Mystery
December 2025

Recent Releases
The Hidden City
by Charles Finch

In 1879 London, aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox aids his former housekeeper, who's unsettled by a stranger hanging about her new home where a murder once occurred. Though this is the 15th book starring Lenox (and the first since 2021), newcomers will enjoy this smart, atmospheric tale.

For fans of: Louise Penny
; historical mysteries with clever plotting and erudite sleuths.
A Killer Wedding
by Joan O'Leary

Gloria Beaufort, the billionaire matriarch of American beauty company Glo, handpicks magazine journalist Christine to cover the wedding of her beloved grandson at an Irish castle. When Gloria is murdered and the Beauforts refuse to call the police until after the wedding, Christine digs into the toxic family's secrets in this slow-burn, funny first novel. 

Try this next: 
The Bridesmaid by Cate Quinni; The Author's Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.
We Had a Hunch
by Tom Ryan

Twenty-five years ago, twin sisters Sam and Alice teamed up with their techy friend Joey to catch a Massachusetts serial killer, which resulted in the murder of the twins' father and the arrest of their high school janitor. But now someone is using the same modus operandi, leading the three now-middle-aged sleuths to put aside their earlier trauma and investigate in a novel that's "criminally good fun" (Publishers Weekly).

Try this next: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham; The Secrets We Share by Edwin Hill.  
A Case of Life and Limb
by Sally Smith

The 1901 Christmas peace of the Inner Temple, the picture-postcard home of London’s elite lawyers, is disturbed when Sir William Waring receives a beautifully wrapped package containing a severed human hand. Brilliant Gabriel Ward, a fellow Temple resident, investigates while also working on a sensationalistic defamation case in this entertaining follow-up to A Case of Mice and Murder.

Try this next: Claudia Gray’s The Murder of Mr. Wickham.
The Dentist
by Tim Sullivan

DS George Cross, who’s autistic and detail-oriented, investigates an unhoused man’s murder in South West England. Noticing clues that others miss and with help from his partner DS Josie Ottey, George unearths links to an old killing in this acclaimed series starter and bestselling police procedural from the United Kingdom.

Try this next: The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace. 
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