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Ah, small towns; close-knit neighbors, beautiful landscapes and murder... Small towns with big secrets abound in this list of mysteries.
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Dry.
Jane Harper - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A breathless page-turner, driven by the many revelations Ms. Harper dreams up ... You'll love [her] sleight of hand ... A secret on every page." -- The New York Times"One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Every... |
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A Madness of Sunshine
Nalini Singh
Format: Paperback(Mass Market Paperback)
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On the rugged West Coast of New Zealand, Golden Cove is more than just a town where people live. The adults are more than neighbors; the children, more than schoolmates. That is until one fateful summer - and several vanished bodies - shatters the trust holding Golden Cove together. All that's... |
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Last Words
Michael Koryta - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Markus Novak just wants to come home. An investigator for a Florida-based Death Row defense firm, Novak's life derailed when his wife, Lauren, was killed in the midst of a case the two were working together. Two years later, her murderer is still at large, and Novak's attempts to learn... |
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Shoot the Moon
Billie Letts - Warner Books; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Where the Heart Is comes this eagerly anticipated tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, the tiny windswept town of DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the terrifying disappearance... |
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: A Novel
Joel Dicker - Penguin Books; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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Instant New York Times Bestseller "Unimpeachably terrific." - The New York Times Book Review One of CBS This Morning's 6 "Must-Have Titles for Your Summer Reading List" The publishing phenomenon topping bestseller lists around the world, with sales of more than... |
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The Killing Hills
Chris Offutt - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, is home on a leave that is almost done. His wife is about to give birth, but they aren't getting along. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder case, and local politicians are pushing for city... |
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Unspeakable Things
Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author's hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet - or as safe - as it seems.Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves... |
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The Witches of Eastwick
John Updike - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorces with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist,... |
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A Small Town
Thomas Perry - Mysterious Press
Format: Hardcover
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In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town -- burning down... |
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Winter Counts: A Novel
David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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An addictive and groundbreaking debut thriller set on a Native American reservationVirgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment,... |
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The Downstairs Neighbor
Helen Cooper
Format: Paperback
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One House. Three Families. Countless Secrets.From her downstairs apartment in suburban London, Emma has often overheard the everyday life of the seemingly perfect family upstairs--Steph, Paul and teenage daughter Freya--but has never got to know them. Until one day, she hears something... |
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