For sheer escalating tension, Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman rates right up there with Stephen King’s Misery.
For sheer escalating tension, Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman rates right up there with Stephen King’s Misery.
Mystery & Suspense
Katie Siegel’s Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective has a wonderful, engaging premise: What happens when a precocious child detective grows up?
Katie Siegel’s Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective has a wonderful, engaging premise: What happens when a precocious child detective grows up?
A Stolen Child is a nicely done police procedural, but it also offers an insightful look at a rapidly gentrifying part of Dublin.
A Stolen Child is a nicely done police procedural, but it also offers an insightful look at a rapidly gentrifying part of Dublin.
Paul Doiron packs in lots of twists and turns, and enough suspense to keep you reading well past bedtime, in his 14th Mike Bowditch mystery.
Paul Doiron packs in lots of twists and turns, and enough suspense to keep you reading well past bedtime, in his 14th Mike Bowditch mystery.
Alex Hay’s debut, The Housekeepers, is mischievous, suspenseful and just plain fun as it follows a gang of female thieves in Edwardian England.
Alex Hay’s debut, The Housekeepers, is mischievous, suspenseful and just plain fun as it follows a gang of female thieves in Edwardian England.
You Can Trust Me blends realistic character development and nail-biting heists as it follows two con women who are in over their heads.
You Can Trust Me blends realistic character development and nail-biting heists as it follows two con women who are in over their heads.
In Heather Chavez’s fresh and surprising new thriller, a botany professor is nearly as lethal as the assassin she’s evading.
In Heather Chavez’s fresh and surprising new thriller, a botany professor is nearly as lethal as the assassin she’s evading.
With its fascinating investigation of the dark underbelly of Old Hollywood and an extremely creative twist ending, The Devil’s Playground is one of the best mysteries of the year.
With its fascinating investigation of the dark underbelly of Old Hollywood and an extremely creative twist ending, The Devil’s Playground is one of the best mysteries of the year.
Tasha Sylva’s debut novel, The Guest Room, is a creepy, character-driven psychodrama with some truly excellent twists.
Tasha Sylva’s debut novel, The Guest Room, is a creepy, character-driven psychodrama with some truly excellent twists.
Ruth Ware’s action-packed thriller Zero Days is as much an exploration of grief as it is a warning about the vagaries of technology.
Ruth Ware’s action-packed thriller Zero Days is as much an exploration of grief as it is a warning about the vagaries of technology.
The Paris Mystery is a fizzy, fast-paced caper full of glitz, glamour and intrigue set in the interwar City of Light.
The Paris Mystery is a fizzy, fast-paced caper full of glitz, glamour and intrigue set in the interwar City of Light.
The always-witty Flavia Albia returns to right the wrongs of ancient Rome in Fatal Legacy, Lindsey Davis’ intricate and entertaining 11th mystery starring the sleuth.
The always-witty Flavia Albia returns to right the wrongs of ancient Rome in Fatal Legacy, Lindsey Davis’ intricate and entertaining 11th mystery starring the sleuth.
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