New Mysteries: February 2021
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Aftershock
by Judy Melinek

A sequel to First Cut finds forensics prodigy Jessie Teska investigating a carefully staged fatal accident that is further complicated by a major earthquake that decimates San Francisco. 
The Butterfly House
by Katrine Engberg

A sequel to The Tenant finds detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner racing to solve a series of brutal murders targeting vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital. 
Egg Shooters
by Laura Childs

Interrupting an emergency room shooter at the local hospital, Cackleberry Club Café owner Suzanne teams up with Petra and Toni to find the escaped killer before he tracks them down. 
Germania: a novel of Nazi Berlin
by Harald Gilbers

Reactivated against his will by the Gestapo in the bombed-out capital of the Reich in 1944, Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer investigates a serial killer who has been leaving Nazi-connected victims at war memorials. 
Hidden Treasure
by Jane K. Cleland

Beginning renovations on their New Hampshire dream home, Josie and her new husband, Ty, become embroiled in a murder investigation involving a mysterious relic and the disappearance of the property’s previous owner. 
The Lost Boys
by Faye Kellerman

Detectives Peter Decker and Tyler McAdams link two suspicious disappearances from an assisted living facility to the case of three missing campers, before the reappearance of a foster son’s biological mother upends Decker’s home life.
Out of Hounds
by Rita Mae Brown

Sister Jane investigates when a series of art thefts and acts of vandalism targeting the Jefferson Hunt Club escalates to the murder of a retired foxhunter. 
Portrait of Peril
by Laura Joh Rowland

Newly wedded crime-scene photographer Sarah Bain and her detective sergeant investigate a stabbing victim found in the crypt of a church in 1890s London, in the latest addition to the series following The Woman in the Veil.
Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me
by Ace Atkins

When his apprentice Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects is murdered, Spenser traces the victim’s demise to an international sex-trafficking ring that has been operating with impunity under the protection of a well-connected billionaire.
Spin
by Patricia Cornwell

Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Spoils of the Dead
by Dana Stabenow

Alaskan State Trooper Liam Campbell investigates the death of a young archaeologist, murdered at their own dig site. What the archaeologist claimed to have unearthed has Alaska natives, real estate developers and oil and gas companies up in arms. Campbell will have to find the killer before the situation spirals out of control.
A Stranger at the Door
by Jason Pinter

A sequel to Hide Away finds Rachel Marin investigating the brutal murder of a local teacher only to be thwarted by a figure from her past and a shadowy businessman who targets her son. 
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