Open Books Challenge 2025: BIPOC Mystery Author

Updated December 31, 2024
Rochester Public Library RPL Staff
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Open Books Challenge 2025: BIPOC Mystery Author

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Dead dead girls
Afia, Nekesa
Paper Book
"In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the women's lives in all their wayward and beautiful glory, especially the abruptness with which their dreams, hopes and fears cease to exist."--TheNew York Times The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the...
Firekeeper's daughter
Boulley, Angeline
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! A Printz Medal AND Morris Award Winner! Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
It's elementary
Bryant, Elise
Paper Book
A TARGET BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ A GMA BUZZ PICK ∙ A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2024 ∙ AN AMAZON BEST MYSTERY OF THE MONTH ∙ A SARAH SELECTS BOOK CLUB PICK A fast-paced, completely delightful new mystery about what happens when parents get...
The family Chao : a novel
Chang, Lan Samantha
Paper Book
One of Literary Hub's and The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022 An acclaimed storyteller returns with "a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery" that explores "family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American...
Runner
Clark, Tracy
Paper Book
"Lapel-grabbing and provocative...Clark writes with purpose, her sense of social justice never venturing into dogma but remaining fully rooted in Raines's actions and personality." - The New York Times Book Review "Clark has a unique voice in the P.I. genre, one that us...
Looking for smoke
Cobell, K. A.
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word. A must-pick for readers who enjoy books by...
Razorblade tears
Cosby, S. A.
Paper Book
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer * New York Times Notable Book * NPR's Best Books of 2021 * Washington Post's Best Thriller and Mystery Books of the Year * TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books...
Missing white woman
Garrett, Kellye
Paper Book
A "propulsive page-turner" (Alyssa Cole) and "thriller not to be missed" (Michael Connelly) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, in which a woman thinks she's waking up to a romantic vacation--only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone. ...
Queen of the tiles
Hanna Alkaf
Paper Book
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in this "stunning...unforgettable" (Publishers Weekly) thriller set in the world of competitive Scrabble, where a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend when her Instagram comes back to life...
The storyteller
Hobson, Brandon
Paper Book
Sheine Lende : a prequel to Elatsoe
Little Badger, Darcie
Paper Book
"Like Elatsoe, Sheine Lende is much more chill than your typical YA fantasy or YA mystery. The stakes are high, but it never feels stressful. There is little on-the-page violence, and even when things get heavy or dangerous, the reader always feels...
Guide me home
Locke, Attica
Paper Book
In this stunning culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing black college student from an all-white sorority--and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden&...
Tristan Strong keeps punching
Mbalia, Kwame
Paper Book
After reuniting with Ayanna, who is now in his world, Tristan travels up the Mississippi in pursuit of his archenemy, King Cotton. Along the way they encounter new haints who are dead set on preventing their progress north to Tristan's hometown of Chicago. It's going to take many Alkean friends,...
Fearless Jones : a novel
Mosley, Walter.
Paper Book
In this thrilling 1950s noir, when a beautiful woman comes into Paris Minton's life, everything starts falling apart--leaving him no choice but to ask Fearless Jones for help. Mosley returns to mysteries at last with his most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins....
The Bangalore Detectives Club
Nagendra, Harini
Paper Book
A "">New York Times Notable Book of the Year The first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies...
Under lock & skeleton key
Pandian, Gigi
Paper Book
"Wildly entertaining." --The New York Times Book Review A Lefty Nominee for Best Mystery Novel Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock...
Murder on the Red River
Rendon, Marcie R.
Paper Book
One Book, One Minnesota Selection for Summer 2021 Introducing Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman whose visions and grit help solve a brutal murder in this award-winning debut. 1970s, Red River Valley between North Dakota and Minnesota- Renee "Cash" Blackbear...
Harvest house
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Paper Book
"Part coming-of-age tale, part social justice story, and part paranormal thriller. . . . This is one heckuva roller coaster ride." --School Library Connection (starred review) Deftly leading readers to the literary crossroads of contemporary realism and haunting mystery,...
Vera Wong's unsolicited advice for murderers
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Paper Book
A USA Today bestseller Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback Audie Award Winner for Mystery Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by...
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