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by Charlotte Del Vecchio

BOOK OF THE WEEK Lady Irene Darling, a 50-year-old widowed marchioness, returns to London in the first installment of Gleason’s newest mystery series. Lady …

by Brian Kenney

In no way could this novel ever be described as a mystery. And yet it is chock full of mysteries, large and small, some …

by Dodie Ownes

Miv lives in a small Yorkshire town that sadly has been plagued with heinous murders of women, by a killer dubbed the Ripper, for …

by Danise Hoover

There is not a moment wasted in this cozy mystery that combines stately homes, joyful weddings, and acting troupes. The dead body appears in …

by Jeff Ayers

Sharyn Karr, an American student studying at the University of Exeter, wants nothing more than to focus on her postgraduate work involving witchcraft and …

by Henrietta Thornton

The three insomniacs who first meet online and then at an all-night New York City diner have more in common than their tossing and …