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New MysteriesFebruary 2017
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Below the belt
by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington and his gang of cronies find themselves back in the line of fire. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs.
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Duplicity
by Ingrid Thoft
Assigned to investigate a glitzy new church that is being sued for brainwashing allegations, gutsy Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow delves into the life of a prominent church member who has died under suspicious circumstances. By the author of Identity.
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The Ripper's shadow : a Victorian mystery
by Laura Joh Rowland
Supplementing her meager income by shooting illicit "boudoir photographs" of the local ladies of the night, photographer Miss Sara Bain and her motley crew of friends are embroiled in the crime of the century when two of her clients are murdered by Jack the Ripper.
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A perilous undertaking : a Veronica Speedwell mystery
by Deanna Raybourn
Visiting a ladies-only club for intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is challenged to save a society art patron from execution. By the best-selling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries.
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Rather be the devil
by Ian Rankin
Maverick investigator John Rebus gains dangerous enemies upon reopening a cold case from the 1970s involving the murder of a wealthy socialite. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Even Dogs in the Wild.
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Never never
by James Patterson
While her brother is under arrest in Sydney for a series of brutal murders, Detective Harriet Blue is sent out of town to investigate the disappearance of three young people in the middle of the Western Australian desert.
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The dangerous ladies affair
by Marcia Muller
Hired by a wealthy banker to undermine an extortionist who has threatened to reveal personal secrets unless he receives multiple grand sums, John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter find the case turning deadly when a courier is found dead in a locked room.
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The dark room
by Jonathan Moore
SFPD homicide inspector Gavin Cain is forced to set aside a cold case when a ruthless killer attempts to blackmail San Francisco's mayor with exposures of grisly secrets unless the mayor commits suicide. By the author of The Poison Artist.
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The hollow men : a novel
by Rob McCarthy
Immersing himself in his work as a surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police to ward off memories of his time as an army medic, Dr. Harry Kent is sent to treat a mentally ill teen who has taken hostages in a fast-food restaurant and who is being murderously targeted for his knowledge of a dangerous secret.
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For time and all eternities
by Mette Ivie Harrison
When her son, Kenneth, gets engaged to Naomi Carter, a woman from a polygamous family, Mormon bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim and her husband, Kurt, arrive at the Carter compound to meet their future in-laws, only to be faced with murder, which shakes their faith and beliefs to the core. By the author of the national best-seller The Bishop's Wife
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The dry
by Jane Harper
Receiving a sinister anonymous note after his best friend's suspicious death, federal agent Aaron Falk is forced to confront the fallout of a 20-year-old false alibi against a backdrop of the worst drought Melbourne has seen in a century. A first novel.
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Dead cold brew
by Cleo Coyle
A happy engagement between Clare and her NYPD detective boyfriend is hampered by a mysterious inheritance, the poisoning of their ring designer and a cold case involving a sunken ship, an Italian curse, a charming jewel thief and a shocking family secret.
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The death of kings
by Rennie Airth
Inspector Madden is summoned out of retirement by Scotland Yard to investigate questions surrounding a mysterious jade necklace that suggests that the wrong man may have been hanged for the murder of a beautiful actress more than a decade earlier. By the award-winning author of River of Darkness.
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