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This Month’s Best New Mysteries
 
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Book cover for Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan
A stormy thriller that will whisk you to the cliffs of Cornwall
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Celebrated children’s author Eleanor has summoned her family for a celebration — but one threatening message soon derails everything
  • Chilling revelations come to light in this “one-sitting delight of a novel” (Lucy Clarke) from the author of the Netflix-adapted Anatomy of a Scandal
  • A windswept setting, a murder, and a family secret… As Reese’s Book Club alum Ellery Lloyd says, “What’s not to love?”
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Media mentions for Based on a True Story by Sarah VaughanMEDIA MENTIONS:Good Housekeeping, The Guardian
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Book cover for Strangers Behind Closed Doors by Catherine Adel West
Race through this new release before the TV adaptation!
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Seamlessly blends two of my favorite genres: domestic suspense and police procedural” (Kellye Garrett)
  • Giovanni is the concierge of the storied Ivory Hotel — and when her estranged best friend vanishes from the premises, all eyes are on her…
  • Detective Redding Stark must clear Giovanni’s name in this twist-filled read “that locks the reader in” (Booklist)
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Media mentions for Strangers Behind Closed Doors by Catherine Adel WestMEDIA MENTIONS:Variety, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Sweet Spot by Kemper Donovan
Fans of Benjamin Stevenson won’t want to miss this irresistible Golden Age–style mystery
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • From an author with “the ability to throw in a killer plot twist at the end that would make Dame Agatha proud” (Library Journal)
  • Ghostwriter Belle agrees to help a woman tell her harrowing story of survival — until an unexpected murder turns a lavish, guarded compound into a crime scene
  • The latest installment of a series that began with The Busy Body, which has fans in Sophie Hannah, People, and Alex Michaelides
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Media mentions for Sweet Spot by Kemper DonovanMEDIA MENTION:Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
‘A true master of British crime writing’ (Richard Osman) pens a clever, engrossing whodunit
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Following a fortune teller’s predictions to Hemlock Bay, Rachel Savernake finds herself ensnared in a web of lies and murder…
  • The “dazzling” latest (Kirkus Reviews starred review) from a CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar Award–winning author
  • “If you haven’t yet discovered Martin Edwards’s books, you are in for a treat” (Louise Penny)
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Media mentions for Hemlock Bay by Martin EdwardsMEDIA MENTION:Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Storm Tide by Paul Doiron
‘Doiron’s series shows no sign of losing momentum’ (Booklist)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Two brutal murders seem unrelated — but as game warden Mike Bowditch investigates, he realizes a vigilante is at work… and he may be the next victim
  • Part of an “outstanding” series (Publishers Weekly) that counts C. J. Box among its fans
  • An atmospheric mystery set in Maine
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Media mentions for Storm Tide by Paul DoironMEDIA MENTIONS:Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for A Murder in Springtime by Martin Walker
The hunt for a killer is on in a small French village
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Booklist says, “If, by some magic, you could live within any book (or series), you would do well to choose Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police mysteries”
  • Bruno knows his longtime neighbor and friend couldn’t possibly have killed her lodger — but can he find out who did?
  • The New York Times promises “surprising twists under cover of a slow-burn, community-driven mystery”
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Media mentions for A Murder in Springtime by Martin WalkerMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Red Sheet by James Ellroy
A noir legend delivers ‘a head-spinning carom of a book’ (Kirkus Reviews)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Written by the Edgar Award Grand Master behind L.A. Confidential
  • Investigator Freddy Otash contends with a Halloween night murder, a Communist probe, and a political cover-up in 1960s Los Angeles
  • “The Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned… as some of Ellroy’s best work” (NPR)
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Media mentions for Red Sheet by James EllroyMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Heather by Caitlin Mullen
Fans of The God of the Woods: Don’t miss this gripping small-town mystery
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Riley Sager calls this novel “stunning,” and Alex Michaelides says, “If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you’ll love Heather
  • In a quaint New Jersey town, new police chief Callie Hauser is propelled into a decades-old cold case of twin sisters who vanished
  • From the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us
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Media mentions for Heather by Caitlin MullenMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Wait and See by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
A uniquely skilled investigator goes head to head with a dangerous enemy
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Kendra Michaels was once blind — and now she uses her heightened senses and observational skills to help out a friend after receiving a cryptic message
  • From a New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning mother-and-son duo
  • Featuring a Holmesian protagonist racing across London
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Media mentions for Wait and See by Iris Johansen and Roy JohansenMEDIA MENTIONS:Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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