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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
A young girl's detective journey to solve a murder mystery in a picturesque English village.
As the novel opens, Flavia Sabina de Luce schemes revenge against her two older sisters, Ophelia (17) and Daphne (13), who have locked her inside a closet in Buckshaw, the family's country manor home ... (Wikipedia)
The Spellmans Strike Again
by Lisa Lutz
Family of private investigators take on mysterious cases and uncover hilarious secrets.
In Document #4 of the Edgar-nominated series detailing an outrageously funny family of detectives, former wild child and private investigator Izzy Spellman finally agrees to take over the family ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
An uplifting story of a race car driver and the bond between humans and animals.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by ... (Goodreads)
Three Bags Full
by Leonie Swann
A flock of sheep investigates the murder of their shepherd, using their own unique perspective to solve the crime.
In the Irish village of Glenkill, George Glenn is a shepherd who is a loner, estranged from his wife, and is fond only of his sheep. Every day, after he lets them out to graze, he reads to them from ... (Wikipedia)
The Language of Bees
by Laurie R. King
Detective story of a British nobleman's investigation into the murder of Sherlock Holmes.
Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England , in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes's farm has ... (Wikipedia)
A Dog's Purpose
by W. Bruce Cameron
A dog's journey to discovering its true purpose, through multiple lifetimes and owners.
The narrator first starts out as a feral Beagle / German Shepherd / terrier mix puppy. A few weeks later, after being nursed by their mother, a feral as well, the dog and his siblings Fast, Sister, ... (Wikipedia)
Suspect
by Robert Crais
Private investigator must solve a murder case while uncovering a larger criminal conspiracy.
LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready ... (Goodreads)
Revenge of the Spellmans
by Lisa Lutz
A private investigator family must protect its secrets while solving a mystery.
YOU THOUGHT YOUR LIFE WAS COMPLICATED Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the couch – in court-ordered therapy after getting a little too close to her previous ... (Goodreads)
The Face of a Stranger
by Anne Perry
A gripping mystery surrounding the identity of a murdered man and the secrets that lie beneath.
His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he ... (Goodreads)
The Private Patient
by P.D. James
A gripping crime-mystery of murder and secrets, set in a rural English village.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing home for rich patients being treated by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. A welcome ... (Goodreads)
Breakfast with Buddha
by Roland Merullo
A man's spiritual journey in the company of a wise monk.
The entire story is narrated in first person by Otto Ringling. Otto is a 44-year-old American who lives in a suburb of New York City and is a senior editor at a Manhattan publishing house which ... (Wikipedia)
Curse of the Spellmans
by Lisa Lutz
A quirky family of private investigators grapple with secrets, lies, and curses while solving a mysterious case.
THEY'RE BAAAAACK. Their first caper,, The Spellman Files, was a, New York Times, bestseller and earned comparisons to the books of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich. Now the Spellmans, a highly ... (Goodreads)
Wicked Business
by Janet Evanovich
Lizzy and Diesel team up to find a powerful relic before it falls into the wrong hands. Fast-paced adventure with a touch of romance.
Whether it’s monkey business, funny business or getting down to business, Janet Evanovich's Lizzy and Diesel series proves that there's no business like, Wicked Business, Lizzy Tucker's once normal ... (Goodreads)
Spider Woman's Daughter
by Anne Hillerman
Navajo Nation Police Officer investigates a mysterious death in the high desert of Arizona.
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is retired from the Navajo Tribal Police , and living with anthropologist Louisa Bourebonette. Now a freelance investigator, he retains use of the department's computer ... (Wikipedia)
Poirot Investigates
by Agatha Christie
Detective Hercule Poirot solves mysteries using his "little grey cells" of logic and reasoning.
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat...a suspicious death in a locked gun room... a ... (Goodreads)
One Corpse Too Many
by Ellis Peters
A medieval monk sets out to reveal the truth behind a suspicious death in a remote Welsh village.
In August 1138, King Stephen is besieging rebels now loyal to Empress Matilda in Shrewsbury Castle. Brother Cadfael welcomes the assistance of young Godric, brought to the Abbey by his aunt. Cadfael ... (Wikipedia)
Lord Peter Views the Body
by Dorothy L. Sayers
A collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey solving various murder mysteries with his wit and intelligence.
In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures. Lord Peter views ... (Goodreads)
The Dark Monk
by Oliver Pötzsch
A thrilling murder mystery set in 17th century Bavaria.
1660: Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer and servant is indoors on the night a parish priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps ... (Goodreads)
Bruno, Chief of Police
by Martin Walker
A small-town police chief investigates a murder that leads him to uncover dark secrets of the town's past.
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno – as he is ... (Goodreads)
South of Broad
by Pat Conroy
A group of friends navigate life in Charleston, South Carolina, through love, loss, and tragedy.
The story is divided into five parts. Part one focuses on introducing the reader to Leopold Bloom King (Leo), his family, and his set of friends who he meets on a fateful Bloomsday (June 16, 1969). ... (Wikipedia)
The Chaperone
by Laura Moriarty
A woman's journey of self-discovery while escorting a young dancer to New York City.
The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922 and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a ... (Goodreads)
The Game
by Laurie R. King
A murder mystery set in the world of Victorian England, involving a young detective and her companion.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are visited by Sherlock's gravely ill brother, Mycroft, who has an intriguing case for them. Mycroft, who has connections in the highest levels of the government, has ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager
A young artist returns to the summer camp where her friends disappeared years ago, only to find herself caught in a web of lies and secrets.
Fifteen years ago, summer camper Emma Davis watched sleepily as her three cabin mates snuck out of their cabin in the dead of night. The last she–and anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin ... (Goodreads)
Gone, Baby, Gone
by Dennis Lehane
Private detectives search for a missing four-year-old girl in an urban environment.
Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find four-year-old Amanda McCready, abducted from her bed on a warm, summer night. They meet her stoned-out, strangely ... (Goodreads)
A Delicate Truth
by John le Carré
A covert counter-terrorist operation goes wrong, leading to a cover-up that threatens to expose the truth.
In 2008, Toby Bell, the Private Secretary to junior Foreign Office minister Fergus Quinn, becomes suspicious of his superior's behavior following a meeting with businessman Jay Crispin—founder of the ... (Wikipedia)
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey
An elderly woman's struggle with dementia, as she desperately searches for her missing friend.
Maud, a grandmother in her 80s living with Alzheimer's disease , relies on sticky notes to get through the day as her memory slowly deteriorates. One day her best friend, another elderly woman named ... (Wikipedia)
Fool
by Christopher Moore
A bawdy and whimsical take on the classic tale of King Lear and the madness that ensues.
Pocket is the royal fool at the court of King Lear of Britain. To prevent Lear from marrying off his daughter Cordelia, a girl Pocket is especially fond of, he schemes with Edmund of Gloucester. ... (Wikipedia)
Explosive Eighteen
by Janet Evanovich
Amateur detective Stephanie Plum navigates a series of dangerous cases with her quirky sidekicks.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich.,, B,efore Stephanie can even step foot ... (Goodreads)
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
A 12th-century monk and his quest to uncover the truth behind a cult's mysterious relic.
In May 1137, Prior Robert of Shrewsbury Abbey is determined that the Abbey must have the relics of a saint. Finding no suitable local saint, Robert finds one in nearby Wales. Brother Cadfael has two ... (Wikipedia)
Evil Under the Sun
by Agatha Christie
Detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder on a resort island, uncovering secrets and lies.
Hercule Poirot takes a quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon. He finds that the other hotel guests include: Arlena Marshall, her husband Kenneth, and her step-daughter Linda; Horace Blatt; Major ... (Wikipedia)
