Mystery
August 2025
Recent Releases
Death at the White Hart
by Chris Chibnall

Leaving Liverpool for her sleepy coastal hometown, DS Nicola Bridge plans to work less and save her marriage. But when the local pub owner is tied to a chair, killed, and left in the road, Nicola puts in long hours with her new team to solve the case. This "spectacular" (Library Journal) debut by the creator of TV's Broadchurch features well-drawn characters and will please fans of Ann Cleeves. 
Hunter's Heart Ridge : a mystery
by Sarah Stewart Taylor

In this sequel to Taylor's lyrical series debut, Agony Hill, Detective Frank Warren and his formerly CIA-connected neighbor Alice Bellows return to investigate the death of a diplomat.
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman

Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
Murder takes a vacation : a novel
by Laura Lippman

Former PI and widow Mrs. Blossom wins the lottery, books a cruise on the MS Solitaire, and meets Allan on her transatlantic flight—but when he is found dead in Paris, she doesn't know who to trust, especially Danny, who's convinced Allan was transporting stolen art and that she knows something about it. 
The Rushworth Family Plot
by Claudia Gray

While navigating a London social season complicated by family disapproval, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney become entangled in another murder investigation, one that is complicated by a contested inheritance and threats to loved ones' reputations. Don't miss this 4th Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney novel if you want to see the young couple's relationship progress. 
A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge
by Kate Khavari

After her grandfather's heart attack, botanist Saffron Everleigh returns to the family estate with her new beau and her long-time best friend, Elizabeth. In addition to family tensions, they find a dangerous man pretending to be a cardiologist and a medium preying upon Elizabeth's family, who lost a son in the war. Set in the 1920s, this 4th Saffron Everleigh mystery works for newcomers. 
The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson

In a Cornish village, newcomer Nova Davies starts a small book club, which isn't much of a success. But after a theft threatens the future of the community center where the group meets, the club members, who vary widely in age and reading tastes, come together to play sleuth...and then a murder occurs. For fans of: Richard Osman; Robert Thorogood.
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