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The Twelfth Night Murder

Anne Rutherford · Berkley
Format: Book

As The New Globe Players bring laughter to audiences with their production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, Suzanne Thornton must bring justice to the tragic victim of a brutal murder ... When the body of a young boy - murdered, mutilated, and clothed in women's attire - is found...
 
 
The Defense: A Novel

Steve Cavanagh · Flatiron Books
Pages: 416
Format: Mass Market Paperback

"If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense." -- Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two jobs...
 
 
King and Maxwell

David Baldacci · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

David Baldacci brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--former Secret Service agents turned private investigators--in their most surprising, personal, and dangerous case ever . . .
 
 
Cross Justice

James Patterson · Vision
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

The toughest cases are the ones that hit close to home. When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take,...
 
 
Isabel Dalhousie

Alexander McCall Smith · Pantheon
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

Isabel Dalhousie grapples with complex matters of the heart as she tries to juggle her responsibilities to friends, family, and the philosophical community. With two small boys to raise, a mountain or articles to edit for the Review of Applied Ethics and the ever-increasing demands of her niece,...
 
 
Act of Revenge

DALE BROWN · William Morrow
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

When terrorists attack Boston, Louis Massina races against time to save the city with a high-tech counteroffensive . . . On Easter Sunday morning, the city of Boston is struck by a widespread and coordinated series of terrorist attacks: an explosion in the T, a suicide bomber at Back Bay Police...
 
 
City of Endless Night

DOUGLAS PRESTON · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"For God's sake, tell us what's happened!""Vengeance. Vengeance is what's happened." It begins as a manhunt for Grace Ozmian, the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire. At first, the NYPD assumes Grace, beautiful, reckless, and a regular feature of the local...
 
 
The Secret Life of Souls: A Novel

Jack Ketchum · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A gripping family drama that brilliantly explores the relationship between a young girl and her dog -- and the mysteries that lie within. At the heart of this psychological suspense novel is the haunting depiction of a family's fall and the extraordinary gifted dog, Caity, who knows...
 
 
The last dawn

Joe Gannon · Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

It is time to die ... 1989. It's been three years since Captain Ajax Montoya cleared the smoke and blood from his last case -- and what a three years. The old world order is coming down along with the Berlin Wall, and the Soviet "Evil Empire" is being born to the ash heap of history...
 
 
Murder at Marble House

Alyssa Maxwell · Kensington
Format: Print book

With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross...
 
 
Murder on the Toy Town Express: A Vintage Toyshop Mystery

BARBARA EARLY. · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Liz McCall has come to love running her father's vintage toyshop back home in East Aurora, NY, so when the Train and Toy Show comes to town, she's all aboard for a fun toy-filled weekend. The only hitch is that her childhood bully Craig McFadden, now local business rival, has set up a booth...
 
 
Monday's Lie

Jamie Mason · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the "ripping good" (The New York Times) debut novel Three Graves Full comes a new thriller about a woman who digs into her unconventional past to confirm what she suspects: her husband isn't what she thought he was.Dee Aldrich rebelled against...
 
 
Staged 4 Murder

J C EATON · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Casting suspicion . . . Sophie "Phee" Kimball wants to get some work done at her private investigation company in Arizona - and she's distracted already by her old crush, who's arriving from Minnesota to join the staff. The last thing she needs is constant updates from her mom on the local...
 
 
The Secret of High Eldersham: A British Library Crime Classic

Miles Burton · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The 20th book in Poisoned Pen Press's highly praised British Library Crime Classic series.
 
 
They Know Not What They Do

JUSSI VALTONEN · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

Joe Chayefski has got what he always wanted: a reputation as one of America's top neuroscientists, a beautiful wife and two perfect daughters. But his carefully created idyll is threatened when his Baltimore neuroscience lab is targeted by animal rights activists. The attack is followed...