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Memoir of an Innocent Brat by Aaron Wang

Bracing, darkly funny, and deeply felt. In Wang’s blistering debut, a queer millennial’s search for freedom spirals into chaos, fame, and a murder charge. When Pete Chan, a self-aware and pop-savvy Chinese American in his late twenties, impulsively quits his…
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Night Ghost by Nick C. Brady

Engrossing and entertaining… Brady’s latest follows the misadventures of a curious group of junior high school friends, who find themselves entrapped in a dangerous conspiracy where spooky ghosts and vengeful monsters become almost real. For the junior high school friends…
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Cake Popped Off (Cupcake Catering Mystery Book 2) by Kim Davis

A delightful, enchanting whodunit… In her second installment for the Cupcake Catering Mysteries, Davis throws in the mouth-watering descriptions of food galore, some well-placed red herrings, and a thoroughly intriguing murder mystery to create a delicious whodunit. The family feud…
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Requiem For Thursday: A Supernatural Mystery (Requiem Series Book 1) by Douglas Cockell

A knockout… Cockell’s latest brilliantly integrates psychological depth into a marvelous paranormal mystery plot. When Detective Eilert Weiss arrives at the legendary author A. L. Rouhl’s house to investigate his death, he finds the circumstances suspicious: the bullet is missing,…
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Blockbuster by Richard H. Smith

A knockout… Written in tune with the southern vibe of 70s Carolina, Smith’s engrossing mystery finds its young hero entangled in a murder investigation. Nate Burton is doing well as an assistant manager at a North Carolina movie theater, but…
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Dick Hartmann Series by Richard V Rupp

  A sophisticated and strikingly fresh crime thriller series… The excellent first two installments in Rupp’s crime series featuring the seasoned FBI agent Dick Hartmann, who heads up San Francisco’s Violent Crime Squad, finds him dealing with cunning killers who…
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One Last Move by Wes Snowden

A stellar mystery… Packed with skill and nuance, Snowden’s latest is a treat for serious mystery buffs. When Doctor Lawrence Rosewood’s best friend and business partner Ted Villeneuve committed suicide, the latter left a Pandora’s box of mess in his…
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Spent Identity (Annalisse Series #2) by Marlene M. Bell

  An ingenious mystery… a complete page-turner. This winning second installment in the Annalisse Series from Bell trails Annalisse Drury, 30-year-old antiquities expert who arrives at her childhood home and gets entangled into a murder investigation while her aunt goes…
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The Boy (Broussard and Fourcade #2) by Tami Hoag

A finely-constructed police procedural… Nick Fourcade, a detective with the Bayou Breaux, La., police department, is called to a crime scene to investigate the brutal murder of seven-year-old KJ Gauthier. His 27-year-old mother, Genevieve, who managed to escape the brutal…
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Sinner, Saint or Serpent by John Anthony Miller

A deliciously readable tale… Set in New Orleans in 1926, Miller’s engrossing historical featuring ‘Justice’ Harper finds the investigative journalist in the middle of a high-profile murder investigation along with three women suspects. Investigative reporter ‘Justice’ Harper finds himself as…
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The Ears of a Cat by Roderick Hart

An intrigue-filled, compelling read… The risk of overpopulation endangering the planet haunts Hart’s engrossing crime drama. For Catherine Cooper, Cindy Horváth, and Gina Saito, the members of Future World: an environmental organization determined to save planet from extinction, the solution…
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The Whisperer by Karin Fossum

  Deeply engrossing but not without flaws… An intriguing, in-depth character study of a social misfit who becomes the target of a series of threatening letters. A botched surgery leaves Ragna Riegel with a ragged scar on her neck and…
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A Max Stone Series (2 book series) by Robert Segulin

Everyday intrigues, sudden mishaps, and unsolved mysteries mark the two installments of this entertaining series… Segulin launches his sparkling new cozy mystery series with an endearing retiree as his main protagonist. The first book, The Residents: Murders by the Lake,…
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The Soul Searchers Mysteries series (2 books) by Caryn Larrinaga

A taut, suspenseful series with consistently fascinating installments… Definitely a page-turner! Larrinaga blends high suspense, tense mystery, a poignant account of finding friendships and loyalty, and a touching narrative to craft this hard-to-put-down paranormal mystery series. In the first book,…
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A Spell of Murder (A Lost Maidens Loch Mystery Book 1) by Kennedy Kerr

  A delightful cozy mystery… Kennedy Kerr takes the reader on a journey to a sleepy town in Scotland where the village witch helps police with the investigation of a murder in the first installment of A Lost Maidens Loch…
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Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery by Ellen Hart

  A solid mystery… Part-time Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless joins hands with her father, defense attorney Ray Lawless, after convicted killer Rashad May’s brother approaches Ray to get a retrial based on wrongful conviction. If a horde of suspects…
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A Legacy of Murder: A Kate Hamilton Mystery by Connie Berry

  An intriguing mystery… American antique dealer Kate Hamilton’s Christmas visit to her daughter Christine in a picturesque English village gets her entangled in an investigation of a theft of a precious stone and a chain of murders after Christine…
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Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace by Patricia Marcantonio

  A delightful Victorian mystery… Felicity Carrol, a wealthy British heiress, finds herself entangled in the case of Jack the Ripper’s vicious killings in United States after her close friend Scotland Yard Inspector Jackson Davis falls gravely ill and urges…
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Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

  A brilliant read… Set in the 1960s Baltimore, this stunning mystery follows the story of Madeline Schwartz, a Jewish housewife who decides to divorce her husband of eighteen years after realizing her desire to achieve something in life other…
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A Burning in The Darkness by A P McGrath

  Deeply moving, highly engrossing, this emotionally resonant tale will appeal to every book lover… Set in hustling London and war-torn Liberia, this poignant, deftly plotted crime story probes the conflicting concepts of forgiveness, revenge, faith, and redemption. Haunted by…