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• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

  Turton, Stuart

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  The Hardcastle family has decided to throw a party at Blackheath House as a memorial to their son, who was killed there years before. At 11 p.m., during the party, Evelyn Hardcastle is murdered. Aiden Bishop is trapped inside a time loop with this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Murder

  Williams, Katie, 1978-

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  What if the murder you had to solve was your own? Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She's also the clone of the original Louise who, along with four other victims of a local serial killer, has been brought back to life by a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reading List

  a Novel

  Adams, Sara Nisha,

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  Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Glory Be

  Arceneaux, Danielle,

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  It's a hot and sticky Sunday in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Glory has settled into her usual after-church routine, meeting gamblers at the local coffee shop, where she works as a small-time bookie. Sitting at her corner table, Glory hears that her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Maid

  a Novel

  Prose, Nita,

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  Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman in the Library

  a Novel

  Gentill, Sulari,

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  The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Word Is Murder

  a Novel

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service. Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home. Enter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Is Vera Kelly?

  Knecht, Rosalie,

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  New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

  Stevenson, Benjamin,

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  Ernie Cunningham, the narrator of this exceptionally clever and amusing mystery from Stevenson (Either Side of Midnight), hooks the reader immediately with his opening words: “Everyone in my family has killed someone . Some of us, the high…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of a Certain Age

  Raybourn, Deanna,

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  Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just…Read moreRead more of this annotation