Thursday, September 04, 2025

This month’s best new mysteries

 
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This Month's Best New Mysteries
 
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Book cover for The Girl with Ice in Her Veins by Karin Smirnoff
'Lisbeth Salander is back — and maybe better than ever' (Lee Child)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Fresh, fearless… One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands" (Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark)
  • Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist head to a snow-covered Swedish town mired in a conflict between a ruthless corporation and angry locals
  • Breathes new life into the beloved characters first introduced in Stieg Larsson's blockbuster hit The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Media mentions for The Girl with Ice in Her Veins by Karin SmirnoffMEDIA MENTIONS:People, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Billion-Dollar Ransom by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski
Film rights have already been sold for James Patterson's latest thrill-ride!
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A school bus, a luxury resort, the streets of Beverly Hills: Five members of a billionaire's family are abducted simultaneously for a 10-figure ransom…
  • Can FBI agent Nicky Gordon bring all five of the victims back without paying a cent?
  • All of the "breakneck pacing and loop-the-loop plotting" (Publishers Weekly) you'd expect from one of the most popular authors in the world
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Media mentions for Billion-Dollar Ransom by James Patterson and Duane SwierczynskiMEDIA MENTIONS:Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman
A sensible book conservator and a woman claiming to be Agatha Christie team up to find a killer
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • With the help of a sarcasm-spewing librarian, an 11-year-old prodigy, and an unfashionable NYPD detective, can they solve a murder?
  • Putting a modern twist on classic detective fiction, this hilarious whodunit kicks off a new series
  • "Clever, funny, sharp, surprising — Amanda Chapman delivers" (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love)
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Media mentions for Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda ChapmanMEDIA MENTIONS:Real Simple, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner
'I devoured it in a sitting, and I have zero regrets' (Nita Prose, author of The Maid)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Alice, a wealthy London mother, panics and kills an intruder in her home — but a series of sinister events after the incident unravels a web of secrets
  • From the author of The Other Mothers, "the master of throwing ordinary women into extraordinary, what-would-you-do situations" (Abigail Dean, author of Girl A)
  • The "how-did-I-miss-that final twist" (Reese's Book Club alum Ellery Lloyd) will remind you that not everything is as it seems
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Media mentions for The Break-In by Katherine FaulknerMEDIA MENTIONS:The Times, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
A geriatric former serial killer comes out of retirement to guard a secret worthy of murder…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A smart, hilarious thriller" (People) from the internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wife
  • How far will Lottie Jones go to protect the new life she's built for herself?
  • "Samantha Downing's signature dark humor is cranked up to one hundred" (New York Times bestselling author Stacy Willingham)
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Media mentions for Too Old for This by Samantha DowningMEDIA MENTIONS:People, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
'A roller-coaster ride of a read' (Sandra Brown) from a #1 New York Times bestselling author
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Shortly after Frankie Elkin is summoned to Tucson, Arizona, to locate a missing Afghan refugee, a video surfaces of the victim walking away from the scene of a double murder. Can Frankie unravel the truth?
  • This new installment of a beloved series captivated Louise Penny and David Baldacci
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Media mentions for Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa GardnerMEDIA MENTIONS:PBS, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill
Welcome back aboard the Orient Express, where murder awaits…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Could a ride on a storied luxury train be the inspiration crime writer Joe needs?
  • This homage to Golden Age mysteries contains a brutal crime scene, a missing body, and a colorful cast of fellow travelers
  • From the USA Today bestselling author of The Woman in the Library
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Media mentions for Five Found Dead by Sulari GentillMEDIA MENTION:Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for The Diary of Lies by Philip Miller
Featured in The New York Times' 'Thrillers with Twists You Won't See Coming'
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "The Diary of Lies is deeply scary and all too believable" (BookPage starred review)
  • Edinburgh-based journalist Shona Sandison is following a promised scoop when she's handed an address and mysterious instructions — leading her to a murder plot and a vast conspiracy
  • A must-read for fans of John le Carré and Mick Herron
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Media mentions for The Diary of Lies by Philip MillerMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage
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Book cover for Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald
Murder casts its shadow over the French countryside in this literary mystery
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A sharp and twisty whodunit with a cast of intriguing characters steeped in secrets, this book hooked me from the very start" (New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh)
  • Crime novelist Berit Gardner is supposed to relaxing at a writers' conference — but her plotting skills may come in handy when the keynote speaker drops dead…
  • From the author of The Murders in Great Diddling, whose "latest will appeal to fans of Louise Penny and Elly Griffiths" (Library Journal)
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Media mentions for Just Another Dead Author by Katarina BivaldMEDIA MENTIONS:The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Mississippi Blue 42 by Eli Cranor
One of Apple's best books of August is 'reminiscent of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard' (Library Journal)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • FBI agent Rae is plunged into the lucrative world of college football as she investigates illicit money and murder on a southern university's campus
  • Alafair Burke, author of The Better Sister, calls this "the kind of read that keeps a smile on your face as you compulsively turn the pages"
  • Penned by a former professional quarterback turned Edgar Award–winning author
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Media mentions for Mississippi Blue 42 by Eli CranorMEDIA MENTIONS:Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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