Ann Cleeves’ The Dark Wives is a standout entry in her Vera Stanhope series, a crackerjack mystery with a clear political conscience.
Juliet Grames’ expertise in Calabrian culture and eye for detail shine on every page of The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia, a historical mystery set in 1960 Italy.
Lindsey Davis’ brutally funny Death on the Tiber is a series high mark for the author’s ancient Rome-set mysteries starring Flavia Albia.
Emmeline Duncan’s cozy mystery Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop is set in a Halloween-themed small town that overflows with seasonal charm.
Murder at the White Palace sees Allison Montclair’s terrific Sparks & Bainbridge series continuing in fine fettle.
The Lost Coast is easily the most suspenseful and impressive installment yet of Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman’s Clay Edison series—don’t miss it.
Charlotte Vassell’s police procedural thriller The In Crowd is also an exceptional, relentless skewering of upper-class pretension.
In We Solve Murders, Richard Osman accomplishes the seemingly impossible: a cozy mystery-thriller mashup.
The first mystery in Louise Penny’s beloved Armand Gamache series draws Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surêté du Québec to the remote mountain village of Three Pines.
Elise Bryant’s It’s Elementary is a hilarious and ambitious cozy mystery set in the emotionally charged environment of a local PTA.
The explosive grand finale of A Refiner’s Fire, Donna Leon’s 33rd Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, is perhaps the best of her long and storied career.
A Ruse of Shadows is an unmissable high point of Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock, a joyfully original historical mystery series with a romantic twist.
Cool story, cool characters, tasty twist ending: Harlan Coben’s Think Twice has everything mystery fans want.
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