March 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies
by Jenny Elder Moke
Hobnobbing with Seattle's elite on a super-yacht, Juliette Winters is about to land the deal of the century--if she doesn't get arrested first...
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The Cyclist
by Tim Sullivan
DS George Cross has unique and unmatchable talents. So when a ravaged body is found in a demolition site, it's up to Cross to piece together the truth from whatever fragments he can find. DS George Cross Mystery series.
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A Deadly Clue
by Victoria Gilbert
Cameron Clewe and Jane Hunter are slowly cataloging Cam’s private collection when Jane finds a note from Kimberly Stewart Ward—who supposedly committed suicide, and Jane discovers someone was actually targeting Kimberly with the intention of killing her. Hunter and Clewe Mystery series.
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Definitely Maybe Not a Detective
by Sarah Fox
Emersyn Gray is definitely not a detective, but she somehow manages to become entangled in a murder investigation (and with a handsome stranger) when her fake detective agency is enlisted to solve a real homicide. Wyatt Investigations series.
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The Devil in the Details
by Vicki Delany
The game is once again afoot for Gemma Doyle when birthday festivities end in freezing-cold murder.
Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series.
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Fire Must Burn
by Allison Montclair
The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn’t going to stop them! Sparks and Bainbridge Mystery series.
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Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit
by Sam Tschida
Gabby Greene: Secret agent. Mother of two. Figuring it out as she goes along.
After her divorce, Gabby never expected that she'd be this close to having it all--spying with a hot handler, balancing romance, espionage, and school lunches.
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A Gift Before Dying
by Malcolm Kempt
In a gripping and hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, Corporal Elderick Cole, a disgraced police investigator, discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice-and blood.
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Inside Man
by John McMahon
FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He and his squad of brilliant yet quirky agents make up the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit, the FBI’s hidden edge, brought in for cases that no one else can solve. And they've just been called in for their second case. Head Cases series.
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Monster in the Moonlight
by Annelise Ryan
Under the light of the full moon, a quiet rural lane becomes the scene of a shocking crime that may be the work of a local mythical monster, the Beast of Bray Road. Monster Hunter Mystery series.
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The Murder at World's End
by Ross Montgomery
Knives Out meets Downton Abbey!
Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as an unlikely sleuthing duo—Stephen Pike, the estate's under-butler, and Miss Decima Stockingham, a foul-mouthed octogenarian—hunt a killer in a manor sealed against the end of the world. Stockingham & Pike series.
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Murder from A to Z
by V. M. Burns
When Michigan bookshop owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington and her sister, Jenna, agreed to host a class for seniors on estate planning, they didn't plan on discovering shady doings at Shady Acres Retirement Village... Mystery Bookshop series.
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No One Knew
by Kendra Elliot
For Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall and FBI Special Agent Max Rhodes, two seemingly disparate murder investigations collide with a twist.
Noelle Marshall series.
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No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
by Sophie Hannah
You think it will never happen to you. The doorbell. The policeman. The words that turn your world inside out: I'm afraid there's been an incident...
A single accusation and suddenly the Lamberts are trapped in a nightmare with no escape. Unless they make one.
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A Very Novel Murder
by Ellie Alexander
Opening a detective agency above her beloved bookstore seems like the perfect business plan--until Annie Murray's first case involves a suspicious death right on her doorstep. Novel Detectives Mystery series.
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Wildwood
by Amy Pease
A mother-son law enforcement team confront buried secrets in their small town as they work to expose a conspiracy that goes far beyond the tight-knit community.
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Wreck Your Heart
by Lori Rader-Day
Dahlia “Doll” Devine had the kind of hardscrabble beginning that could launch a thousand broken-hearted country songs. But now she’s the star of her own stage at McPhee’s Tavern. When a body is discovered outside the Tavern, the crime threatens not just the place Dahlia has made into a home, but everything she’s believed about her past and future.
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You've Lost That Livin' Feelin'
by Nicholas George
Adam Parrall’s wild days as a drummer in a rock band are far behind him. But there’s plenty of life left in Adam yet, though sadly the same can’t be said of Righteous Brother tribute artist Barry Haddon, whose dead body is discovered by Adam outside a nightclub. Suddenly Adam discovers an exciting new hobby—sleuthing!
Adam Parrall Mystery series.
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