Mystery
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THE AMBER WAVES OF AUTUMN – edited by David M. Olsen
Beach noir stories. Beach. Noir. Fiction. I can’t help but be amazed at how specific the theme for this book is. Yet of course it was appealing enough that I chose to read it. Like nearly every anthology I’ve ever read, there were a few stories that I especially liked, a story or two that Continue reading
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THE NINJA DAUGHTER – Tori Eldridge
Lily Wong, of Chinese and Norwegian ancestry, is a modern day ninja, having trained in a variety of martial arts. After her sister was raped and murdered, Lily dedicated herself to protecting women to the best of her ability. Whether fighting members of the Ukrainian mob or taking on sex traffickers, Lily has the skill Continue reading
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MY FATHER ALWAYS FINDS CORPSES – Lee Hollis
Jarrod Jarvis is a former child television star in Hollywood. Now he lives in Palm Springs where he writes and directs for the local community theatre. Every day Jarrod quietly mourns the loss of his partner, a former police detective, Charlie. Jarrod tries to maintain a positive outlook, especially for his adult daughter, Liv. Liv Continue reading
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A LESSON IN DYING – Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves has written the books from which some of my favorite BritBox TV shows are based. Shetland (based on the Shetland Island series) has been fantastic and Vera (from the Vera Stanhope series) is a must-watch for mystery/police procedural fans. When I saw this book, the first book in a different series, being offered up as an ARC Continue reading
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WATERS OF DESTRUCTION – Leslie Karst
Valerie Corbin is a retired caterer and after a beautiful vacation in Hilo Hawai’i with her wife Kristen, the couple have decided to move to the 50th state permanently. Some of the fun in the move is getting to know their new neighborhood and they’ve become good friends with local restaurant manager, Sachiko, and her Continue reading
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MIDNIGHT STREETS – Phil Lecomber
It is 1929 and the Cockney private detective George Harley saves a young girl’s life. The act begins an investigation that brings Harley to such disturbing places he could never have imagined. A series of grisly murders against children are occurring in Harley’s part of town. Scotland Yard has asked Harley to keep them informed and Continue reading
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O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC – A.G. Russo
When the older O’Shaughnessy brothers went off to war, they left their sister, Maeve, in charge of their private detective business. When the brothers saw a poor Italian kid getting picked on in boot camp and was likely not going to make it home alive without a little help, they reached out to the kid’s Continue reading
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KAUA’I STORM – Tori Eldridge
Makalani Pahukula is a park ranger in Oregon, but she’s returned to the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i to celebrate her grandmother’s birthday. But Makalani has been gone for ten years and she’s now realizing that she has a deep disconnect with her family, her home, and her ‘people’. She arrives to find a lot of in-fighting Continue reading
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THE VILLAGE LIBRARY DEMON-HUNTING SOCIETY – C.M. Waggoner
Sherry Pinkwhistle is the village librarian. She’s also become the local, amateur detective, solving a number of murders. But the number of murders happening in her small New England town, is disturbing to her. Nobody else in town seems to think it’s out of the ordinary but Sherry is convinced there’s something supernatural afoot. But Continue reading
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GAUDI AFTERNOON – Barbara Wilson
Cassandra Reilly works as a translator. She’s an American, living in London, when a friend (of a friend), Frankie Stevens, calls and asks for her help. The friend (of a friend) needs someone who is fluent in Spanish to accompany them to Barcelona to locate her missing husband, Ben. Cassandra sees this is an easy Continue reading
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THIS IS WHY WE LIED – Karin Slaughter
Will and Sara Trent are a newly married couple off to a cabin resort in the wilderness for their honeymoon. With all intentions of leaving their work behind (Will is an agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Sara is a medical examiner), they arrive at the resort with assumed histories. The resort is Continue reading
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SINS OF THE FATHER – Caroline Fardig
Ellie Matthews is a criminologist, teaching at a local college and consulting with the FBI and local police. She has had a very tough early life (which perhaps prompted her interest in criminology) but things have finally started to go well for her. But her comfort is disrupted when, while at the college, she is Continue reading
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