Readers Club Challenge 
 
August 2022

Bayou book thief
by Ellen Byron

After her husbands accidental death attempting an internet stunt, Ricki lands a job in New Orleans Garden District finding c and collecting vintage cookbooks in the first novel of a new series from the author of the Catering Hall Mysteries. Original.
The recovery agent
by Janet Evanovich

The latest Gabriella Rose novel from the #1 New York Times best-selling author. 500,000 first printing.
Before she disappeared : a novel
by Lisa Gardner

Investigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, Frankie Elkin navigates resident and police resistance as well as the challenges of her own sobriety before risking her life to uncover the truth. Simultaneous. Tour.
The violin conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb

When, right before the cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition the Olympics of classical music, his priceless Stradivarius is stolen, with a ransom note for five million dollars in its place, Ray McMillian must piece together the clues to reclaim the violin before its too late.
The dark hours
by Michael Connelly

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard, investigating a New Year's Eve murder along with an unsolved murder, teams up Detective Harry Bosch once again when their two cases--one old and one new--intersect, while an undetected killer watches their every move
The book of cold cases
by Simone St. James

When Shea Collins, who runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases, gets a chance to interview Beth Greer, an infamous woman acquitted of two cold case slayings, she senses something isnt right and wonders if she is in the presence of a manipulative murderer.
The last thing he told me : a novel
by Laura Dave

After her husband disappears, Hannah Hall quickly realizes he isnt who he said he was and that his 16-year-old daughter, who wants nothing to do with her, may hold the key to figuring out his true identity. 200,000 first printing.
The night she disappeared : a novel
by Lisa Jewell

One year after a young woman and her boyfriend disappear on a massive country estate, a writer stumbles upon a mysterious note that could be the key to finding out what happened to the missing young couple
The maid : a novel
by Nita Prose

When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel.
Reckoning : an FBI thriller
by Catherine Coulter

Agent Savich is called in to help a commonwealth attorney put the big-time criminal responsible for her parents deaths behind bars, while Agent Sherlock is assigned to protect a 12-year-old piano prodigyand granddaughter of a powerful crime boss from would-be kidnappers. 200,000 first printing.
The murder of Mr. Wickham
by Claudia Gray

Featuring Jane Austens leading literary characters, this mystery follows two young guests at a house party where they attempt to solve the murder of Mr. Wickham, a con-artist with a slew of enemies, before the wrong person hangs for the crime. Original.
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