March 2018 list by Bonnie Bradford
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The Bags of Tricks Affair
by Bill Pronzini
A conman always has a bag of tricks, ready to fool the unsuspecting, and almost everyone is unsuspecting until they get taken. When that happens, they turn to Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services, to recover their money and what’s left of their dignity, and perhaps even to save their lives. Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series.
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The Bengal Identity
by Eileen Watkins
With no ID for his pet, an agitated young man shows up at Cassie's Comfy Cats claiming his house has burned down and he needs to board his big, brown cat, Ayesha. But after a bath washes dye out of the cat's coat and reveals beautiful spots, Cassie suspects the exotic-looking feline may in fact be a valuable Bengal show cat, possibly stolen. Cat Groomer Mystery series.
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A Brush with Shadows
by Anna Lee Huber
July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor. Though he has shared little with his wife, Lady Kiera Darby, about his past, she knows that he planned never to return to the place of unhappy childhood memories. But when an urgent letter from his grandfather arrives begging Gage to visit, Kiera convinces him to go: All is not well at Langstone Manor. Lady Darby Mystery series.
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Claws for Concern
by Miranda James
Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, are embroiled in a new mystery when a cold case suddenly heats up. Charlie has been enjoying some peace and quiet with his new grandson when a mysterious man with a connection to an unsolved murder starts visiting the library.... Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
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A Cold Day in Hell
by Lissa Marie Redmond
Lauren Riley is an accomplished detective who has always been on the opposite side of the courtroom from slick defense attorney Frank Violanti. But now he's begging to hire her to help clear his client of murder. At first Lauren refuses, wanting nothing to do with the media circus surrounding the case―until she meets the 18-year-old suspect. To keep an innocent teen from prison, Lauren must unravel the conflicting evidence and changing stories to get at the buried facts.
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The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover
by Susan Wittig Albert
When the post-Prohibition community of Darling is thrown into a turmoil by disappointments surrounding a Dixie barbershop competition and a breakdown in the local telephone system, sheriff Buddy Norris makes a huge discovery while confronting the county's most notorious bootlegger.
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Death and the Viking's Daughter
by Loretta Ross
Auctioneer Wren Morgan and her private eye fiancée Death (pronounced "Deeth") Bogart are ready to settle down together. But their sleuthing days are far from over. While Death and Wren are helping prepare auction items at a supper club, a Viking reenactor nearly dies at the historical settlement next door. The cause? Seeing the ghost of his daughter, who went missing twenty years ago. Auction Block Mystery series.
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Death of an Unsung Hero
by Tessa Arlen
In 1916, the world is at war and Lady Montfort has persuaded her husband to offer his family’s country house to the War Office as an auxiliary hospital for officers recovering from shell-shock. When one of the patients is found lying face down in the garden with his head bashed in, both Lady Montfort and her house-keeper, Mrs. Jackson. have every reason to fear their hospital will be closed. Once again the two women unite to discover who would have reason to murder a war hero suffering from amnesia. Lady Montfort Mystery series.
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The Gate Keeper
by Charles Todd
On a deserted road, late at night, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing over a body, launching an inquiry that leads him into the lair of a stealthy killer and the dangerous recesses of his own memories. Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery series.
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Lethal in Old Lace
by Duffy Brown
There are two social functions in Savannah guaranteed to get people talking: weddings and funerals. And just as shop owner Reagan Summerside agrees to marry Walker Boone, her neighbors, sisters Annie and Elsie, step up their business as professional mourners. They are so successful that the Sleepy Pines Retirement Center has hired them as a part of their retirement package. But the celebration over good business is cut short when the residents at Pines suddenly begin dying at an alarming rate. Consignment Shop Mystery series.
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Lethal Licorice
by Amanda Flower
Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job to take over her Amish grandparents’ candy shop. Now she plans to honor her grandfather’s memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition. But Bailey may have bitten off more than she can chew when the search for a missing pet pig turns up a body suffering from sugar overload—the fatal kind.... Amish Candy Shop Mystery series.
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Murder in Bloomsbury
by D. M. Quincy
Aristocratic adventurer Atlas Catesby has spent the last year trying to forget Lady Lilliana Warwick, but when she reappears in his life imploring him to help her solve a murder, Atlas feels compelled to say yes. Atlas Catesby Mystery series.
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No One Can Know
by Lucy Kerr
Three months. That’s how long ER nurse Frankie has agreed to stay in her sleepy hometown of Stillwater, helping her sister save the family store, and working a few shifts at the local hospital. When a pregnant car crash victim arrives at Stillwater General, Frankie and the team race to save both mother and child―but only the baby lives. Now there are rumors the accident was deliberate. Stillwater General Mystery series.
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Playing With Bonbon Fire
by Dorothy St. James
Chocoholic Charity Penn must smoke out the killer to stop her newly inherited beach-side chocolate shop from going up in flames. Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series.
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Rattle
by Fiona Cummins
On still nights, when the curve of a winter moon is smudged in the flow of the river, the dead clamor for him. And sometimes he coaxes the living to join them. To other people, his victims might be mere medical oddities. To him, they are fascinating specimens, worthy of display. Above all, he is a collector, eager for recognition even as he hides in the shadows.
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Under the Shadows
by Gwen Florio
Lola Wicks is in bad shape. A family tragedy has nearly flattened her in a way that her years reporting from war zones never did. Her friends hope that a freelance assignment will get her back on her feet. So Lola heads for Salt Lake City on a puff piece about overseas adoptions. But the story takes a dark turn when the teenager at the center of her story lands in jail facing a murder charge. Lola Wicks Mystery series.
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A Well-Timed Murder
by Tracee de Hahn
Swiss-American police officer Agnes Lüthi is on leave in Switzerland, recovering from injuries she sustained in her last case, when an old colleague invites her to the world’s premier watch and jewelry trade show. Little does Agnes know, another friend of hers, Julien, is at the same trade show―and he’s looking for Agnes. Reluctantly, Agnes agrees to investigate expert watchmaker Guy Chavanon's death for Julien. Agnes Lüthi Mysteries series.
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The Woman in the Water
by Charles Finch
London, 1850: A young Charles Lenox struggles to make a name for himself as a detective…without a single case. Scotland Yard refuses to take him seriously and his friends deride him for attempting a profession at all. But when an anonymous writer sends a letter to the paper claiming to have committed the perfect crime―and promising to kill again―Lenox is convinced that this is his chance to prove himself. Charles Lenox Mysteries series.
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