Readers will race through the pages of Christmas Presents, Lisa Unger’s new holiday novella, at near reindeer speed.
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.
Femi Kayode’s provocative and memorable mystery Gaslight takes readers behind the scenes of a Nigerian megachurch.
Charlotte Vassell’s blisteringly funny The Other Half is a murder mystery written a la Kingsley Amis.
Detecting duo Chet & Bernie (Chet’s a dog, Bernie is his owner) must find a crime novelist’s missing reindeer in Spencer Quinn’s clever and entertaining Christmas mystery.
The Mystery Guest is a delightful sophomore mystery that welcomes readers back to the world of Nita Prose’s bestselling debut, The Maid.
Hannah Morrissey’s small-town murder mystery When I’m Dead is nigh-on impossible to put down.
With its period-perfect dialogue and snappy humor, Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock is another winner from Emily J. Edwards.
This thrilling mystery set in 1930s Glasgow, Scotland, is one of the best-written debuts of the year.
Dann McDorman’s extremely meta mystery, West Heart Kill, is sure to spawn exceptionally lively book club debates.
Lauren Nossett’s The Professor is an immersive and impressive whodunit with dark academia undertones.
Val McDermid’s Past Lying is another finely plotted Karen Pirie page turner that will leave readers wanting more.
Phryne Fisher, everyone’s favorite mystery-solving libertine, returns in Murder in Williamstown.
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