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How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin
A fortune teller at a 1965 English country fair tells Frances Adams she'll be murdered, causing her to obsess over her death. Decades later, it finally happens, and Frances' great niece, 25-year-old mystery writer Annie, must find the killer in order to inherit Frances' estate. This dual timeline mystery offers an intriguing plot and delightful characters. Read-alikes: Emily Critchley's One Puzzling Afternoon; Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
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A Wallflower's Guide to Viscounts and Vice
by Manda Collins
"Miss Lucy Penhallow has endured enough London seasons to know that she is never going to "take". But no amount of persuasion on her part will convince her mother to give up her quest to find Lucy a husband and allow her eldest daughter to do what she really wants--devote her time to running the Mischief and Mayhem Book Club, where members read the latest crime books. Under the weight of inheriting his father's title three years ago, Viscount Will Chandler has transformed from the fun loving man he was in his youth to the kind of curmudgeon he once would have ridiculed. With a troublesome mother to and a younger sister he needs to shepherd through the marriage mart, Will is in search of a wife who will take some of the burden of handling his female relatives off his shoulders. When Lucy and Will are accidentally locked in the library at the season's most well attended ball, they witness an attempted murder. In the aftermath, Lucy is forced into a hasty marriage with his disagreeable lordship and becomes the target of a ruthless killer. As she and Will learn how to navigate the treacherous waters of their new marriage, Lucy--with reluctant assistance from her new husband--uses the lessons she's picked up from reading detective novels to search for a killer. As they inch ever closer to learning the murderer's identity, Will and Lucy find themselves growing closer to something like love. Can they capture a killer without risking the fragile love they've only just found?"
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| The House at Devil's Neck by Tom MeadIn 1939 England, sleuth and magician Joseph Spector travels with a group to an allegedly haunted house on a lonely island, where a storm isolates them and a murder occurs. Meanwhile, police inspector George Flint investigates an apparent suicide in London that mirrors an old crime in this twisty, atmospheric 4th outing in the acclaimed Spector series. For fans of: Golden Age mysteries; locked-room mysteries like those by John Dickson Carr. |
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| Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue by Spencer QuinnAfter winning a senior tennis competition, 71-year-old Floridian Loretta Plansky drives her doubles partner home, arriving just in time to see his yacht explode. He claims it was lightning, but Loretta isn’t sure, so when he disappears and she learns her estranged son might somehow be involved, she investigates in her fun 2nd outing. Try this next: Rachel Ekstrom-Courage’s Murder by Cheesecake. |
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Boom Town
by Nic Stone
When a dancer goes missing from Boom Town, Lyriq risks everything to uncover the truth, plunging into Atlanta's underworld to expose the secrets behind two disappearances that may be more connected than anyone dares to admit.
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Fallen Star
by Lee Goldberg
When a body tied to a political scandal surfaces and a deadly crash hits close to home, Detective Eve Ronin and her partner face a spiraling case of betrayal and murder, in the sixth book of the series following Dreamtown.
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| The Librarians by Sherry ThomasThe lives of four Austin, Texas, librarians are altered after their library’s murder-mystery board game night results in an actual murder. Since they each have secrets, the co-workers team up to uncover the killer before the cops do in this leisurely paced latest by the author of the popular Lady Sherlock historical mysteries. For fans of: work-centric mysteries; Robert Thorogood. |
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The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club
by Gloria Chao
When three scorned women find their cheating ex-boyfriend murdered just after plotting revenge, they must dodge suspicion, deceive a persistent detective, and uncover which of his many enemies wanted him dead before they're blamed for the crime themselves.
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