Tag: Mystery
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“The Maid” by Nita Prose
Molly works as a maid in the Regency Grand, a five-star hotel. In her words, this is the work she was born to do. Every morning she puts on her maid uniform and gets her trolley. “There’s nothing quite like a perfectly stocked maid’s trolley early in the morning. It is, in my humble opinion,…
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A Killing in Costumes by Zac Bissonnette
Imagine a cute, Old Hollywood memorabilia store in Palm Springs: here, a customer can browse vintage film magazines while sitting at the authentic horror movie table, stained with fake blood, and admire legendary costumes, perhaps even try on a green beret worn by John Wayne in “The Green Berets.” This is a dream come true…
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The Rising Tide: A Vera Stanhope Novel, by Ann Cleeves
Every five years, for almost fifty years, a group of friends comes to Holy Island, a quiet place off Northumberland’s coast, frequently cut off from the mainland because of the tides, for a weekend full of memories, good food, and drinking. They agree with the phrase “60 is the new 40” and subconsciously still see…
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The Woman in the Library, by Surali Gentill
I love good mysteries – as a genre and as a palate cleanser – so I’m always looking forward to reading more thrillers in the summertime when “the livin’ is easy.” After discovering that “The Woman in the Library” by Surali Gentill was recommended in the New York Times (May 27, 2022, “Murder, Blackmail and…
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