Hello mystery fans! It’s the middle of the week so right on schedule I have your new releases, backlist, and news to help you get to Friday.
Bookish Goods
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New Releases
Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
For historical mystery fans! This begins in London in 1936 with Lena Aldridge, a mixed-raced woman passing for white, singing in a Soho club. But that’s not her dream, so after a murder at the club, she accepts a stranger’s ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York where she’ll get a role on Broadway. Things are looking up until another murder occurs, this time on the Queen Mary. Is murder following Aldridge?…
The Local by Joey Hartstone
For small town legal mystery fans who want to follow a case from beginning to end! This takes us into the Federal courthouse of the Eastern District of Texas and patent law and lawsuits. Local lawyer James Euchre teams up on cases with outside council, which is how he ends up with a client in a patent case accused of murdering the federal judge, Euchre’s friend and father figure. Now Euchre finds himself on the defense of a murder trial hoping the accused didn’t really kill his mentor…
It looks like a standalone book at the moment but definitely reads as if it could be the introduction to a new character for the start of a legal series.
(TW past suicide, detail)
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Riot Recommendations
This time I have some family centered stories with past and present storytelling — the first is a literary mystery and the second is a domestic thriller.
What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott
Ever since reading this one I’ve found myself randomly thinking about it. It’s a layered tale exploring some interesting things while remaining focused on the humanity of each situation. In present time Sumiko is becoming a lawyer and finds herself with the case file of what happened to her mother years ago–something she was never told about. In the past Rina, Sumiko’s mother, falls in love with a wakaresaseya — the man Sumiko’s father hired to seduce Rina so that he could use the affair to file for divorce and take what he wants. This is particularly interesting if you like looking at the legal system outside of the U.S.
(TW forced kiss/ brief-ish recount of domestic abuse)
The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Twenty years ago Abby and Nate met after an accident and Abby moved away with Nate and married him. She never told him she’d just broken up with the love of her life. In the present Abby, Nate, and their daughter Sarah meet their new neighbors: Liam, his wife Nancy, and their son Zac. Liam is Abby’s past love and neither mentions this, both pretending to be meeting for the first time. From there we watch the past relationship and the current as secrets build…
(TW diet culture/ mentions labor complication, necessary hysterectomy after delivery/ parent with terminal cancer)
News and Roundups
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So excited to see Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes has been optioned !
Meet the New Reality Show: America’s Next Great Author
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Susie Steiner, author of stylish British crime thrillers, dies at 51
The Best Mystery Movies to Watch on Netflix
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