Mystery & Suspense
                                              September 2025
Recent Releases
Off the air by Christina Estes
Off the air
by Christina Estes

When a controversial talk-show radio host dies under mysterious circumstances, journalist Jolene Garcia is on the case. A first novel.
Kiss her goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Kiss her goodbye
by Lisa Gardner

Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose friend suspects she is in grave danger—before it is too late. (suspense).
Fog and Fury
by Rachel Howzell Hall

Ex-LAPD detective Sonny Rush moves to picturesque Haven, California, to work for her godfather's PI firm and help care for her mom. After learning that the police didn't do a good job investigating a Black teen's supposed suicide, she looks into the death, unearthing the area's ugly underbelly in this suspenseful 1st in a new series. Read-alikes: Tracy Clark's Chicago Mysteries; Delia Pitts' Vandy Myrick series.
The red queen by Martha Grimes
The red queen
by Martha Grimes

When a businessman is gunned down in a quiet Twickenham pub, superintendent Richard Jury uncovers a web of conflicting accounts, a mysterious lookalike in America, and a parallel case involving his partner's missing sister that soon complicates both investigations in unexpected ways. (mystery & detective).
The good liar by Denise Mina
The good liar
by Denise Mina

New evidence in an old murder case forces one woman to make an impossible choice.
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.
Not quite dead yet : a novel by Holly Jackson
Not quite dead yet : a novel
by Holly Jackson

Thirty-six hours after being attacked, Jet wakes in the hospital to grim news that a bone fragment is putting pressure on her brain's arterial wall and will cause a fatal hemorrhage—instead of choosing surgery with a slim chance of survival, she uses her last week to find her murderer.
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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