If You Like Louise Penny

Penny's novels are set in the province of Quebec, but feature many hallmarks of the British whodunit genre. Expect murders by unconventional means, bucolic villages, large casts of suspects, red herrings, and a dramatic disclosure of the murderer in the last few pages of the book.
 

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1. Bluebird, bluebird: a novel

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Author:
Locke, Attica
Series:
Highway 59 volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: HEAVEN, MY HOME
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Cary Regional - Mystery
LOCKE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Mystery
LOCKE
Fuquay-Varina Community - Mystery
LOCKE
Description:
"When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from...

2. Long bright river

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Author:
Moore, Liz, 1983-
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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GENRE CATEGORY: POLICE PROCEDURAL
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Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
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"A suspense novel that also looks at the anatomy of a Philadelphia family rocked by the opioid crisis and the relationship between two sisters--one, suffering from addiction, who has suddenly gone missing amid a series of mysterious murders; the other a police officer who patrols the neighborhood from which she disappeared: a story about the formidable ties between place, family, and fate"--