Mystery

From cozies to police procedurals, find recent mystery releases here.
Updated January 26, 2025
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We solve murders
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman's trademark wit. Delightful!" --Shari Lapena From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series A brand new mystery. An...
Death at the sign of the rook
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
The highly anticipated return of Kate Atkinsons' "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie, whose newest adventure pays homage to Agatha Christie in the newest installment of a series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time. Marooned overnight by a...
The god of the woods
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TOP 10 PICK OF 2024
What time the Sexton's spade doth rust
Bradley, C. Alan
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life. "I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best...
The Waiting
Connelly, Michael.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter. ...
Passions in death
Robb, J. D.
Paper Book
Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the next novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb, Passions in Death. On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the...
The dark wives
Cleeves, Ann
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author of the Two Rivers and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the eleventh Vera Stanhope novel following The Rising Tide. A local myth. A deadly threat. A man's body is found in the early...
The hunter
French, Tana
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 * A New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2024 * A Washington Post Best Thriller of 2024 * An NPR, New York Post, and Globe and Mail Best Book of 2024 * A Wall Street Journal,...
How to solve your own murder : a novel
Perrin, Kristen
Paper Book
A Jimmy Fallon's Book Club Finalist for 2024 AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist 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...
The tainted cup
Bennett, Robert Jackson
Paper Book
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...
A refiner's fire
Leon, Donna
Paper Book
Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario...
The drowned : a novel
Banville, John
Paper Book
From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmospheric new mystery about a woman's sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems. "John Banville is one of my favorite writers alive,...
Guide Me Home
Locke, Attica.
Paper Book
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Amazon Books, Kirkus Reviews, The Guardian, and Crime Reads In this stunning culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early...
Death by misadventure
Alexander, Tasha
Paper Book
In the latest installment of Tasha Alexander's New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily must solve a string of high stakes "accidents" while trapped in a lavish villa in the Bavarian Alps. In the winter of 1906, Lady Emily and husband Colin are invited to the...
Peach tea smash
Childs, Laura
Paper Book
During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He's been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the...
The last murder at the end of the world
Turton, Stuart
Paper Book
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN Abi keeps them safe. One hundred and twenty-two islanders and their three beloved scientists live in harmony, kept safe from a poisonous security barrier with the help...
Fire and bones
Reichs, Kathy
Paper Book
"There's a reason Kathy Reichs is the doyenne of forensic fiction--because her MO is to keep the reader guessing till the last paragraph." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name #1 New York Times bestselling...
The Grey Wolf
Penny, Louise.
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any...
Spirit crossing : a novel
Krueger, William Kent
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! William Kent Krueger offers "one of his most puzzling mysteries to date" (Publishers Weekly) as a disappearance and a dead body put Cork O'Connor's family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twentieth book in the New York...
We Three Queens
Bowen, Rhys.
Paper Book
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. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardize his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple...
Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
Kelly, Julia
Paper Book
With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park. Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern...
A new lease on death
Blacke, Olivia
Paper Book
Death is only the beginning in Olivia Blacke's A New Lease on Death, a darkly funny supernatural mystery that introduces an unlikely crime-solving duo. Ruby Young's new Boston apartment comes with all the usual perks. Windows facing the brick wall of the next-door...
All the Colours of the Dark
Whitaker, Chris.
Paper Book
A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each...* * * * *Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken...
Between a flock and a hard place
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
Readers will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the award-winning Meg Langslow series. Meg's neighbors, the Smetkamps', have won a makeover for their old home from Marvelous Mansions, a flashy, yet dubious company, focused on...
A grave in the woods
Walker, Martin
Paper Book
In his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves. 'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily Mail<...
The midnight feast
Foley, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
?? TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE FOR THE THRILLER OF THE YEAR?? __________________________________________________________ Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside...
The village library demon-hunting society
Waggoner, C. M.
Paper Book
A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery. Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies--and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to...
The perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Gray, Claudia
Paper Book
The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet- preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr....
This is why we lied
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! "Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill." -- Parade The instant NYT bestseller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, author of...
A death in Cornwall : a novel
Silva, Daniel
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve . . . Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel...
Death on the Tiber
Davis, Lindsey
Paper Book
Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fearsome relatives and associates are taking up position to vie for the spoils. With hideous murders in the streets of Rome, a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own. But when her corpse is...
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, 3)
Stevenson, Benjamin.
Paper Book
If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe... My name's Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped,...
City of secrets
Tracy, P. J
Paper Book
LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan returns in P. J. Tracy's City of Secrets, the next book in the series praised by the New York Times Book Review: "Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot." Los Angeles Police Detective Margaret Nolan and her partner have...
Wordhunter : a novel
Sands, Stella
Paper Book
An Amazon Best of the Year Pick An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes. Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when...
A Deceptive Composition (A Lady Darby Mystery, 12)
Huber, Anna Lee.
Paper Book
October 1832. Kiera is enjoying the slower pace of the English countryside. She, Sebastian, and their infant daughter have accompanied her father-in-law, Lord Gage, home so that he can recuperate from the injuries he sustained in a foiled attempt on his life. But as the chill of autumn sweeps...
Farewell, Amethystine
Mosley, Walter
Paper Book
From "master of the genre" (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins' latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia--blinding him to reason and risk. January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective,...
The queen of poisons
Thorogood, Robert
Paper Book
The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES on Drama and UKTV Play 'I love the audacity of the Marlow gang, those ladies sure know how to live' Reader review 'Fiendishly clever and a satisfying puzzle to try and solve' Reader review...
The Queen City Detective Agency : a novel
Wright, Snowden
Paper Book
Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream. ...
The ghost orchid
Kellerman, Jonathan
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...
Dog day afternoon
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Paterson, New Jersey's favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation--the dog rescue...

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