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Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist In Lisa Scottoline's recent suspenseful mystery What Happened to the Bennetts, Jason Bennett is a suburban Her treatment of this delicate issue within a solid, suspenseful mystery cemented my interest in reading The mystery within What Happened to the Bennetts is twisty without being manipulative, and the denouement Scottoline is the author of Eternal and 31 other mysteries.

Cosby's Southern small-town murder mystery, All the Sinners Bleed; and I'm reading The Night Tiger author Bao, a detective set on uncovering the mystery of the woman's identity and death, has long been fascinated also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary Five years later, the crown reappears--spurring more mystery and questions than answers.

listening to the fourth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries Raybourn is masterful at providing a captivating main character with depth and flaws; a tantalizing will-they-won't-they a tease, and dialogue that makes me laugh out loud--all set against the backdrop of a Victorian-age mystery

Everyone assumes she killed Savvy, and Lucy can't escape the suspicions and resentment surrounding the mysterious she swore she'd never do: return to her hometown and the scene of Savvy's murder to try to solve the mystery

But one by one, the Osage began to be killed under mysterious circumstances. Edgar Hoover turning to a former Texas Ranger, Tom White, to head up the group trying to figure out the mystery Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final,

A mysterious app on her phone seems to have all of the answers she needs--but Lai isn't sure what the read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery through unexpected attractions and the uncovering of weighty secrets, the group works to unravel the mysterious

witty time-travel story The Ministry of Time; I'm listening to Only If You're Lucky, Stacy Willingham's mystery Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many civil servants offered a mysterious Lucy is wild, mischievous, mysterious--and she has an extra room in her rambunctious house for the summer

Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious

But the mysteries surrounding the power of their enemies, her own dragon, and the future of her beloved The ending leaves us on another cliffhanger and sets up potentially intriguing, mysterious conflicts

A mystery surrounds a deadly moment, and the book ends with a hopeful, imperfect, heartbreaking way forward story of young love blossoming, then shriveling under the first pressures of the outside world; it's a mystery Please click here for my full review of This American Woman . 04 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into

And Rocky is facing a mysterious, possibly grave, illness that doctors find difficult to diagnose.

For my full review of this book, please see The Wedding People . 02 A Mystery and a Poignant Family Story (Now in Paperback) Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery, but Happiness Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what Click here   for my full review of You Are Here . 04 A Modern, Darkly Funny Mystery Listen for the Lie In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

The Villa is gothic suspense told in two timelines, both at the same Italian villa, where dark mysteries flighty Chess is a popular, single self-help author and influencer, while Emily, who is emerging from a mysterious long-term illness and in the middle of a contentious divorce, is the author of a successful series of cozy mysteries Hawkins takes us back and forth from the decades-old mystery and deaths at the villa to the growing unease

VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. Through a series of unexpected events, she is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but

Despite some implausible details, the Atlanta-set mystery is a fast-paced read. Morris is one of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, it seemed like satisfaction, but there are some grave casualties in the world of our main protagonist in this Atlanta-set mystery

included several books from some of my very favorite authors: the next in a great historical fiction mystery lakeside summertime romance; a 1980s-set astronaut story with feminism and LGBTQ love; a Maine-set mystery Deanna Raybourn While Veronica and Stoker stay close to home while entering into danger and solving the mysteries sometimes running over) the local police chief to try to find a missing teen and untangle past unsolved mysteries In book two of the Martini Club, the mystery at hand--a missing teen--draws in local citizens as well

Here are just six of my favorite reads--some of which cross genres into mystery, science fiction (time The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by But the mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You . In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jane Harper's newest Australian-set Aaron Falk mystery, Exiles; adapt her surprise feminist bestseller into a movie--without losing her integrity or being derailed by mysterious But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and Then mysterious threats begin appearing within the script, aimed at the writers who are picking apart

When she catches wind of a valuable, mysterious piece of technology on another planet, she banks on her

and a gothic setting in 19th-century Scotland; I'm reading Kate Atkinson's most recent Jackson Brodie mystery string of unsolved art thefts--and he's led to Burton Makepeace, an old hotel that also hosts Murder Mystery

respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series of mysterious an enigmatic note written in a copy of the novel, a seeming suicide, a disappeared body, and other mysterious unexplained behavior, who seem untrustworthy and whose accounts feel unreliable, and in a grim, twisted, mysterious

I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 1930s Chicago and her mysterious listening to Rebecca Makkai's novel I Have Some Questions for You (also to be published tomorrow), about a mysterious boarding school and a return to the case and all the past issues it raises; and I'm reading the newest mystery time reading missing-children stories, and somehow I missed that key aspect of Willingham's newest mystery

family drama and dating again, Definitely Better Now ; and I'm listening to Jacqueline Harpman's eerie, mysterious Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.

Light were the Greenland setting, the alternate world, the bitter cold, and the sentimentalism and mystery settings are exquisitely wrought, with stark, rugged, lush landscapes serving as the backdrop for a mystery It isn't a police procedural; this is a starkly beautiful book that happens to have a mystery at its I also listed Disappearing Earth in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

Over the course of the past two books, the Bayview Four solved mysteries and established that they were and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and fresh faces--in a new set of intertwined, mysterious unexpected comes to town, our sleuths realize that not everyone is who they say they are; that old mysteries

installment in Hafsah Faizal's young adult Blood and Tea series offered intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery

Desolate settings, mysterious deaths, darkness, hauntings--Halloween, here we come! In Things in Jars, Jess Kidd offers a creepy, dark mystery tale gloriously steeped in details of Victorian Oh, and a mysterious, dangerous, but tragic child-creature-mermaid necessitates detective work and a In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Victorian London, which I love, within a creepy mystery Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming mystery set in glamorous Capri by Katy Hays, Saltwater year, the wealthy, powerful Lingate family returns to Capri as thought to quash rumors about Sarah's mysterious

I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion Asuka must find the real culprit before accusations surrounding the mystery destroy her. Yume Kitasei offers plot and mystery, but this is primarily a wonderfully character-driven story--with

As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately Click here   for my full review of The Boy from the Sea . 06 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into

Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd The Final Act of Juliette Lloyd  is a historical fiction art-focused mystery wife writing team of Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction mystery The mysterious appearance of what seems to be a Juliette Willoughby original, followed by a tragic death , while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart new assistant work to solve a murder mystery Ana is Sherlock Holmes-esque in that she holds many of the answers to the mysteries that abound--but

For the Tween Mystery Fan 04 The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Along with The chance, I'll be giving a certain someone this 2025 title, described as " a whimsical, adventure-filled mystery But the place is filled with young ladies solving mysteries, protecting the city, and fighting bad guys

my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical fiction mysteries Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began By doing so, Maud aims to help her beloved older brother resolve a magical mystery that's been decades A Restless Truth is fun and quirky yet has depth, an appealingly complicated mystery, and a satisfying

Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something

Horton's Glorious Revenge, Lizzie Pook's upcoming (January 16) novel of Victorian England and Arctic mystery Then a mysterious stranger arrives--seemingly drawn by her wavering between life and death--and promises

narrative nonfiction set in the late nineteenth century West; I'm reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.

In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anatomy: A Love Story, a gothic young adult historical fiction mystery on saying goodbye and finding new hope; and Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, the first science fiction mystery Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz In Anatomy: A Love Story, Dana Schwartz's young adult gothic mystery Eason's science fiction mystery, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, band together to solve the mystery

is the Crown Prince of Japan; Damnation Spring, Ash Davidson's dark and beautifully written literary mystery set in the Pacific Northwest; and Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson's sequel to the young adult mystery Damnation Spring is a literary mystery from Ash Davidson, and it's wonderfully wrought so far, with plenty In Holly Jackson's sequel to the wonderful young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Pip has Jackson offers layer upon layer of intrigue and twisty turns in this mystery, and Pip is as perfectly

In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine, a woodworker with mysterious powers, and Isaac, a con artist and street performer with his own magic, are reunited to claim a mysterious, bizarre inheritance: a and Isaac find their way back to each other, bonded by trying to untangle the dangerous, sentimental, mysterious

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a memoir about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series was a twentysomething writer in New York City when she began having odd symptoms, terrible pain, and mysterious Laura Dave is setting up a well-rounded, fascinating mystery so far; Hannah and Bailey are pushed to the destructive gossip app taking down reputations and revealing secrets, and they managed to trace a mysterious

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles. 02 The Wife and the Widow by Christian White White's twisty mystery This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and For my full review, check out Only Killers and Thieves. 06 The Lost Man by Jane Harper Harper's mysteries I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.

Makkai's boarding school-set mystery offers depth as it exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young It's about our societal obsession with tragedies and mysterious murders, and the tendency of bystanders

ICYMI: Daniel Mason's atmospheric, mysterious, languorous story is of a shy piano tuner's trip to Burma

Inside, the mysterious Nakagyō Kokoro Clinic for the Soul prescribes medicine to those looking for support

Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery.

Now I'm reading Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, the second in Elle Cosimano's playful Finlay Donovan mystery series; I'm reading Quantum Girl Theory, a recent gothic mystery about a finder of missing girls from Various misunderstandings during a publishing meeting about Finlay's upcoming mystery novel result in her receipt of a mysterious note implying that Finlay is involved in something sinister--and offering Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. 02 Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's recent gothic mystery