BOOK CARNIVAL Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Locked Room: A Mystery
Elly Griffiths
VIRTUAL EVENT with ELLY GRIFFITHS and THE LOCKED ROOM, Sun. July 10, at 11A.M. PT! http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events/#july10 Ruth finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of her own Norfolk cottage, before she lived there, with a peculiar inscription on the back. https://t.co/bSmbo9Pc4D
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Winter Grave
Peter May
Virtual Event Mar 5, 11am PT, with PETER MAY and A WINTER GRAVE https://t.co/J6tqqXHEb3 2051: Climate change ignored, 1/4 of the world’s population has been displaced by hunger and flooding, and immigration wars all around the globe as refugees pour into neighboring countries. https://t.co/EFULVNAdoX
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everybody Knows
Jordan Harper
In-Person Event on Feb 5, at 2pm with JORDAN HARPER and EVERYBODY KNOWS https://t.co/QqbBd0ckdX In Mae Pruett’s LA “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag” publicist, Mae works for a firm that protects the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. https://t.co/PCSuIxs3I2
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Have We Done
Alex Finlay
Virtual Event on March 16, at 6:00 P.M. PT with ALEX FINLAY and WHAT HAVE WE DONE https://t.co/o04oUB0fzI A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. https://t.co/q6BhlvE32i
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Remains: A Mystery
Elly Griffiths
Sunday, May 7, at 11:00 A.M. PT, with ELLY GRIFFITHS and THE LAST REMAINS https://t.co/tYMhHRnGT3 When builders discover a human skeleton during a renovation of a café, they call in archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department. https://t.co/wj0fhEPW2y
Paperback, Large Print, 2023
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Murder Book
Thomas Perry
In-Person Event on Saturday, January 28, at 1:00 P.M. with Thomas Perry and MURDER BOOK https://t.co/b2XMzbbdGq When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the U.S. Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. https://t.co/gPx7Vyd8Yw
Hardcover, 2023
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
IQ
Joe Ide
In-Person Event on May 21, 2P.M., with JOE IDE and FIXIT https://t.co/ZYScrptFpO As IQ recovers from his previous case, he’s unaware that Grace has been abducted by his sworn enemy, the professional hitman Skip Hanson. https://t.co/pL28pUN1my
Paperback, 2017
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Exiles
Jane Harper
In-Person Event on Tues, Jan 31, at 6:30pm with JANE HARPER, author of EXILES, visiting with us from Australia! https://t.co/1IyXzzDxYI Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is in Southern Australian for the christening of a friend’s baby; mystery follows, even on vacation. https://t.co/CHY68RL29U
Paperback, Mass Market, 2025
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Good Family
Matt Goldman
Please join us for an Book In-Person Event on Wed, June 21, at 6:30 P.M. with MATT GOLDMAN and A GOOD FAMILY https://t.co/lcELH4jHhg Katie Kuhlmann’s marriage is falling apart. Tension heightens when her husband’s friend comes to stay but is obviously harboring a dark secret. https://t.co/CbWAQw53Xl
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Orphan
Gregg Hurwitz
In-Person Event on March 11, at 2:00 P.M., with GREGG HURWITZ and THE LAST ORPHAN https://t.co/3msnsfGpYh When Evan Smore left the Program he swore to only use his skills against those who really deserve it. Now he has to decide what’s more important – his principles or his life. https://t.co/59uEru6SdA
Hardcover, Large Print, 2023
$36.99$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book