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I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Iain Reid · Scout Press
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving The Girlfriend stranded at a deserted high school, the story transforms into a twisted combination of the darkest unease, psychological...
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Thunderstruck & Other Stories

Elizabeth McCracken · The Dial Press; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSDAYNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post  San Francisco Chronicle O The Oprah Magazine The Miami Herald Publishers Weekly Kirkus ReviewsFrom...
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A Stitch in Crime

Ann Yost · Five Star
Format: Hardcover

When the coveted title of Saint Lucy goes to outsider Liisa Pelonen, folks in Red Jacket, Michigan are riled. But it's a shock when Liisa's body turns up in the sauna at the funeral home the evening before the Christmas Festival. Hatti Lehtinen knows she's not qualified to investigate...
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A Tough Nut to Kill

Elizabeth Lee · Berkley; First Berkley Prime Crime Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Lindy Blanchard has devoted five years of her life to saving the pecan trees on her family’s farm—but someone is going to deadly lengths to see that she fails… Riverville, Texas, is pecan country, and the Blanchard family farm is famous for its acres of tall pecan trees...
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The Golden Hour

Todd Moss · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A novel that makes your heart race . . . a thriller that weaves diplomacy and national security together with espionage, terrorism and Washington infighting." - Washington PostAn extraordinary thriller debut of twenty-first-century espionage, by a former deputy...
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Say No More

Hank Phillippi Ryan · Forge
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Say No More: The Thrilling Next Installment in Hank Phillippi Ryan's Award-Winning Jane Ryland Series!

When Boston reporter Jane Ryland reports a hit and run, she soon learns she saw more than a car crash -- she witnessed the collapse of an alibi. Working on an expose of sexual...

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The Night Thief: A Cedric O'Toole Mystery

Barbara Fradkin · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Simple country handyman Cedric O'Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he's upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure...
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Baghdad Central

Elliott Colla · Bitter Lemon
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback

Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003. The US occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales...

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A Tap on the Window

Linwood Barclay · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 512
Format: Book

One of the Boston Globe's Best Crime Novels of the Year!One of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2013! Hailed as "a suspense master" by Stephen King, Linwood Barclay now reveals the dark side of a small town - and the even darker secrets that hide there...It's been...
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The 8th Circle: A Thriller

Sarah Cain · Crooked Lane Books, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A year ago, Danny Ryan lost his wife and son in a car accident. He's still reeling from the tragedy when Michael Cohen, his friend and fellow journalist, drives into the pond in front of his house with a bullet through his gut.With Michael's death ruled a murder, Danny must work...
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Blood on the Water: A William Monk Novel

Anne Perry · Ballantine
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover

As her New York Times bestselling novels always remind us, Anne Perry is a matchless guide to both the splendor and the shame of the British Empire at the height of its influence. In her twentieth William Monk mystery, she brings us to London's grand Mayfair mansions, where the arrogant...
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The Next Time You See Me: A Novel

Holly Goddard Jones · Touchstone; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Hailed as "an astoundingly good novel" by Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl, and winner of the 2014 Kentucky Literary Award, The Next Time You See Me is a gripping tale of mystery, desperation, and redemption.When a small Southern town's most...
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Strange Things Done

Elle Wild · Dundurn Group
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

2015 Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel -- Winner
2014 Telegraph/Harvill Secker Crime Competition -- Shortlisted
2014 Southwest Writers Annual Novel Writing Contest -- Silver Winner
2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award...
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In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

Leslie S. Klinger · Pegasus Books
Pages: 262
Format: Book

In the follow-up to the nationally bestselling A Study in Sherlock, a stunning new volume of original stories from award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger

The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were recently voted as the top mystery series...

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Spider Woman's Daughter

Anne Hillerman · Harper
Pages: 305
Format: Hardcover

Anne Hillerman, the talented daughter of bestselling author Tony Hillerman, continues his popular Leaphorn and Chee series with Spider Woman's Daughter, a Navajo Country mystery, filled with captivating lore, startling suspense, bold new characters, vivid color, and rich Southwestern...

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