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Death of a Novice: A mystery set in 1920s Ireland

CORA HARRISON · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The sudden death of a young novice nun raises a series of puzzling questions in the latest Reverend Mother historical mystery.The Reverend Mother is delighted with her new entrant to the convent. Young Sister Gertrude is well-educated, has worked for an accountant and has an appealing sense...
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The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe

Timothy Williams · Soho Crime
Format: Hardcover

April 1990: French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud has been living and working in the French Caribbean département of Guadeloupe for more than a decade, but her days are still full of surprises. She is only just starting to investigate the suspicious suicide of a high-profile environmental...
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Addressed to Kill

Jean Flowers · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Third in the Postmistress Mystery series by Jean Flowers, following Death Takes Priority and Cancelled by Murder...

Love is in the air for postmaster Cassie Miller and the residents of North Ashcot, Massachusetts. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and the town...
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Infamy

Robert K Tanenbaum · Gallery Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The "rock-solid" (Kirkus Reviews) prosecutor Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, return to solve the suspicious murder of a US Army colonel and battle corruption at the highest levels of the United States government in this novel by New York Times bestselling...
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Death on the Patagonian Express

Hy Conrad · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"A delightful new series." - Booklist, starred review Fanny and Amy's new blog is attracting first-class opportunities for the mother-and-daughter team and their NYC travel agency. It's too bad this ride leads to murder . . . Upon the breakout success of the TrippyGirl...
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The Death Trade

Jack Higgins · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

The master of suspense returns with a cutting-edge tale that pits his heroes Sean Dillon and Sara Gideon against the nuclear ambitions of Iran. An eminent Iranian scientist has made a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research, but he cant stand the thought of his regime owning...
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Twisted Prey

JOHN SANDFORD · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever as a U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series

Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before.

A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully...
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The Art of Inheriting Secrets: A Novel

Barbara O'Neal · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback

When Olivia Shaw's mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she's inherited a centuries-old English estate - and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco...
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Her One Mistake

Heidi Perks · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend's child goes missing in this suspenseful, compulsively readable, and darkly twisted psychological thriller.

It all started at the school fair ...

Charlotte...
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Telling Tails

Sofie Ryan · Berkley Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of A Whisker of Trouble returns as secondhand shop owner Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, get caught up in a case of she said, she said.... When Sarah Grayson opened a secondhand shop in the quaint town of North Harbor, Maine, she was expecting...
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Jar of Hearts

Jennifer Hillier · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Jar of Hearts grabs you by the throat! The perfect blend of riveting characters, chilling details, and gasping twists in this standout thriller will keep you frantically reading until the explosive end." - Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Right...

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Whisper Network: A Novel

Chandler Baker · Flatiron Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood."
-- Liv Constantine, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

"If...

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Three Things About Elsie: A Novel

Joanna Cannon · Scribner
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of the "remarkable ... masterfully constructed, pitch-perfect" (BOOKLIST , starred review) debut The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a suspenseful and emotionally satisfying novel about a lifelong friendship, a devastating secret,...
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Her Vampyrrhic Heart

Simon Clark · Severn House Publishers; First World Publication edition
Format: Book

She will come back to me, Tom Westonby tells himself. We’ll be reunited. It has been five years since he’s seen his beloved wife, Nicola Bekk. Five years since their wedding day – when he won her hand, but in doing so triggered the curse that has blighted the Bekk family...
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Old Bones: A Bill Slider British Police Procedural

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles · Severn House Pub Ltd
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

DCI Bill Slider tackles the coldest of cold cases in this absorbing mystery.

A young couple discover human remains buried in the garden of their new house: could this be the resting place of 14-year-old Amanda Knight, who disappeared from the same garden two decades...
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