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A freelance journalist's latest assignment threatens to give new meaning to the word deadline when he comes upon a murder mystery with century-old roots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a hiatus in this series (Ghost Hero, 2011, etc.) that's felt like forever, Lydia Chin's formidable mother, who's never approved of her work as a private eye, packs her off to the Mississippi Delta for the best and worst reasons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Not even her impending wedding can stop an intrepid sleuth from investigating a murder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fifth recorded caper for the thief who, imitating Richard Stark's Parker, is known only as Wilson dangles a fortune in jewels in front of him and an ill-fated crew. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Tragedy Paper," by Elizabeth LaBan.

The article reviews the book "Paper Towns," by John Green.

The article reviews the book "Paper Scissors Death," by Joanna Campbell Slan.

The article reviews the book "The Paper Moon," by Andrea Camilleri and translated Stephen Sartarelli.

Reviews the book "The House of Paper," by Carlos Maria Domínguez.

Bassett presents a wide-ranging crime novel set in 1940s Newark, New Jersey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adultery! Blackmail! Murder! Paper crafting! [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A suspicious death sets a town buzzing. Was it accident or murder? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fishing, pickleball, and murder in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An Australian bushfire sets off a mystery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A haunted house and a blueberry pie provide clues to several murders in New Jersey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A North Carolina bookseller takes time out from her vocation of matching every reader with the perfect book to solve another murder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prolific Shelton (The Loch Ness Papers, 2019, etc.) kicks off a new series featuring a traumatized heroine who flees to Alaska seeking safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A much-hated author's publicist is offed by a poisoned cocktail doubtless designed for his client. Who had the guts to do what everyone wished they could've done? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hold onto your hats. A fatal but otherwise routine accident in rural California turns out to be not exactly either one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Copy Desk Murders," by Newell Searle, is presented.

In the first novel in Searle's planned trilogy, two brothers--a cop and a journalist--investigate two suspicious deaths in 1984 rural Minnesota. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Lake Eden, Minnesota, gang plots to keep their favorite detective on the job. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imagined revelations about Jacqueline Kennedy's early life provide a brilliant background for a tale of treachery and deceit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this fifth installment of a mystery series, the hunt for a killer sends a sleuthing duo of journalists into peril in New England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1922, Paris is packed with wounded soldiers whose lives have been destroyed by the war, artists of all stripes, and expatriates hiding dangerous secrets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Could music be the key to the mystery of a young activist's murder? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A small-town reporter faces big changes, both personal and professional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The arrival of Christmas cues a murderer to play Scrooge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "A Fatal Likeness" by Lynn Shepherd.

Siblings Meg and Shamus Doherty return in Reardon's (They Don't Get It, Do They?, 2015, etc.) second mystery set in the world of academia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Broken Places," by Sandra Parshall.

In Downer's mystery, a no-nonsense private investigator must navigate a hidden world of magic to find a killer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Saller's middle-grade novel, a tween and her friends race against time to restore her great-grandmother's good name. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A professional writer has an unfortunate propensity to get involved in murder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seattle Detective Tracy Crosswhite, bounced from Violent Crimes to the Cold Case Unit, is presented with a case that ticks both boxes and then some. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The risks mount as the oddball business venture Emma Westlake launched in A Plus One for Murder (2021) picks up steam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]