Belvedere Tiburon Library: New Mystery October 2026

New Mysteries

October 2026

Our Librarians have selected 10 of the most recent mysteries in the collection.

She Walks at Night
by Seishi Yokomizo

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigates the discovery of Yachiyo Furugami’s fiancé’s headless body at her family’s walled Musashino estate, where an embattled patriarch, his mistress, an unstable daughter and a troubled heir conceal secrets that complicate the murder inquiry.

Codebreakers: A Wordhunter Mystery
by Stella Sands

In south-central Florida, Maggie Moore and Detective Silas Gabriel Jackson use forensic semiotics and observation to investigate a criminal targeting unsuspecting men, while their own difficult histories and evolving partnership complicate the search for evidence and connection.

Killer Vibes: The First Peter Key Mystery
by Jack Friday

After inheriting a dilapidated Austin house from an uncle he barely knew, private investigator Peter Key discovers mounting debts and a bag of cash, leading him to question whether the death was accidental - as pressure to sell and danger around the property increase.

Dead Men Don't Play Fetch: An Andy Carpenter Mystery
by David Rosenfelt

Asked by a longtime friend to defend homeless veteran Jason Maddox, lawyer Andy Carpenter investigates the stabbing death of philanthropist Paul Vincent, whose will favored Maddox; with the evidence seemingly conclusive and Maddox’s dog in his care, Andy searches for another explanation.

The Masala Chai Mystery Club
by Mj Soni

When retired librarian Neeti Shah finds her unpopular childhood friend dead beside an Agatha Christie novel, she and the mystery-reading members of her Masala Chai club investigate neighbors with grudges, only to face more deaths and an expanding list of suspects.

Death on the Books: A Blue Ridge Library Mystery
by Victoria Gilbert

When a stranger is poisoned at the Taylorsford Public Library, director Amy Muir investigates his ties to an art dealer, the dealer’s granddaughter and her children’s godfather, while a cryptic note about a hen and sapphire points toward a lost Romanov treasure and further danger.

The Mystic and the Missing Girl: A Mystery
by Vikki Vansickle

Twenty years after a teenager’s disappearance implicated her psychic aunt, Drew Benson reluctantly uses tarot readings and impressions from objects when a reporter reopens the case, risking the metaphysical shop she inherited and her place in a lakeside community wary of her family’s past.

Broken Truths
by Alessandro Robecchi

In present-day Milan, filmmaker Manlio Parrini develops a film about crime writer Augusto De Angelis, whose 1940s death was shaped by fascist censorship, when the murder of his elderly neighbor draws him and screenwriting collaborator Sara De Viesti into a new investigation connecting past and present.

The Quilt Whisperer Investigates
by Peggy Ehrhart

When curator Caroline arrives to collect an antique quilt for a Banburyport museum exhibit, she finds its wealthy owner murdered and the quilt missing, and, as police target a museum intern, Caroline follows clues linking a bloodstained napkin, local resentments and the town’s past.

The Opposite of Murder
by Sophie Hannah

Jemma Stelling reports to police that she fears she may murder her stepmother, Marianne Upton, only to learn during her statement that Marianne has been stabbed in precisely the manner Jemma described, leaving investigators to determine whether her alibi proves innocence or calculation.

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