Category: Mystery

Gathering Prey by John Sandford

Publication Date: October 22, 2015

 

Gathering Prey by John SandfordIn Gathering Prey by John Sandford, Letty, adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, gets a call from a woman that considers herself a Traveler. Travelers are young people that roam the states peacefully. The woman’s fellow Travelers have started dying and she suspects foul play and is frightened she might be next. Letty insists on going to get her friend. Lucas is sure that there is nothing to the woman’s fear but insists on going with his daughter to protect her. What he finds is what they never expected.

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The Grave Man (A Sam Prichard Mystery) by David Archer

Publication Date: August 26, 2015

 

The Grave Man (A Sam Prichard Mystery) by David Archer

In The Grave Man (A Sam Prichard Mystery) by David Archer, the retired cop, Sam Pritchard, is going stir-crazy. He was shot on the job and worked hard to regain mobility. When he’s asked to find a missing child, he can’t pass up the case; however, little does he know the rabbit hole it’ll take him down.

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The Dali Deception by Adam Maxwell

Publication Date: June 19, 2016

 

Dali_smallViolent Winters is following in the footsteps of her parents working as a con-artist and thief. When she asked to return to her hometown to pull off an art heist, she sees it as an opportunity to even the score with boyfriend that tried to kill her. Gathering a handpicked crew and with an ex with murder still in his eyes, will Violet find that you truly can’t go home again?

 

 

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Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection by Barbara Venkataraman

Publication Date: September 3, 2014

 

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Jamie Quinn is a lawyer based in Hollywood, Florida. The three short stories in this volume are Death by Didgeridoo, The Case of the Killer Divorce, and Peril in the Park.

 

 

 

Death by Didgeridoo: Jamie’s cousin, Adam, is accused of killing one of his teachers with a Didgeridoo. Jamie must find the real killers but with a man so disliked as the deceased, narrowing down the suspects may be an endless task.

The Case of the Killer: Divorceé Jamie is struggling to get back to her family’s law practice after a great personal loss. When a divorce case she’s handling turns into a murder case with her client as the suspect, she brings in a private investigator to try to find the true killer and to handle a personal lost relative problem for her.

Peril in the Park: When there’s a murder in the park and the park director, who is Jamie’s new boyfriend, disappears. Jamie must call in her investigator friend to help her solve the case and find her boyfriend.

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Meddling with Murder by Ellie Campbell

Publication Date: April 9, 2016

 

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In Meddling with Murder by Ellie Campbell, Cathy O’Farrell and her former cleaner, Pimple are the proprietors of the newly formed Crouch End Confidential Agency, a detective agency that badly needs an influx of cash as Cathy. Cathy is too soft-hearted to ever be a businesswoman and persists in not charging little old ladies and children when called upon to track lost pets and toys. When Cathy’s husband threatens to relocate in order to live his dream of being a postmaster, she has some choices to make while juggling an increasingly complex case involving sketchy characters and vandalism.

In Meddling with Murder is the third book in the Crouch End Confidential series.

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Killing Dylan by Alastair Puddick

Publication Date: January 1, 2016

 

Killing Dylan by Alastair Puddick, humor mystery book review by Rabid Reader's Reviews

Freddie Winters is a mystery writer who spends his days trying to sell his novels while dodging his landlord. When his more successful college roommate, Dylan St. James, says that someone is trying to kill him and that he needs help, Freddie sees a chance to get away from his apartment and make an extra buck. As Freddie starts investigating in an effort to help his friend, he finds a cast of dangerous characters any one of whom could be out to get Dylan. Is this real-life case more than Freddie can handle?

 

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Everybody Lies: A Detective Crombie Mystery Thriller by Julia Hughes

Publication Date: December 11, 2015

 

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Detective Crombie investigates the disappearance of two teenagers. One of the teenagers is the daughter of a dangerous criminal found dead inside of his locked study. As Crombie ties the strings together, he finds all lines leading back to a very dangerous person and a series of coincidences from a disgraced MP to dead celebrities.

 

 

 

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Jewish Christmas by Jasmine Schwartz

Publication Date: January 18, 2014

 

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Melissa Morris has an annual day as a Christmas tradition, when she cooks a lavish seafood dinner for friends. While shopping for seafood she runs into a former sorority sister and gets caught up in an avalanche of events that takes her to the far flung reaches of New York City.

 

 

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