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Mysteries heating up September

There are several new mysteries to draw September to a close!

Bestselling author T.M. Logan returns with another pulse-pounding thriller straight from the headlines with, “29 Seconds.”

Sarah is determined to succeed in her career, even as she must rebuff the advances of the head of her department, a scholar and TV host who makes no attempt to hide his predatory ways with female colleagues. When it looks like Sarah is going to be another victim of him, something happens that will change everything. When Sarah helps rescue a child, she never thought anything more than to be of help. But the grateful parent is someone with unexpected connections who makes Sarah a very seductive offer — “Give me one name. One person. And I will make them disappear.”

Will Sarah take him up on the offer? What consequences will follow?

This is one of those thrillers that will leave readers thinking after the last page is done as Sarah’s decision will weigh on them.

“29 Seconds” is published by St. Martin’s Press. It is $27.99 and 368 pages long.

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New York Times bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman continues with Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series with “The Bitterest Pill.”

When a popular cheerleader dies from an apparent heroin overdose, everyone in the small town of Paradise is horrified that the opioid crisis has come to their doors. Stone finds an intense amount of pressure to find out who was responsible for this death and find a way to stop the supply chain. It turns out someone is selling at the high school, and as he digs deeper into the case, he finds everyone from administrators, teachers, students and parents getting in his way. Can he shut down the syndicate before it claims another victim?

Tackling the opioid epidemic, this is a mystery that will linger and Stone is a great hard-boiled detective.

“The Bitterest Pill” is published by Putnam. It is $27 and is 352 pages long.

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Bella Ellis kicks off a new series that imagines the Bronte sisters as crime solvers in “The Vanished Bride.”

In 1845 England, a young bride has just gone missing from her estate, leaving nothing but a large pool of blood in her bedroom. The Brontes are intrigued by what could have happened to the woman, especially as rumors about her marriage swirl. Charlotte, Emily and Anne visit the Grange to find out more, and find they are pretty much the only ones interested in getting down to the bottom of this mystery. What happened to Elizabeth Chester? The Brontes are determined to find out, even if it puts them in danger.

With an interesting premise and a historical look at women in the 1800s, this is an intriguing mix that will leave readers wanting more.

“The Vanished Bride” is published by Berkley. It is $26 and 290 pages long.

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Contact Amy Phelps at aphelps@newsandsentinel.com.

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