Mystery & Suspense

Murder on the Marlow Belle

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.

King of Ashes

By S.A. Cosby

The lauded author of All the Sinners Bleed (our Best Mystery of 2023), S.A. Cosby has become one of the kings of Southern noir thanks to his fusion of genre thrills with matter-of-fact social commentary. His next novel, King of Ashes, is reportedly inspired by The Godfather, and there are few people better suited to provide a new take on that classic saga than Cosby, who understands that there are few things more American than crime.

Fever Beach

By Carl Hiaasen

The iconic writer (and inventor of what we like to call “Florida Guy Noir”) will return with his first novel for adults in four years, Fever Beach, a zany Sunshine State caper that begins with Dale Figgo, a man so stupid he was kicked out of the Proud Boys for being incompetent, picking up a hitchhiker. Things will, of course, soon spiral out of control in classic Hiaasen fashion, pulling in shady billionaires and dark money and skulduggery galore.