Mystery

What the Night Brings

After two entries in his new Detective Miller series, Mark Billingham returns to his acclaimed Tom Thorne series with What the Night Brings, which will see the detective inspector trying to solve the murder of four police officers, who seem to have been targeted as payback for some unknown transgression.

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

By Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto’s charming cozy mystery and one of our Best Mysteries of 2023, will be getting a sequel! For her next case, Vera will be looking into influencer Xander Lin, whose background is just as mysterious as his death: When Xander’s body is discovered, the police can’t find anyone to officially identify him, as all of his contacts deny knowing him.

The Maid’s Secret

By Nita Prose

Another beloved cozy mystery sleuth will return in 2025: Molly Gray, Nita Prose’s adored hotel maid-turned-detective. When an antiques show films at the hotel, one of Molly’s family heirlooms turns out to be worth millions. But then, of course, the heirloom is stolen. As Molly investigates, she uncovers some shocking secrets about her own family.

1999

By Val McDermid

Val McDermid’s magnificent Allie Burns mysteries function as both whodunits and time capsules, jumping forward 10 years with each book to find the stalwart Scottish journalist facing not only a new case, but an entirely different cultural and political landscape. In this ’90s installment, Allie will be tracking down a serial killer and, one assumes, grappling with the paradigm-shifting rise of the internet.

Untitled Thursday Murder Club

By Richard Osman

There are no plot details yet, but Richard Osman’s adored Thursday Murder Club mysteries will return this fall! For those of you who have not yet met the beloved sleuths of Cooper’s Chase retirement village, you have plenty of time to get caught up—once you start this hilarious cozy mystery series, you won’t want to stop.

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.