These traditional mysteries follow the style of Agatha Christie and refrain from excessive violence, sex and gore.
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Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Gamache) by Louise Penny It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the |
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The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Armand Gamache Mysteries) by Louise Penny Everybody goes to Olivier’s Bistro—including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier’s story is full of holes. What other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village? Catalog Link |
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The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novels) by Louise Penny When some villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a séance at the Old Hadley House, they are hoping to rid the town of its evil until one of their party dies of fright. Was this a natural death, or was the victim somehow helped along? Catalog Link |
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A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache’s latest investigation seems like an impossible murder: the woman was electrocuted on a frozen lake, in front of the entire town, during the annual curling tournament. With compassion and courage, Gamache digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life to find long buried secrets. Catalog Link |
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The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel by Nancy Pickard In the midst of a blizzard, Rex Shellenberger makes a shocking discovery: the frozen body of a teenage girl. The mysterious dead girl inspires local reverence. In the two decades following her death, strange miracles visit those who faithfully tend to her grave. Slowly, word of the legend spreads. But what really happened in that snow-covered field? Catalog Link |
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The Body in the Snowdrift: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Faith Fairchild Mysteries) by Katherine Hall Page Faith has a bad feeling about her father-in-law’s decision to celebrate his seventieth birthday with a family reunion ski week. At first her unease seems unfounded—until she comes across a corpse on one of the cross-country trails, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Suddenly one catastrophe follows another until Faith’s life is in jeopardy. Catalog Link |
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Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, Book 2) by Jacqueline Winspear It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. But what seems a simple case at the outset soon becomes increasingly complicated when three of the heiress’s friends are found dead. Who would want to kill three respectable young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War. Catalog Link |
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Letter From Home by Carolyn G. Hart World-renowned journalist G.G. Gilman does her best not to think of the past. But one day she gets a letter—sent from the small Oklahoma town where she grew up—that brings it all back. Memories of people she had once known and loved dearly—and of the sultry summer when her life changed forever. Catalog Link |
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You've Got Murder (Turing Hopper, No 1) by Donna Andrews Turing Hopper is an Artificial Intelligence Personality, a mainframe computer with a mind like Miss Marple. And when her creator, Zack, begins missing work, the sentient Turing senses foul play… Catalog Link |
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Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries) by Rhys Bowen After Molly Murphy commits murder in self-defense, she flees for America. But when a man is murdered on Ellis Island, a man Molly was seen arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in the crime. Using her Irish charm and sharp wit, Molly escapes Ellis Island and sets out to find the wily killer on her own. Catalog Link |
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Storm Track by Margaret Maron Judge Deborah Knott blows the lid off a murder investigation with gale force winds in this newest entry in the award-winning series. As Hurricane Fran strikes the North Carolina coast, Judge Knott seeks clues to a motel murder and a determined killer finds a perfect time to strike again. Catalog Link |
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Mariner's Compass (Benni Harper Mystery) by Earlene Fowler When Jacob Chandler died, he left his home in Morro Bay and all its contents to Benni Harper. But Benni Harper has never even heard of Jacob Chandler. To discover whether he is her guardian angel or personal demon, she must follow the scavenger-hunt clues he has set up for her throughout his home. Catalog Link |
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Butchers Hill (Tess Monaghan Mysteries) by Laura Lippman Tess Monaghan is finally a p.i.-for-hire. Her first client is |