Love the Stranger (A Queens Mystery) by Michael Sears December 3, 2024, Soho Crime ARC
Description
Ted Molloy, a Queens attorney, investigates the murder of a corrupt immigration lawyer in the follow-up to the 2022 Nero Award winner Tower of Babel.
I'm half way through this mystery novel, a legal thriller, set in Queens, NY. I enjoy the setting, reading about the multicultural, multilingual residents in the diverse area of shops, restaurants, coffee houses, grocery stores, and more in this borough of NYC.
In the book, a teenager from Yemen is suspected by neighborhood activist Kenzie, of being the hooded figure she saw leaving the scene of a crime - the murder of an immigration lawyer known to fleece his clients. However, the lawyer's files show that there may be more to his dealings than simply a disgruntled immigrant.
I'm reading on to see what's behind the crime and the motives.
Christmas cozy and romance
Published August 17, 2024; BooksGoSocial
Description: He tries to live and let live. But when a killer drops by for Xmas, can this retired copper keep an innocent from going down for the crime?
England, 1964. Ex-police inspector Tom Ramsay agrees to a shared vacation with his assistant, her parents, and his loyal dog. But soon after they arrive at the hotel, the good tidings take a deadly dive when his assistant’s mother is found crouched over a corpse holding a knife.
Description: Turn a tumbledown Paris hotel into a perfect boutique, bookish retreat, and have it open for Christmas? What could possibly go wrong?
When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it immediately. All she wants is to move on and forget her disaster of a marriage ever happened.
What books are you reading this week?
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I love that cover of Dark Deeds.
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel. Who wouldn't love to fix up a hotel in Paris and spend Christmas there?
ReplyDeleteDark Deeds on a White Christmas sounds promising, too. There's something about a detective with a dog...
I like all the covers especially the dog and snow on the first one. I rarely read Christmas books but I have a few on my list for this year.
ReplyDeleteAll these Christmas titles are making me want to pick up a winter holiday-themed novel! Love the Stranger sounds like a good mystery. I hope you enjoy all of these, Harvee. Have a great weekend and week ahead!
ReplyDeleteChristmas at the Little Paris Hotel sounds so cute! Oo now I am dreaming of winter and Christmastime. :)
ReplyDeleteThe James and Sears books both sound like ones I might like to read. I'm adding them to my list.
ReplyDeletewow, I'm already complaining that we had 2 nights in the 40s, so definitely not ready for Christmas snowy covers, lol
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I love that you are already reading Christmas books! I don't feel ready to leave the summer ones behind yet, LOL! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteCan’t wait to read Christmas books. I need it to get cooler first.
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Presently really enjoying 'Echolands - A Journey in Search of Boudica' by Duncan Mackay. Then I'll be continuing my Classics reading with ''The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde.
ReplyDeleteThe cover of Love the Stranger is really an eye-catcher. I don't know the author or the series although that name seems to want to ring a bell for me. Just can't figure out why because I know I've not read him before.
ReplyDeleteAdding both the Christmas books to my TBR - especially Dark Deeds on a White Christmas. I hope you're having a great week!
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