A mystery told in 200 fragmented voice transcriptions, The Twyford Code is easily one of the cleverest and most original whodunits in recent memory.
Military strategy buffs will especially love The Bullet Garden, but there’s something for everyone in Stephen Hunter’s World War II-set adventure.
Jane Harper’s lyrically written, immersive and slow-burning mystery Exiles is a powerful send-off for beloved character Aaron Falk.
Jesse Q. Sutanto hits all the right notes in Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, a cozy mystery worth reading for its hilariously meddlesome titular character alone.
Former combat nurse Bess Crawford gets embroiled in a complicated family feud in Charles Todd’s superb post-World War I historical mystery.
Scorched Grace is an entertaining and devastating mystery that introduces Sister Holiday, a queer nun with a clever, curious mind and a fatalistic yet somehow still hopeful heart.
C.J. Box’s latest Joe Pickett mystery is the most intricately plotted and fully realized installment in the series so far.
Flora Collins’ sophomore novel follows a truly fascinating contemporary femme fatale as she tries to claw her way back to her luxurious NYC life.
This meticulously crafted thriller will keep readers wondering whether its wily heroine is horrendous or aspirational.
Jean-Luc Bannalec’s latest Commissaire Dupin mystery is a feast: an intricate case, a surprising ending and a tour of gorgeous Brittany, France, along the way.
Someone is hunting down corrupt public officials in Brian Klingborg’s third Inspector Lu Fei mystery, the action-packed and suspense-filled The Magistrate.
John Banville’s beautifully written The Lock-Up stretches the boundaries of the police procedural, intently focusing on the inner lives of his beloved sleuths.
By turns witty, warm, charming and poignant, The Motion Picture Teller is perhaps Colin Cotterill’s finest novel thus far.
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