Mystery
May 2025
Recent Releases
Big Bad Wool
by Leonie Swann

The sheep of Glennkill, led by their shepherdess Rebecca, must use wit and courage to solve the mystery of a disappearing flock, unnatural deer deaths and a possible werewolf in the second novel of the series following Three Bags Full.
Death by Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin
by Sarah Graves

Revelers have gathered on the waterfront for a party at local celebrity Hank Rafferty's ramshackle mansion. The home repair TV show star and his guests await a devilish dessert delivery from Jake and Ellie--who arrive just after Hank's body falls to his death from the house's turret's balcony.
Doggone Bones
by Carolyn Haines

When a local pet activist's dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following Blue Christmas Bones.
How to Seal Your Own Fate
by Kristen Perrin

Annie Adams investigates the murder of a local fortune teller, revealing dark secrets tied to a 1967 tragedy that haunted her late Aunt Frances, in the second novel of the series following How to Solve Your Own Murder.
Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz

Back in England, editor Susan Ryeland is working on a continuation novel called Pünd's Last Case, in which writer Eliot Crace has concealed clues about his grandmother's death by poison, but when another murder follows, Susan becomes the number one suspect.
Murder Runs in the Family
by Tamara Berry

When an impulsive decision forces her to flee her former life, Amber Winslow heads to the luxury accommodations of her grandmother's retirement community. But as soon as she sneaks her things into Seven Ponds she finds that her Grandma Jade is about to be arrested for murder. With the help of the other retirees and her grandma's true crime podcast friends, Amber must work to find the real killer.
Nightshade
by Michael Connelly

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor.
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding
by Catherine Mack

When a bestselling mystery author attends her best friend's star-studded wedding on stormy Catalina Island, a chilling death ruins the celebration in the second novel of the series following Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies.
Not They Who Soar
by Amanda Flower

Katharine Wright, sister of the flying Wright Brothers, attends the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis with best friend Margaret Goodwin Meacham and stumbles upon a woman who says“aeronautics competition” before dying, and Katharine convinces Margaret to help her investigate.
Return to Sender
by Craig Johnson

When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest route in the country, goes missing, the Wyoming postal inspector tells Sheriff Longmire to investigate her disappearance; posing as a letter-carrier, the sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in an otherworldly cult.
The Silversmith's Puzzle
by Nev March

Captain Jim Agnihotri and Lady Diana Framji return to India as they investigate a murder amidst colonial Bombay's complex hierarchy.
South of Nowhere
by Jeffery Deaver

When a levee collapses in Northern California, Colter Shaw and his disaster response specialist sister, Dorion, race to locate a missing family and uncover whether sabotage, not nature, threatens the town's survival.
The Stolen Heart
by Andreæi Kurkov

Samson Kolechko cuts his teeth investigating illegal profiteering in the colorful and lawless period after the end of World War I in this a mystery based on a real-life case from Kyiv's secret police.
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