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Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense February 2025 |
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The Author's Guide to Murder
by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
On a remote island in the Scottish Highlands, superstar novelist Brett Saffron Presley is murdered at Castle Kinloch, where he hosts writing retreats. The cops focus on three Americans -- a cozy mystery author, an erotica writer, and a historical fiction novelist -- who decide to solve the mystery themselves. This locked-room tale will please fans of witty mysteries like Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
Reviewers say: “Three pros unite again for this fun, dramatic mystery with an exotic setting and delightful characters." — Library Journal
(starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book as well as in eAudiobook format.
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We Three Queens
by Rhys Bowen
In this latest addition to the Royal Spyness series following The Proof of the Pudding, it's late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American, Wallis Simpson. Edward confides in his dear friends the Rannochs, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do. Trying to keep Mrs. Simpson hidden while raising a newborn baby seems like it couldn't be any more stressful for the couple, until one of the stars of the film being shot on the grounds is found murdered on set. The Rannochs must solve the murder for king and country before scandal threatens to envelop them all.
Reviewers say: “Whimsical. . . . Bowen successfully melds a whodunit with comedy as few contemporary writers can.” — Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book and as a Large Print book.
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The Note
by Alafair Burke
May Hanover, always the rule-following “Little Sheriff,” reunites with her childhood friends Lauren and Kelsey for a carefree trip to the Hamptons, but when a drunken prank goes disastrously wrong, May becomes the focus of a police investigation and begins questioning whether her friends are hiding dangerous secrets.
Reviewers say: “Engrossing. . . . Burke builds an intricate structure of secrets layered within secrets, revealed for maximum suspense. The complex friendship among three flawed but engaging characters anchors this satisfying psychological thriller.” — Kirkus (starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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A Very Bad Thing
by J. T. Ellison
With a number of hit titles and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she's lying dead in a pool of blood. Columbia's death shocks the world and leaves Darian, her daughter and publicist, reeling, but it turns out many people had motive to kill Columbia. And with a hungry reporter and frustrated cop on the trail, her secrets won't stay buried long.
Reviewers say: “This novel rewards readers who pay close attention to the clues. A fun, fast-paced thriller that keeps secrets until the very last page.” — Library Journal
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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Beautiful Ugly
by Alice Feeney
A year after his wife Abby mysteriously disappeared, author Grady Green, still consumed by grief, retreats to a remote Scottish island . . . only to encounter a woman who looks exactly like the wife he lost.
Reviewers say: “This may be Feeney’s most delightfully chilling thriller yet. . . Feeney mixes gothic atmosphere on a remote Scottish island; not one, but two possibly unreliable narrators; a woman who may or may not be dead; and a plot that delivers suspense like an IV drip. . . A completely immersive puzzle." — Booklist (starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book as well as in eBook format.
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Cold Storage
by Michael C. Grumley
In this sequel to Deep Freeze, Army veteran John Reiff finds himself on the run in an ambulance on the run from a shadowy organization desperate to reclaim him. He is the first one, their archetype, and they need to know what happened after his escape ― what is happening to his body and mind, and what he knows . . . like the secret that has been in cold storage for several hundred years and the insidious, methodical plan that has been in motion for half a century.
Reviewers say: “A fast-paced juggernaut of a story, where revelations pile upon revelations, building to a stunning conclusion that will leave readers clamoring for more. It has everything I love in a story: fascinating scientific speculation, hellbent action, and characters you’ll be rooting for with every turn of the page.” ― James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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An Insignificant Case
by Phillip Margolin
Charlie Webb is a third-rate lawyer who graduated from a third-rate law school and because he couldn't get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by handling cases for dubious associates from his youth and some court appointed cases. When a minor theft case becomes a double homicide, and even more, Charlie Webb, an insignificant lawyer assigned to an insignificant case, is faced with the most important, and deadliest, case of his life.
Reviewers say: “Margolin deals out the complications as deftly as a card shark... An inventive legal thriller." ― Kirkus Reviews
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book and as a Large Print book.
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Booked For Murder
by P. J. Nelson
In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. When she arrives in her beat-up Fiat to claim The Old Juniper Bookstore and restart her life, Madeline is faced with unexpected challenges, including multiple fires, threats, and a murder. As a cloud of suspicion falls over her, it's up to Madeline to untangle the skein of secrets and find the killer before she herself is the next victim.
Reviewers say: “Atmospheric... will appeal to readers who enjoy Southern or bookstore settings, quirky characters, and beautiful, descriptive writing." ― Library Journal (starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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Every Arc Bends Its Radian
by Sergio de la Pava
From a PEN Award–winning author comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled in a young woman's strange disappearance—which may be connected to one of the world's most ruthless criminal organizations.
Reviewers say: “Fantastical, spectacular, riveting...fiercely intense and consuming. And existential detective thriller from an engaging writer and thinker." — Library Journal (starred review)
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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Out in the Cold
by Steve Urszenyi
In this sequel to Perfect Shot, Special Agent Alex Martel is thrown back into a deadly world of deception when a series of attacks threaten to incite World War III. Teaming back up with CIA agent Caleb, Alex is thrust into the middle of the fray, pursuing the villains from the waters off of Monaco to the Baltic Sea and home to American soil. As new allies surface and old enemies reappear, Alex has no way of knowing who to trust-and she might only have one last shot to keep the world from going to war.
Reviewers say: “Urszenyi’s extensive use of military lingo and odd flashes of humor will appeal to aficionados of the spy genre." —Booklist
In our collection: This is available as an Adult Fiction book.
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