Thursday, August 01, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best mysteries

 
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This Month's Best New Mysteries
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham
What's a detective to do when two severed hands are delivered to his doorstep?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • For fans of The Thursday Murder Club
  • "Delightfully madcap [with] breakneck pacing" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Stars an unconventional British sleuth with a penchant for ballroom dancing
FEATURED IN:
Financial Times, Parade, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for A Refiner's Fire by Donna Leon
After 30 years, legions of fans can't be wrong about Donna Leon's Venetian mysteries
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever" (The Washington Post)
  • Explores the dark side of Venice's glittering canals and sun-soaked squares
  • Already has hundreds of five-star Amazon ratings
FEATURED IN:
Parade, The Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for The Astrology House by Carinn Jade
The White Lotus meets Nine Perfect Strangers, with horoscopes
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • An Instagram-worthy retreat turns into a locked-room murder mystery
  • "A final twist you will never see coming" (Carola Lovering, author of Tell Me Lies)
  • Will captivate fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware
FEATURED IN:
TODAY Show, Bustle, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for Confessions of the Dead by James Patterson and J.D. Barker
The world's most popular author lures readers into a quaint town hiding a supernatural mystery
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • James Patterson teams up with one of horror's rising stars
  • Reads like Stephen King's classics
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Book cover for The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
In an isolated Italian village, flood waters subside… and a skeleton surfaces
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A "well-crafted mystery in a Golden Age style reminiscent of classics by Agatha Christie" (The Boston Globe)
  • From the acclaimed author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
  • A plucky American sleuth in 1960s Calabria
FEATURED IN:
The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Sugar on the Bones by Joe R. Lansdale
A fan-favorite East Texas PI series with praise from Michael Connelly comes roaring back
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • With "blood-splattered action and a welcome spoonful of irreverent humor" (Publishers Weekly)
  • A "perpetual bad-boy" detective duo (The New York Times) from an Edgar Award winner
  • A suspicious death pulls Hap and Leonard into a family's shady criminal dealings
FEATURED IN:
Associated Press, Parade, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena
She was the town's golden girl — until someone left her lifeless body in a hayfield
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • From the author of the runaway hit The Couple Next Door
  • Multiple narrators and multiple suspects as neighbors turn against each other
  • "Lapena is a master of manipulation" (USA Today)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for People Will Talk by Kieran Scott
A new bride's death-by-chandelier gives a whole new meaning to the term wedding crasher
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Ideal poolside reading" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies — and brand-new this week
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Burning by Linda Castillo
An Amish community closes ranks when a charred corpse is discovered. But the police chief is not entirely an outsider…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Another winner… This series is nowhere near out of steam" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Featuring a tough, empathetic protagonist who left her own Amish upbringing behind
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Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman
A crumbling estate, a reclusive author, and a mystery worthy of the Brontë sisters
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Moody gothic vibes from a two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award winner
  • Set at a former psychiatric ward for "wayward women"
  • A must-read for Jane Eyre fans
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Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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The Breakaway
The Breakaway
By Jennifer Weiner
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The Skin Collector
The Skin Collector
By Jeffery Deaver
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The Love Plot
The Love Plot
By Samantha Young
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The Opposite of Wild
The Opposite of Wild
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Annie's Rainbow
Annie’s Rainbow
By Fern Michaels
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Sisters of Fortune
Sisters of Fortune
By Anna Lee Huber
“Filled with luscious detail” and “spot-on depictions,” this “absolutely riveting” historical saga (New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble) is based on the true story of three sisters whose lives were forever changed by their fateful journey on the Titanic. “Readers will love this” (Madeline Martin).
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Fayne
Fayne
By Ann-Marie MacDonald
For mysterious reasons, Charlotte’s father confines her to his estate on the moorlands. But a new tutor will transform her world in this “impeccably atmospheric Gothic masterpiece” (The Irish Times). Featuring “an effervescent delight” (Daily Mail) of a heroine, this novel is “fiction at its best” (Financial Times).
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The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel
By Bernard Malamud
A “timeless” and “essential” National Book Award winner (Jhumpa Lahiri) from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: This classic collection explores the immigrant experience in New York City and beyond. “Every [story] is a… work of art. This is the kind of book that calls for not admiration but gratitude” (Chicago Tribune).
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