Mystery
August 2025
Recent Releases
Death at the White Hart
by Chris Chibnall

Leaving Liverpool for her sleepy coastal hometown, DS Nicola Bridge plans to work less and save her marriage. But when the local pub owner is tied to a chair, killed, and left in the road, Nicola puts in long hours with her new team to solve the case. 
The blue horse
by Bruce Borgos

When a pilot's murder begets a helicopter crash and disrupts a wild horse round-up, Nevada sheriff Porter Beck navigates federal pressure, activist tensions, and a suspicious mining operation—all while protecting his sister and unraveling a case tangled with danger and deception.
The Rushworth Family Plot
by Claudia Gray

While navigating a London social season complicated by family disapproval, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney become entangled in another murder investigation, one that is complicated by a contested inheritance and threats to loved ones' reputations. Don't miss this 4th Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney novel if you want to see the young couple's relationship progress.
Dogged pursuit
by David Rosenfelt

Newly minted defense attorney Andy Carpenter goes to an animal shelter to adopt two dogs and stumbles into his first case defending a dog-loving murder suspect, in this prequel to the long-running series. 
Mrs. Plansky goes rogue
by Spencer Quinn

Mrs. Plansky plans to celebrate a senior tennis championship with her partner, Kev, on his yacht, until the yacht is destroyed in a suspicious fire and Kev goes missing, and apparently her dad had introduced Kev to Jack, her wayward tennis pro son—and now he's missing too.
Death of an Ex
by Delia Pitts

Struggling New Jersey PI Vandy Myrick runs into the ex-husband she hasn't seen in 20 years. He's become a successful real estate agent and the chair of an elite school's board of trustees. But after spending the night with Vandy, he's found dead, leaving her to dig into his new life to clear her name. This 2nd Vandy Myrick novel explores race and class issues within its intricate plot.
Can you solve the murder? : the flowers of Elysium : an interactive crime novel
by Antony Johnston

Readers can interview suspects, follow clues and make fateful choices in this immersive, interactive detective mystery set at a secluded English wellness retreat where a businessman was found dead with a rose in his mouth. 
Making a Killing
by Cara Hunter

When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case—the 2016 murder of an eightyear-old girl in Oxford—he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims.
Etiquette for lovers and killers : a novel
by Anna Fitzgerald Healy

In 1964 Eastport, Maine, the bored and curious Billie McCadie becomes entangled in a glamorous and deadly mystery involving love letters, secret pasts and murder, all while questioning if she's just a bystander or the heroine of her own story.
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