Oct 26, 2024

New Mystery Novels: Set in Karachi, Dublin, Midwest USA

                  New review books in the Mail



The Museum Detective by Maha Khan Phillips, April 1, 2025; Soho Crime
Setting: Karachi, Pakistan


Description: A portrait of a city fueled by corruption and a woman relentlessly in pursuit of justice, this engrossing crime novel builds to an unforgettable, emotional conclusion readers won’t soon forget.The Museum Detective is an exciting, gritty new crime thriller that announces a whip-smart and brilliant sleuth 

Archaeologist Dr. Gul Delani's investigation into a sensational discovery in a desert cave ( an ancient mummy in a sarcophagus) gets complicated—and personal—when it collides with her years-long search for a missing family member.

Inspired by a real-life antiquities scandal in Pakistan.





Mandatory Reporting by Jenny Wilson o'Raghallaigh, October 15, 2024; Simon & Schuster

Description: Jonah's study abroad year in Dublin isn’t going as planned—he finds himself in classes about the human mind, in therapy with an enigmatic doctor, and in a family mental health clinic working alongside a beautiful, troubled supervisor.

When someone dies, Jonah is caught in the unfamiliar web of relationships at the core of the Irish experience. Has he miscalculated, and have his mistakes caused another tragic death? Did he reveal too much to his therapist? Did the mandatory reporting enrage a violent father? As the police investigate, is Jonah the prime suspect?



Guilt and Ginataan, a kitchen mystery  by Mia P. Manansala, Nov. 12, 2024; Berkley cozy mystery


 Description: The Shady Palms Corn Festival is one of the town’s biggest moneymakers, drawing crowds  looking for delicious treats, local crafts, and of course, the second largest corn maze in Illinois. 
Lila Macapagal and her Brew-ha Cafe crew, Adeena  and Elena, make a little wager on who can make it through the corn maze the fastest—but their fun is  cut short when a body is found in the middle of the maze…and an unconscious Adeena lies next to it, clutching a bloody knife. 
Lila has to prove her friend Adeena innocent of this crime.

Ready for mysteries anyone? 

What are you reading/watching this week? 

19 comments:

  1. I voted the first day.

    These are such a lovely variety of characters and settings for the mysteries you will be reading and reviewing. I love how you find such a great variety and share these with us.

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  2. I hope that you enjoy them all! Have a great weekend.

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  3. Mandatory Reporting sounds really interesting! Hope you enjoy these!

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  4. Mandatory Reporting sounds intriguing. I hope you enjoy these books and have a great weekend. - Katie

    Here's my STS if you wish to visit - https://justanothergirlandherbooks.blogspot.com/2024/10/stacking-shelves-october-26-2024.html

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  5. Those sound good and a great way to travel the world through books.

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  6. Around the world through books! Oh yeah, now I want to give a few of those authors a go. I did a post on Mia Manansala's Arsenic and Adobo awhile back and enjoy her writing.

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  7. Around the world in books. You've got some authors here I want to give a try. I did a post on Mia Manansala's Arsenic and Adobo awhile ago. I enjoy her books.

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  8. These all sound interesting to me. And my TBR list grows ever longer.

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  9. Just started 'Stopping the Next Pandemic - How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save Humanity' by Debora MacKenzie (my last Pandemic read for a while!), then 'The Goodbye Cat' by Hiro Arikawa.

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  10. I'm so jealous of everyone who gets physical book mail. Maybe one day I will reach that status.

    Guilt and Ginataan, a kitchen mystery sounds good. Of course, being a Midwest girl myself, I love reading books set there.

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  11. The Museum Detective sounds fascinating. Going on the list!

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  12. I like the mix of countries in your books.

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  13. This is what I call traveling the world in books! What fun settings. :D

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  14. These books all look so good. I especially want to read Guilt and Ginataan. I'm behind on that series and it's a good one. Have a great week!

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  15. These look good. I especially like the look of Guilt and Ginataan.

    Have a lovely week.

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  16. I concur these look good. I'm interested in the Pakistan and Dublin-set ones especially. Maha Khan seems an interesting author.

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  17. The Pakistan book would be for me, you did a lot of armchair travel with these book venues!

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  18. These all look fantastic, I am quite jealous. The Dublin one especially.

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