Cambridge author writes new Hercule Poirot novel

For fans of procedurals set in Chicago!

Detective Harriet Foster and her partner, Detective Vera Li, have their hands full and a ticking clock with their current case. Corrupt city council members are being murdered, and 30 dimes are left with the bodies. Clearly revenge is the easiest explanation, and since Marin Shaw was just released from prison and refused to point fingers at the rest of her corrupt coworkers, she seems the best suspect. But Shaw swears this crime she’s innocent of, leaving Foster and Li to either prove Shaw is lying or find out who has the motive and ability to frame Shaw…

I love Clark’s procedurals and characters — if you’re not already reading her work, definitely pick up her books. If you want to start at the beginning of this series, pick up Hide. And if you want a backlist series with four books, pick up Broken Places (A Cass Raines Mystery #1).

For fans of partnered PIs and historical mysteries!

This is a really fun mystery series that neither veers too dark nor light, with great character voice and humor.

Our narrator, Will Parker, has lived an interesting life, which she’s recounting by telling the big cases she’s worked on in her career. She works for a famous PI, Lillian Pentecost, who recruited her from the circus when Lillian needed an assistant because she has multiple sclerosis. Their current case, in 1940s New York, involves a missing woman who never left her apartment but had once been recruited to track Nazis by the FBI. Except that’s not the only thing in her past that would make her a victim of foul play, so Will and Lillian have their work cut out for them — especially since we start with Will being attacked and getting a concussion!

I love the narrator, and really need the next book in the series now, please.

If you want to start at the beginning (you do!), pick up Fortune Favors The Dead!