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Downton Abbey meets Gosford Park and Knives Out in this entertaining, locked-room historical cozy that marks best-selling British children’s author Montgomery’s (I am Rebel) …
St. Thomas makes a perfect environment for a mystery: rich in history and culture with plenty of family drama to go around and some …
When Chicago Metra rail system police officer Hollis Montrose is pulled over by the city’s regular police the night of Barack Obama’s first presidential …
A characteristic that makes mysteries such a popular genre is that the concept of right and wrong is so often very clear. Not so …
An absolute joy from start to finish. In this fourth book in the series, veterinarian Peter Bannerman finds his brother Sam living in a …
It’s 1985, and Renata Drake is on the run. She’s wanted for questioning in the death of the person responsible for killing her sister. …