Mysteries & Thrillers
September 2025
Sharp Force
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

A serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.
The Impossible Fortune
by Richard Osman

As wedding plans unfold and personal struggles linger, the Thursday Murder Club reunites when a guest vanishes and a suspicious partner hints at something valuable—and deadly—leading Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim into a tangled case of coded secrets and high-stakes deception.
The Intruder
by Freida Mcfadden

In the middle of a storm, a girl appears on Casey's doorstep, obviously in need of help, but soon things take a violent turn.
End Game
by Jeffrey Archer

As London prepares for the 2012 Olympics, Commander William Warwick races against time to dismantle a shadowy international conspiracy planning a devastating attack in the eighth novel of the series following An Eye for an Eye. 
Other People's Houses
by Clare Mackintosh

DC Ffion Morgan realizes the death of an estate agent in a kayak on Mirror Lake was no accident, while in Cheshire, DS Leo Brady investigates multiple break-ins, and Ffion and Leo are about to learn that people will pay a high price to hide their secrets.
The Girl from Devil's Lake
by J. A. Jance

While preparing to celebrate her daughter's police academy graduation, Sheriff Joanna Brady is drawn into a chilling hunt for a serial killer whose crimes stretch from Arizona to North Dakota, forcing her to untangle dangerous secrets and confront betrayal close to home.
Denied Access
by Vince Flynn

As the CIA faces political scrutiny and a devastating Moscow intel failure, newly minted assassin Mitch Rapp is pulled into a deadly clash with Russian operatives in the twenty-fourth novel of the series following Capture or Kill.
Smuggler's Cove
by Fern Michaels

Madison and Lincoln Taylor's Jersey Shore inheritance plunges them into a world of mystery and mayhem.
A Slowly Dying Cause
by Elizabeth George

When a tin workshop owner is found dead just as a lucrative land deal looms, Detective Inspector Lynley uncovers a tangle of family tensions and hidden motives in the twenty-second novel of the series following Something to Hide.
The Hitchhikers
by Chevy Stevens

On the remote Canadian highways in 1976, Tom and Alice are on an RV road trip to repair their marriage and heal the wounds of recent tragic events, but when they join up with a seemingly friendly young couple, things take an even darker turn.
The Final Score : Six Short Novels
by Don Winslow

Six crime novellas showcase a prison-bound robber plotting a casino heist, a teenage bootlegger ensnared by corruption, two wise guys trading barroom tall tales, a conflicted patrolman, a PI safeguarding a suicidal movie star, and a desperate family man forced into violence.
Gray Dawn
by Walter Mosley

Running a successful detective agency in 1970s L.A., Easy Rawlins is hired to find a dangerous woman whose secrets threaten to upend the city's fragile balance in the latest addition to the long-running series following Farewell, Amethystine.
The Game is Murder
by Hazell Ward

A fresh meta murder mystery that riffs on crime classics and puts the reader in the role of Great Detective, reinvestigating an infamous never-before-solved case. You are invited to a very special murder mystery party. The game is simple: Listen to the witnesses.
Photograph
by Brian Freeman

Shannon Wells must investigate the death of an amnesiac former client, and the only clue to who she was and why she was murdered is an old photograph of a little girl in the rain outside a Midwestern motel.
Dead Line
by Marc Cameron

Deputy U.S. Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki are at frozen Cheney Lake, finally nearing their prey. He's Butch Pritchard, a killer-for-hire as ruthless as the Anchorage wind, and wanted for the murder of a 25-year-old pregnant woman in Missouri. 
The Killing Stones
by Ann Cleeves

After his friend Archie is found murdered beside a stolen artifact on Westray, Detective Jimmy Perez returns to Orkney, where personal ties, dark secrets, and local rumors complicate his search for the truth behind the killing.
In the Time of Five Pumpkins
by Alexander McCall Smith

Botswana detective Precious Ramotswe solves a new case with the help of her loyal associate and proves again that compassion and wisdom are the greatest tools for justice in the twenty-sixth novel of the series following The Great Hippopotamus Hotel.
Dark Horse
by Felix Francis

When rising star jockey Imogen Duffy is accused of murdering her violent ex, investigator Sid Halley takes the case and soon finds himself stalked by a killer who will do anything to keep the truth buried.
A Perilous Plot
by Lorna Barrett

Everything was going great for Tricia Miles, right up until her estranged mother, Sheila, arrives on her front step with an urn she says contains the remains of Tricia's father. Shocked and saddened, Tricia and her sister, Angelica, attempt to get to the bottom of what happened. 
The Killer Question
by Janice Hallett

A weekly trivia night has revived Sue and Mal Eastwood's struggling rural pub, until a body is found nearby and a suspiciously successful new team arrives; five years later the pub lies derelict and the Eastwoods' nephew Dominic is determined to discover what happened.
Don't Say a Word
by Allison Brennan

The Angelharts must figure out whether a teen's death is a tragic accident… or a murder.
A Matter of Pedigree
by Leslie Meier

Armed with a pampered spaniel and designer shoes, Carole Capobianco must clear her husband's name and uncover the truth after a wealthy venture capitalist is found bludgeoned to death in the first novel of a new series.
The Librarians
by Sherry Thomas

Murder disrupts the peaceful, predictable daily routine of life for four quirky librarians who must protect their life-altering secrets in the first contemporary mystery from USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas. 
The Dead Husband Cookbook
by Danielle Valentine

When Thea Woods is chosen to work with Maria Capello on her sure-to-be-infamous memoir, she finds that there might be something sinister lurking behind the Capello family.
The Sisterhood
by Tasha Alexander

In 1907 London, Lady Emily and her husband Colin investigate the poisoning of debutante Victoria Goldsborough, uncovering tangled motives among high society and a deadly connection to an ancient Roman-era tomb linked to Queen Boudica.
Hot Wax : a novel
by M. L. Rio

"The new novel from the bestselling author of If We Were Villains and Graveyard Shift-a vivid and immersive tale of one woman's reckless mission to make sense of the events that shattered her childhood, and made her who she is"
The Belles
by Lacey N. Dunham

Belles Never Tell... It's 1951 at the secluded Bellerton College, and Deena Williams is doing her best to blend in with her wealthy and perfectly groomed peers. Infamous for its strict rules and illustrious prestige, attending Bellerton could be a life-changing experience for Deena.
The Vanishing Place
by Zoèe Rankin

A child who ran from the forest.  A young girl stumbles out of the bush into a tiny New Zealand town, her clothes smeared with dirt and blood, unable to speak. No one's ever seen her before, but old-timers insist that she looks just like a girl who disappeared twenty years earlier. 
The Wasp Trap
by Mark Edwards

At a London dinner party, six former friends face a deadly ultimatum: reveal their darkest secrets or be targeted one by one, as past betrayals tied to a psychological dating experiment resurface and expose a murderer lurking within their circle.
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