Detective and mystery fiction
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A New York Times Bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads, and more. "A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." - People. "Spellbinding." - The New York Times Book Review. "[An] irresistible literary page-turner." - The Boston Globe.
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New York Times Bestseller - Good Morning America Book Club Pick. When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek. Oprah Daily's #1 Novel of the Year - One of People's Ten Best Books of the Year - A Washington Post, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, New York Post, Good Housekeeping, Book Riot, Chicago Public Library, Real Simple, CrimeReads, and She Reads Best Book of the Year.
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An NPR Best Book of the Year. By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. "Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted." That's what Jacy's mom always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan's far-flung Upper Peninsula.
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New York Times Bestseller - Reese's Book Club Pick. Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. "I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." - Reese Witherspoon. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true. Be careful what you wish for... Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple—until a massive lottery win changes their lives overnight. Soon they've moved into a custom-built state-of-the-art Glass Barn on the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. They have fancy cars, expensive hobbies, and an exclusive lifestyle they never could have imagined.
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Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel. A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, NPR, The Diplomatic Courier, Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, The Cipher Brief, Spybrary. During the Arab Spring, an American spy's final mission goes dangerously awry in this "crackling debut thriller" (The New Yorker) from a former CIA officer that Joseph Weisberg, creator of The Americans, calls "the most realistic espionage story I've read." Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold.
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In the latest thrilling entry of the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons. The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way - handsome, intelligent, popular - until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other brother had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders?
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A powerful novel that's "hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking" (Jamie Ford) about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long-missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and sets out to bring her home. Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. March Indie Next Pick. Belletrist, Phenomenal, Page & Pairing, and Readers Digest book club pick. The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence.
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An instant New York Times bestseller! My name is Frankie Elkin, and finding missing people is what I do. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing locked-room style thriller set on a remote island. Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding missing people, but not even she could have anticipated this latest request - to locate the long-lost sister of a female serial killer facing execution in three weeks' time. "The very definition of the word unputdownable." - Tess Gerritsen.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, Bill Robinson returns to the rocky shores of Massachusetts where he must solve a string of murders if he wants to save his inn. The doors of the Inn at Gloucester are always open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life. Its owner, former Boston police detective Bill Robinson, welcomes them with no questions asked. Until two strangers arrive for a temporary stay and a longtime resident starts looking over his shoulders. There's another newcomer in town who puts the Inn under surveillance.