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We Solve Murders

A Novel

by Richard Osman

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Solving murders. It's a family business.

The Railway Conspiracy

A Dee and Lao Mystery

by John Shen Yen Nee, S.J. Rozan

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction—and kung fu skills—to take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in a rollicking new mystery set in 1920s London.

The follow-up to The Murder...

Murder by Degrees

A Mystery

by Ritu Mukerji

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.

The Golden Gate

A Novel

by Amy Chua

Hardcover: Sep 2023 | Paperback: Aug 2024

Critics' Consensus:

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.

The God of the Woods

A Novel

by Liz Moore

Hardcover: Jul 2024

Critics' Consensus:

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.

Happiness Falls

A Novel

by Angie Kim

Hardcover: Aug 2023 | Paperback: May 2024

Critics' Consensus:

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle ...

A Disappearance in Fiji

by Nilima Rao

Hardcover: Jun 2023 | Paperback: May 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigating a missing persons case in colonial Fiji

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers

Hardcover: Sep 2022 | Paperback: Apr 2024

Critics' Consensus:

The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Courtney Summers.

Exiles

Aaron Falk Mystery #3

by Jane Harper

Hardcover: Jan 2023 | Paperback: Feb 2024

Critics' Consensus:

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jane Harper comes Exiles, a captivating mystery about a missing mother.

City Under One Roof

by Iris Yamashita

Hardcover: Jan 2023 | Paperback: Jan 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter.

A Dangerous Business

A Novel

by Jane Smiley

Hardcover: Dec 2022 | Paperback: Nov 2023

Critics' Consensus:

From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author of A Thousand Acres: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls.

The Kingdoms of Savannah

A Novel

by George Dawes Green

Hardcover: Jul 2022 | Paperback: Oct 2023

Critics' Consensus:

Savannah may appear to be "some town out of a fable," with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city's history. But look deeper and you'll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It's ...

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