**Highly Recommended by readers

Ablow, Keith. Denial. Frank Clevenger; bk.1 addiction fiction

Bentley, E.C. Trent’s Last Case. (1978/1993) Trent series. Very British.

Blair, Annette. A Veiled Deception: A Vintage Magic Mystery. Romance writer and it shows.

Block, Lawrence. Lucky at Cards. Hard Case Crime series. (Disappointing) Seedy characters and sleazy motives.

Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger. Inspector Cockrill mystery; bk.2. British.

Burke, James Lee. Sunset Limited. Dave Robicheaux series

**Connelly, Michael. The Poet. Followed by The Narrows & The Scarecrow. Serial killers & Jack McEvoy.

Craig, Philip. A Vineyard Chill. Final in J.W. Jackson series.

Ephron, Hallie. Never Tell a Lie. Suspense.

** Franklin, Ariana. Mistress of the Art of Death. !st in Historical series. Excellent Audio.

Frey, Stephen. The Successor. Christian Gillette series. Suspense.

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia. Gone Tomorrow. Bill Slider series. Great Britain.

**Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian. Literary Suspense/Gothic/Horror retells Dracula

Liang, Diane Wei. Paper Butterfly. Mei Wang mystery.

Massey, Sujata. Girl in a Box. Rei Shimura. Japanese Mystery.

McCall Smith, Alexander. Tea-time for the Traditionally Built. Precious series. Cozy

Parker, Robert. B. Night and Day: A Jesse Stone Novel.

Pearl, Matthew. The Last Dickens. Historical. (Disappointing) Convoluted plotting.

**Pelecanos, George. The Turnaround. Washington, DC suspense/fathers&sons

**Savage, Tom. Inheritance.
Precipice. Excellent suspense.

Spencer-Fleming, Julia. I Shall Not Want. Rev. Claire Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne series; bk.6

**Stanley, Michael. A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu. Botswana–Like McCall Smith with a bit more violence & male POV. Excellent audio.

Swann, Leonie. Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story. Yes, the solve the mystery.

Taylor, Andrew. Four Last Things. Roth Trilogy–1990s to 1950s backwards/
excellent plotting

**Thomas, Scarlett. Seaside. #3 Lily Pascale series

**Walker, Martin. Bruno, Chief of Police. New series. Cozy like Peter Mayle. France.

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