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Kills Well with Others

We adored Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age and cannot wait to be reunited with Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie, four accomplished assassins in their 60s. Having settled their beef with the secret organization that employs them, the Museum, the women are called into action to stop a mole within the Museum’s ranks who seems to have teamed up with an Eastern European gangster.

The Doorman

By Chris Pavone

Chris Pavone’s classy, insightful thrillers are as interested in the inner workings of their characters as they are in feats of derring-do, and his next book is rightfully being called his “most ambitious book yet.” A one-day-in-the-city type of story, The Doorman hinges upon Chicky Diaz, the titular guardian of New York City’s Bohemia apartment building, but broadens its scope to encompass all the citizens of the Bohemia, from the penthouse inhabitants to the other staff members. As racial tensions erupt in the city after the police kill an unarmed Black man, all of them will be affected—and not all of them will survive.

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10

By Lisa Unger

The queen of “thrillers you can also discuss with your book club” is back with this high-stakes suspense novel about a game of hide-and-seek that turns murderous. Single mother Adele is participating in an extreme version of the childhood classic on an island as part of a mass social media stunt. But a storm is brewing, someone seems to be stalking the contestants and Adele will have to fight her way through layers of intrigue and hidden motives to make it out alive.

What the Night Brings

By Mark Billingham

After two entries in his new Detective Miller series, Mark Billingham returns to his acclaimed Tom Thorne series with What the Night Brings, which will see the detective inspector trying to solve the murder of four police officers, who seem to have been targeted as payback for some unknown transgression.

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

By Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto’s charming cozy mystery and one of our Best Mysteries of 2023, will be getting a sequel! For her next case, Vera will be looking into influencer Xander Lin, whose background is just as mysterious as his death: When Xander’s body is discovered, the police can’t find anyone to officially identify him, as all of his contacts deny knowing him.

The Maid’s Secret

By Nita Prose

Another beloved cozy mystery sleuth will return in 2025: Molly Gray, Nita Prose’s adored hotel maid-turned-detective. When an antiques show films at the hotel, one of Molly’s family heirlooms turns out to be worth millions. But then, of course, the heirloom is stolen. As Molly investigates, she uncovers some shocking secrets about her own family.

1999

By Val McDermid

Val McDermid’s magnificent Allie Burns mysteries function as both whodunits and time capsules, jumping forward 10 years with each book to find the stalwart Scottish journalist facing not only a new case, but an entirely different cultural and political landscape. In this ’90s installment, Allie will be tracking down a serial killer and, one assumes, grappling with the paradigm-shifting rise of the internet.

Untitled Thursday Murder Club

By Richard Osman

There are no plot details yet, but Richard Osman’s adored Thursday Murder Club mysteries will return this fall! For those of you who have not yet met the beloved sleuths of Cooper’s Chase retirement village, you have plenty of time to get caught up—once you start this hilarious cozy mystery series, you won’t want to stop.

Murder on the Marlow Belle

By Robert Thorogood

Robert Thorogood’s ultra-charmy British cozy series continues with Murder on the Marlow Bell, which sees best friends and sleuths Judith, Becks and Suzie investigating the death of Oliver Beresford, head of the local amateur dramatic society. It all sounds very Midsomer Murders, which we mean as the highest of compliments.

Untitled Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben

By Harlan Coben, By Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon has built a reputation as one of our most literary celebrities by helming her very influential book club, green-lighting approximately a gajillion book adaptations and writing her own picture book series. But this fall, she’ll release her very first novel for adults, with the help of blockbuster thriller author Harlan Coben. As with the new Thursday Murder Club mystery, there’s no word yet on what the book will be about, but the presence of Coben is certainly intriguing, and may hint that Witherspoon isn’t interested in working in the Big Little Lies mode that many might assume she would gravitate toward.

Stag Dance

By Torrey Peters

We would kill for another novel from Torrey Peters, author of the simultaneously heart-wrenching and deeply entertaining Detransition, Baby—but we’ll settle for a novella and three stories. Each of these pulls Peters’ style in a new direction, with the titular novella featuring a “stag dance” among isolated overwintering lumberjacks.

I Leave It Up to You

By Jinwoo Chong

This is a charming premise: After a 23-month coma, Jack Jr. wakes up to find his Manhattan life has evaporated and a global pandemic has set in. Where in this bewildering new world can he begin again? At his Umma and Appa’s sushi restaurant, back in Jersey. Jinwoo Chong, the author of Flux, offers guaranteed laughter and even a chance of romance in this promising sophomore novel.

My Friends

By Fredrik Backman

From the sweeping success of his debut, A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman has consistently charmed readers with his vivid prose and unique narratives. As always, in My Friends, Backman’s characters take center stage. Our protagonist is 18-year-old artist Louisa, who, after noticing a cluster of figures in the background of a famous painting, becomes determined to uncover the origin of the painting and the story of the mysterious friends it depicts.

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