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DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY Craig Johnson, Longmire #2 Barely recovering from the trauma and losses of the last crime spree in Absaroka County, Walt Longmire faces yet another challenge that turns out to be a quagmire of hate, greed, ancient dark history, and the unnecessary and tragic deaths of too many people. In the middle of…

BOUNDARY WATERS William Kent Krueger, Cork O’Connor #2 Even though Cork O’Connor is not the sheriff of Tamarack County and even though his business as owner and operator of Sam’s Place is thriving, he finds himself pulled into the complexity of a situation that involves a missing young singer (Shiloh), the FBI (Harris, Sloane, and…

WHILE MY PRETTY ONE KNITS Anne Canadeo, Black Sheep Knitting #1 Maggie, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne, and Phoebe – all avid knitters, all faithful knitting circle members, all involved in solving the crime that shook Plum Harbor, Massachusetts. Maggie owns and operates the Black Sheep, a thriving yarn shop in this small village. Amanda Goran owns…

A SUPERIOR DEATH Nevada Barr, Anna Pigeon #2 Anna Pigeon left the high desert of West Texas for the deep waters of Lake Superior. She learns how to navigate those waters, both on the surface and in the depths where the ruins of ancient ships lie in state. One of those sunken vessels, the Kamrood,…

BODY OF EVIDENCE Patricia Cornwell, Kay Scarpetta #2 Although this second novel in the Kay Scarpetta series starts in Key West, Florida, the murder and its investigation occur in the victim’s home town of Richmond, Virginia, where Dr. Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner. Actually, several murders occur before Dr. Scarpetta and Pete Marino manage…

MAISIE DOBBS Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs #1 Once again, we are in London, England, where Maisie Dobbs is starting her career as a private investigator. Well, we begin in England, but Jacqueline Winspear takes us to France during the Great War, later known as World War I. Maisie Dobbs was born in the late 1890’s…

A SHOW OF HANDS David Crossman, Winston Crisp #1 Manheim Community Library is featuring an author new to this library: David Crossman. The one book we had had not been catalogued and was not on a shelf, so I took it home to read it. I found Crossman to be a skillful murder mystery writer…

MURDER ON THE LINKS Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot #2 Hercule Poirot demonstrates his prowess as a detective in this next mystery in Ms. Christie’s Poirot series, Murder on the Links. He does this all the while showing great patience with Captain Arthur Hastings who, once again, narrates the story. While Poirot uses psychology to solve…

SAVAGE RUN C. J. Box, Joe Pickett #2 In Savage Run, we go back to Wyoming where Sheriff Barnum candidly asks “Why is it, Game Warden Pickett, that we rarely if ever have any trouble in my county, but every . . . time we find dead bodies strewn about you seem to be standing…

A DANGEROUS MOURNING Anne Perry, William Monk #2 A Dangerous Mourning is the second of the William Monk series, and we are once again in London. Monk continues to grapple with his loss of memory, trying to do his job daily while wishing for, and waiting for, jolts of memory to return. Ms. Perry keeps…