Monday, September 2, 2024

This month’s best new mysteries

 
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This Month's Best New Mysteries
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Book cover for This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
As a storm strands the guests of a Georgia mountain lodge, a scream pierces the night…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Another instant New York Times bestseller from a modern suspense legend
  • Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton's honeymoon is cut short when the McAlpine Lodge manager is murdered
  • Now a series on ABC
FEATURED IN:
People, Parade, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger
Iconic small-town Minnesota investigator Cork O'Connor returns in a haunting new crime novel
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The disappearance of a politician's daughter has ties to the shallow grave of an Ojibwe woman
  • An instant New York Times bestseller from "a master storyteller at the top of his game" (Kristin Hannah)
FEATURED IN:
Associated Press, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for The Chamber by Will Dean
Reads like an Agatha Christie mystery set in an underwater hyperbaric chamber
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "The isolation and fear are palpable" (Heather Gudenkauf) as divers hired by an oil company begin to die one by one
  • "So tense you'll want to put it down, so thrilling you won't be able to" (Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
The New York Herald's brand-new advice columnist has a killer job — literally
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • When Alex takes the helm of the Dear Constance column, she's drawn into her predecessor's chilling murder investigation
  • The title says it all: Don't miss this "palm sweat–inducing psychological thriller" (Booklist)
FEATURED IN:
Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Lost Coast by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
This New York Times bestselling father-son writing team wows Stephen King with 'brilliant, page-turning fiction'
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A simple fraud case uncovers a web of deception — and the answers lie on a stretch of California's coast guarded by enemies
  • "Crisp, witty dialogue zips this well-paced story along" (Kirkus Reviews)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Talking to Strangers by Fiona Barton
Instead of meeting the love of her life on a dating app, she met her end
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Detective Elise King clashes with a nosy reporter while investigating a dating app murder
  • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow
  • "A twisty and highly satisfying nail-biter" (Library Journal) set in a small town in England
FEATURED IN:
People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
Someone in the gilded Barclay mansion knows what happened to the family's young nanny…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Lawyer Stella is hired to protect nine-year-old Rose, who hasn't spoken since she witnessed her nanny's death
  • "I couldn't stop turning pages" (Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid)
  • From the coauthor of the smash hit The Wife Between Us
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Wordhunter by Stella Sands
Word nerds, rejoice: 'This transfixes from the first page' (Publishers Weekly)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • After an abduction, forensic linguistics student Maggie is recruited by the police to decipher ransom notes and weed out suspects
  • "A refreshingly original heroine with literary sensibilities, a potty mouth, and no patience for the patriarchy" (Kirkus Reviews)
FEATURED IN:
Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan
Your new favorite detective duo is half-human, half-hologram
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Police officer Kat is tapped for an experimental program that has her working cold cases with an AI-powered partner
  • "The most original crime novel you'll read this year" (Clare Mackintosh)
FEATURED IN:
Good Housekeeping, The Guardian, The Times
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Book cover for The Devil Raises His Own by Scott Phillips
A modern master of noir delivers 'a guilty pleasure if ever there was one' (The Wall Street Journal)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • In 1916 Hollywood, a photographer finds himself drawn into a seedy web of sex, ambition, and murder
  • "Phillips is dark, dangerous, and important… Crime fiction at its best" (Michael Connelly)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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