Detective and mystery fiction

  • And then there were none

    Creator

    Christie, Agatha

    Abstract

    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie! More than 100 million copies sold and now a Lifetime TV movie. Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow Paperbacks

    Not specified
  • As good as dead

    Creator

    Jackson, Holly

    Abstract

    THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES - The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again... Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She's used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can't help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Delacorte Press

    Not specified
  • Dirty thirty : Stephanie Plum, book 30

    Creator

    Evanovich, Janet

    Abstract

    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Janet Evanovich, the "most popular mystery writer alive" ( The New York Times ), is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen stash of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Atria Books

    Not specified
  • 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