With Farewell, Amethystine, his 16th Easy Rawlins mystery, Walter Mosley proves he’s still better than almost anyone else in the mystery game.
Fans of Will Thomas’ Victorian mystery series will have their expectations repeatedly exceeded in Death and Glory.
If you’re looking for action, history, brothers-in-arms camaraderie and a cracking good story, look no further than Robbie Morrison’s Cast a Cold Eye.
Fans of the Veronica Speedwell mysteries certainly won’t be disappointed with this latest, more gothic installment—and they’ll be thrilled to see Veronica and Stoker happily in love.
Visit an alternate America where European colonization never took place in this intricately plotted police procedural from Francis Spufford.
Author Mariah Fredericks turns Gilded Age author Edith Wharton into a detective in this absorbing historical mystery.
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.
Atmospheric, unique and elegantly written, The Frozen River will satisfy mystery lovers and historical fiction enthusiasts alike.
Murder Crossed Her Mind is an authentic and wry hardboiled mystery that will appeal to fans of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe novels.
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.
Phryne Fisher, everyone’s favorite mystery-solving libertine, returns in Murder in Williamstown.
Sophie Hannah’s latest bitingly funny and meticulously plotted Hercule Poirot mystery effortlessly captures the Belgian sleuth’s essence.
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