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The Scarred Woman

JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN · Dutton
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet - perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest...
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Devil's Breath: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees with her critically acclaimed mysteries featuring handsome spy-turned-cleric Max Tudor. In The Haunted Season, Max's former life as an MI5 agent caught up with him, threatening...
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Portrait of a Murderer

Martin Edwards · Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Paperback

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.'Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933 that has been too long neglected - until now. It is a riveting...
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The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel

Benjamin Black · Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career"It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk...
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With love from the inside

Angela Pisel · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Angela Pisel's poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail - even from behind bars. Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant...
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Hummus and Homicide

TINA KASHIAN · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Mass Market Paperback

When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, she knows what she's getting - the scent of funnel cake, the sight of the wooden roller coaster, and the tastes of her family's Mediterranean restaurant. But murder wasn't on the menu . . . Things are slow...
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Murder in an Irish Village

Carlene O'Connor · Kensington Pub Corp
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A little slice of Heaven on the Emerald Isle ... In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Natalie's Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors, enjoy some brown bread and tea, and get the local gossip. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhán O'Sullivan...
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Precious Thing

Colette McBeth · Minotaur Books.
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover

I know her inside out. I know what she's thinking, I know what she wants. So I can't give up on her, she knows I never will.Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last forever.They met in high school when Rachel was the shy, awkward new girl and Clara...
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Death of the Black-Haired Girl

Robert Stone · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

“Robert Stone is a vastly intelligent and entertaining writer, a divinely troubled holy terror ever in pursuit of an absconded God and His purported love. Stone’s superb work with its gallery of remarkable characters is further enhanced here by his repellently smug professor,...
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Brooklyn Graves: An Erica Donato Mystery

Triss Stein · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 236
Format: Book

A brutally murdered family man without an enemy in the world. A box full of charming letters home, written a century ago by an unknown female worker at the famed Tiffany studios. Historic Green-Wood cemetery, where a decrepit mausoleum with stunning stained glass windows is now off limits....
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Command Authority

Tom Clancy · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 739
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author and master of the modern day thriller returns with his All-Star team.There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source,...
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Hidden, The: A British police procedural set in the 1970s

SALLY SPENCER · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover

Monika Paniatowski knows exactly who the killer is - but there's no way she can tell anyone else! DCI Paniatowski's team are increasingly convinced that the girl found dead in the woods is the victim of a ritual killing, carried out by a secret society which has been established in the very...
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Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish: A Vengeance in the Vineyard Mystery

Janet Hubbard · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover

In Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish, thirty-year-old, NYPD detective Max Maguire returns to France as bodyguard to a famous American wine critic. But when her client turns up dead in her hotel room, and a precious bottle of wine goes missing, Max has no choice but to team up with examining magistrate...
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A Most Novel Revenge: A Mystery

Ashley Weaver · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A pleasant reminder of Golden Age mysteries that keep you guessing until the denouement." Kirkus Reviews "Fascinating and stylish characters fill out a finely tuned traditional mystery." Publishers Weekly"Well, darling, who do you suppose will turn up dead this...
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The Shattered Tree: A Bess Crawford Mystery

Charles Todd · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded soldier's background - and uncover his true loyalties - in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the bestselling "vivid period mystery series" (New York Times Book Review) .At the foot...
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