Mystery

From cozies to police procedurals, find recent mystery releases here.
Updated July 4, 2024
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The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking...
The Lantern's Dance
Laurie R. King
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caught up in a case that turns both bewildering and intensely personal. "Deftly interlacing present and past, King offers further fascinating insights into Holmes...
The Hunter
Tana French
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Best Thriller of the Year (So Far) * An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024 * Named a Best Beach Read of 2024 by Entertainment Tonight and Harper's Bazaar "Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French...
The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith
Paper Book
In this New York Times bestselling installment of the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series (Financial Times), detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.​ Private Detective Cormoran Strike...
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a fiendishly fun locked room (train) murder mystery that "offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it" (Nita Prose) -- perfect for fans of Richard Osman...
The Raging Storm
Ann Cleeves
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Prize Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series, returns with the third Two Rivers novel, following The Long Call, now a Britbox adaptation,...
The Ghost Orchid
Jonathan Kellerman
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide that leads them to long-buried secrets worth killing for in the riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling "master of suspense" (Los...
Death of a Spy
M. C. Beaton
Paper Book
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Sergeant Hamish...
Random in Death
J. D. Robb
Paper Book
In this crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching...
A Refiner's Fire
Donna Leon
Paper Book
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon's magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was Around one AM on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one...
The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger
Paper Book
AN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murder, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel, an instant New York Times bestseller and "a work of art" (The Denver Post). On Memorial Day...
The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett
Ebook
A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett "Great fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennett--[a] rising star of fantasy--more than delivers."--Charlie...
The Proof of the Pudding
Rhys Bowen
Paper Book
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house party when the festivities lead to murder... Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty to occupy her- her new chef,...
The Sign of Four Spirits
Vicki Delany
Paper Book
Gemma Doyle won't be spooked when a body shows up at the psychic fair in bestselling author Vicki Delany's ninth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery. When a psychic fair arrives in West London, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, wants nothing to do with...
Murder in the Tea Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Laura Childs
Paper Book
It's Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. When Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes, things go from spooky to worse....
Holmes, Marple, and Poe
James Patterson
Paper Book
Crime! Murder! Who are you going to call? In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish private investigators open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Who are these detectives with famous names and mysterious, untraceable pasts? ...
Payback in Death
J. D. Robb
Paper Book
A retired colleague's suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended...
Feline Fatale
Rita Mae Brown
Paper Book
Politicians fight like cats and dogs, but when things take a deadly turn at the Virginia House of Delegates, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen calls on her beloved pets to help her crack the case and stop the fur from flying in this latest mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky...
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin
Paper Book
A Jimmy Fallon's Book Club Finalist for 2024 AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GMA Buzz Pick! One of Amazon's Top 10 Best Books of April, One of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024, The Top LibraryReads pick for March 2024, A Publishers...
Peril in Pink
Sydney Leigh
Paper Book
Everything is coming up rose for innkeeper Jess Byrne until a murder on opening weekend gives her B&B's killer vibe a whole new meaning. Schitt's Creekmeets Only Murders in the Buildingin this sparkling debut mystery. It's the grand opening of The Pearl...
Dirty Thirty
Janet Evanovich
Paper Book
Janet Evanovich, the "most popular mystery writer alive" (The New York Times), is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen stash of dirty diamonds in this instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most...
The Last Word
Elly Griffiths
Paper Book
Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club. Natalka and Edwin are perfect if...
The Queen of Poisons
Robert Thorogood
Paper Book
The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a town council meeting. When traces of aconite--also known as the queen of poisons--are found in his coffee cup, the police realize he was murdered. But who did it? And why? ...
The Silver Bone
Andreï Kourkov
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE "With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Very intriguing and atmospheric ... a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events." -Alexander McCall Smith,...
A Grave Robbery
Deanna Raybourn
Paper Book
Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful...
Three-Inch Teeth
C. J. Box
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts--one animal, one human--in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's...
Nosy Neighbors
Freya Sampson
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else's secrets... At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they're attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime.  
The Expectant Detectives
Kat Ailes
Paper Book
Fresh, funny and heartfelt, The Expectant Detectives is Kat Ailes's charming debut mystery about a group of soon-to-be moms-turned-detectives. "A darkly witty debut. Archly funny and highly recommended!"--Deanna Raybourn Can they solve the mother...
Death in the Details: A Novel
Katie Tietjen
Paper Book
Inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee, and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid sleuth in post-WWII Vermont, this debut historical mystery will appeal to fans of Victoria Thompson and Rhys Bowen. Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of...
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Janice Hallett
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "[An] ingenious jigsaw puzzle of a book...highly entertaining." --The New York Times "The queen of found footage thrillers." --Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author A whip-smart and...
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
Sophie Hannah
Paper Book
The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot--legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile--puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. It's December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector...
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
C. L. Miller
Paper Book
A former antique hunter investigates the suspicious death of her estranged mentor at an isolated English manor and is drawn back into the dangerous world of repatriating stolen artifacts in this irresistible mystery debut for fans of Richard Osman. Freya, it's up to you to...
An Unfinished Murder: a mystery novel (A Medlar Mystery, 5)
Jude Deveraux
Paper Book
Sara Medlar may be retired as a bestselling author, but her career as an amateur detective is facing one final mystery--and it's a killer. Retired romance novelist Sara Medlar has been comfortably sharing her large home with her niece Kate and her "honorary grandson" Jack. It's a...
Fatal First Edition
Jenn McKinlay
Paper Book
People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot and the Pendulum. Briar Creek Library director Lindsey Norris and her husband, Sully, are at a popular library...
Locked in Pursuit
Ashley Weaver
Paper Book
The fourth instalment in Ashley Weaver's delightful series, Locked in Pursuit follows safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Nazis at every turn as World War II looms over London. Safecracker Ellie McDonnell hasn't seen Major Ramsey--her handsome...
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack
A USA Today Bestseller #1 Toronto Star Bestseller in Canadian FictionA Globe and Mail Bestseller in Canadian Fiction A Vancouver Sun Bestseller in New Releases An Indie Next List Pick (May 2024) An...
Holly
Stephen King
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Book of the Year Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a...
Gone with the Witch (Witch Way Librarian Mysteries)
Angela M. Sanders
Paper Book
Mystery lovers with a taste for the witchy will be charmed by Angela M. Sanders' spellbinding series featuring librarian witch Josie Way, her feline familiar, small town Oregon and, of course, murder! The perfect caper for fans of Bailey Cates, Adele Abbott, Juliet Blackwell, and "witchy library...
Judgment Prey
John Sandford
Paper Book
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold...
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Claudia Gray
The delicious follow-up to The Murder of Mr. Wickham and The Late Mrs. Willoughby finds Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney facing their most daunting detecting challenge yet: preventing the murder of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine...
A Smoking Bun
Ellie Alexander
Paper Book
Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland, OR! The mountains are calling in Ashland, Oregon, where pastry chef turned amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, is baking up a bevy of spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour. Ramiro's family...
The Final Curtain
Keigo Higashino
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently...
The Mayfair Dagger: A Novel
Ava January
Paper Book
A witty, feminist mystery set in the heart of nineteenth-century London, this daring adventure featuring an intrepid woman detective will thrill fans of Deanna Raybourn and Katharine Schellman. London, 1894.Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the...

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