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The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson

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Christoffer Carlsson writes another moody, fast-paced Swedish crime thriller. The time is Christmas Eve 1999, just before Y2K. Police are called to the grisly scene of a wrecked car with the body of a teenager beaten to death in the trunk. The small community has many secrets of passion, envy, and fear, and the police never fully solve the mystery. Then, 20 years later, another murder occurs that seems connected to the first. An edge-of-your-seat mystery that keeps you guessing and an ending that I did not see coming!

The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson, (List Price: $29, Hogarth, 9780593733059, December 2025)

Reviewed by Kathy Clemmons, Sundog Books in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

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No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar

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A powerful addition to the trope of a dying woman leaving instructions that will change lives. In this instance, Nazia is all too aware that her closest family and friends all hold very different stories about her. All the misunderstandings and lies fall apart on one fateful night, and no one will be the same again. All the varying perspectives are skillfully arranged and prove the power of stories.

No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar, (List Price: $16.99, Neem Tree Press, 9781911107743, July 2024)

Reviewed by Jan Blodgett, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina

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Exiles by Jane Harper

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As usual Jane Harper’s new novel, Exiles, is a slow burn of a read as she so beautifully describes yet another region of Australia, south Australia’s wine region. And, once again gives us a cast of characters so well-developed that you feel like you really know them. The book is about a small town with two unsolved events which have haunted the close-knit inhabitants. One the hit-and-run death of a well-liked accountant and the other the disappearance of a new mother who supposedly left her six-week-old child unattended at the annual wine and food festival and jumped to her death at the nearby reservoir – coincidentally the same weekend and same place as the hit and run. While this is Harper’s third book featuring Aaron Falk it easily reads as a standalone and will make you want to go back and read more about Aaron.

Exiles by Jane Harper, (List Price: $27.99, Flatiron Books, 9781250235350, January 2023)

Reviewed by Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina

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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

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Maud is back and better than ever in this second tale of murder and revenge! This collection of stories takes us back to her youth and how she became who she is–and what happened to those left in her wake! Picking up where we left off in her previous collection, Maud is trying to evade the authorities that won’t leave her alone. This pocket-sized book is perfect for the mystery lovers in your life!

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten, (List Price: $14.99, Soho Crime, 9781641291675, October 2021)

Reviewed by Andrea Richardson, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia

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