Mystery

Before She Disappeared: A Novel (A Frankie Elkin Novel #1) (Paperback)

By Lisa Gardner

$17.00

ISBN: 9781524745073

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Published: Dutton - June 1st, 2021

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Lisa Gardner writes fantastic Boston-based mysteries. Her latest series features Frankie Elkins, a recovering alcoholic with a talent for finding missing people, who takes on cases whether the police want her help or not.

Sarah

Gideon Green in Black and White (Hardcover)

By Katie Henry

$18.99

ISBN: 9780062955739

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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - May 17th, 2022

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Gideon's noir-inspired detective career ended ignominiously in middle school, but now his investigative skills -- and the lure of the editor-in-chief -- have found him a new home on the high school newspaper.

Sarah

The Chandelier (Paperback)

By Clarice Lispector, Magdalena Edwards (Translated by), Benjamin Moser (Translated by)

$16.95

ISBN: 9780811228718

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Published: New Directions - May 28th, 2019

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Lispector is unique in the way she is able to distill a single moment, parsing the experience of what it’s like to have a human brain, overthinking. Her second novel stands as a brilliant meditation on conscious thought from the writer known as “Brazil’s Virginia Woolf.”

Rachael

The Guest List: A Novel (Paperback)

By Lucy Foley

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062868947

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - August 3rd, 2021

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A remote island and a luxe wedding that no one really wants to be at form the backdrop of this clever Agatha Christie–like whodunit that will keep you guessing from start to finish. A tricky web of secrets will propel you through this page-turner—whose body was found on the island, and how did it get there? You won't be able to stop reading until you find out.

April

Fadeout (A Dave Brandstetter Mystery #1) (Paperback)

By Joseph Hansen, Michael Nava (Foreword by)

$15.00

ISBN: 9781681990460

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Published: Soho Syndicate - January 11th, 2022

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A reissued 1960s detective novel with a solid mid-century vibe, starring a gay insurance investigator. It's a good mystery (the insurance company won't pay out if there's no body!) and a portrait of a long-past era, written by a gay author who's been mostly forgotten until now.

Sarah

The Vanished Days (The Scottish series) (Paperback)

By Susanna Kearsley

$16.99

ISBN: 9781492650164

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Published: Sourcebooks Landmark - October 5th, 2021

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A gorgeously detailed and fast-paced historical mystery-plus-romance brings 18th-century Scotland to life, with a narrative twist that sent me back to the first page to solve the puzzle a second time.

Sarah

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel (The Finlay Donovan Series #1) (Hardcover)

By Elle Cosimano

$26.99

ISBN: 9781250241702

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Published: Minotaur Books - February 2nd, 2021

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When struggling mystery writer Finlay Donovan is overheard discussing her new novel with her agent over lunch, she's mistaken for a contract killer and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. When the target actually ends up dead (and not by Finlay's doing!) she discovers that real life crime is a lot more complicated than its fictional counterpart. This book is very funny and painfully relatable (and the audiobook is great!).

Rebecca

Magpie Murders: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Horowitz

$18.00

ISBN: 9780062645234

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Published: Harper Perennial - March 27th, 2018

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Anthony Horowitz, the bestselling author of the Alex Rider Series, as well as The House of Silk and Moriarty, has created a brilliantly constructed mystery within a mystery.  Rich in detail with thought-provoking and unexpected plot twists, the novel is filled with a cast of characters that would make Agatha Christie proud.

Nathan

The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery (Detective Club Crime Classics) (Paperback)

By Rudolph Fisher, Stanley Ellin (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 9780008216474

Published: Collins Crime Club - January 7th, 2021

 

Both smart and clever, this rich and entertaining mystery is an unjustly overlooked classic. Set in Harlem in the 1920s, and inspired by Golden Age of Mystery authors like Dorothy Sayers & Agatha Christie, The Conjure-Man Dies plays with mistaken identity, the person you least expect, locked rooms, and other tropes of the mystery genre.  A real tragedy we only got one Perry Dart & John Archer novel.

Josh

When a Stranger Comes to Town (Hardcover)

By Michael Koryta

$27.99

ISBN: 9781335141477

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Published: Hanover Square Press - April 20th, 2021

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A great collection of crime stories that all start from the classic premise and explore the many ways strangers can change everything.

Sarah