Detective and mystery fiction

  • Good girl, bad blood : A good girl's guide to murder, book 2

    Creator

    Jackson, Holly

    Abstract

    More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case. Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Delacorte Press

    Not specified
  • Judgment prey : Lucas Davenport, book 33

    Creator

    Sandford, John

    Abstract

    Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood. A wealthy federal judge, there's no short list of people who could have a vendetta against Sands, but the gruesome murders, especially that of his children, turn their St. Paul community on its head.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Not specified
  • Local woman missing

    Creator

    Kubica, Mary

    Abstract

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! "Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises." -Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica, author of Just the Nicest Couple, takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. People don't just disappear without a trace... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ontario

    Park Row

    Not specified
  • Magic hour

    Creator

    Hannah, Kristin

    Abstract

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home. In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest-nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Ballantine Books

    Not specified
  • Murder on the Orient Express : Hercule Poirot, book 10

    Creator

    Christie, Agatha

    Abstract

    THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! "The murderer is with us-on the train now . . ." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow Paperbacks

    Not specified
  • None of this is true

    Creator

    Jewell, Lisa

    Abstract

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her "superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose" (BuzzFeed), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Atria Books

    Not specified
  • Pretty girls

    Creator

    Slaughter, Karin

    Abstract

    Lee Child says it's "stunning... certain to be a book of the year." Kathy Reichs calls it "extraordinary... a major achievement." Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: "I'd follow her anywhere." Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow Cookbooks

    Not specified
  • Random in death

    Creator

    Robb, J. D.

    Abstract

    In this crime thriller from #1 New York Times -bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night of her life. It's the last night of her life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    St. Martin's Press

    Not specified
  • Resurrection walk : The Lincoln lawyer, book 7

    Creator

    Connelly, Michael

    Abstract

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband. Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • The bullet that missed

    Creator

    Osman, Richard

    Abstract

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman.  "The quartet of aging amateur sleuths…remain wonderful company," -the New York Times Book Review " The Bullet That Missed hits on every front. " -the Wall Street Journal It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Pamela Dorman Books

    Not specified