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Judge Stone
by James Patterson
#1 New York Times Bestseller Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant. (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Talk about a power combo ... With Davis's razor-sharp emotional insight and Patterson's mastery of rocket-fuel pacing, this is the dream team to deliver an up-all-night read that will keep the group chat buzzing. --Oprah Daily Wonderfully satisfying ... This legal thriller from a] superstar duo ... demands attention from its opening pages and never lets go. --Booklist, starred review All rise... for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it's open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it's a choice between life and death. No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.
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| The Kindness of Strangers by Emma GarmanIn a shabby genteel Victorian house in 1953 London, literary free spirit Honor Wilson takes in lodgers, including a writer, a teen girl sleuth, a model/debutante, and an elderly refugee who barely survived the war. Each has secrets, and when Jimmy Sullivan shows up, he seems to threaten them all. Then he's murdered. This "beautifully written" debut (Library Journal) will please fans of thought-provoking, slow-burn novels. |
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| The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield by Claudia GrayDespite Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney's success solving murders together, his parents believe it's too dangerous and want him to stop. Furthermore, Juliet is now a young lady of ruined reputation. But when there's a death at Netherfield Park, Jonathan and Juliet are called upon to find the culprit. While newcomers can start with their 5th outing, those who want to see relationships develop should pick up the 1st book, The Murder of Mr. Wickham. For fans of: Jane Austen-inspired mysteries, like those by Carrie Bebris, Stephanie Barron, and Vanessa Kelly. |
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Mad Mabel
by Sally Hepworth
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth comes a twisty tale of justice, redemption, and one irrepressible woman who's not done breaking the rules just yet.Meet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea--or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb, until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying. Because Elsie hasn't always been Elsie. Once upon a headline, she was Mad Mabel Waller--Australia's youngest convicted murderer. But was she really mad, or just misunderstood? Either way, she's kept her secret buried for decades. Enter seven-year-old Persephone, a relentless little chatterbox who has just moved in across the road (armed with stickers, questions, and no sense of personal boundaries); Joan, who appears to have it in for Elsie; and a healthy dose of public interest--the cops are sniffing around, and the media is circling like seagulls at a picnic. So Mabel does what she's always done best--she takes matters into her own hands. Is she a cantankerous old lady with a shady past? A cold-blooded killer with arthritis? Or just someone who's finally ready to tell her side of the story? Sharp, surprising, and wickedly funny, this is the unforgettable story of a woman who's spent a lifetime being underestimated--and is about to prove everyone wrong. Again.
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| The Butler by Clare MackintoshHired to work at a French villa rented by Alec Prescott for a week, skilled professional butler Baxter ends up investigating a murder. The guests are: Alec's only child, Carter, who's celebrating his 21st birthday; Carter's girlfriend; Alec's girlfriend; Alec's ex-wife; and a Hollywood couple in town for the Cannes Film Festival. Things heat up, ending with a body in the pool, but with help from a young pickpocket and others, indomitable Baxter sets things to rights in this fun, fast-paced read. For fans of: Sian Gilbert's I Did Warn Her. |
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| Heather by Caitlin MullenCallie Hauser moves back to her New Jersey Pine Barrens hometown to be the police chief and to help her best friend, who's recovering from a hit-and-run. She's quickly pulled into a 30-year-old cold case connected to her estranged mother that also involves the death of an infant and long-missing 16-year-old twin sisters. For fans of: twisty mysteries with multiple narrators; Liz Moore’s Long Bright River; HBO's Mare of Easttown. |
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| Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-VinayAfter COVID stole her sense of taste, American sommelier Olivia Beech lost her job. Doing better, she's hoping to work in Paris, but the beloved chef she's interviewing with dies in front of her after drinking poisoned wine. Teaming up with an eccentric group of locals led by agoraphobic detective Augusta Dupin, Olivia makes new friends and helps find the killer in this witty tale. For fans of: mysteries combining France and food, such as Colleen Cambridge's American in Paris Mysteries. |
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Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief
by Benjamin Stevenson
Writer and amateur sleuth Ernest Cunningham has gone to the bank hoping to get a loan to bankroll a new PI business. When Ernest and everyone else inside is taken hostage, he manages to nose around, learning that more than one person planned to rob the bank that day. Then a murder occurs. Kirkus Reviews raves, "nobody from Agatha Christie to Anthony Horowitz beats Stevenson for cleverness." This is the 4th in a delightful series by Australian author Benjamin Stevenson. For fans of: Richard Osman.
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| Missing in Soho by Holly StarsDrag queen Misty Divine loves being the glamorous hostess of Lady's Bar in London, but she also likes a good mystery. So after a private detective gasps out a warning and dies, Misty investigates her 2nd case, which involves a televangelist, big business, and the future of Lady's Bar. For fans of: timely, campy, and moving cozies; The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen. |
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The Secrets of the Abbey
by Jean-Luc Bannalec
In coastal Brittany, France, Police Commissaire Dupin and his team investigate when Second Inspector Kadeg is attacked and critically injured at his elderly aunt's property, just days after she died in odd circumstances. At the aunt's home in a restored former abbey on the Côte des Légendes, Dupin finds secrets and murder. Like the others in the series, this 11th entry lovingly describes the setting and food and works as a standalone story.
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