mystery

The months have changed, so it’s time to look at some of the best books that were published last month. Click on a cover to place a hold!   Fiction                                                   […]

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Nowadays, you’d be hard pressed to pick up a mystery novel that didn’t feature an unreliable narrator – or several! Unreliable narrators are exactly as they sound – story narrators who may or may not be telling the truth. This could be due to the character’s personality, mind-altering substances, mental illness, memory loss, or the […]

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Booklist, a favorite book reviewing resource for librarians, has designated May as its official Mystery Month, and we all get to benefit! All month long, Booklist and its blog The Booklist Reader are hard at work promoting new mysteries, backlist mysteries, crime TV shows, favorite book series, and more. If you’re a mystery reader, this […]

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Here are some of the featured titles on the Indie Next List for January 2018.  Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list.                                               […]

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Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the macabre, was born on this day in Boston, 1809. Both his life and his writing were compounded by tragedy and unfortunate circumstances, and he died at age 40 due to unknown causes. Most of us are already familiar with The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart, but modern authors […]

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Part 2 of our 2017 in Review series takes a look at some of the year’s most notable mystery and suspense novels. Click on a cover or a title to place a hold, and click here to view last week’s post on general fiction. Little Deaths by Emma Flint MYSTERY FLINT “Ruth Malone–a single mother […]

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  For certified horror fans like myself, Friday the 13th is a special day made for scaring ourselves silly.  And when Friday the 13th falls in October…well, that’s a very special day indeed.  I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite serial killer novels both real and imagined, so if you’re interested in putting yourself […]

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Here are some of the featured Indie Next titles for March 2017.  Click on a cover to place a hold, and click here to view the entire annotated list, as well as the Indie Next archives.  

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Here are selected titles from the February 2017 Indie Next List!  Click on a cover to place a hold, and click here to view the list in its entirety.    

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  Our first annual Winter Reading Program for adults and teens wrapped up last week, so now it’s time to share some of our patrons’ favorite books that they read in January and February!  Click on a cover to place a hold or get more information about a book.  All reviews and comments are kept […]

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