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Rise the Dark

Michael Koryta · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Mark Novak's greatest mystery may be his own... "Rise the dark. "These were the last words written in Lauren Novak's notebook before she was murdered in a strange Florida village. They've never meant anything to the police or to her husband, investigator Markus Novak. Now the man he believes...
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Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles

A L HERBERT · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to Mahalia's Sweet Tea - the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George's County, Maryland. In between preparing her famous cornbread and mashed potatoes so creamy "they'll make you want to slap your Momma," owner Halia Watkins is about to dip her spoon into a grisly...
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Lost Books and Old Bones: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery

Paige Shelton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, Scotland.Delaney Nichols, originally of Kansas but settling happily into her new life as a bookseller in Edinburgh, works at The Cracked Spine in the heart of town. She's recently befriended...
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A Game for All the Family: A Novel

Sophie Hannah · William Morrow
Pages: 447
Format: Print book

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling...
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Shallow Grave: A Matt Sinclair Mystery

Brian Thiem · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When the Oakland coroner's office uncovers a body buried in a shallow grave in the outskirts of the city, homicide sergeant Matt Sinclair expects to find a drug dealer caught in the crosshairs of a turf war. Instead, the victim is identified as Phil Roberts, the commander of the police...
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Pale Guardian: A Vampire Mystery

BARBARA HAMBLY · SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS L
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

During the carnage of World War One, James Asher joins forces with the vampires of Europe to counter an even deadlier threat. The vampires call them 'The Others'. Neither living nor dead, the revenants are mindless and unstoppable - and in the carnage of the First World War, governments...
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Whisper the Dead: A Cotsworld village mystery

Stella Cameron · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

With plot twists galore and an array of credible suspects, this traditional village mystery series will appeal to fans of M.C. Beaton and Midsomer Murders When Alex Duggins comes across a terrifying scene at the site of a new housing development, once again she is drawn into a case of brutal...
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The Bone Tree: A Novel

Greg Iles · William Morrow
Format: Print book

Greg Iles continues the electrifying story begun in his smash New York Times bestseller Natchez Burning in this highly anticipated second installment of an epic trilogy of blood and race, family and justice, featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage.Former prosecutor Penn Cage and his fiancée,...
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The dragon of Handale : a mystery

Cassandra Clark · Minotaur Books, 2015.
Pages: 339
Format: Print book

Hildegard, no longer a member of the Cistercian order of nuns, has returned to the priory after more than a year from her pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Still unsure whether she will rejoin the Order, the Prioress suggests that a visit to Handale Priory might help provide...
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Find Her

Lisa Gardner · Dutton
Pages: 402
Format: Print book

"Flora Dane is a victim. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Flora Dane is a survivor. Miraculously alive after her ordeal, Flora has spent the past five years reacquainting...
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Widowmaker (Mike Bowditch Series #7)

Paul Doiron · Minotaur Books
Pages: 418
Format: Paperback(Tall Rack Paperback)

When a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is beautiful, damaged, and hiding a secret with a link to his past. She claims her son Adam is a wrongfully convicted sex offender who has vanished...
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Private Vegas

James Patterson · Little
Pages: 8
Format: Book

Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women...
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Murder in Bloomsbury: An Atlas Catesby Mystery

D M QUINCY · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author D. M. Quincy is back with a second captivating mystery as adventurer Atlas Catesby must put aside his own feelings for Lady Lilliana as they work together to get justice for someone she holds dear.Aristocratic adventurer Atlas Catesby has spent the last year trying to forget...
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Brood

Chase Novak · Mulholland Books
Format: Hardcover

Two teenagers struggle with a horrific family legacy in the sequel to Chase Novak's novel, Breed. Thirteen years ago, a radical fertility doctor helped bring Adam and Alice Twisden into the world. The treatment came at a great cost: it turned the twins' parents into barbarous animals...
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Bred to Kill: A Thriller

Franck Thilliez · Viking
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"Crichton fuses with 'True Detective' in a hammering hard-science thriller where the heart of darkness lies not in the soul, but in the genes. Thilliez engineers a winner." - Scott Sigler, New York Times-bestselling author of the Infected trilogyNew from Mark Polizzotti,...
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