately to keep a grip on her own personal network of secrets. Can fifty years of careful hiding under names not her own be ruined by one careless picture?
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The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
by Elsa Hart
Visiting a formidable science-book collector’s home in the hopes of identifying plant specimens, 18th-century herbalist Cecily Kay finds herself investigating her host’s untimely murder.
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Dead West
by Matt Goldman
Nils Shapiro accepts what appears to be an easy, lucrative job: find out if Beverly Mayer's grandson is foolishly throwing away his trust fund in Hollywood. However, that easy job becomes much more complicated once Nils arrives in LA. Nils Shapiro series.
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Death of a Wicked Witch
by Lee Hollis
When a local food truck owner dies tragically while catering a Halloween party, reporter Hayley Powell is fast on the case and finds herself caught between witnesses and witches as she tries to catch a killer. Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery series.
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A Desperate Place
by Jennifer Greer
Three separate homicides. Three unrelated victims. One grisly secret. A reporter for a local paper teams up with her medical-examiner best friend to investigate the murders of a number of disconnected victims. McKenna and Riggs series.
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Digging Up the Remains
by Julia Henry
A festive fall is in full swing in Goosebush, Massachusetts, but when a snoopy reporter is felled by foul play, it’s up to Lilly and her Garden Squad to spook out a killer... Garden Squad Mystery series.
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The Eighth Detective
by Alex Pavesi
There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. Grant McAllister, a mathematician, once sat down and worked all the rules out–and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But there are things in the stories that don’t add up. Inconsistencies left by Grant that may be clues...
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The Falcon Always Wings Twice
by Donna Andrews
When Meg's grandmother hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work. More exciting to Grandfather is the pair of rare falcons he discovers breeding at the fairgrounds. But when one of the actors performing at the fair is found dead―an actor suspected of mistreating one of the falcons―Grandfather is a prime suspect. Meg Langslow Mystery series.
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The First to Lie
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A young woman on an obsessive path to justice. An affluent daughter of privilege. A glamorous manipulative wannabe. A determined reporter, in too deep. A grieving widow. Who will be the first to lie? And when the stakes are life and death, do a few lies really matter?
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Gourd to Death
by Kirsten Weiss
When a fellow contestant in the best pumpkin pie contest is found crushed under an enormous pumpkin, Val Harris, the owner of Pie Town, must patch together clues to solve the murder. Pie Town Mystery series.
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Howloween Murder
by Laurien Berenson
When a tenured colleague is accused of poisoning her famous marshmallow puffs to murder an elderly neighbor, Melanie Travis finds her investigation challenged by the boisterous Halloween festivities at Howard Academy. Melanie Travis Mystery series.
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The Last Mrs. Summers
by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder... Royal Spyness Mystery series.
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The Less Dead
by Denise Mina
Navigating burnout and an unfaithful ex, Margo decides to reach out to her birth family. After discovering that her biological mother was murdered years earlier Margo is torn. Should she stay out of this mess, or try to find justice? But then Margo receives a letter. Someone out there has been waiting and watching...
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Murder in the East End
by Jennifer Ashley
When young Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding to bring the killer to justice. Below Stairs Mystery series.
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Peachy Scream
by Anna Gerard
To die, or not to die? Georgia B&B proprietor Nina Fleet turns amateur thespian to bring the curtain down on a Shakespearean actor's killer. Georgia B&B Mystery series.
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The Silence
by Luca Veste
We killed a stranger and covered it up. What happened that Saturday changed all of us. We promised to never tell anyone about the body we buried. But now the silence has been broken. And the killing has started again...
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The Woods
by Vanessa Savage
There's a lot from Tess's childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two girls who were murdered, their killer never found. But the only thing she can't remember is the one thing she wishes she could.
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