New/Upcoming Mysteries & Thrillers
November 2025
False witness : a thriller by Phillip Margolin
False Witness
by Phillip Margolin (release date 11/11)

A lawyer who was set-up, imprisoned, and disbarred, only to be vindicated and reinstated, is determined to find out who set her up and cover their tracks with a trail of dead bodies.
The devil in Oxford by Jess Armstrong
The Devil in Oxford
by Jess Armstrong (release date 11/4)

The third in Jess Armstrong's series of historical gothic mysteries starring Ruby Vaughn, an American heiress living in England after World War I who gets mixed up in strange occult cases.
Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs
Evil Bones
by Kathy Reichs (release date 11/18)

Bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with another investigation by forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.
Nash falls by David Baldacci
Nash Falls
by David Baldacci (release date 11/11)

Businessman Walter Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They have an important request: become their inside man to expose an enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through the company where Walter works.
Wild instinct : a novel by T. Jefferson Parker
Wild Instinct
by T. Jefferson Parker (release date 11/11)

Lew Gale, a former Marine sniper, now an Orange County California Sheriff's detective, is assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in Caspers Park, located in the rugged country east of Laguna Beach, California. The investigation takes a chilling turn when Lew discovers that the victim was dead long before the lion got to him.
The King's Ransom by Janet Evanovich
The King's Ransom
by Janet Evanovich (release date 11/11)

The second novel in Janet Evanovich's "Recovery Agent" series, following The Recovery Agent. Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can't seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help
Death and dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala
Death and Dinuguan
by Mia P. Manansala (release date 11/25)

In the latest in the popular Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries series, a series of attacks against women-owned businesses in the area escalates from petty theft to assault and murder.
The hidden city by Charles Finch
The Hidden City
by Charles Finch (release date 11/4)

Against the backdrop of Victorian London, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox must unlock a mystery concealed in the architecture of the city itself.
Innocence road by Laura Griffin
Innocence Road
by Laura Griffin (release date 11/11)

Detective Leanne Everhart swore she'd never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas - but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.
From cradle to grave by Rhys Bowen
From Cradle to Grave
by Rhys Bowen (release date 11/18)

Georgie may not have much in common with your average new mother, but she does have one thing: a new nanny she despises. Knowing she must find a nanny more suited to her young son, Georgie travels to London to see her old friend ZouZou, only to find her about to depart for a funeral, after the unexpected death of a young man. It quickly becomes clear there's more than one mysterious death around town.
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