Trisha Ping

Extinction

Think Jurassic Park, but with woolly mammoths. Megabestselling author Douglas Preston (he of Preston & Child fame) is setting his latest thriller in an exclusive resort in Colorado where prehistoric beasts roam free. Come for the mammoth, stay for the giant ground sloth.

Think Jurassic Park, but with woolly mammoths. Megabestselling author Douglas Preston (he of Preston & Child fame) is setting his latest thriller in an exclusive resort in Colorado where prehistoric beasts roam free. Come for the mammoth, stay for the giant ground sloth.

Pay Dirt

By Sara Paretsky

Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski heads to Kansas in Sara Paretsky’s Pay Dirt, where she gets wrapped up in the case of a missing college student and runs afoul of both the FBI and the local opioid dealers.

Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski heads to Kansas in Sara Paretsky’s Pay Dirt, where she gets wrapped up in the case of a missing college student and runs afoul of both the FBI and the local opioid dealers.

Still See You Everywhere

By Lisa Gardner

Frankie Elkin is author Lisa Gardner’s most recent creation, but she’s already well on her way to joining the ranks of Gardner’s other beloved sleuths like D.D. Warren, Pierce Quincy and Kimberly Quincy. An empathetic loner who searches for long-missing people, Frankie embarks on her most challenging case yet when she tries to crack a 12-year-old cold case presented to her by serial killer Kaylee Pierson. Pierson is going to be executed for her crimes in three weeks, but before she dies, she wants Frankie to try and find out what happened to her sister, Leilani.

A Grave Robbery

By Deanna Raybourn

There is a very specific type of historical mystery that goes like this: A female sleuth (often convention-defying in some way) teams up with a man (often more respectable, whether by birth or profession) to solve crimes and as the series progresses, they fall in love. The absolute queen of this subgenre—rivaled only by Sherry Thomas—is Deanna Raybourn, whose Veronica Speedwell mysteries are eagerly anticipated by her legion of fans. This time around, Veronica and her beau, Stoker, discover that a wax figure of a woman is actually an extremely well-preserved corpse, and they are soon on the trail of their most dangerous enemy yet.

Close to Death

By Anthony Horowitz

Close to Death offers a supremely engrossing and expertly plotted whodunit that will challenge and delight even the most well-read mystery fans.

Close to Death offers a supremely engrossing and expertly plotted whodunit that will challenge and delight even the most well-read mystery fans.

Missing White Woman

By Kellye Garrett

Kellye Garrett’s stark yet entertaining thriller Missing White Woman offers a Black woman’s perspective on the true crime industrial complex.

Kellye Garrett’s stark yet entertaining thriller Missing White Woman offers a Black woman’s perspective on the true crime industrial complex.

Northwoods

By Amy Pease

Amy Pease’s debut mystery introduces a new sleuth that readers will root for and a northern Wisconsin setting that’s anything but bucolic.

Murder at the Book Festival

By Jane Bettany

The fun, fast-paced Murder at the Book Festival hits all the right cozy notes with unerring precision.

The fun, fast-paced Murder at the Book Festival hits all the right cozy notes with unerring precision.

The Frozen River

By Ariel Lawhon

Atmospheric, unique and elegantly written, The Frozen River will satisfy mystery lovers and historical fiction enthusiasts alike.

Atmospheric, unique and elegantly written, The Frozen River will satisfy mystery lovers and historical fiction enthusiasts alike.

Murder Crossed Her Mind

By Stephen Spotswood

Murder Crossed Her Mind is an authentic and wry hardboiled mystery that will appeal to fans of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe novels.

Murder Crossed Her Mind is an authentic and wry hardboiled mystery that will appeal to fans of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe novels.

Christmas Presents

By Lisa Unger

Readers will race through the pages of Christmas Presents, Lisa Unger’s new holiday novella, at near reindeer speed.

Readers will race through the pages of Christmas Presents, Lisa Unger’s new holiday novella, at near reindeer speed.

The Final Curtain

By Keigo Higashino, Translated by Giles Murray

Keigo Higashino’s complex final Kyoichiro Kaga mystery is a worthy end to the series, tracking the Tokyo detective as he solves the disappearance of his own mother.