Mystery
September 2025
Recent Releases
There Will Be Bodies
by Lindsey Davis

In 90 C.E., Roman detective Flavia Albia and her husband, Tiberius Manilus, renovate a home in a small coastal town partially destroyed by Mount Vesuvius a decade ago. Tiberius' uncle got it cheap, maybe because along with ash and dirt, workers find multiple dead bodies. Though this is Flavia's 13th outing, newcomers can still enjoy this compelling mystery. For fans of: Steven Saylor; Tasha Alexander's In the Shadow of Vesuvius.
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Recently widowed Savvy Summers runs a Chicago soul food restaurant and catering business in this engaging series opener that includes recipes. But after a customer dies and people blame her, she must figure out what really killed the man to save herself and her livelihood. Thankfully she has help from her gossipy sous-chef and her cop ex-husband. Try this next: Abby Collette’s Books and Biscuits Mysteries; Danielle Arceneaux’s Glory Broussard Mysteries.
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective
by Jo Nichols

Elderly Mrs. B. rents her Santa Barbara, California, cottages to people who need help in this charming 1st in a series. Her newest renter, an ex-convict, is blamed when a body is found nearby, so Mrs. B. sets out to prove his innocence with help from other tenants, including a single mom and her kids, an agoraphobic man, and a workaholic perfectionist. For fans of: Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building; Richard Osman; Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong Mysteries.
The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant
by Liza Tully

When 20-something Olivia Blunt gets a job assisting famous New York City detective Aubrey Merritt, she's eager to get to work, but finds herself doing boring tasks. Things change when the duo travel to Vermont to investigate the supposed suicide of a wealthy woman at her luxurious resort. There are plenty of suspects, and soon more murders, in this entertaining fair-play mystery. Read-alike: The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan.
33 Place Brugmann : a novel by Alice Austen
33 Place Brugmann : a novel
by Alice Austen

On the eve of Nazi occupation, the residents of 33 Place Brugmann in Brussels are forced to choose between submission or risking everything to protect one another in the face of betrayal, love and courage.
The Amalfi curse by Sarah Penner
The Amalfi curse
by Sarah Penner

Haven Ambrose, a trailblazing nautical archaeologist, has come to the sun-soaked village of Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. But Haven is hoping to find more than old artifacts beneath the azure waters; she is secretly on a quest to locate a trove of priceless gemstones her late father spotted on his final dive. Haven must unravel the Amalfi Curse before the region is destroyed forever... Against the dazzling backdrop of the Amalfi Coast, this bewitching novel shimmers with mystery, romance and the untamed magic of the sea.
Apostle's Cove : a novel by William Kent Krueger
Apostle's Cove : a novel
by William Kent Krueger

Just before Halloween, former sheriff Cork O'Connor reopens a decades-old murder case at his son's urging as whispers of the Windigo grow louder and bodies begin to fall in the latest addition to the long-running series following Spirit Crossing.
The bone thief by Vanessa Lillie
The bone thief
by Vanessa Lillie

When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town—a place with dark ties to an elite historical society—archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate.
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.

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