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Author, playwright, essayist. Film @mindykaling @amazonstudios. linktr.ee/UzmaJ *Not active on twitter*
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The Best Amateur Sleuths in Fiction, According to Uzma Jalaluddin

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By Uzma Jalaluddin
| CrimeReads Verified
The following are Uzma Jalaluddin’s recommendations for series and novels featuring memorable amateur sleuths. Article continues after advertisement * Miss Marple Agatha Christie, Miss Marple series Article continues after advertisement I’ll be honest—as a younger reader, I gravitated towards Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, but her second most famous detective, the uncannily observant Miss Marple of St. Mary’s Mead, has grown on me over the years.
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Dolly Parton biography brightens the 10 best books of December 2025

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By Aisha Hassan, Christoffer Carlsson, Jennie Godfrey, Uzma Jalaluddin
| The Christian Science Monitor Verified
These are the fiction titles our reviewers liked best this month. When the Fireflies Dance, by Aisha Hassan Aisha Hassan’s novel follows Lalloo, a kindhearted 20-year-old scraping by in Lahore, Pakistan, as a driver for a wealthy clan. His goal is simple and, readers soon learn, nigh impossible: to save enough money to free his family from their indentured labor as brickmakers. The fast-moving story rebukes an unjust system, with heart to spare.
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YOURS FOR THE SEASON

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By Uzma Jalaluddin
| Kirkus Reviews Verified
With captivating dialogue, angst-y characters, and a couple of steamy sex scenes, Hoover has done it again. After being released from prison, a young woman tries to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter despite having killed the girl’s father. Kenna didn’t even know she was pregnant until after she was sent to prison for murdering her boyfriend, Scotty. When her baby girl, Diem, was born, she was forced to give custody to Scotty’s parents.
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