Mystery & Suspense

Read Bad Habits for Gentry’s satirically surreal take on higher education, and for an antihero you’ll lose sleep over.

Read Bad Habits for Gentry’s satirically surreal take on higher education, and for an antihero you’ll lose sleep over.

Schaffhausen is quite skilled at building delicious and inexorable tension, but the complex relationships in this mystery give it an especial resonance.

Schaffhausen is quite skilled at building delicious and inexorable tension, but the complex relationships in this mystery give it an especial resonance.

The layered storytelling and empathy offered to every character make Deep Into the Dark more than just a hard-to-put-down thriller.

The layered storytelling and empathy offered to every character make Deep Into the Dark more than just a hard-to-put-down thriller.

The House on Vesper Sands is a Victorian thriller that blends gothic, supernatural and comedic elements to genre-defying results.

The House on Vesper Sands is a Victorian thriller that blends gothic, supernatural and comedic elements to genre-defying results.

Chris Harding Thornton unravels small-town intrigue and suspense in meticulously detailed fashion in her solid debut novel, Pickard County Atlas.

Chris Harding Thornton unravels small-town intrigue and suspense in meticulously detailed fashion in her solid debut novel, Pickard County Atlas.

This easy-to-follow romantic suspense novel has a breathtaking pace, well-developed characters and great chemistry between its main couple.

This easy-to-follow romantic suspense novel has a breathtaking pace, well-developed characters and great chemistry between its main couple.

Fans of “Big Little Lies,” The Island, Frankenstein and “Killing Eve” will love this gripping, skillfully told firecracker of a book.

Fans of “Big Little Lies,” The Island, Frankenstein and “Killing Eve” will love this gripping, skillfully told firecracker of a book.

With The Conjure-Man Dies, the first known mystery novel by an African American writer returns to print, transporting readers to 1930s Harlem.

With The Conjure-Man Dies, the first known mystery novel by an African American writer returns to print, transporting readers to 1930s Harlem.

Someone is doing his (or her) level best to stay one step ahead of this latest investigation, and in this case “level best” makes for a scorching good read.

Someone is doing his (or her) level best to stay one step ahead of this latest investigation, and in this case “level best” makes for a scorching good read.

Roslund cleverly interlaces two disparate storylines, and readers will marvel at just how much action can take place in only three days.

Roslund cleverly interlaces two disparate storylines, and readers will marvel at just how much action can take place in only three days.

There’s an unexpected twist or two, as well as a scene-stealing German shepherd that provides a little levity to this dark and satisfying romantic thriller.

There’s an unexpected twist or two, as well as a scene-stealing German shepherd that provides a little levity to this dark and satisfying romantic thriller.

Readers won’t be able to stop turning the pages of Mosley’s typically wonderful new mystery.

Readers won't be able to stop turning the pages of Mosley's typically wonderful new mystery.

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