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Crombie, Deborah. A Share in Death.
Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid’s Yorkshire vacation is ruined when he stumbles upon a murder. A country house whodunit. Book Discussion Questions from MPL.

Franklin, Ariana. City of Shadows.
A murder mystery set in pre-Nazi era Berlin centers on the claim of Anna Anderson that she is Anastasia, the surviving daughter of the massacre of the last Russian tsar's family. Book Discussion Questions from MPL.

McCall Smith, Alexander. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
This is the first in a series of gentle mysteries. Precious Ramotswe operates in Botswana, running an agency where the solving of the ‘mystery’ is often secondary to the exploration of family, customs and alternate methods of justice. Book Discussion Guide from Random House.

McCall Smith, Alexander. The Tears of the Giraffe.
The further adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the cunning, insightful head of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana. Book Discussion Questions from ReadingGroupGuides.

Silbert, Leslie. The Intelligencer.
A modern day thriller alternates with an Elizabethan England tale of murder in this novel. Our heroine, Renaissance scholar turned private eye Kate Morgan, uses brains and brawn to decipher an ages-old mystery. Book Discussion Guide from Simon & Schuster.

Stout, Rex. Prisoner's Base.
Archie feels as if he is to blame when three women are murdered, one of which was to inherit an $8 million fortune. Therefore, he seeks the help of his boss and full-time sleuth, Nero Wolfe, to solve the mystery. Book Discussion Questions from MPL.