This month’s best new mysteries

Don’t miss the best new mysteries from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! We’ve rounded up this month’s biggest and buzziest mysteries — including a propulsive new novel from a legendary noir author, an engaging whodunit set in a small French village, and more!

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	Fans of Benjamin Stevenson won’t want to miss this irresistible Golden Age–style mystery WHY IT’S READWORTHY: From an author with “the ability to throw in a killer plot twist at the end that would make Dame Agatha proud” (Library Journal) Ghostwriter Belle agrees to help a woman tell her harrowing story of survival — until an unexpected murder turns a lavish, guarded compound into a crime scene The latest installment of a series that began with The Busy Body, which has fans in Sophie Hannah, People, and Alex Michaelides Learn more... MEDIA MENTION: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘A true master of British crime writing’ (Richard Osman) pens a clever, engrossing whodunit WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Following a fortune teller’s predictions to Hemlock Bay, Rachel Savernake finds herself ensnared in a web of lies and murder… The “dazzling” latest (Kirkus Reviews starred review) from a CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar Award–winning author “If you haven’t yet discovered Martin Edwards’s books, you are in for a treat” (Louise Penny) Learn more... MEDIA MENTION: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers The hunt for a killer is on in a small French village WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Booklist says, “If, by some magic, you could live within any book (or series), you would do well to choose Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police mysteries” Bruno knows his longtime neighbor and friend couldn’t possibly have killed her lodger — but can he find out who did? The New York Times promises “surprising twists under cover of a slow-burn, community-driven mystery” Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A stormy thriller that will whisk you to the cliffs of Cornwall WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Celebrated children’s author Eleanor has summoned her family for a celebration — but one threatening message soon derails everything Chilling revelations come to light in this “one-sitting delight of a novel” (Lucy Clarke) from the author of the Netflix-adapted Anatomy of a Scandal A windswept setting, a murder, and a family secret… As Reese’s Book Club alum Ellery Lloyd says, “What’s not to love?” Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Race through this new release before the TV adaptation! WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “Seamlessly blends two of my favorite genres: domestic suspense and police procedural” (Kellye Garrett) Giovanni is the concierge of the storied Ivory Hotel — and when her estranged best friend vanishes from the premises, all eyes are on her… Detective Redding Stark must clear Giovanni’s name in this twist-filled read “that locks the reader in” (Booklist) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A uniquely skilled investigator goes head to head with a dangerous enemy WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Kendra Michaels was once blind — and now she uses her heightened senses and observational skills to help out a friend after receiving a cryptic message From a New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning mother-and-son duo Featuring a Holmesian protagonist racing across London Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘Everything you want in a summer thriller’ (Emiko Jean) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Frankie’s exclusive London neighborhood shows its dark shadows when her cat returns with a disturbing message — “help me” — carved into his collar The author of Reese’s Book Club pick Something in the Water is back with “a sleek, unsettling puzzle of a novel” (Harlan Coben) Picking up raves from Kate Quinn, Caroline Kepnes, and Lucy Foley Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘Doiron’s series shows no sign of losing momentum’ (Booklist) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Two brutal murders seem unrelated — but as game warden Mike Bowditch investigates, he realizes a vigilante is at work… and he may be the next victim Part of an “outstanding” series (Publishers Weekly) that counts C. J. Box among its fans An atmospheric mystery set in Maine Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A noir legend delivers ‘a head-spinning carom of a book’ (Kirkus Reviews) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Written by the Edgar Award Grand Master behind L.A. Confidential Investigator Freddy Otash contends with a Halloween night murder, a Communist probe, and a political cover-up in 1960s Los Angeles “The Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned… as some of Ellroy’s best work” (NPR) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Fans of The God of the Woods: Don’t miss this gripping small-town mystery WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Riley Sager calls this novel “stunning,” and Alex Michaelides says, “If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you’ll love Heather” In a quaint New Jersey town, new police chief Callie Hauser is propelled into a decades-old cold case of twin sisters who vanished From the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers
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