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At BookBrowse, we love mysteries, and we love traveling to interesting new places between the pages of good books. Put the two together and you get this month's special edition of BookBrowse Highlights: ten recently published or soon to publish mysteries set in far flung locations including China, Kenya, India, France, Bosnia, South Korea, Israel, Italy and Australia. Whether you like your mysteries cozy or hard-boiled, classic or thrilling, we've got you covered!
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Hell's Gate: A Detective Mollel Novel by Richard Crompton June 2015. 256 Pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux The second in series following Hour of the Red God set in contemporary Kenya, this story finds Maasai warrior-turned-Detective Mollel banished from Nairobi to a small town on the edge of a national park. When a flower worker turns up dead in a local lake, Mollel suspects the police force in the town may be more than corrupt and he is forced not only to confront his Maasai heritage but also to ask himself where justice truly lies. More about this book |
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Death in Brittany: A Mystery by Jean-Luc Bannalec June 2015. 320 pages. Minotaur Books Commissaire Georges Dupin, has recently relocated from glamorous Paris to the remote Breton coast. Happy to be out of the bustle of the city, he is not so happy when he is dragged from his relaxation to the scene of a murder. As he embarks on his mission to solve the case, he discovers that this quaint, quiet town is not what it seems to be. A feast for the senses, and first in a new series. More about this book |
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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra: A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #1 by Vaseem Khan Sep 15, 2015. 320 Pages. Redhook On the day Inspector Ashwin Chopra retires he is given two surprising things: the suspicious case of a drowned boy and a baby elephant. As he searches for the answer to this murder through the streets of Mumbai, he discovers that an elephant can be, perhaps, the best partner an inspector can have. A heartwarming, charming first in series. More about this book |
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Shanghai Redemption: An Inspector Chen Novel #9 by Qiu Xiaolong Sep 15, 2015. 320 Pages. Minotaur Books In this ninth mystery in the series, Inspector Chen has finally lost the balance he has managed to hold between the interests of the Communist Party and his duties at the Shanghai Police Department. Now he has been demoted to a powerless job, but more than that, it looks like he is being set up for disgrace – or worse. And so he must face the most dangerous investigation of his life. More about this book |
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Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart Sep 1, 2015. 336 pages. Minotaur Books Elsa Hart's debut and first in series is rich in historical and cultural details of early 1700s China. After three years in exile, former Imperial Chinese librarian, Li Du, has landed in the small, remote town of Dayan, on the Tibetan border. Soon he is embroiled in solving the murder of an astronomer, just before an eclipse of the sun. Can Li Du find the killer before the sun – and another victim – disappears? More about this book |
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The War Reporter: A Novel by Martin Fletcher Oct 6, 2015. 320 Pages. Thomas Dunne Books The year is 1994, and Tom Layne, a famous American TV journalist, and his crew are reporting in Sarajevo. Usually Tom is good at avoiding trouble, but this time he and his young cameraman and a ravishing interpreter named Anna get waylaid by rebel forces and bad things happen. The War Reporter gets a thumbs up from our member-reviewers with 18 out of 21 rating it 4 or 5 stars More about this book |
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The Ville Rat: A Sergeants Sueño and Bascom Novel #10 by Martin Limon Oct 6, 2015. 288 Pages. Published by Soho Press South Korea, 1970s: A young Korean woman dressed in a traditional chima-jeogori is found strangled to death on the frozen banks of the Sonyu River with only a carefully calligraphed poem in her sleeve. George Sueño and Ernie Bascom, sergeants in the US 8th Army CID, are called in by the formidable KNP detective Gil Kwon-up to investigate. More about this book |
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The Devil in Jerusalem: A Novel by Naomi Ragen Oct 13, 2015. 320 Pages. St. Martin's Press. Based on a true story, this mystery explores one family's dark secrets – two brothers who are admitted to Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital with horrific injuries, and their young American mother who will only speak Psalms. Detective Bina Tzedek is the explorer, and her search for answers takes her through Old Jerusalem where she finds kabbalists, ancient mystical texts, and frightening cult rituals. More about this book |
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Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen Oct 27, 2015. 272 Pages. Ballantine Books In a shadowy antiques shop in Rome, violinist Julia Ansdell happens upon a curious piece of music and is immediately entranced by its unusual composition. Back home in Boston the waltz's notes have a terrifying and inexplicable effect on her young daughter, who seems violently transformed. Convinced that the hypnotic strains of the piece are weaving a malevolent spell, Julia sets out to discover the man and the meaning behind the score - a quest that will draw her to Venice and a decades-old secret involving a dangerously powerful family. More about this book |
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Crucifixion Creek: A Belltree Mystery by Barry Maitland Nov 10, 2015. 320 Pages. Minotaur Books For Sydney homicide detective Harry Belltree, not long out of the military and a grueling tour of Afghanistan, three apparently unrelated deaths appear to be just another day at the office. Until, that is, he identifies the stabbing victim as his own brother-in-law Greg, and journalist Kelly Pool suggests there's a link between the three incidents. This is the first in a new series from Barry Maitland, who many readers may know for his long running series featuring the detective duo of Brock and Kolla. More about this book |
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