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Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

Scotto Moore · Tor.com
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You is a story of music, obsession, violence, and madness by Scotto Moore

I was home alone on a Saturday night when I experienced the most beautiful piece of music I had ever heard in my life.

Beautiful Remorse is the hot new band...

 
 
White Elephant

EMILY RAYMOND · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: eBook

A crackling Christmas mystery that combines murder and blackmail at a holiday office party, in a mashup reminiscent of Big Little Lies and Clue.

There are only a few rules in a White Elephant gift exchange: Everyone brings a wrapped gift. No name. Numbers are drawn...
 
 
Agent Running in the Field: A Novel

John le Carré · Viking
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author John le Carré

Set in London in 2018, Agent Running in the Field follows a twenty-six year old solitary figure who, in a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, makes connections...
 
 
To the Land of Long Lost Friends: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith · Pantheon
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual.

Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems...
 
 
Strangers at the Gate

Catriona McPherson · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the Agatha Award-winning author of Quiet Neighbors comes a twisty, fascinating standalone that begs the question: how well can we ever know the people around us?

When Finn and Paddy decide to move from their home in the city to the small town of Simmerton, it feels...

 
 
Boxing the Octopus

Tim Maleeny · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

If you're gonna box an octopus, best bring some extra arms

At the height of tourist season, an armored car drives off a crowded pier and sinks to the bottom of San Francisco Bay. By the time divers find the wreck, the cash is gone and the driver has vanished. The police are convinced...

 
 
A Cruel Deception: A Bess Crawford Mystery

Charles Todd · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier from a mysterious killer in this eleventh book in the beloved Bess Crawford mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.

The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting,...

 
 
Killed on Blueberry Hill

Sharon Farrow · Kensington
Pages: 288
Format: Mass Market Paperback

It's peak tourist season in Oriole Point, Michigan - the blueberry buckle of the fruit belt. Nothing draws the crowds quite like their annual carnival. And nothing turns it sour faster than murder . . .

The Blueberry Blow Out festival has begun and it's time for Marlee...
 
 
Blues in the Dark: A Novel

Raymond Benson · Arcade
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling and internationally acclaimed author comes a Hollywood crime drama set in the 1940s and present day that tackles racism, sexism, and murder.

Karissa Glover is a movie producer who moves into a decrepit but functional old mansion in the West...
 
 
The Man Who Wouldn't Die: A Novel

A. B. Jewell · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

"HBO's Silicon Valley meets The Big Sleep" (Mark Haskell Smith) : An anonymous tech insider delivers "a hard-boiled, hilarious detective novel about Silicon Valley" (New York Post)

"DOES FOR SILICON VALLEY WHAT CARL HIAASEN DID FOR FLORIDA."...

 
 
Good Man Gone Bad: An Aaron Gunner Mystery

Prospect Park Books · Prospect Park Books
Pages: 240
Format: Book

Hard times are nothing new for private investigator Aaron Gunner. Working on the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles, he's seen more than his fair share of trouble. But when his cousin and confidante Del Curry commits suicide after allegedly killing his wife and critically...

 
 
Ice Cold Heart: A Monkeewrench Novel

P. J. Tracy · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth join Grace MacBride and Monkeewrench to uncover a dark and ugly conspiracy that reaches deep into the safety of homes in this latest electrifying thriller from New York Times bestselling author P. J. Tracy.

It's a bitter...
 
 
The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek: A Novel

Rhett McLaughlin · Crown
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stranger Things meets the South. Chilling, hilarious, and suspenseful - I loved it!" - Felicia Day

From the authors of Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning . . .

It's...
 
 
All About Evie

Cathy Lamb · Kensington
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb's latest novel tells the emotionally compelling story of one woman's life-changing discovery about her past . . .

As a child, Evie Lindsay was unnerved by her premonitions....
 
 
Shot Through the Hearth

Kate Carlisle · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Contractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Wrench in the Works and Eaves of Destruction...

Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving...
 
 
The Poison Garden

A. J. Banner · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A woman's idyllic life becomes a deceptive hall of mirrors in a thriller of exquisitely constructed psychological suspense by A. J. Banner, bestselling author of The Good Neighbor.

Elise Watters seems to have it all - a blissful marriage, a gorgeous Victorian home surrounded...

 
 
Christmas Cocoa Murder

Carlene O'Connor · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

'Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing can be downright deadly . . .

CHRISTMAS COCOA MURDER by CARLENE O'CONNOR
Siobhán O'Sullivan's hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns...
 
 
Three Widows and a Corpse

Debra Sennefelder · Kensington
Pages: 352
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Food blogger Hope Early finds one item not on her scavenger hunt list - a dead husband . . .

Between developing her food blog, Hope at Home, and choosing low-cal recipes for a feature in Cooking Now! magazine, Hope has a full plate. Still, she's never too busy to compete...
 
 
Let Justice Descend

Lisa Black · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In a taut, brilliantly twisted new thriller from bestselling author Lisa Black, forensics expert Maggie Gardiner and Cleveland detective Jack Renner investigate the bizarre murder of a senator with secrets to hide ...

Three days before a key election, U.S. Senator...
 
 
Drowning with Others

Linda Keir · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

They have the perfect marriage. Did one of them kill to get it?

Prep school sweethearts Ian and Andi Copeland are envied by everyone they know. They have successful businesses, a beautiful house in St. Louis, and their eldest daughter, Cassidy, is following in their footsteps by attending...

 
 
Christmas Sweets

Joanne Fluke · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Gathered in one volume for the very first time, here are three yuletide tales of mystery, murder, and romance, featuring your favorite sleuths . . .

THE TWELVE DESSERTS OF CHRISTMAS by JOANNE FLUKE
It's the perfect mix of naughty and nice when two lovestruck...
 
 
A Catered New Year's Eve

Isis Crawford · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year's Eve event - and help find a guilty party . . .

It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of the family - though...
 
 
Penny for Your Secrets

Anna Lee Huber · Kensington
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber's latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . .

The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged...
 
 
Double Crossfire

Anthony J. Tata · Kensington
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

you inside a brilliantly conceived, brutally executed plot to overthrow our government - from within . . .

"How do you overturn an election?" It's a question that has obsessed presidential candidate Jamie Carter ever since her loss to businessman and political neophyte...
 
 
Coached to Death

Victoria Laurie · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

When Catherine Cooper settles in the Hamptons on the heels of a nasty split from her long-time husband, the luxurious coastal community seems like the perfect place to get back on track in style. But as Cat soon discovers, starting fresh on the East End can be deadly . . .

Cat Cooper...
 
 
Missing Person

Sarah Lotz · Mulholland Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed thriller writer Sarah Lotz, hailed by Stephen King as "vastly entertaining," a new novel about a group of amateur detectives infiltrated by the sadistic killer whose crimes they're investigating.

Reclusive Irish bookseller Shaun Ryan, has always believed...
 
 
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit

Peggy Ehrhart · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

When murder silences the Christmas cheer in charming Arborville, New Jersey, Pamela and her Knit and Nibble pals must unravel the most bone-chilling mystery this side of the North Pole . . .

Pamela has been in merry spirits since her artsy daughter Penny returned home from...