Mystery
October 2, 2025
 

Recent Releases
The impossible fortune by Richard Osman
The impossible fortune
by Richard Osman

As wedding plans unfold and personal struggles linger, the Thursday Murder Club reunites when a guest vanishes and a suspicious partner hints at something valuable—and deadly—leading Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim into a tangled case of coded secrets and high-stakes deception.
The girl from Devil's Lake by Judith A. Jance
The girl from Devil's Lake
by Judith A. Jance

While preparing to celebrate her daughter's police academy graduation, Sheriff Joanna Brady is drawn into a chilling hunt for a serial killer whose crimes stretch from Arizona to North Dakota, forcing her to untangle dangerous secrets and confront betrayal close to home.
Apostle's Cove : a novel by William Kent Krueger
Apostle's Cove : a novel
by William Kent Krueger

Just before Halloween, former sheriff Cork O'Connor reopens a decades-old murder case at his son's urging as whispers of the Windigo grow louder and bodies begin to fall in the latest addition to the long-running series following Spirit Crossing.
The librarians by Sherry Thomas
The librarians
by Sherry Thomas

When two patrons die after a themed game night, four Austin librarians—each guarding painful secrets—must overcome mistrust and unite to protect their beloved library, unraveling a mystery that threatens the refuge they've built and the fragile peace they've found.
Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley
Gray Dawn
by Walter Mosley

Running a successful detective agency in 1970s L.A., Easy Rawlins is hired to find a dangerous woman whose secrets threaten to upend the city's fragile balance in the latest addition to the long-running series following Farewell, Amethystine. 80,000 first printing.
A dark and deadly journey / : An Evelyne Redfern Mystery by Julia Kelly
A dark and deadly journey / : An Evelyne Redfern Mystery
by Julia Kelly

In war-torn Lisbon, typist-turned-spy Evelyne Redfern and her infuriating partner David Poole race to find a missing informant after a murder mid-mission reveals espionage and tension between allies, in the third book of the series following Betrayal at Blackthorn Park.
Murder in an Italian piazza by Michael Falco
Murder in an Italian piazza
by Michael Falco

Positano knows Bria as the“Italian Miss Marple,” which could complicate her romance with the police chief, but when opera diva Carlotta Incantaro, coming out of retirement for one last appearance, stays at Bria's B&B and a body is found in the piazza after the performance, Bria is drawn into tragedy.
The Deepest Cut by P. J. Tracy
The Deepest Cut
by P. J. Tracy

After escaping from a rural Minnesota mental hospital with help from his ruthless mother, convicted killer Wolfgang Mauer pursues a deadly vendetta against the detectives and cyber-sleuths who caught him, sparking a frantic multi-agency manhunt led by a young sheriff unprepared for such carnage.
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