Mysteries & Thrillers
December 2023  
Holmes, Marple & Poe : The Greatest Crime-solving Team of the Twenty-first Century
by James Patterson

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together and their daring methodology and solved cases would make their namesakes proud and attract the attention of the NYPD. 
Goodbye Girl : A Jack Swyteck Novel
by James Grippando

A Miami criminal defense lawyer helps a Grammy-winning popstar who signed an onerous contract as a teen that leaves her ex-husband with all her royalties, in the eighteenth novel of the series following Twenty. 
The Heiress
by Rachel Hawkins

After North Carolina's richest—and most notorious—heiress dies, her adopted son, Camden, rejects his inheritance until 10 years later, when his uncle's death pulls him back into the family fold at Ashby House where he realizes the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave.
First Lie Wins 
by Ashley Elston

A woman with many faces and identities, Evie Porter, covertly moves from job to job for her unknown employer until her latest mark, Ryan Summer gets under her skin and makes her envision a different sort of life.
Anna O
by Matthew Blake

A young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.
Deep Freeze
by Michael C. Grumley

After surviving a bus accident, veteran Joh Reiff awakens in the hospital alive and suspicious that the doctors aren't telling him something, in the first novel of a new series by the author of the “Breakthrough” series. 
The Expectant Detectives
by Kat Ailes

Embracing country life as they prepare for the birth of their first child, Alice and her partner Joe instead find themselves suspects in a murder investigation when a dead body is discovered at the local prenatal class and teams up with other moms-to-be to clear her name.
What Waits in the Woods
by Terri Parlato

When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end.
Two Dead Wives
by Adele Parks

Living in a small village while she recovers from illness, Stacie Jones, shielded from the outside world by her father, finds her reclusive life shattered when she is linked to a scandalous and sad case of a missing woman with a shocking secret.
The Vacation
by John Marrs

On the shores of Venice Beach, eight strangers, staying in a rundown backpackers hostel, are all running from something—and have secrets they're more than willing to kill for.
The Secret of the Lady's Maid
by Darcie Wilde

When the daughter of a well-respected family is being poisoned, Rosalind Thorn and Bow Street officer Adam Harkness work together to solve this dangerous case that is rife with politics, jealousy, jewel thieves—and a romance between them that would be frowned upon by society.
Midnight
by Amy McCulloch

While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death.
The Vacation House
by Jane Shemilt

Ten years after one terrible night in Paxos, Greece, Julie, the classic“yummy mummy” of high society, is a stifled woman trapped in a gilded cage, stricken with anxiety and perfectionism until she meets a therapist who gives her hope for a different future.
The Lace Widow
by Mollie Ann Cox

1804 New York, Eliza Hamilton, the widow of Alexander Hamilton, turns to selling her handmade lace, which draws her into a network of widow lacemakers who help her piece together the truth about her husband's political affairs as witnesses to his deadly duel are being killed one by one.
The Weekend Retreat
by Tara Laskowski

Gathering at their lush winery estate for a joint birthday celebration, the Van Ness siblings, heirs to a copper fortune, find old tensions ignited as they are pushed to the edge during this tradition that turns into a weekend to die for. 
Death by Demo
by Callie Carpenter

After discovering her husband having an affair, Jaime receives only a single thing in the ensuing divorce, a run-down historical house where she discovers a dead body in the wall once starting her renovations.
Murder Wears a Hidden Face
by Rosemary Simpson

In 1891 New York, when new Chinese cultural attaché Lord Peng is murdered, Prudence and Geoffrey join former detective Warren Lowry in his investigation, which turns complicated when the rest of the Peng family flee into the dark heart of Chinatown.
The Mantis
by Kåotaråo Isaka

A skilled assassin eager to escape his profession and the hold of his handler, The Doctor, Kabuto, when The Doctor agrees to let him pay his way out of his contract, finds his final assignment putting him and his family—who have no idea about his double life—in danger.
Rabbit Hole
by Kate Brody

When her father takes his own life 10 years after the disappearance of her older sister, Teddy Angstrom becomes obsessed with an amateur sleuth helping her solve the case, losing her moral compass as she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories.
The Ascent
by Adam Plantinga

When a security system malfunction in a maximum-security prison releases a horde of prisoners, ex-cop Kurt Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, including the governor's daughter, make their way through six floors of the most dangerous convicts in Missouri to safety.
California Bear
by Duane Swierczynski

A serial killer who vanished 40 years prior emerges from hibernation and is being tracked by a retired LAPD officer, a teenager with a terminal disease and a genealogist trying to repair her marriage. 
The Lost Van Gogh
by Jonathan Santlofer

Alternating between his perilous hunt for the Lost Van Gogh, and the glamorous life John Decker remade for himself after serving time for forgery, this intricately woven historical thriller follows Luke Perrone as he unearths several mysteries best left untouched.
The Engagement Party 
by Finley Turner

Engaged to Murray Sedgemont after a whirlwind romance, Kass Baptiste, unexpectedly entering the world of the rich and powerful, starts receiving anonymous threatening social media messages during their engagement party that result in murder—one she's accused of committing.
The Nubian's Curse
by Barbara Hambly

In 1840, surgeon-turned-piano player Benjamin January encounters a ghost from his past—Arithmus, a Sudanese man with extraordinary mental abilities—and is determined to uncover the truth about a tragic incident from their past and clear his old friend's name.
Invisible Woman
by Katia Lief

Transplanted to Brooklyn with her producer husband, former pioneering filmmaker Joni Ackerman, as scandal rocks the industry becomes obsessed with the novels of Patricia Highsmith and their duplicitous characters and their murderous impulses.
Perfect Shot : a thriller
by Steve Urszenyi

Special Agent Alexandra Martel is pulled back into the dangerous world she left behind when an old friend, an MIS officer, is murdered, drawing her into a terrifying conspiracy involving nuclear weapons and must fall back on her Special Ops skills to stop the unthinkable.
Fall
by Tracy Clark

Chicago detective Harriet Foster investigates when two city aldermen are found dead, each with 30 dimes left on their bodies, indicating a betrayer's payment, in the second novel of the series following Hide. 
The Engagement Party 
by Darby Kane

Twelve tears after the death of a fellow student and the suicide of a quiet loner, college friends, linked to these past events, gather together to celebrate an engagement but are soon targeted by a killer who demands they tell the truth. 
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