Mystery
June 4, 2025
 

Recent Releases
My father always finds corpses
by Lee Hollis

Jarrod Jarvis, a former child star turned theater director, is drawn back into sleuthing when his daughter Liv finds her boyfriend murdered. As they investigate the crime together—uncovering a web of suspects tied to a mysterious surrogacy—they begin to mend their strained relationship. But with a killer still on the loose, their fragile reunion may not last.
Marble Hall murders : a novel
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.
A cyclist's guide to villains & vines
by Ann Claire

Sadie Greene leads a cycling tour through picturesque Alsace, hoping to impress a seasoned group of senior travelers known as the Silver Spinners. But the trip takes a deadly turn when a body is discovered—and then another, with ties to her tour. As the seniors jump into amateur sleuthing and chaos mounts, Sadie must solve the mystery to protect her guests and save her business, before the killer strikes again.
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.
No one was supposed to die at this wedding : a novel
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. 150,000 first printing.
Cold burn
by A. J. Landau

Agent Michael Walker and FBI investigator Gina Delgado race to stop a global catastrophe triggered by a deadly prehistoric organism thawed by climate change. As mysterious deaths in Alaska, ecological disasters in Florida, and a sunken nuclear submarine converge, they uncover a terrifying truth: the organism could wipe out all life on Earth. With a rogue billionaire seeking to exploit it for fuel and a Russian strongman wanting to weaponize it, Walker and Delgado must battle on multiple fronts to stop an ancient threat with apocalyptic potential.
A telegram from Le Touquet
by John Bude

Nigel Derry’s uneasy Easter visit to his eccentric Aunt Gwenny takes a dark turn after she suddenly leaves for Europe. When Nigel joins her in the South of France, their sunny holiday is shattered by murder. Inspector Blampignon of the Sûreté Nationale takes on the baffling case, where the victim’s death may have occurred far from the body’s location. As suspicion mounts, the determined detective races to uncover the truth behind the chilling crime. Part of the British Library Crime Classics series.
Death at a Highland wedding
by Kelley Armstrong

Living as a Victorian-era housemaid after slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson joins Dr. Duncan Gray at a Highland wedding-turned-murder in the fourth novel of the series following Disturbing the Dead. 50,000 first printing.
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