Gods and Beasts is the third title in Denise Mina's top-notch Detective Sergeant Alex Morrow series set in Glasgow, Scotland, and it is pretty much impossible to put down.
Mysteries plague a New England prep school, and it is up to Iris, a fourteen-year-old amateur journalist, to uncover the truth amid a cast of complicated characters determined to silence her.
Kieran Shields, author of the historical mystery, A Study in Revenge, discusses his novel, how the past illuminates the present, and his optimism for the new year.
Bestselling author Kate Morton delivers another spellbinder that features her trademark touches. Set in England, secret histories, passion, and mystery blend to satisfy Morton's fans and intrigue new readers.
Crime fiction fans, you’re going to want to batten down the hatches, lay in some eggnog, and hide from the Christmas crowds for a night because Santa is here with a totally fly early present: a brand-new stand-alone crime novel from Walter Mosley.
Blue-haired art student Karou travels around the world collecting human teeth, and that's only the beginning of the mysterious world Laini Taylor has created in this irresistible young adult novel.
Karin Fossum is on the list of great Scandinavian crime writers. In Bad Intentions, she delivers bodies in a lake, a twisted friendship, and a relentless detective with unique methods.
A severed hand leads a retired surgeon, suffering from dementia, to be the prime suspect in her best friend's murder. Alice LaPlante's debut novel combines a brilliant mystery with an elegant, haunting portrayal of a disappearing mind.
In a collision of literary brilliance, mystery writer P. D. James takes inspiration from Jane Austen and creates a crime thriller involving Austen's beloved characters. Follow Elizabeth and Darcy after Austen's novel left off, as only James can thrillingly imagine.
Not one but two of the finest minds the Renaissance ever produced? Check. A very beautiful, very clever courtesan? Check. Political intrigue and general skullduggery taking place in the dimly lit passageways of the Borgia Palace? Check and check. Indeed, The Malice of Fortune delivers.
The Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, has rattled and delighted us for more than half a century with her detailed mysteries and memorable characters. Here, an ode to Hercule Poirot in his first appearance in Christie's very first book.
Is money always the great motivator? Is it wrong to be rich? John Lanchester comments on the state of society today in his compulsively readable mystery, Capital.
When a Nobel Prize-winning poet asks a frustrated, unemployed expat with no detective experience to act as sleuth on an urgent mission, he just can't say no. So begins Ampuero's tale of politics, poetry, and love, The Neruda Case.
For mystery lovers, we have three great recommendations to add to your seasonal reading list. Full of humor, suspense, and chills, each is a bit out of the ordinary, but all are thoroughly enjoyable.
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