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| I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus CraigFresh out of prison after 35 years, 75-year-old serial killer Carol Quinn moves into a North London retirement home. While she once targeted people she thought deserved it, she's (probably) done with murder. When a resident is killed and she's blamed, she looks for the real killer. Meanwhile, three other residents also investigate. For fans of: Robert Thorogood's Marlow Murder Club books; Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club novels; Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady stories. |
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The Grapples of Wrath
by Alice Bell
The unputdownable cozy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder.
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| What Happened That Night by Nicci FrenchTyler Green spent 27 years in an English prison for the 1993 murder of his best mate, but he's always denied the charge. Freed, he reunites with the eight university friends present the night of the killing, which leads to another death. DI Maud O'Connor works the case, and despite what others think, she doubts Tyler's guilt. This slow-burn, locked-room mystery is the suspenseful 3rd in the Maud O'Connor series. Try this next: Jane Casey's Maeve Kerrigan novels. |
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My Inner Child Wants to Murder Mindfully
by Karsten Dusse
Björn Diemel has mastered the principles of mindfulness and used them to improve his life. He quit his stressful job and started his own practice. He spends more time with his daughter and argues less—and usually more lovingly—with his wife. Oh, and by the way, he also happens to be running two mafia clans with ease, since he murdered the boss of one and locked the boss of the other in the basement of his daughter’s kindergarten. So why can’t Björn enjoy any of this? Why does he keep losing his temper? Is he simply tired of killing? No, not quite. His therapist, Joschka Breitner, finally points him in the right direction: It all comes down to Björn’s inner child.
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Watch Them Fall
by Marion Todd
A body is hauled out of St Andrews harbour. The cause of death – a blow to the back of the head. DI Clare Mackay and her team are immediately suspicious. This was no accident. Local Dennis Gibb was murdered.
Meanwhile a string of burglaries across town divide Clare’s attention and she is drawn into a world of property developers, holiday lets and protestors determined to put a stop to the new building works. When another person linked to Dennis is murdered, the investigation becomes even more urgent and Clare is led down a winding path to local secrets, hidden animosity and dodgy business deals…
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| The Murder at World's End by Ross MontgomeryOn a Cornish tidal island in 1910, 19-year-old Stephen Pike is the new footman at Tithe Hall, where Viscount Stockingham-Welt believes Halley's Comet will destroy the earth. That doesn't happen, but someone does kill the viscount in his locked study. When ex-con Stephen is suspected, the viscount's elderly, scientific-minded aunt teams up with him to prove his innocence in this delightful series starter. For fans of: atmospheric Edwardian mysteries; witty, unlikely detective duos. |
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Pendergast: The Beginning
by Douglas Preston
From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story--a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast's strange and shocking first case.
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| The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-ReverteAfter bad weather cuts off an idyllic Greek island in 1960, a dead British tourist is found inside a locked cabana. Aging actor Ormond Basil, who played Sherlock Holmes in 15 films, finds himself tasked with investigating while a Spanish mystery writer acts as his Watson. Also on the island are an Italian film producer, a former opera star, and others. For fans of: locked-room mysteries; Sherlock Holmes; Anthony Horowitz; Knives Out. |
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Death of a Groom
by M. C. Beaton
It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can handle the weather, but with a surprise influx of high-society visitors for a Valentine's Day wedding at Tommel Castle Hotel, he has bigger problems. The guest list includes not one, but two women from his own romantic past. And Hamish isn't the only one disrupted by the arrival of the wedding party. The groom--the supposedly suave and sophisticated Darius Palmerston--is involved in a series of incidents in the local pub. Tensions between guests and villagers escalate until, shortly after the lavish wedding ceremony, a body is found in the hotel dining room. The gruesome killing means Hamish suddenly has a murder investigation on his hands, one with a very long list of suspects.
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