{"id":51878,"date":"2024-05-14T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=51878"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:46:27","slug":"may-is-mystery-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/may-is-mystery-month\/","title":{"rendered":"May is Mystery Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite months of the year is May, which is Mystery month<\/strong><\/em>!\u00a0 With dozens and dozens of new releases out this spring, below are a few noteworthy releases.\u00a0 As this is just a sampling, visit Reading Recommendations<\/a> on the library’s website for many more mysteries.\u00a0 This is the perfect time to check in with your favorite author and see if a new title is on the horizon.<\/p>\n

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Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz<\/a> – <\/em><\/strong>In this novel, the fifth installment of the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is called on to investigate the apparent murder of an unpopular resident who resides on a quiet street inside a gated community.\u00a0 \u00a0The residents of the community have paid large amounts of money to feel safe and secure, seemingly protected from the outside world.\u00a0 The murder victim was a known troublemaker and strayed from the strict community rules which made him very unpopular with his neighbors.\u00a0 Was someone mad enough with him breaking the rules to resort to murder?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Clock Struck Murder by Betty Webb<\/a> – <\/strong>Expat Zoe Barlow is at it again in 1920s Paris in the second book in the Lost in Paris series.\u00a0 During the weekly poker game hosted at her apartment, a fellow player accidentally breaks Zoe\u2019s beloved vintage clock.\u00a0 On a quest to find a replacement in the Montparnasse neighborhood flea market, Zoe finds the perfect replacement clock and purchases it immediately from her favorite shopkeeper, Laurette.\u00a0 Upon arrival at home, Zoe discovers her clock is wrapped in the most beautiful Chagall canvas, which Zoe recognizes immediately.\u00a0 Almost more impressed with the artwork, Zoe is desperate to find out more about the paintings and tracks down the vendor only to find her murdered!\u00a0 With police resources scarce, Zoe turns into an amateur detective and finds out the paintings are stolen and may have been played a role in the murder of Laurette.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen<\/a>\u00a0 – <\/strong>A historical mystery based on the life of the \u201cmother of forensic science\u201d, Katie Tietjen has written a unique mystery where a skilled creator of doll houses uses her talent to recreate crime scenes in miniature.\u00a0 In the years after WWII Maple Bishop is still learning to live without her husband, Bill, who was killed in the war.\u00a0 She soon learns that he has left her with no income and she risks losing their family home in Vermont.\u00a0 Maple has no choice but to turn to her natural talent to earn a living \u2013 making miniatures for dollhouses.\u00a0 On her way to make a delivery to her first customer, she discovers his lifeless body in a barn.\u00a0 She decides to make a miniature of the crime scene in the hopes of putting the pieces together as an amateur sleuth.\u00a0 She teams up with a new police officer to get to the bottom of the crime before she risks becoming a victim herself.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver<\/a>\u00a0 – <\/strong>Electra McDonnell\u2019s safecracking skills have made her indispensable to the British Government in this fourth installment of Ashley Weaver\u2019s Electra McDonnell series set in WWII London.\u00a0 Electra gets wind of a series of burglaries carried out by expert thieves and contacts her elusive handler, Major Ramsey, who just happens to be a member of the British government in order to garner more information. The two of them start on a journey that leads to Portugal and includes the delivery of a mysterious package that could break the case wide open.\u00a0 As the group of thieves grow bolder, Electra and Ramsey hope to outwit the thieves with their own game.<\/p>\n

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Other exciting mystery titles coming out this spring :<\/p>\n

Murder in Rose Hill By Victoria Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n

Patchwork Quilt Murder by Leslie Meier<\/a><\/p>\n

Nest of Vipers by Harini Nagendra<\/a><\/p>\n

The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal<\/a><\/p>\n

The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear<\/a><\/p>\n

Dead Tired by Kat Ailes<\/a><\/p>\n

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