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Great Mystery Reads from 2015

The Washington Post has compiled a list of great mysteries or thrillers from 2015. In case you haven't already read all of these, I'm including five here for you to add to your 2016 reading list. Listed below each book is the back cover description. A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George Inspector Lynley Book 19 The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth George’s newest novel of crime, passion, and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.   The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind who will have to deal with its unintended consequences—could there be a link between the young man’s leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge?   After various issues with her department, Barbara Hav