Mystery
October 2021
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A Line to Kill
by Anthony Horowitz

Invited to an exclusive literary festival on an island off the English coast, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the death of a local grandee, in the latest novel of the series following The Sentence is Death.
The Joy and Light Bus Company
by Alexander McCall Smith

While enjoying all that life has to offer with her loving family, good friends and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most—helping people, Mma Ramotswe finds herself up to her neck in mysterious trouble.
Best in Snow
by David Rosenfelt

Lawyer Andy Carpenter investigates after his golden retriever, Tara, discovers in the snow the body of Alex Oliva, the mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, in the latest novel of the series following Dog Eat Dog.
It's a Wonderful Woof
by Spencer Quinn

As the holidays approach, Chet the dog and his human partner, private investigator Bernie Little, search for a fellow investigator who disappeared along with a client, in the 12th novel of the series following Tender Is the Bite.
Police Procedural
Gated Prey
by Lee Goldberg

While on a sting operation in a gated, luxury enclave in Calabasas, detective Eve Ronin and her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, successfully catch home invaders but have unanswered questions in the latest novel of the series following Bone Canyon.
Over My Dead Body
by Jeffrey Archer

At the heart of three murder investigations—one in London involving a cold case, one in Geneva involving a millionaire art collector and one in New York involving a wealthy dynasty, Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick must catch the killers before it’s too late.
Cozy
Down the Hatch
by M. C. Beaton

Private detective Agatha Raisin discovers a distressed elderly couple standing over the body of a local gardener and notoriously heavy drinker and investigates in the latest novel of New York Times best-selling series following Hot to Trot.
The Twelve Jays of Christmas : A Meg Langslow Mystery
by Donna Andrews

When a blizzard traps her brother Rob and his fiancé Delaney’s guests inside during their Christmas party, Meg must help the snowbound would-be eloping couple thwart their mothers’ grandiose wedding plans AND solve a murder among the assembled friends and relatives.
Twisted Tea Christmas
by Laura Childs

While catering a Victorian Christmas party for Drucilla Heyward, one of the wealthiest women in town who is about to make a huge announcement, tea maven Theodosia Browning finds herself steeped in murder when she stumbles upon Drucilla’s dead body.
Claws for Alarm
by Rita Mae Brown

A thrilling new tale from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Death stalks the Blue Ridge Mountains once again and Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen, along with her beloved cats, is on the case.
Historical
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen
by Rhys Bowen

Spending Christmas at Sandringham estate with an aunt who has ties to the royals, Georgie is distraught when she learns the Queen expects her to spy for her in the newest novel of the series following The Last Mrs. Summers.