Contemporary
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Many thanks to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. people have been trashing the Holbrook name for generations, and I’ve never once cared. But now that the Holbrook family chowder recipe has been dragged into it, well, that’s sacred. Book 1 in the Downeast Maine Mystery series, introducing Halibut Cove, a small fishing village…
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Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for this ARC. Neeti stood back and looked around at her neighbors, realizing that she just might be looking at a murderer. Forced into early retirement from her job as a librarian, Neeti Shah is wondering what to do with her life, when one of her neighbours,…
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The killer vanished into the night, leaving behind a scene of panic and a trail of carefully placed breadcrumbs. The game escalated. Book 1 in the Jack Karver series. Jack Karver is a former NYPD detective. Still troubled by his past which includes a gunshot wound and a lawsuit against his own department, Jack hides…
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Night falls. A full moon ripens in the black expanse amid a dusting of cold stars. Autumn Springs is quiet as a graveyard. Rose DuBois is enjoying her autonomy, keeping herself busy in her retirement and keeping her friend Miller at arm’s length whenever he tries to move beyond friendship and into dating territory. But…
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“Malinee told me about you.” Her gaze was guarded. “The detective,” she said, making it sound like an eccentric hobby. Many thanks to Joffe Books at www.joffebooks.com and NetGalley for providing this ARC. When an antiques dealer falls to his death from his balcony, British Indian translator and private investigator Vijay Mistry can’t help jumping…
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Hidden behind my sunglasses, I take in the people around me. I like the anonymity of the city: no faux pleasantries to exchange, minimal eye contact. I am a predator mingling with my prey, and they have no idea. Something is going on in Philadelphia. Five men who all had criminal backgrounds have been found…
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Sherry Pinkwhistle woke up to the deep silence of snowfall, cozily ensconced in the warmth of her bed and the knowledge that she had just solved another murder. Sherry Pinkwhistle works as a librarian in Winesap, New York. A quaint little village with a surprisingly high murder rate, and a local sheriff who hates interference…
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Spelled a variety of different ways, including bogeyman, bogyman, and bogieman, the Boogeyman is a mythical creature most commonly used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. After graduating from college, horror writer Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown to focus on his fledgling career, only to find the whole town enveloped in its…
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“No, no, no. You’re wrong, Rishard. The lawyer left that note with the bartender as a clue,” says April. A single mother in her 40s. A four-time divorcee who always wears Hawaiian shirts and crocs. A beautician who loves gossiping. A retired school principal and a cantankerous Vietnam War vet. These are the members of…
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Book 1 in the Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery series Eva Stuart runs the Keys Bed and Breakfast in Florida Keys and hosts a book club called the Murder Mystery Book Club or MMBC for short. As most mystery book lovers, she sometimes dreams about how it would be to solve a real-life…