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Nightblind: A Thriller

RAGNAR JONASSON · Minotaur Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Chilling, and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from undeniable new talent Ragnar Jonasson.Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland -- where no one locks...
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Alias Grace

MARGARET ATWOOD · Anchor
Format: Paperback

Soon to be a 6-part Netflix original mini-series: in Alias Grace, the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale takes readers into the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century. It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders...
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The Kashmir Trap: A Max O'Brien Mystery

Mario Bolduc · Dundurn
Pages: 424
Format: Print book

Con man Max O'Brien takes a personal investigation into his own hands. Max O'Brien's nightmare has begun again. Eleven years after the tragic disappearance of his brother, an ambassador in Central America, Max's nephew, also a diplomat, is assassinated in New Delhi. Max is on the run from...
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A Map of the Dark

KATIA LIEF · Mulholland Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A race-against-time thriller for fans of Tana French and Megan Abbott: to save a missing girl, FBI Agent Elsa Myers may have to lose herself... Even as her father lies dying in a hospital north of New York City, FBI Agent Elsa Myers can't ignore a call for help. A teenage girl has disappeared...
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The Graybar Hotel

Curtis Dawkins · Canongate Books Ltd; Main edition
Format: Hardcover

In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle with their humor and insight, even as they describe a harsh and barren existence.In Curtis Dawkins's...
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Fatal Trust

TODD M JOHNSON · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 343
Format: Paperback

Riveting Legal Suspense from Lawyer Todd M. Johnson Ian Wells is a young criminal defense attorney struggling to build a Minneapolis law practice he inherited from his father while caring for a mother with Alzheimer's. Nearly at the breaking point, everything changes for Ian when a new client...
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The Dance of the Seagull

Andrea Camilleri · Penguin Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

The latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Potter's Field, winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award, and The Age of Doubt With Inspector Montalbano's most recent outings hitting the New York Times bestseller list,...
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Death of Yesterday

M. C. Beaton · Grand Central Publishing; Apparent First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he'd prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant and annoying woman. But when her body is discovered,...
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The River at Night

Erica Ferencik · Gallery/Scout Press
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

An Oprah.com Page-Turning Novels Pick A 2017 Indie Next Pick A Bustle Most Anticipated Thriller Novel of 2017 An Entertainment Weekly "Must List" Pick A high-stakes drama set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness, charting the journey of four friends as they fight...
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The Iron Water: A Victorian police procedural

Chris Nickson · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Two macabre discoveries in a single morning present an intriguing challenge for Detective Inspector Tom Harper Leeds, England. July, 1893. D.I. Tom Harper is witnessing the demonstration of a devastating new naval weapon, the torpedo, at Roundhay Park. The explosion brings up a body...
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Hunting Game

Helene Tursten · Soho Crime
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The first installment in Helene Tursten's brand new series featuring the strong, smart Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom.Twenty-eight-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts ever since she can remember. She has learned to channel most of her anxious...
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Present Darkness: A Novel

Malla Nunn · Atria Books
Pages: 337
Format: Paperback

Five days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper sits at his desk at the Johannesburg major crimes squad, ready for his holiday in Mozambique. A call comes in: a respectable white couple has been assaulted and left for dead in their bedroom. The couple's teenage daughter...
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Evening Bags and Executions

Dorothy Howell · Kensington
Format: Book

Hayley Randolph, newly single fashionista and occasional sleuth, has landed a job planning events for big-deal Hollywood clients. But her new boss sets her up for disaster by putting her in charge of a complicated Beatles-themed charity bash. Before Hayley can say, oh!Darling shes on her way to look...
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Seal team six : hunt the dragon

Don Mann · Mulholland Books/Little
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

The North Korean government is days away from realizing its nuclear ambitions and only the heroes of SEAL Team Six can stop it. Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Crocker of SEAL Team Six's Black Cell is in Las Vegas after conducting a training exercise in the desert with new members of the team....
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Sleep Like a Baby

CHARLAINE HARRIS · Minotaur Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In Sleep Like a Baby, the latest installment of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden series, Robin and Aurora have finally begun their adventure in parenting. With newborn Sophie proving to be quite a handful, Roe's mother pays for a partially trained nurse,...
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