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  1. All Good People Here

    Ashley Flowers · 2022

    Because shares tags: mystery, crime, small town.

    A journalist returns home to care for her uncle and reopens a 20 year old child murder tied to a new abduction.

  2. The Maid

    Nita Prose · 2022 · Molly the Maid #1

    Because shares tags: mystery, cozy mystery, crime.

    Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.

  3. The Lincoln Lawyer

    Michael Connelly · 2005 · Lincoln Lawyer #1

    Because shares tags: crime, mystery.

    Mickey Haller defends a rich assault suspect from his Lincoln while doubting his innocence.

  4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    Alexander McCall Smith · 1998 · No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1

    Because shares tags: mystery, cozy mystery.

    Precious Ramotswe opens a detective agency in Gaborone and solves small cases with tea, patience, and kindness.

  5. The Man Who Died Twice

    Richard Osman · 2021 · Thursday Murder Club #2

    Because shares tags: mystery, cozy mystery.

    The Thursday club chases missing diamonds as an old spy friend dies and professionals close in.

  6. The It Girl

    Ruth Ware · 2022

    Because shares tags: mystery, crime.

    Ten years after April murder at Oxford, new claims of innocence force pregnant Hannah to rethink friends.

  7. The Silkworm

    Robert Galbraith · 2014 · Cormoran Strike #2

    Because shares tags: mystery, crime.

    A missing novelist and a cruel manuscript pull Strike and Robin into London publishing.

  8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Agatha Christie · 1926 · Hercule Poirot #4

    Because shares tags: mystery, crime.

    Retired Poirot probes a locked study murder in King's Abbot, told by the village doctor.

  9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 · Sherlock Holmes #3

    Because shares tags: crime, mystery.

    Twelve Strand cases from Irene Adler to the Copper Beeches, with Holmes at his sharpest and strangest.

  10. Odd Thomas

    Dean Koontz · 2003 · Odd Thomas #1

    Because shares tags: mystery, small town.

    A twenty year old fry cook who sees the dead tries to stop a mass shooting in his desert town.

  11. Killing Floor

    Lee Child · 1997 · Jack Reacher #1

    Because shares tags: mystery, crime.

    Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is arrested for murder in Margrave, Georgia, then learns the victim was his brother.

  12. Defending Jacob

    William Landay · 2012

    Because shares tags: crime, mystery.

    A Newton prosecutor defends his fourteen year old son after a classmate is stabbed in the park.

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