MYSTERY& SUSPENSE
September 2022
DARK CIRCLES
Caite Dolan-Leach
An unhinged actress turns to podcasting when she becomes entangled in a dark conspiracy at the retreat she once sought spiritual refuge at in this absorbing mystery about fame, violence, and our morbid fascination with murder-from the acclaimed author of Dead Letters
THE SWEET GOODBYE Ron Corbett
In this thrilling new series from Edgarnominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator in the Maine wilderness walks on two feet-and it is Danny Barrett's job to bring him down Something is not right in the North Maine Woods A small family-run lumber company should not have more than two hundred million unaccountable dollars on their books Before he was a cop, Danny grew up in the woods of Northern Michigan He is the only chance the feds have of getting answers, but how many more will have to die first?
THE DAY HE LEFT
Frederick Weisel
A middle school teacher leaves home one morning and never arrives at his job. Across town, a detective on Santa Rosa's Violent Crimes Investigations team joins a colleague from the narcotics division as they investigate the killing of a dealer and local heroin smuggling operation The two cases converge in unexpected ways.
PAY DIRT ROAD
Samantha Jayne Allen
Pay Dirt Road is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen. Annie McIntyre has a love/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas Annie is lured into the family business-a private investigation firm-by her supposed-to-beretired grandfather, Leroy, despite the rest of the clan's misgivings. When a waitress at the café goes missing, Annie and Leroy begin an investigation that leads them down rural routes and haunted byways, to noxious-smelling oil fields and to the glowing neon of local honky-tonks.
THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM
Claudia Gray
A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious rakes, finally gets what's coming to him in this brilliantly imagined murder mystery featuring Jane Austen’s leading literary couples
THE LOCKED ROOM
Elly Griffiths
Nelson, investigating a series of murder-suicides he has connected to an archaeological discovery-and to Ruth's seemingly sweet new neighbor, Zoe--he enlists Ruth's help until she, Zoe, and Kate go missing and he is left scrambling to find them before it's too late.
THE NAIL KNOT
John Galligan
Rolling into little Black Earth, Wisconsin, intending to go fly fishing, Ned "Dog" Oglivie instead stumbles upon the body of a man trying to save Black Earth Creek, and wonders if by caring about the death of a stranger, he can recover his own life.
LONG OVERDUE AT THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY
Holly Danvers
When Wallace, a local man, is found dead during the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree, librarian Rain Wilmot finds an enigmatic note to her from Wallace in the books he had returned and seeks to understand the message, while trying to catch a slippery killer
When her friend Nick becomes the prime suspect, Rain keeps fishing for other suspects
AND THERE HE KEPT HER
Joshua Moehling
WhenmisguidedteenagersJesse CrawfordandJennyWheelerareforced torobEmmettBrowntoescape impossiblecircumstances,whatstarts asahomeinvasionquicklyturnsintoa nightmarefortheteens BenPackard,a sheriff'sdeputyandformer MinneapoliscopwhofledtheTwin Citiesafterhisboyfriendwaskilledin thelineofduty,isleadingthe investigationintothemissingteens withakeensenseofurgencybecause Jennyishiscousin'sdaughter
THE FAVOR
Nora Murphy
Leaving would be dangerous Staying could be worse.
Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives.
They don’t ever acknowledge to each other that although their lives have all the trappings of success, wealth and happiness, they are, in fact, trapped Leah understands that what’s inside a home can be far more dangerous than what’s outside Leah knows she can’t save herself, but perhaps she can save McKenna
DARK OBJECTS
A female forensics professor joins a London Met detective in pursuit of a highly intelligent and elusive killer in this highly anticipated new novel by Simon Toyne, the author of the internationally bestselling Sanctus trilogy.
THE RULE OF THREE
E.G. Scott
From E G Scott, an utterly gripping tale of suspense about three couples and an innocent game night that goes horribly wrong Full of twists and turns that you'll never see coming, this is a perfect summer read you won't be able to put down.
AURA OF NIGHT
All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping, but when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, she agrees because it might help keep other women safe. FBI investigator Ragnar Johnson knows in his gut there's more to the recent Embracer killings, and he needs Megan's help.
DIRT CREEK
Twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in decades and begins her investigation, Esther's tenacious best friend, Ronnie, is determined to find Esther and bring her home When schoolfriend Lewis tells Ronnie that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her But why is Lewis refusing to speak to the police?
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Oateshasmadeacareerofexploringthe forbiddencornersofhumanexperience, andthestoriescollectedhere,spanningher firstthreedecadesasawriter,areamong hermostunsettlingandunforgettable workstodate Thesetaleshavenot appearedinanyformthiscentury--until now;formallyfreshandendlessly experimental,theyshowawriterboldly engagingwithdisturbingtruthsand terrifyingpossibilities,anddeconstructing thetropesandexpectationsoftraditional prosewritingasshedoesso Butbeyond theirstylisticingenuity,thesearecreepy, suspensefulstoriesthatcutstraighttothe bone
Chris Pavone
A dazzling literary thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and held for ransom while they are visiting Portugal, leaving her no choice but to reach out to the one person she fears most.
MOVIELAND
For decades Malibu Creek State Park was the spectacular natural setting where Hollywood fantasies were made. But when a female camper is gunned down, it becomes a real-life killing ground Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone are assigned the case which Duncan fears is the latest in a series of sniper attacks that began long before Eve came to Lost Hills
TWO NIGHTS IN
LISBON
Simon Toyne
Heather Graham
Hayley Scrivenor
Joyce Carol Oates
Lee Goldberg
A FLICKER IN THE DARK
Stacy Willingham
When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge.So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back
NIGHT SHIFT
Alex Finlay
At a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked Only one inexplicably survives Fifteen years later, more teenage employees are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive.
THE GIRL WHO SURVIVED
The sole survivor of a brutal family massacre twenty years earlier, Kars McIntyre, when the person believed to be responsible for the killings is released, wonders how many times she can be the girl who survived as people around her die horrible deaths.
NAMELESS ACTS OF CRUELTY
Julie Cameron
Haunted by a dysfunctional childhood full of dark secrets, including the suspicious death of his younger sister, Jeremy Horton, after the death of his estranged mother, returns home where his unwelcome presence dredges up nameless cruelties and shameful secrets, putting everyone on edge.
ONE STEP TOO FAR
Lisa Gardner
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a thrilling new novel that sends Frankie Elkin into the woods in search of a lost man-and the shocking truth about why he went missing in the first place.
CRIME HITS HOME
S.J. Rozan
The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more.
Lisa Jackson
