Coming Soon for you to Checkout!
Here's just some of the newest mystery books coming out in September 2023, that you can look forward to checking out here at the library!
 
Interested in reading one of these titles? Search them in our catalog, and place them on hold! Who knows, you could be the first to grab it when it arrives!
 
Payback in Death
(#57 in the In Death series)
by J. D. Robb

While investigating the apparent suicide of a retired Internal Affairs captain, who made his career tripping up bribe takers, rule breakers and worse, homicide detective Eve Dallas follows a trail of corruption all the way to the top to expose a killer bent on revenge.
The Last Devil to Die
(#4 in the Thursday Murder Club series)
by Richard Osman

When a dangerous package goes missing on Boxing Day, the Thursday Murder Club, when one of their own is murdered, take on their most deadly opponents yet. 
Blessing of the Lost Girls
(#1 in the Joanna Brady and Brandon Walker series)

Returning to her southwest roots, New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance presents a riveting new Walker Family suspense novel in which human remains found in Cochise County have federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker's son-in-law, stepping into Sheriff Joanna Brady's jurisdiction. As the investigation to track down a killer who preys on Indigenous victims unfolds, Jance brings together popular characters from both her Brady and Walker books.
Birder, She Wrote
(#33 in the Meg Langslow series)
by Donna Andrews

Meg's hopes for a relaxing summer are dashed when her father recruits her to help with beekeeping and the mayor calls in a favor, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Dashing Through the Snowbirds. 
The Longmire Defense
(#19 in the Walt Longmire series)
by Craig Johnson

Investigating a crime that goes back to his grandfather's time in Wyoming, Walt Longmire, Sheriff of Absaroka County, recalling clues and motives from his past, questions the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West.
The Traitor Among Us
(#5 in the Elena Standish Mystery series)
by Anne Perry

Infiltrating Wyndham Hall, where the body of a longtime MI6 agent was found, Elena Standish, as Hitler's control spreads across Europe, covertly investigates his murder, working to uncover the true loyalties of the people in the house while protecting her sister from her beau's potentially dangerous relatives.
Harlem After Midnight
(#2 in the Canary Club Mystery series)
by Louise Hare

Leaving London for New York to follow a dream of finding her extended family, Lena Aldridge meets handsome musician Will Goodman who offers her a place to stay, in the second novel of the series following Miss Aldridge Regrets.
Murder and Mamon
(#4 in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series)
by Mia P. Manansala

Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June-AKA the Calendar Crew-are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a chain of laundromats. However, what should've been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the body of Ninang April's niece, recently arrived from the Philippines, spinning around inside one of the machines. With Ninang April falling apart from grief and little progress from the Shady Palms Police Department, it's up to Lila and her network to find justice for the young woman. 
The Spanish Diplomat's Secret
(#3 in the Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries series)
by Nev March

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his wife Lady Diana Framji are embarking to England in the summer of 1894. Jim is hopeful the cruise will help Diana open up to him. Something is troubling her, and Jim is concerned. But within twenty-four hours, Don Juan Nepomuceno is murdered, his body discovered shortly after he asks rather urgently to see Jim. Aboard the beleaguered luxury liner are a thousand suspects, but no witnesses to the locked-cabin crime. Together, using the tricks gleaned from their favorite fictional sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, Jim and Diana must learn why one man’s life came to a murderous end.
Grave Expectations
by Alice Bell

A Millennial medium her ghost best friend, who everyone thinks ran away at 17 but was really murdered, investigate which members of a posh English family have committed murder at a crumbling old manor in the countryside.
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Death at La Fenice
(#1 in the Commissario Brunetti series)
by Donna Leon

When renowned opera conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead in his dressing room, the victim of cyanide poisoning, Guido Brunetti, the Vice Commissario of the Venice Police, must sift through several suspects to find a killer. 
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Mystery Lover's Book Club
Did you know that The Los Gatos Library has a Mystery Lover's Book Club! 
 
Enjoy a good mystery? Us too! 
 
Join Librarian Breanna, and others, as we discuss a mystery title each month!
 
We meet the 1st Wednesday of every month!
 
Next Meeting:
October 4th at 5pm!
 
You can come IN PERSON or ON ZOOM!
 
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The Alienist
(#1 in the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series)
by Caleb Carr
 
The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels.

The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology-- amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before--and will kill again before the hunt is over.
 
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