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BKLYN BookMatch- Murder, She Read

This list was created by a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library for a reader looking for mysteries, thrillers, and history books featuring a murder (with a dash of horror or supernatural elements.) Would you like your own personalized list of reading suggestions? Visit Bklyn BookMatch here: bklynlibrary.org/bookmatch

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Cari Mora
Harris, Thomas, 1940- author.
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Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before.

Death in the city of light
David King.
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Documents the World War II effort to catch a physician serial killer in Paris, describing the covert information network that the chief French detective built with such groups as mobsters, nightclub owners, and Resistance fighters.

Angels & demons
Dan Brown.
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The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fear that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.

The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Turton, Stuart, author.
Format: PRINTED MATL

Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.

The final cut
Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison.
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Chief inspector Nicholas Drummond of Scotland Yard investigates after the centerpiece of an exhibit of crown jewels is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his colleague is murdered.