Is it ok for a newbie to make a nomination? I was thinking that the ones that have been nominated are excellent, but they're also ones a mystery reader would be aware of already. So I thought I'd nominate something new (ok, pilotbob?). I nominate "A Beautiful Blue Death" by Charles Finch. It's won a number of awards, and it was the first book I bought for GRUBERG (my K1). It's set in 1865 England and exceptionally well written. There's already a second in the series - The September Society - and a third is supposed to be in the works.
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