Mystery

  • Book 1 in the A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery series Summer of 1953. Elizabeth’s mother Olivia is a retired Broadway and Hollywood dancer. When her third husband emptied her bank accounts, she was left with nothing but the Haggerman’s Catskills Resort and called Elizabeth to help her run the place. And by “help” she means…

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  • Book 1 in the Thursday Murder Club series. On the surface Cooper’s Chase is a peaceful and sleepy luxury retirement village full of idling senior citizens, set in the tranquil surroundings of a former convent for nuns. But when a murder occurs nearby, the Thursday Murder Club springs into action, and the local police officers…

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  • Book 1 in the Ådalen series. Written in Swedish by Tove Alsterdal and translated into English by Alice Menzies When an old man is found dead in his home, a 23 year old murder case is brought back into the light. The dead man’s son, Olof, was convicted of the rape and murder of teenage…

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  • My Men by Victoria Kielland

    The creation of a serial killer is described in a strangely poetic fashion in My Men, written in Norwegian by Victoria Kielland and translated into English by Damion Searls. When the young Brynhilde is forsaken by her lover, she embarks on a journey from her homeland of Norway to America, hoping to find a new…

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  • Summer themed thrillers

    The Summer Party by Rebecca Heath is a mystery/thriller set on the coast of South Australia. The Dry by Jane Harper takes place in Australia in a small farming town suffering under the drought. The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager features a summer camp where girls go missing. A Flicker in the Dark…

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  • Book 1 in The Vacation Mysteries series. Elanor Dash is trying to kill her ex. In her book series, that is. Like Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, Elanor is stuck with a highly sucessful book series and a main character she has grown tired off. But unlike Agatha Christie, Elanor has to deal with the…

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  • These five Agatha Christie books are perfect for the summer. In The Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are in France, dealing with the murder of a man who has been found dead in a newly dug grave next to a golf course. In Dead Man’s Folly, Ariadne Oliver calls in Hercule…

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  • Book 1 in the Finlay Donovan series. Finlay Donovan is broke and way behind on her next romantic suspense novel, her rich ex husband wants their children to come live with him and his annoyingly perfect fiance, her nanny quit and her car could break down any minute. After a meeting with her agent discussing…

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  • Book 1 in the Malabar House series. Malabar House is the name of a police station in Bombay housing the undesired and failed members of the police force not trusted to be placed anywhere else. It is also the station where Persis Wadia is assigned. As India’s first and only female police officer, there are…

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  • Book 1 in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney series. Mr. and Mrs. Knightley have invited a house full of guests for a month long summer party at their home of Donwell Abbey. But the festive spirit is soon shattered by the arrival of the hated Mr. Wickham. When he is found dead, it is…

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