This evocative debut mystery has a particularly intriguing setting: a British transport ship carrying almost 200 female prisoners to Australia.
With a wonderfully twisty end, Black Widows is the type of thriller you read in one sitting.
Armstrong makes her fictional town feel grounded in reality with detailed world building in this surreal mystery.
The second Tyler-Rabbani mystery is a terrific read, and I hope there will be many more to come.
Barry nails her protagonist’s first-person voice and vividly channels the Hollywood vernacular and vibe both past and present.
An Unexpected Peril has the perfect blend of action, romance and mystery.
This mystery’s Florentine setting, both in the Renaissance and early Edwardian eras, is explored in rich detail and allows the reader to travel vicariously.
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 House on Vesper Sands is a Victorian thriller that blends gothic, supernatural and comedic elements to genre-defying results.
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.
Roslund cleverly interlaces two disparate storylines, and readers will marvel at just how much action can take place in only three days.
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