Adult Mystery & Suspense

These mystery and suspense books are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

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List

Death of a smuggler / M. C. Beaton ; with R.W. Green.
"All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Ha…
We don't talk about Emma / J.D. Barker ; E.J. Findorff.
"When is cold-blooded murder justified? New Orleans Detective Nikki Mayeaux has decided it's when a technicality sets a serial rapist free. Jaded and frustrated, this latest injustice brings her to a boiling point. She arrives at the monster's home intend…
Smoke on the water : an Amos Walker novel / Loren D. Estleman.
"As the smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes Detroit, PI Amos Walker is tasked with investigating a fatal hit-and-run. The victim is Spencer Bennett, a junior law associate with the Waterford Group, and he supposedly had a file of confidential documents o…
Cold as hell / Kelley Armstrong
"Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they’ve settled into their life here. As Casey n…
The wolf tree / by Laura McCluskey.
"Eilean Eadar is a barren, windswept rock best known for the unsolved mystery of the three lighthouse keepers who vanished back in 1919. But when a young man is found dead at the base of that same lighthouse, two detective inspectors are sent from Glasgow…
The Door / Mary Roberts Rinehart ; introduction by Otto Penzler.
"Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes unchara…
Dead in the frame / Stephen Spotswood.
"NEW YORK CITY, 1947: Wealthy financier and ghoulish connoisseur of crime, Jessup Quincannon, is dead, and famed detective Lillian Pentecost is under arrest for his murder. Means, motive, and a mountain of evidence leave everyone believing she’s guilty. E…
Beartooth : a novel / Callan Wink.
"In an aging, timber house hand-built into the Absaroka-Beartooth mountains, two brothers are struggling to keep up with their debts. They live off the grid, on the fringe of Yellowstone, surviving off the wild after the death of their father. Thad, the e…
Shoot moon / Ava Barry.
"While in high school, Rainey spent a summer taking advantage of the wildfires near Los Angeles to break into the empty houses of the rich and famous with her best friends, Alice and Spencer, committing small acts of larceny. These acts of rebellion culmi…
Double blind : the Icelandic manuscript murders / a novel by Sara Winokur.
"A young boy vanishes in the fjords of North Iceland. Two decades later, a cryptic poem lands on the desk of his twin sister Brynja Palsdóttir, a forensic DNA scientist. Her brother's alive...or is he? The answer lies buried in a medieval manuscript of Ic…
Midnight black / Mark Greaney.
"A winter sunrise over the great plains of Russia is no cause for celebration. The temperature barely rises above zero, and the guards at Penal Colony IK22 are determined to take their misery out on the prisoners-- chief among them, one Zoya Zakharova. On…
The Medici return / Steve Berry.
"Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ - a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collectin…
She doesn't have a clue : a novel / Jenny Elder Moke.
"A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it's more like a nightmare. Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé's wedding is its own enigma, …
Star-crossed egg tarts : a magical fortune cookie novel / Jennifer J. Chow.
"Jin Bakery has been asked to cater the Lum-Wu outdoor wedding at Pixie Park. The day of the ceremony, Felicity is finishing the 'cake' of tiered egg tarts as the wedding party arrives for the ceremony. When one of the groomsmen, Miles Wu, doesn't arrive,…
Untouchable / Mike Lawson.
"Brandon Cartwright was a rich guy worth a couple billion bucks—inherited, of course—meaning he hadn’t worked a day in his life. But he sure knew how to party, and the people he rubbed shoulders with were all sorts of rich and famous: politicians and movi…
The Ruins : a novel / Steve Wick
"On a fall night in 1954, in working-class Lindenhurst, Long Island, a woman goes alone to a bar filled with German speakers who’ve finished their shifts at different jobs—some at a groundbreaking new project run by a man named Leavitt. They are gathered …
Pro bono / Thomas Perry.
"Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren is helping a young widow find her late husband's missing money when he recognizes a con job that targeted his widowed mother years before, and he quickly becomes entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and criminals s…
The theft of the iron dogs : a Lancashire mystery / E.C.R. Lorac ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.
"While hot on the heels of serial coupon-racketeer Gordon Ginner, Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard receives word of an intriguing incident up in Lancashire – the summer cottage of local farmer Giles Hoggett has been broken into, with an assortme…
Nobody's hero / M. W. Craven.
"When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to open a safe in Langley for the first time in ten years, they find a note directing them to a few key individuals. Three of the people on the list are dead. The fourth is…
On target / Mark Greaney.
After being betrayed by the CIA, Court Gentry, a master assassin known as the Gray Man, is forced to work for them once again when an old comrade returns from the grave, requesting that he pull off a nearly impossible kidnapping.
Imposter syndrome / Joseph Knox.
"Sometimes bad people must decide to do good... On the run from his shady past, Lynch has just arrived in London, still looking over his shoulder. His phone is dead, he has no money, no contacts, no one at all. Until he runs into a young woman named Bobbi…
The seven / Robyn Delvey
"2 bombs. 43 dead. Dozens injured. The trial of the decade has begun... New to the job and with everything to prove, Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Eve Wren is working on the biggest UK trial in decades. Notorious cult leader Patrick Nye and his followe…
Dead men wag no tails / Sarah Fox.
"Georgie Johansen's return to the coastal haven of Twilight Cove has been a dream come true: she gets to work with Auntie O at the animal sanctuary, has adopted two very adorable dogs who have very special abilities and even has a blossoming romance with …
The Wagtail murder club / Krista Davis.
"Holly and the Sugar Maple Inn's newest canine customer are hot on the trail of Wagtail's latest murder in this Paws & Claws Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis. On her drive home to Wagtail, Virginia, Holly sees something hiding o…
Death of a lesser god / Vaseem Khan
"James Whitby, sentenced to death for the murder of prominent lawyer and former Quit India activist Fareed Mazumdar, is less than two weeks from a date with the gallows. In a last-ditch attempt to save his son, Whitby's father, arch-colonialist, Charles W…
The killing plains / Sherry Rankin.
"Crescent Bluff, West Texas. Everybody knows everybody. And everybody has a secret. When a boy is found dead with the skin of a hare’s head in his hand, everyone knows who killed him—Willis Newland, just released from prison after serving twenty years for…
Bonded in death / J.D. Robb.
"His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And die…
Paranoia / James Patterson and James O.Born.
"NYPD Detective Michael Bennett will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kid-and his fellow officers. At every death scene, Bennett says a prayer over the victim. But recently, too many of the departed have been fellow cops. 'I want you to lo…
Sugar and scandals / Harper Lin.
"When Amelia is interviewed about her cupcake business for a popular food magazine, she also learns about the death of an old classmate. Spencer Randall had always been a ladies’ man, but in recent years, he’d taken to dating wealthy older women for their…
Bake sale for murder / Harper Lin.
"In the middle of a messy custody battle with her ex-husband, Amelia volunteers to organize a high school bake sale to raise money for Meg's art club. After a frightening police lockdown at the school, which turned out to be due to the death of a student,…
Open season / Jonathan Kellerman.
"People come to Los Angeles to chase their dreams. Sometimes they find themselves cast into a nightmare. And sometimes, the most ardent dreamers turn out to be the most vicious monsters. The body of an aspiring actress is found dumped near a hospital emer…
The family inside / Katie Garner.
"Since her husband’s unsolved murder three years ago, Iris Blodgett’s life has unraveled. Awash in grief and buried in debt, she can’t pay her mortgage—and now that she’s lost her job, she has no idea how she’ll provide for her unruly teenage daughter, El…
You are fatally invited : a novel / Ande Pliego.
"When renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor hires former aspiring writer Mila del Angél to host a writing retreat at his private manor off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance—particularly since she has an axe to grind with one of the invitees. T…
Blood ties : a novel / by Jo Nesbo ; translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson.
"By all accounts, Carl and Roy Opgard are doing quite well for themselves. Or at least they’re doing as well as can be expected in a small town like Os. Carl manages the area’s swanky and successful spa and hotel, while Roy runs a nearby gas station and h…
Head cases : a novel / John McMahon.
"FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila.…
Nemesis / Gregg Hurwitz.
"In the latest explosive novel in this New York Times bestselling series, Evan Smoak, having shaped his life with a rigid set of rules, finds himself at odds with his oldest friend in the world, where principles are in conflict with honor-and everyone is …
A killer's code / Isabella Maldonado.
"During a recent undercover sting gone bad, hit man Gustavo Toro died in the arms of FBI Special Agent Daniela "Dani" Vega. But Toro had secrets he refused to take to the grave. In the event of his death, Toro left behind a video that promises to expose …
Serial burn / Lynette Eason.
"She's out for justice. But the arsonist she's tracking is out for retribution. Now the fire marshal of Lake City, Jesslyn McCormick is determined to find the person who started the fire that robbed her of her family when she was just seven years old. As …
So I lied : a thriller / Chelsea Ichaso.
"Jocelyn is ready to get married―and more ready to have fun. She plans a bachelorette trip to North Wales, where she can forget about her strained relationship and focus on the tension among friends instead. It’s a welcome distraction. Her friend Rowan us…
The mailman : [a thriller] / Andrew Welsh-Huggins.
"Mercury Carter is a deliveryman and he takes his job very seriously. When a parcel is under his care, he will stop at nothing to deliver it directly to its intended recipient. Not even, as in the current case, when he finds a crew of violent men at the i…
The contortionist's handbook : a novel / by Craig Clevenger.
"Following a near fatal overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher is resuscitated in a Los Angeles emergency room and detained for psychiatric evaluation. Through a series of questions and tests, the psychiatrist must ascertain whether the patient intended…
The dark hours / Amy Jordan.
"1994: When Gardas Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of her career, leaving he…
The lost house / Melissa Larsen.
"Forty years ago, a young woman and her infant daughter were found buried in the cold Icelandic snow, lying together as peacefully as though sleeping. Except the mother’s throat had been slashed and the infant drowned. The case was never solved. There wer…
The launch party / Lauren Forry.
"TEN WERE CHOSEN. HOW MANY WILL SURVIVE? Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs f…
French Quarter fright night / Ellen Byron.
"It's Halloween in New Orleans and Bon Vee Culinary House Museum has a fantastic haunted house tour prepared. Ricki James-Diaz is excited about the business the tours will bring, but when movie star--and ex-friend--Blaine Taggart moves into the mansion ne…
Haunting and homicide : a ghost tour mystery / Ava Burke.
"Tallulah "Lou" Thatcher has a gift: she can see dead people. But in New Orleans, Louisiana, this is not a drawback. On the contrary, her ability to see ghosts helps her host viral ghost tours through the historic Garden District. When rival tour guide Ad…
Dead money : a novel / Jakob Kerr.
"A Silicon Valley fixer investigates a billionaire founder's death while pursuing her own agenda in this twisty, sharply observed debut mystery from a tech world insider"--Provided by publisher.
Strike and burn / Taylor Hutton.
"Honor Stone is all alone in this world. No family, no money, no future. So when she locks eyes with Strike Madden- in the morgue of all places- she's not in the mood to be seduced. Sure, he's drop-dead gorgeous, and the sizzle of attraction between them …
Been wrong so long it feels like right / Walter Mosley
"Joe King Oliver’s beloved Grandma B has found a tumor, and at her age, treatment is high-risk. She’s lived life fully and without regrets, and now has only a single, dying wish: to see her long-lost son. King has been estranged from his father, Chief Odi…
Robert B. Parker's buried secrets / Christopher Farnsworth.
"Just another day in Paradise . . . Chief of Police Jesse Stone is on his way home from a long shift when a call comes in for a welfare check on an elderly resident of the wealthy seaside town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Inside a house packed with junk an…
A killing cold : a novel / Kate Alice Marshall.
"When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives. Theo h…
We are watching : a novel / Alison Gaylin.
"Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy’s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside i…
A death in diamonds : a novel / SJ Bennett.
"1957, England. Young Queen Elizabeth II is finding her way in postwar Europe, trying to repair friendships with foreign governments. Advised by her father’s old courtiers, the Queen suspects that they may not have her best interests at heart. One of them…
The Oligarch's Daughter : a novel / Joseph Finder.
"Paul Brightman is a man on the run, living under an assumed name in a small New England town with a million-dollar bounty on his head. When his security is breached, Paul is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness to evade Russian operatives who…
Grave danger / James Grippando.
"Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter, and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. The seasoned attorney must not only plan a winning defense. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case …
The drowning game / Barbara Nickless.
"Sisters Nadia and Cass Brenner are heirs to Ocean House, a decades-old empire that builds superyachts for the rich and powerful: emirs, oligarchs, and titans of industry throughout America and Europe. Theyre a next-generation success with the design of t…
Hotel Lucky Seven : a novel / Kotaro Isaka ; translated from the Japanese by Brian Bergstrom.
"Will the unluckiest assassin in the world will find things easier this time around? All he has to do is deliver a painting to a hotel guest, a portrait made by his daughter. Easy enough, except when Ladybug makes the delivery, he realizes that the guest …
Trust issues : a novel / Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands.
"Siblings Hazel and Kagan Bailey haven’t been close for a long time, but when their mother passes under mysterious circumstances an investigation quickly follows, and the siblings are high on the list of possible suspects. As they deal with the emotional …
Beast of the north woods / Annelise Ryan.
"An ice fisherman is savagely mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and an eyewitness claims the man was attacked by a hodag. There’s just one problem with that: it’s well known that the creature is not real and was created by a local hoaxer. So how …
Death of an Irish Druid / Catie Murphy.
"Megan is excited to show her visiting American friends the best of Ireland. A dead body in a holy well, however, was not on her list. The victim is Seamus Nolan, nicknamed 'the Irish Druid' for his controversial efforts to rewild his country estate. The …
A lethal walk in Lakeland / Nicholas George.
"Chase has two compelling reasons for returning to England—a group walk along the famed Coast to Coast trail in the picturesque Lake District, and a chance to further his relationship with Mike, the handsome Devonshire coroner he met on his last trip. The…
Mask of the deer woman / Laurie L. Dove.
"At rock bottom following her daughter’s death, ex–Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr’s father never talked much about the reservation where he was raised, but the tribe needs a new marshal as much as Starr needs…
The mermaid mystery / Tamar Myers.
"Tidal Shores, a small seaside town in South Carolina, has seen its fortunes nose-dive. But not for much longer! The 'Big Ten' on the town council have come up with a range of ingenious ideas to get tourists flocking back, from buried pirate treasure to b…
The queen of fives : a novel / Alex Hay.
"A confidence scheme, when properly executed, will follow five movements in close and inviolable order: I. The Mark II. The Intrusion. III. The Ballyhoo. IV. The Knot. V. All In. There may be many counter-strikes along the way, for such is the nature of t…
Penitence : a novel / Kristin Koval.
"When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn’t just legal counsel—she’s also the mother of Angie…
Loose lips / Kemper Donovan.
"Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes, even a first-rate ghostwriter and successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something she vowed she’d never do. To top it…
Strange pictures / Uketsu ; translated by Jim Rion.
"An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . . A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A …
Eleanor and the cold war / Ellen Yardley.
"Previously fired for speaking out against workplace injustices, twenty-five-year-old Kay Thompson finds her true calling once appointed to support Eleanor Roosevelt, a champion of human rights known as ER among those in her inner circle. Kay fully embrac…
Two times murder / Adam Oyebanji.
"Greg Abimbola is many things. He’s Black, British and fluent in Russian. He’s a snappy dresser, a reasonable teacher, and an unenthusiastic sports fan. But most of all, he’s exceptional at keeping secrets. Like, who he really is, and the things he’s done…
The forger's requiem : a novel / Bradford Morrow.
"A gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley’s voice and life woven throughout. Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by…
Invisible helix / Keigo Higashino ; translation, Giles Murray.
"The body of a young man is found floating in Tokyo Bay. But his death was no accident—Ryota Uetsuji was shot. He'd been reported missing the week before by his live-in girlfriend Sonoka Shimauchi, but when detectives from the Homicide Squad go to intervi…
The rise and fall of Miss Fannie's biscuits : a cozy Amish mystery / Wanda E. Brunstetter and Martha Bolton.
"Fannie Miller, a quilt maker with a love of baked goods and a penchant for solving mysteries, has met a life goal by qualifying for the finals of the Tuscarawas County baking contest. But when some of the other contestants start vanishing, it seems somet…
Madrigals and mayhem / Elizabeth Penney.
"Molly is eager to experience her first English Christmas with family and friends now that she's adjusted to her move to Cambridge and her restoration of her family’s ancestral bookshop, Thomas Marlowe—Manuscripts and Folios. When local toyshop Pemberly’s…
A cold and cunning tail / Rachel Woods.
"St. Mateo, the Palmchat Islands. Sophie Carter is treading water. Despite closing a killer story on her last assignment, the aspiring investigative journalist still fears becoming yesterday’s news if she doesn’t impress her boss soon. But when she’s task…
A sly and sinister tail / Rachel Woods.
"St. Mateo, the Caribbean Islands. Sophie Carter’s head is stuck in the tropical clouds. Desperate to keep her job, the underachieving reporter's last-ditch homicide assignment turns into a nightmare when someone swipes her notebook and a scratch from an …
Fortunate son / Caimh McDonnell.
"Bunny McGarry is back--and he’d really like a nice holiday, somewhere with hot weather and cold drinks that come with little umbrellas for reasons he never understood. A certain nun has other ideas though and instead, he finds himself dispatched to Londo…
Shorts : a Bunny McGarry short fiction collection / Ciamh McDonnell.
"Gathered together for the first time and featuring two brand new stories, this collection contains all of the short stories and novellas featuring Bunny McGarry....Spanning his entire career in law enforcement and beyond, these stories give a new perspec…
The killer in the cold / Alex Pine.
"When a body dressed in a Santa Claus suit appears in the snow just outside a small village in Cumbria, DCI James Walker is the first to appear on the scene. Almost a year has passed since something so tragic has happened in the close-knit community, and …
Bitter passage : a novel / Colin Mills.
"In May 1845, Sir John Franklin, commander of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England to seek a navigable route across the top of the Americas. He and his 128 men never returned. Four years later, Royal Navy Lieutenant Frederick Robinson and Assistan…
Die trying / Lee Child.
"Jack Reacher is an innocent bystander when he witnesses a woman kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight. In the wrong place at the wrong time, he’s kidnapped with her. Chained together, locked in the back of a stifling van, and racing across Ame…