Mystery
November 2025

Recent Releases
Cover of The Girl in the Green Dress by Mariah Fredericks
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Mariah Fredericks

In 1920 New York, reporter Morris Markey seizes his chance to cover a big story when his neighbor is murdered. With help from Zelda Fitzgerald, who's looking for a diversion while her husband writes, Morris investigates the killing in this atmospheric, banter-filled mystery set at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Read-alikes: Sara DiVello's Broadway Butterfly; Barbara Hambly's Scandal in Babylon.
Cover of Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill
Five Found Dead
by Sulari Gentill

Author Joe Penvale celebrates finishing cancer treatment by taking his twin sister on the Orient Express. Fellow travelers include a retired French detective, true crime podcasters, travel bloggers, and two elderly women. When a blood-soaked cabin is discovered and the train is quarantined after a new COVID variant, the group investigates. But who can be trusted? Read-alikes: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express; Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect.
Cover of The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah
The Last Death of the Year
by Sophie Hannah

On New Year’s Eve 1932, Hercule Poirot and Inspector Catchpool are staying in a rundown guesthouse on a small Greek island while Poirot investigates a threat against a fellow lodger. Then a note appears promising “the last and first death of the year." This clever latest by Sophie Hannah is authorized by Agatha Christie’s estate and will appeal to fans of Colleen Cambridge's Murder at Mallowan Hall.
Cover of The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie
The Bone Thief
by Vanessa Lillie

Rhode Island Bureau of Indian Affairs archeologist Syd Walker, who’s Cherokee, returns in this compelling 2nd outing. Having received a promotion, she’s ready when the 300-year-old bones of a child are found at a summer camp run by the powerful Founders Society. But when the remains disappear and a young Indigenous woman goes missing, Syd has to work fast to find answers. Try this next: Marcie R. Rendon’s Cash Blackbear novels.
Cover of Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing by Nicholas Meyer
Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing
by Nicholas Meyer

The game's afoot for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this latest cleverly plotted pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. In a blizzard-stricken 1890s London, Lady Glendenning hires Holmes to find her painter tenant, who's disappeared without paying the rent and left a bloody room behind. On the way to a surprising finale, the book examines art, ambition, forgery, and love. For other Victorian London mysteries, try: Charles Finch's Charles Lenox chronicles or Will Thomas' Barker and Llewelyn mysteries.
Cover of Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley
Gray Dawn
by Walter Mosley

In an evocative 1970s Los Angeles, 50-something PI Easy Rawlins runs a successful detective agency, lately letting his associates take most of the work. But he takes the lead in a case involving a dangerous woman who's gone missing. Meanwhile, he helps his secretary and his adopted son, who each have their own troubles, in this 17th entry in the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series. Try this next: Gary Phillips’ One-Shot Harry.
Cover of A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau
A Murderous Business
by Cathy Pegau

After her father's 1912 death, Margot Baxter Harriman takes over his business, despite the misgivings of the men around her. When her dad's secretary dies shortly afterwards with an odd note in her hand, Margot hires Loretta "Rett" Mancini to investigate. Rett, who helps at her dad's detective agency, goes undercover to find answers and also introduces lonely Margot to New York's queer scene. For fans of: Rob Osler's The Case of the Missing Maid; Stephen Spotswood's Pentecost and Parker mysteries.
Cover of Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg
Murder by the Book
by Amie Schaumberg

When a college student is murdered in a small Oregon town, Detective Ian Carter isn't sure what to make of the way the victim has been posed. But his new friend, professor Emma Reilly, recognizes the tableau as a copy of a painting of Hamlet's Ophelia. As similar murders occur, Ian, Emma, and others combine their knowledge of crime, art, and literature to catch a killer. Read-alikes: Zoe B. Wallbrook's History Lessons; Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition.
Cover of Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood
Murder on the Marlow Belle
by Robert Thorogood

Though DI Tanika Malik asks them not to investigate, elderly crossword creator Judith, DJ and dogwalker Suzie, and vicar's wife and mom Becks can't help but look into things when a cruise chartered by the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society includes a seemingly impossible murder. This fun 4th outing for the Marlow Murder Club will please fans of earlier books as well as the TV series based on them. Try this next: Simon Brett's Fethering mysteries.
Cover of Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by KJ Whittle
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests
by KJ Whittle

Seven Londoners receive elegant invites to an anonymously hosted dinner party at an out-of-the-way restaurant. The evening is intriguing, but the cards each guest receives at the end are menacing, listing the year they'll die. When two of them pass away as predicted, the others try to sort it all out before their time runs out. Try this next: Andreina Cordani's The Twelve Days of Murder.
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