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Dr. Death

James Patterson · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The life Dr. Dylan Reinhart saves may be his own Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally--he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene--along with a threatening message from the killer--it...
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Insidious Intent

Val McDermid · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Powerful . . . McDermid's prose is pure pleasure to read . . . The plot is tight, the story is thrilling, the ending is as satisfying as they come . . . A master operating at the height of her considerable powers. Prepare to be swept away." -- Mystery Scene on Splinter the SilenceWidely...
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Saratoga Payback

Stephen Dobyns · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The latest installment in Stephen Dobyns's Charlie Bradshaw mysteries, Saratoga Payback follows the latest exploits of Saratoga Springs' most unusual and sardonic detective. Ever since the cops revoked his private investigator's license, Charlie Bradshaw has been adjusting to life as a regular...
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Banana Cream Pie Murder

Joanne Fluke · Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pages: 355
Format: Print book

After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress,...
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Quarry in the Black

Max Allan Collins · Hardcase Crime
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

WHERE DOES A HIT MAN DRAW THE LINE? With a controversial presidential election just weeks away, Quarry is hired to carry out a rare political assignment: kill the Reverend Raymond Wesley Lloyd, a passionate Civil Rights crusader and campaigner for the underdog candidate. But when a hate...
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The Missing Masterpiece

JEANNE M DAMS · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover

Quelle horreur! A French holiday leads to disaster for American Anglophile Dorothy Martin in this engaging new cozy mystery. When Dorothy Martin goes to France - alone because Alan is stuck back home in Sherebury with a broken ankle - she worries about her ability to get along in a language...
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City on Edge: A Novel

Stefanie Pintoff · Bantam
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Edgar Award-winning author Stefanie Pintoff shoots to thrill in her gripping new novel of suspense. ON THE DAY AMERICANS GIVE THANKS, A MADMAN GIVES THEM HELL. The night before the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a crowd gathers on Manhattan's Upper West Side to watch the giant balloons fill...
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The Sandman: A novel

Lars Kepler · Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering....
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The Murders of Molly Southbourne

TADE THOMPSON · Tor.com
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne.The rule is simple: don't bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she's been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical...
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Glimpse: A Novel

Jonathan Maberry · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A chilling thriller that explores what happens when reality and nightmares converge, and how far one will go to protect the innocent when their own brain is a threat.Rain Thomas is a mess. Seven years an addict and three difficult years clean. Racked by guilt for the baby she gave up for adoption...
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Quicksand

Malin Persson Giolito · Other Press
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

QUICKSAND is an incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice. A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm's wealthiest suburb. Maja Norberg is eighteen years...
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Since We Fell

DENNIS LEHANE · Ecco
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The new novel from New York Times bestseller Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island"Lehane is the master of complex human characters thrust into suspenseful, page-turning situations." - Gillian FlynnSince We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who,...
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Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall: A Honeychurch Hall Mystery

Hannah Dennison · Minotaur Books
Pages: 305
Format: Hardcover

This nail-biting addition to Hannah Dennison's Honey Church Hall mystery series, Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall is not to be missed."An enjoyable, lighthearted read, just the thing to chase the blues away." -- M.C. BeatonWhen the only copy of Ravished, Iris Stanford's new manuscript,...
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The English Boys: A Mystery

Julia Thomas · Midnight Ink
Pages: 329
Format: Print book

Dark and Twisted Secrets Emerge in the Wake of a Deadly Wedding Daniel Richardson and his best friend, Hugh Ashley-Hunt, both rising British actors, are in love with the same woman, the free-spirited Tamsyn Burke. Daniel reluctantly steps aside when Tamsyn decides to marry Hugh, but right...
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The Spy's Daughter

Adam Brookes · Redhook
Pages: 448
Format: Mass Market Paperback

The thrilling third novel from multi-award-nominated author Adam Brookes is paranoid, tense spy fiction at its very finest. In many ways, Pearl Tao was a typical American child. She spent summer days at the pool, played softball and lingered at suburban barbecues in her home city of Washington,...
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