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A freelance journalist's latest assignment threatens to give new meaning to the word deadline when he comes upon a murder mystery with century-old roots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a hiatus in this series (Ghost Hero, 2011, etc.) that's felt like forever, Lydia Chin's formidable mother, who's never approved of her work as a private eye, packs her off to the Mississippi Delta for the best and worst reasons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Not even her impending wedding can stop an intrepid sleuth from investigating a murder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fifth recorded caper for the thief who, imitating Richard Stark's Parker, is known only as Wilson dangles a fortune in jewels in front of him and an ill-fated crew. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bassett presents a wide-ranging crime novel set in 1940s Newark, New Jersey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adultery! Blackmail! Murder! Paper crafting! [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A suspicious death sets a town buzzing. Was it accident or murder? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fishing, pickleball, and murder in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A North Carolina bookseller takes time out from her vocation of matching every reader with the perfect book to solve another murder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An Australian bushfire sets off a mystery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A haunted house and a blueberry pie provide clues to several murders in New Jersey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prolific Shelton (The Loch Ness Papers, 2019, etc.) kicks off a new series featuring a traumatized heroine who flees to Alaska seeking safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A much-hated author's publicist is offed by a poisoned cocktail doubtless designed for his client. Who had the guts to do what everyone wished they could've done? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hold onto your hats. A fatal but otherwise routine accident in rural California turns out to be not exactly either one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Copy Desk Murders," by Newell Searle, is presented.

In the first novel in Searle's planned trilogy, two brothers--a cop and a journalist--investigate two suspicious deaths in 1984 rural Minnesota. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Lake Eden, Minnesota, gang plots to keep their favorite detective on the job. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imagined revelations about Jacqueline Kennedy's early life provide a brilliant background for a tale of treachery and deceit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]