15 Minutes of Flame combines a historical mystery with present-day murder, all against the spooky backdrop of New England in autumn.
Weiden intersperses Native American culture and traditions with political differences and organized crime to elevate an otherwise routine crime novel.
The Search Party is a devious, clever and relentlessly surprising thriller.
Little Disasters’s slow-reveal rhythms make for a squirm-inducing and thought-provoking examination of friendship, marriage and motherhood.
A discomfiting, suspenseful tale that’s sure to delight fans of Lionel Shriver and Daphne du Maurier.
The Less Dead is at once a gripping thriller and an examination, and vindication, of women who are often meant to be faceless, unsympathetic victims.
The Girls Weekend deals in old relationships turned brittle with age, providing intimate character studies alongside breathtaking suspense.
Davis’ latest historical mystery balances a truly grim series of crimes with several funny subplots, often intermingling them in surprising ways.
This is a note-perfect whodunit, and even if Mayne went about his business unmolested it would still be a deliciously creepy novel
Imperfect Women is an engrossing deep dive into the collective history of a long-term friendship and the slow poison of being confined by gender roles.
The tension is often internal, and compellingly so in Sadowsky’s exploration of a narcissist and a liar who leaves chaos behind after he dies.
Occult investigator John Silence is a fascinating character you’ll want to see again after reading this series starter.
The painstaking research is evident, the story crackles with life, and the overlay of fictional characters onto very real historical events is seamless.
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