Review: No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd

A Mysterious Review of No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd. An Ian Rutledge Mystery.

Review summary: There are a number of intriguing elements to this deliberately-paced mystery. It is not a whodunit per se, as Rutledge must first determine if there was intent to kill, and that's where much of his analysis is directed. One of the better entries in this fine series, and one that is recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

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No Shred of Evidence
Charles Todd
An Ian Rutledge Mystery
William Morrow (February 2016)

Publisher synopsis: On the north coast of Cornwall, an apparent act of mercy is repaid by an arrest for murder. Four young women have been accused of the crime. A shocked father calls in a favor at the Home Office. Scotland Yard is asked to review the case.

However, Inspector Ian Rutledge is not the first Inspector to reach the village. Following in the shoes of a dead man, he is told the case is all but closed. Even as it takes an unexpected personal turn, Rutledge will require all his skill to deal with the incensed families of the accused, the grieving parents of the victim, and local police eager to see these four women sent to the infamous Bodmin Gaol. Then why hasn't the killing stopped?

With no shred of evidence to clear the accused, Rutledge must plunge deep into the darkest secrets of a wild, beautiful and dangerous place if he is to find a killer who may — or may not — hold the key to their fate.

Tax Cut, A Jersey Shore Mystery by Michele Lynn Seigfried, Now Available at a Special Price

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Tax Cut by Michele Lynn Seigfried

A Jersey Shore Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Horseshoe Bay Publishing

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Working for a government riddled with crime, she and her sidekick Bonnie investigate to find out the answer to the pressing question: Who killed Vinny Buttiglieri?

She finds herself entangled with dangerous mobsters and corrupt politicians. She thinks she's doing the right thing, but can she save herself when she becomes entrenched too deep in this Jersey shore mystery?

— Tax Cut by Michele Lynn Seigfried

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New This Week: Paradox House, A Novel of Suspense by Melody Leigh

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Paradox House by Melody Leigh

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Melody Leigh

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In the wooded outskirts of Laelia Bay lies a mansion the town knows only as cursed. For hundreds of years, stories passed of people who went in, but never came out. One year after the disappearance of a reporter who came to investigate the mansion, twenty-year-old Emilie Shostrom and her two best friends decide to follow in her footsteps and find out what happened to her.

Their adventure quickly turns sour when they end up trapped inside, left to wander its monster-infested halls in the hopes of piecing together the mystery of Sera Porter's disappearance and the story behind the man who started it all.

It's not as easy as they hope, especially when they realize the mansion can move through time, changing back and forth through the years without a moment's notice. Now it's not just a matter of finding out where Sera is inside the mansion, but when.

Emilie always wanted to go on an adventure. But this adventure might be more than she bargained for …

— Paradox House by Melody Leigh

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A Little Bit Ruined, An Eleanor Rushing Mystery by Patty Friedmann, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Little Bit Ruined by Patty Friedmann

An Eleanor Rushing Mystery (2nd in series)

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It's been seven years, and Eleanor Rushing is still waiting for Maxim Walters, the love of her life, to leave his wife and move into her rambling mansion on St. Charles Avenue. But when she meets Dr. Richard Kimball — tall, dark, handsome, and a plastic surgeon — her life takes on a whole new direction. Smitten, she decides to go under his knife to alter her looks, and her life. But the summer of 2005 has other plans in store and Hurricane Katrina interrupts Eleanor's transformation.

As the water rises, self-absorbed Eleanor, thinking only skin deep, floats on the surface of the disaster. She and her longtime housekeeper Naomi wade through the flooded streets of New Orleans, and wind up in Houston along with Dr. Kimball, who gives Eleanor more plastic surgery — with questionable results. Finally home in New Orleans, she finds Katrina has put a different face on things there too.

— A Little Bit Ruined by Patty Friedmann

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New This Week: Keeper of the Flame, A Crang Mystery by Jack Batten

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Keeper of the Flame by Jack Batten

A Crang Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Dundurn

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When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder …

Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn't mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to represent a famous hip-hop performer who's on the wrong end of a blackmail scheme.

It doesn't strike Crang as a confounding case, but in no time, he finds himself confronting an organized gang that deals in porn, stock swindles, and murder. Things get so messy that Crang decides he'll have to bend the law to make things right. It's a dilemma that would cause other lawyers to back away, but not Crang, the nervy attorney with the fast mouth.

— Keeper of the Flame by Jack Batten

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The Salt Maiden, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Colleen Thompson, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Salt Maiden by Colleen Thompson

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

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Deep beneath the desert lies a woman's body, mummified by salt, abandoned by those who ought to seek her. With her rests a secret that someone will kill to keep buried …

It's a barren wasteland, the dead center of nowhere, and the last place Dana Vanover wants to be. But it's also the last known address of her missing sister. Determined to locate Angie, Dana won't be deterred by suspicious rednecks, snakebite, or even the grim prognosis of Sheriff Jay Eversole: no woman could survive more than a week alone in the burning heat of Rimrock County.

But the endless sands aren't the only thing hotter than the chili served up in the Broken Spur café. Despite small-town dirty politics, a deadly car chase and a dangerous paternity search, Dana and Jay can't keep their hands off each other. In the least populated area of the country they've managed to find love. Now all they have to do is stay alive long enough to uncover …

The salt maiden.

— The Salt Maiden by Colleen Thompson

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New This Week: The Secret of Heaven, An Aiden Leonardo Mystery by Felix Alexander

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

An Aiden Leonardo Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: ForeverPoetic

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When investment banker Lazzaro de Medici is found dead, Professor of Biblical Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago Aiden Leonardo is the prime suspect. In possession of an encrypted letter given to him by Lazzaro, Aiden utilizes his extensive knowledge of Scripture to piece together clues that lead to a Lost Bible dating back to the time of Christ.

Hidden within the text is an ancient truth about the most controversial message Jesus left to His disciples. But as Aiden embarks on his quest to unravel the mystery of redemption and faith, a secret organization known only as The Group hunts him down to destroy the Lost Bible and tie up loose ends.

With the help of his fiancé Dr. Miriam Levin — a cultural anthropologist and a professor of historical archaeology in her own right, their friend Nagi, a philologist, religious historian and an eccentric cryptographer, Aiden soon realizes the Lost Bible was written by the only disciple who walked with Jesus and had his gospel omitted from Scripture.

Things are further complicated when a mysterious stranger warns Aiden that possessing the secret of heaven could cost him his life. Pursued by the F.B.I. for the ancient Black market relic and the Chicago PD in connection to the murder of Lazzaro de Medici, Aiden races against the clock to prove his innocence and fulfill his mentor's dying wish.

Expose the secret of heaven …

— The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

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If I Run, The If I Run Series by Terri Blackstock, Now Available at a Special Price

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If I Run by Terri Blackstock

The If I Run Series (1st in series)

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Casey knows the truth. But it won't set her free …

Casey Cox's DNA is all over the crime scene. There's no use talking to police; they've failed her abysmally before. She has to flee before she's arrested … or worse. The truth doesn't matter anymore.

But what is the truth? That's the question haunting Dylan Roberts, the war-weary veteran hired to find Casey. PTSD has marked him damaged goods, but bringing Casey back can redeem him. Though the crime scene seems to tell the whole story, details of the murder aren't adding up.

Casey Cox doesn't fit the profile of a killer. But are Dylan's skewed perceptions keeping him from being objective? If she isn't guilty, why did she run?

Unraveling her past and the evidence that condemns her will take more time than he has, but as Dylan's damaged soul intersects with hers, he is faced with two choices: the girl who occupies his every thought is a psychopathic killer … or a selfless hero. And the truth could be the most deadly weapon yet.

— If I Run by Terri Blackstock

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Orchids and Stone by Lisa Preston, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Orchids and Stone by Lisa Preston, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

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They're trying to take me. Help! Help me, please.

Daphne Mayfield sought a moment of quiet in a park — a break from city life, a tense relationship, and chronic overwork — but then an elderly woman makes a desperate plea. Daphne is reluctant to get involved when she's not sure what's happening, but she wants to help the stranger. Is the rambling old lady the victim of a crime or a victim of dementia?

As her unease grows, Daphne can't let go of the encounter. No matter what her boyfriend or her friends say. No matter what the retired homicide detective warns. Though she knows she's meddling in other people's lives, her instincts scream that the danger is real.

With each increasingly bold intervention, Daphne involves herself in someone else's crisis until she's in too deep to turn back. She's not just fighting for a stranger's life … she's fighting for her own.

— Orchids and Stone by Lisa Preston

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Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction , A Goose Pimple Junction Mystery by Amy Metz, Now Available at a Special Price

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Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz

A Goose Pimple Junction Mystery (1st in series)

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When Tess Tremaine starts a new life in the colorful town of Goose Pimple Junction, curiosity leads her to look into a seventy-five-year-old murder. Suddenly she's learning the foreign language of southern speak, resisting her attraction to local celebrity Jackson Wright, and dealing with more mayhem than she can handle.

A bank robbery, murder, and family tragedy from the 1930s are pieces of the mystery that Tess attempts to solve. As she gets close to the truth, she encounters danger, mystery, a lot of southern charm, and a new temptation for which she's not sure she's ready.

— Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz

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Design For Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain, New in Bookstores during April 2016

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Design For Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain, a Murder, She Wrote Mystery (45th in series)

Publisher: NAL

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Jessica is in Manhattan to attend the debut of a new designer. Formerly Sandy Black of Cabot Cove, the young man has reinvented himself as Xandr Ebon, and is introducing his evening wear collection to the public and — more important — to the industry's powers-that-be: the stylists, the magazine editors, the buyers, and the wealthy clientele who can make or break him. At the show, the glitz and glamour are dazzling until a young model — a novice, taking her first walk down the runway — shockingly collapses and dies. Natural causes? Perhaps. But when another model is found dead, a famous cover girl and darling of the paparazzi, the fashion world gets nervous.

Two models. Two deaths. Their only connection? Xandr Ebon. Jessica's crime-solving instincts are put to the test as she sorts through the egos, the conflicts of interest, the spiteful accusations, and the secrets, all the while keeping an amorous detective at arm's length. But she'll have to dig deep to uncover a killer. A designer's career is on the line. And another model could perish in a New York minute.

— Design For Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain

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Telemystery: Banshee, Father Brown, and NYPD Blue, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling three series from our site being released this week.

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Banshee

Season Three

  

This Cinemax action-drama charts the continuing twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-convict who improbably assumes the identity of sheriff of the rural, Amish-area town of Banshee, PA, where his former lover and partner-in-crime has been living under her own alias, Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic).

Season 3 picks up a month after the Season 2 finale, when Carrie's father, gang kingpin Rabbit (Ben Cross), finally met his demise after a climactic church shootout. Carrie, now exposed and estranged from her husband and kids, remains in Banshee, working as a waitress by day while moonlighting with Lucas, Sugar Bates (Frankie Faison) and Job (Hoon Lee) on a variety of local heists. As Lucas finds it harder and harder to keep his true identity from his deputies — especially Siobhan Kelly (Trieste Kelly Dunn), now his romantic interest — he and the Banshee police force become embroiled in a new conflict between Amish gangster Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen) and Chayton Littlestone (Geno Segers), the vicious, vengeance-minded leader of the Redbone wing of the Kinaho tribe. And as fists and bullets fly in and around Banshee, Lucas concocts a new scheme that could net his thieves a fortune — by robbing a decommissioned Marine compound housing millions of dollars.

The 4th and final season of this series premiered on April 1st.

Father Brown

Season Three Part One

 

Hop on your bicycle and travel back to the 1950s to join the priestly gumshoe Father Brown (Mark Williams) for another compelling series of mysteries based on the novels of G. K. Chesterton.

Quiet lanes and country houses hold daunting secrets that only Father Brown, using his intuition and skill, will be able to work out much to the chagrin of Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers). Joined by his gang of dedicated helpers: the excitable parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack), the glamorous Lady Felicia Montague (Nancy Carroll) and her resourceful chauffeur (and mostly former small-time crook) Sid Carter (Alex Price), Father Brown faces some of his most daunting cases yet.

NYPD Blue

Season Nine

 

Season Nine finds Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) experiencing several dramatic developments in his life, including a long-overdue promotion, a surprising new romance with Detective Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross), and a new partner in the form of John Clark (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).

The 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City are also employed into the series, reflecting both the evolving emotions about our public safety as well as the steadfast strength and dedication of law enforcement officers in the wake of those real-life events.

NYPD Blue originally aired for twelve seasons on ABC.

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Of Soul Sincere by B. Lloyd, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Of Soul Sincere by B. Lloyd, A Julia Warren Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Holland House

  

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It is summer, 1928.

When invited by her publisher to assist a well-respected M.P. write his memoirs, Julia Warren is at first reluctant to concentrate on anything other than her next novel; however, circumstances(involving among other things unexpected plumbing) conspire to change her mind and she finds herself at once guest and employee at the great man's rather bohemian household. Almost immediately she encounters memories from the past, of a rather unsettling nature …

— Of Soul Sincere by B. Lloyd

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The Polish Officer, A Night Soldiers Novel by Alan Furst, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Polish Officer by Alan Furst

A Night Soldiers Novel (3rd in series)

Publisher: Random House

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September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler's Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest.

Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros of Paris, in the tenements of Warsaw, with partizan guerrillas in the frozen forests of the Ukraine, and at Calais Harbor during an attack by British bombers, de Milja fights in the war of the shadows in a world without rules, a world of danger, treachery, and betrayal.

— The Polish Officer by Alan Furst

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New This Week: Team Spirit, A Special Crimie Unit Novel by Ian Mayfield

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Team Spirit by Ian Mayfield

A Special Crimie Unit Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Four Limes Books

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A fiery cross outside a blazing house. A woman dead, her son burned. Prime suspect: the babysitter …

Police investigations can be heavy-handed, and it's the job of DCI Sophia Beadle and her elite team to tackle cases that require a softer approach.

A grotesque arson attack, more reminiscent of 1960s Mississippi than contemporary London, is just one of the things on their plate. 16-year-old Debbie Clarke is the least likely suspect imaginable — until they discover her father's neo-Nazi past. Along with the usual caseload of sex crimes, hate crimes and vulnerable youths, there's also a serial rapist with a predilection for assaulting his victims with their most treasured possessions.

All of this they must juggle with their own preoccupations. DC Nina Tyminski discovers that her husband has been unfaithful in the most hurtful way; PC Larissa "Lucky" Stephenson has a terrible and possibly career-ending secret. These troubles and others open faultlines within the team — and unless they fix the cracks, the fallout could cost one officer her life.

— Team Spirit by Ian Mayfield

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