Upcoming Movie Mysteries Unveiled: April 2025 Release
With the arrival of spring, warmer weather, and the approach of the farmers market, author Victoria Fair shares her anticipation for reconnecting with friends and visits to the local market. One attraction at the market, The Petite Fleet, offers mouth-watering freshly squeezed strawberry basil lemonade.
As a respite from the wait for the farmers market, Fair is incorporating her love for mystery and camaraderie into her reading challenge. For the KRL Coming Attractions Column Reading Challenge in April, she will focus on sleuthing duos and groups. A sleuth requires a support system, whether it be friends, family, or colleagues to assist with solving cases.
Highlighting several upcoming releases, the sleuth support system comes in diverse forms. In Brilliance and Betrayal by Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe, romantic adversaries join forces to solve crimes. Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly features a pair of crime-solving cousins, while Death in the Dressing Room by Simon Brett follows a retiree and neighbor duo. Other new releases include Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage, where the Golden Girls employ their wit and wisdom as crime-solving best friends, and Sound of Death by Will Thomas, which features a crime-solving private inquiry agent duo. Readers can choose from these recommendations or select their preferred titles from the extensive list of new releases for April.
Among the recommendations, Brilliance and Betrayal by Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe tells the story of Lord Peregrine Fitzroy and Lady Charity Cresswell. After Peregrine's mother's treasonous actions, he returns to English soil, only to suspect another poisoning. Charity, now a lady-in-waiting to the Queen, shares a common goal, seeking revenge while working together to unravel the conspiracy hiding the true identity of the hidden hand at work. The twists and secrets, shrouded in a dangerous conspiracy to prevent a political alliance through marriage, make this a suspenseful tale of love and betrayal.
In addition to this intriguing duo, Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck find themselves solving a cold case in Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly. An upscale retirement community repurposes most buildings on a former boarding school property, but Whitney and Buck take on the task of exorcising the structure's demons and solving the curious deaths that occurred within its walls.
Readers can also look forward to Death in the Dressing Room by Simon Brett, where Carole Seddon and her neighbor Jude join forces to investigate a murder after the closing night of a play based on a classic TV sitcom.
The Golden Girls once again enter the fray in Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage, as they use their valuable friendship and wit to solve a new mystery when Dorothy's VHS dating service date turns up dead.
Private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn, his partner, find themselves embroiled in a web of destruction and potential disaster in Season of Death by Will Thomas. Railway tunnels collapsing, mysterious beggars, and a missing heiress all contribute to a convoluted conspiracy they must decipher.
With an extensive list of new releases available for readers to explore, the KRL Coming Attractions Column Reading Challenge provides a diverse selection of duo and group mysteries to suited for a range of tastes. Readers can follow the link to the KRL website to purchase these books, with a portion of the proceeds supporting KRL.
In the spring reading challenge, Victoria Fair will delve into a variety of sleuthing duos and groups, such as romantic adversaries in "Brilliance and Betrayal", crime-solving cousins in "Dead Post Society", a retiree and neighbor duo in "Death in the Dressing Room", best friends in "Murder by Cheesecake", and a private inquiry agent partner duo in "Season of Death".
These books cater to diverse tastes, offering entertaining content that spans across food-and-drink, general-news, entertainment, and lifestyle, making it an ideal selection for the approaching farmers market and social gatherings.
