Now Read This!
MARCH 2026
 
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. In this issue, you will find a featured book of the month, a special event worth checking out, a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming mystery titles, and booklists for further reading. Whether you prefer classic whodunnits or spine-chilling thrillers, your friendly BPL Reader Services Librarians have recommendations for every reader.
 
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Book of the Month
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
The List of Suspicious Things
by Jennie Godfrey

While navigating adolescence in 1979 Yorkshire, England, twelve-year-old Miv and her best friend investigate the Yorkshire Ripper murders by creating a list of suspicious people in their neighborhood, uncovering deeper, closer-to-home mysteries.
Event Spotlight
Print 2 Screen Book Group: The Day of the Jackal
Thursday, April 30, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Hyde Park Branch
 
The Print 2 Screen book group is a new book group in Hyde Park that focuses on books that have been adapted into feature films or television series. Each month the group selects a book to read that also has a TV or film adaptation to watch, and we discuss the differences in storytelling, characters, plot and more. Print 2 Screen focuses on books of a variety of genres, formats, and intended audiences. 
 
The book for the first meeting in April is The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, released in 1971. This is a political/spy thriller and was adapted into a TV show in 2024.
 
New and Upcoming Titles
The Briars by Sarah Crouch
Stakeouts and Strollers: A Mystery by Rob Phillips
Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan
The Briars
Sarah Crouch
 
"While tracking a cougar in the Pacific Northwest, a game warden becomes involved in a murder investigation that leads her to a recluse hiding a secret past."
 
Stakeouts and Strollers
Rob Phillips
 
"Amateur PI and new dad Charlie Shaw gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to help a teenage runaway find her missing father."
 
Darkrooms
Rebecca Hannigan
 
"Trying to uncover the truth twenty years after a young girl's disappearance, two women must confront their shared trauma and their hometown's secrets."
 
Murder Your Darlings by Jenna Blum
Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
When I Kill You by B. A. Paris
Murder Your Darlings
Jenna Blum
 
"A mid-career novelist begins a passionate affair with a famous author, only to find their romance entangled with mysterious deaths in the literary world."
 
Warning Signs
Tracy Sierra
 
"A father-son ski trip turns into a fight for survival for twelve-year-old Zach, forcing him to face the dangers of the wilderness and his father's violent business associates."
 
When I Kill You
B. A. Paris
 
"A woman is being stalked while hiding her past involvement in investigating a murder fourteen years ago, leading to dangerous consequences."
 
Very Slowly All at Once by Lauren Schott
The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera
Who Knew the Ridpath Girl: A Mystery by Stacy Johns
Very Slowly All at Once
Lauren Schott
 
"A couple begins receiving growing sums of money from an unknown source—a windfall that will carry an unthinkable price."
 
The Midnight Taxi
Yosha Gunasekera
 
"When one of her fares turns up dead in her back seat, a Sri Lankan American taxi driver works off the clock to clear her name."
 
Who Knew the Ridpath Girl
Stacy Johns
 
"A YouTube dad investigates his sister's death from years ago, leading to new murders and dangerous revelations in his small town."
 
Find Your Next Great Read
Caught in a Bad Romance: 13 Thrillers About Romances That Are Too Good to Be True
Are you tired of reading about happily-ever-after? Whether you want a story about love gone wrong, toxic relationships, dangerous connections, strange disappearances, or just how twisted love can be, one of these books may be right up your alley. Check one out today!

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