Tag: crime-fiction
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Agatha Award Winners 2025: Celebrating Traditional Mysteries
This year’s winners include an historical cozy featuring the intrepid sister of the Wright Brothers and a thriller about a Vietnamese-American artist whose picture-perfect life is starting to unravel.
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Humor Helps Our Sleuth Solve More than One Murder in San Francisco
At 49, Capricorn “Capri” Sanzio’s life has been defined by her grandfather’s long-ago conviction as the serial killer “Overkill Bill.” Now she’s got the chance to solve a pair of copycat killings — and clear his name.
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A Monster Hunter Searches for Loch Ness and More in this Entertaining Series
Meet Morgan Carter, quirky bookstore owner and cryptozoologist. Her passion for monster hunting has her seeking Bigfoot and other cryptids, all while fleeing her own parents’ killer.
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Left Coast Crime Awards 2025: One Female Sleuth Winner
Immediately added to my TBR list: A former reporter must investigate a murder with the detective who broke her heart in their native Hawaii in the Best Debut Mystery Novel winner.
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A Forensics Investigator Sinks Her Teeth into Mysteries across New Zealand
Alexa Glock, never married, no kids, uses her expertise in odontology to help solve murders involving Māori customs, killer white sharks and more in this appealing series.
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Female Sleuths Sweep 2024 Anthony Awards
This year’s Anthony winners include a quirky mother-daughter-granddaughter trio, a Chicago detective tracking a serial killer and a young Enola Holmes taking on brother Sherlock.
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On the Lighter Side: A Cozy Series for Garden Lovers
Amateur sleuth Steph Williams puts to bed any ideas that gardening is a leisurely pursuit as she works for Britain’s modern monied classes — and solves a fair share of their problems — in this cozy series.
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A British Cop Thriller Led by a Wary and Whip-smart Protagonist
Detective Inspector Jan Talantire of the Devon and Cornwall Police is called away from a rare date to a murder echoing a similar stabbing from 50 years ago, complete with crucifix through the heart and the victim’s name, Ruth Lyle.
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Agatha Award Winners 2024: Celebrating Traditional Mysteries
If you’re a fan of Agatha Christie, you’ll likely find something to love in this annual awards roundup. Fans chose the winners, which cannot include explicit sex, gore or violence.
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Welcome Back, Vic! The Tough Chicago PI Returns
The now middle-aged Warshawski is still reeling from her last case when she agrees to search for a missing young woman in Kansas — and then stumbles across another woman’s body. I loved book 22 in this series.
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