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Mulholland Books

The Second Murderer

By Denise Mina - Published 2023

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The 1940s in a sweltering Los Angeles. The city is full of bottle-blonde femme fatales, actors who never made it, and men looking ...Read Review

Curious Toys

By Elizabeth Hand - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The summer of 1915, Chicago, finds fourteen-year-old Pin disguising herself as a boy as she wanders the Riverview Amusement Park alone. Her mother works ...Read Review

Tombland (Shardlake)

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2018 Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Fans of Sansom’s celebrated Tudor mysteries know that he offers far more than the standard murder mystery. His novels surround the formulaic ...Read Review