MysterySeptember 2025
Recent Releases
The girl with ice in her veins by Karin Smirnoff
The girl with ice in her veins
by Karin Smirnoff

As unrest simmers in the snowbound town of Gasskas, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are drawn into a web of violence and buried histories involving a murdered journalist, a missing hacker, and Lisbeth's vanished niece, forcing them to confront dangers both personal and political.
The impossible fortune by Richard Osman
The impossible fortune
by Richard Osman

As wedding plans unfold and personal struggles linger, the Thursday Murder Club reunites when a guest vanishes and a suspicious partner hints at something valuable—and deadly—leading Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim into a tangled case of coded secrets and high-stakes deception.
Guilty by definition : a novel by Susie Dent
Guilty by definition : a novel
by Susie Dent

When a cryptic letter arrives at the Clarendon English Dictionary, senior editor Martha Thornhill is drawn into the mystery of her sister's long-ago disappearance—and must confront buried secrets someone will do anything to keep hidden.
One dark night by Hannah Richell
One dark night
by Hannah Richell

On Halloween, students meet near Sally in the Wood, a road supposedly haunted by a murdered girl, and by the night's end, a student is dead; guidance counselor Rachel watches over daughter Ellie while students panic, ex-husband Ben investigates, and Ellie keeps secrets from both parents.
Into the Leopard's Den
by Harini Nagendra

In 1922 colonial India, pregnant private detective Kaveri Murthy leaves Bangalore to visit her husband in Coorg where he's setting up a new medical clinic. While happy to see him, she's also investigating the odd death of an old woman, which leads to more cases, including one involving a ghost leopard. This evocative, charming 4th Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery will work for new readers to the series and for fans of Nev March and Sujata Massey.
Please Don't Tell by Elizabeth Adler
Please Don't Tell
by Elizabeth Adler

Assisting a car accident victim who was traveling to San Francisco to solve the murder of his fiancée, Fenny Dexter shares a night of passion with the man, whose identity comes into question in the wake of a series of brutal murders.
She doesn't have a clue : a novel by Jenny Elder Moke
She doesn't have a clue : a novel
by Jenny Elder Moke

On a private island off the Seattle coast, bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine reluctantly attends her ex-fiancé's nuptials while juggling her latest manuscript, but when the bride is poisoned, she teams up with another past love to uncover the killer among the guests.
History Lessons
by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Life as a new history professor at prestigious Harrison University has been pretty good for Daphne Ouverture, even though her love life needs help. But when the school's star professor is murdered right after texting Daphne, she is suspected by the police and targeted by the killer. Teaming up with a handsome book store owner, she plays amateur sleuth. For fans of: debut mysteries; smart, witty academic novels; Kellye Garrett.
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