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• The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily

  Albert, Susan Wittig,

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  Spring 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR; but there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie Dickens.

• One Good Deed

  Baldacci, David,

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  The best-selling author of The Fallen and The Fix presents a latest thriller introducing straight-talking World War II veteran and recent prison inmate, Aloysius Archer.

• The Venice Sketchbook

  a Novel

  Bowen, Rhys,

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  When her beloved great aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys and a final whisper, “Venice”, Caroline Grant, arriving in the city where her aunt had lived during WWII, discovers a story that leads her on her own journey of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Lies in a Small Town

  Chamberlain, Diane, 1950-

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  Imprisoned for a crime she did not commit, an artist is offered a chance to complete her remaining time by restoring a post office mural in a sleepy Southern town where another artist confronted violent prejudice decades earlier.

• Nothing More Dangerous

  a Novel

  Eskens, Allen, 1963-

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  A high school boy growing up in the Ozark hills rethinks his understanding of the world, race and class when he befriends a black family that moves in across the street.

• An Extravagant Death

  Finch, Charles (Charles B.),

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  Charles Lenox travels to the New York and Newport of the dawning Gilded Age to investigate the death of a beautiful socialite.

• What the Devil Knows

  a Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

  Harris, C. S.,

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  Investigating the suspicious murder of a lead investigator, Sebastian St. Cyr uncovers clues that suggest that the wrong man was arrested for a serial murder case three years earlier.

• The Unwilling

  Hart, John, 1965-

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  The younger brother of a wrongly implicated Vietnam veteran and ex-con races to uncover the truth about a young woman’s murder and the brutal realities of war that shaped his brother’s darker nature.

• Metropolis

  a Bernie Gunther Novel

  Kerr, Philip,

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  A Bernie Gunther origin story is set during his first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad and finds a twentysomething Bernie investigating a particularly violent wave of murders targeting the city's vulnerable prostitutes and homeless veterans.

• Riviera Gold

  a Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

  King, Laurie R.,

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  Visiting the French Riviera in the summer of 1925, Russell and Holmes are embroiled in a mystery shaped by the traditional pleasures of Monte Carlo and the modern delights of the Jazz Age.

• The Night Gate

  May, Peter, 1951-

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  In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house.

• Blood Grove

  Mosley, Walter,

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  Unlicensed private investigator-turned-hardboiled detective Easy Rawlins navigates sex clubs, the mafia and dangerous friends when he reluctantly accepts the racially charged case of a traumatized Vietnam War veteran in late-1960s Los…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death With a Double Edge

  Perry, Anne,

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  Joining forces with Toby Kitteridge to investigate the murder of a senior barrister, Daniel Pitt follows leads through London's teeming underworld, before hostile adversaries begin targeting his loved ones.

• The Rose Code

  a Novel

  Quinn, Kate,

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  Joining the elite Bletchley Park codebreaking team during World War II, three women from very different walks of life uncover a spy's dangerous agenda against a backdrop of the royal wedding of Elizabeth and Philip.

• An Unexpected Peril

  Raybourn, Deanna,

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  Assembling a memorial exhibit for a famed mountaineer, newest Curiosity Club member Veronica Speedwell discovers evidence that the late climber may have been murdered.

• Tombland

  Sansom, C. J.,

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  When a distant relative of Princess Elizabeth is found dead, Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate the murder, which may have connections reaching to a peasant rebellion sweeping the country.

• Dance With Death

  Thomas, Will, 1958-

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  When an attempt on the life of a future Nicholas II occurs at a British royal wedding, private enquiry agents Barker and Llewelyn consult with an assassin from Llewelyn's past before uncovering a killer's dangerous political agenda.

• A Fatal Lie

  Todd, Charles,

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  Dispatched from London to investigate the discovery of an unidentified body in a peaceful Welsh village, Ian Rutledge uncovers a tangle of deception involving a child's tragic fate and a woman bent on hiding the past.

• The Book of Lost Friends

  a Novel

  Wingate, Lisa,

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  A modern-day teacher discovers the story of three Reconstruction-era women and how it connects to her own students’ lives.

• The Consequences of Fear

  a Maisie Dobbs Novel

  Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-

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  October, 1941: Entreated by a witness nobody believes to investigate a murder, Maisie Dobbs uncovers a conspiracy with devastating implications for Britain's war effort during the Nazi occupation of France.