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Crook Manifesto
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Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead | MYSTERY,  May 01, 2023

This isn’t the rollicking caper its predecessor was, but it’s still a worthy addition to one of the most distinguished oeuvres in modern fiction.
The Enigma of Room 622
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The Enigma of Room 622

Joël Dicker | MYSTERY,  Sep 30, 2022

Twists abound in this elaborate mystery, but readers will have to power through clichéd dialogue, jarring time shifts, and thin characterization to enjoy them.
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Blake Crouch | MYSTERY,  Jul 02, 2022

This accessible, swiftly paced, thought-provoking novel should garner Crouch’s widest readership yet. Recommended for fans of science fiction, crime, or spy thrillers.
An Honest Living
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An Honest Living

Dwyer Murphy | MYSTERY,  May 01, 2022

Murphy’s writing is smart, ruminative, and referential. His narrator knows he’s in a story that mirrors the plot of the film Chinatown, and though the mystery itself is light on twists, it’s all worth it for this lovingly rendered snapshot of an already-bygone city, with details reeking of authenticity, down to the last barstool.
The Violence
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The Violence

Delilah S Dawson | MYSTERY,  Dec 01, 2021

The early pages of this book from veteran novelist Dawson (author of several novels under the Star Wars franchise) feature several graphic scenes of emotional and physical abuse that might lose it some readers, but what’s left is a propulsive redemption story with a determined woman at its center.
Notes on an Execution

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka | MYSTERY,  Dec 01, 2021

A contemporary masterpiece that sits alongside The Executioner’s Song and Victim: The Other Side of Murder in the library of crime literature.
A Calling for Charlie Barnes
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A Calling for Charlie Barnes

Joshua Ferris | FICTION,  Aug 13, 2021

A sly and self-referential novel about the subjectivity of memoir, or a Franzenesque portrait of a dysfunctional American family. Take your pick.
Harlem Shuffle

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead | MYSTERY,  Aug 01, 2021

Another can’t-miss from the versatile Whitehead, for readers who loved James McBride’s Deacon King Kong.
Read-Alikes for ‘Black Ice’ by Brad Thor | LibraryReads

Read-Alikes for ‘Black Ice’ by Brad Thor | LibraryReads

Paulette Brooks, Michael Pucci, Marion Sheehan, and Lisa Sprague,  Jul 20, 2021

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Black Ice by Brad Thor. 

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