Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth

Long-buried secrets resurface in this alluring mystery from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Treasure Hunters Club that welcomes readers back to Maple Bay--a seaside town "that has all the cozy charm of Jessica Fletcher's Cabot Cove, with almost as many murders" (Library...

When reporter Meg Reed sets out on an underground expedition she thinks her biggest problem is going to be claustrophobia--until she discovers a body.Meg is covering a geological expedition in Oregon's mysterious lava caves when a forest ranger is found murdered in the underground...

A small-town scandal quickly turns into a national media event. Is the murderer one of the obvious suspects . . . or someone they have no reason to doubt?Ben Jackson is going head to head with Jonathan Cleary in Cape Refuge's mayoral race--and he's...

In the third book in the Cape Refuge series by New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock, a newspaper owner and a police chief team up to investigate the death of a mayoral candidate's wife, an event which quickly turns from small-town scandal into...

For fans of This Girl's a Killer and Joanna Wallace comes a quirky, queer, crime-filled mystery following a contract killer who breaks all her rules when she is hired to kill someone who doesn't exist...For this hitwoman, curiosity may be killer.Contract killer Robbie McNeil...

Chef and FBI secret informant Sag Pfister is propelled into the glamorous life of the rich but soon finds herself in a disturbing and toxic web of deceit in this intricately plotted thriller! Chef and reluctant FBI informant Sagarine Pfister has a new assignment:...

Brook Ridge Falls favorite bakery owner, Lexy Baker, has everything she ever wanted. A new husband she adores. A thriving bakery business. Everything is going great. ... Until a new bakery springs up across the street and tries every trick in the book to...

With lies this deep, who can be trusted to tell the truth? The small community of Grady made national news in the aftermath of a string of missing girls, both dead and alive, being discovered in the quaint lakeside town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.As...

"Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None gets a wicked update." --Publishers WeeklyThree courses. Seven guests. One card.It's a deadly evening they'll never forget.Seven strangers meet for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening winds down, seven cards appear, one in front of...

A secret island-enclave for the super rich. A dead billionaire. A one-of-a-kind detective. "Bless Jo Firestone's quiet, mad genius."--Vulture Marie Jones has hit rock bottom. Just three months ago, her crime solving alter-ego Luella van Horn cracked the case of a murdered contestant on...

In this timely and terrifying thriller for readers of Janelle Brown, Karin Slaughter, Stacy Willingham, and Jennifer Hillier, a woman with a side gig offering relationship advice on Twitch learns just how dangerous online anonymity can be . . . Chicago physical therapist Krista...

A high-speed shootout and a series of unexplained murders greet 35-year-old Dr. Einstein Brad Pope upon his arrival in Asheville, NC. The psychologist soon realizes he's ensnared in a dangerous web of deep-woods survivalists, calling themselves the United Survivalist Army (The Real U.S.A.), preparing...

A small-town psychotherapist draws on all her knowledge of the human psyche to solve the murder of a patient in this warm and witty mystery novel--by a real psychotherapist turned #1 internationally bestselling author. "Bears all the hallmarks of a Richard Osman-style cozy: a...

A missing husband, a sister acting sus, and a tantalizing tangle of lies--well, there goes Remi's plan for a chill Halloween.Remi and her sisters, Maeve and Eliana, have a knack for stumbling into murder mysteries. And after a killer family camping trip last year,...

A missing husband, a sister acting sus, and a tantalizing tangle of lies--well, there goes Remi's plan for a chill Halloween.Remi and her sisters, Maeve and Eliana, have a knack for stumbling into murder mysteries. And after a killer family camping trip last year,...

In a gleefully self-deprecating mystery, three estranged sisters meet in LA for the making of a documentary, learning the depth of their family dysfunction is nothing compared to social media obsession.Another long weekend, another family reunion for the Finch sisters. This time, Venice Beach...

In the latest in the enchanting series by New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon, Mia Malone is looking forward to catering the Miss Magic Springs Harvest Pageant, part of the local coven's big autumn celebration--until death puts a chill in the air ....

"Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can't-put-it-down entertainment." -- Stephen KingThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River--an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most...

Instant New York Times Bestseller"Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can't-put-it-down entertainment." -- Stephen KingThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River--an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against...

First a dead stranger. Now a missing police chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope? Or has he met with foul play?No one knows who the victim was, where he came from, or why he staggered out in front of Chief Cade's car....