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Justice for Emerson is the Year’s Best Mystery Novel

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The Bottom Line: Voted the Year’s Best Mystery Novel in the 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Karen E. Osborne’s chilling new novel opens at the headquarters of a local not-for-profit organization 45 minutes North of New York City. If you’re the kind of reader who warns characters about the dangers of dark basements, prepare to get started in the very first chapter. Aria, the organization’s 50-year-old CEO, […]

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Echoes of Fortune: Shadows Over Cozumel, by David L. Leng

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The Bottom Line: Leng’s world of sunken secrets moves fast, hits hard and lands every shot.  The second installment in David R. Leng’s Echoes of Fortune series deepens the mythology of lost American civil war secrets while plunging its characters into far more perilous waters. What begins as a Thanksgiving dive vacation for three Americans quickly turns into a deadly struggle against history itself. Shadows Over Cozumel finds historian Jack

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Tokyo Juku, a New Detective Hiroshi Murder Mystery by Michael Pronko

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The Bottom Line: Five Stars. Tokyo Juku exposes the devastating cost of academic success in an exquisitely crafted murder mystery. Tokyo Juku opens in the dead of night inside a Tokyo cram school, where Mana, a sleep-deprived student, is pulling an all-nighter in hopes of acing her university entrance exams and being accepted to an elite school. After falling asleep despite guzzling caffeine drinks, she wakes to find

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Nightshade, an Absorbing New Detective Thriller by Michael Connelly

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The Bottom Line: Connelly proves once again why he is the king of the modern detective thriller. Michael Connelly’s Nightshade introduces readers to a new detective while delivering the hallmarks that have made his Bosch and Ballard series so addictive. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” from his homicide desk on the mainland to the quieter beat of Catalina Island. His new

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The Best Lucy Foley Books in Order (Updated!)

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Looking for a list of Lucy Foley books in recommended reading order? You’ve come to the right place. Bestselling British author Lucy Foley is a favorite among fans of contemporary mystery and crime fiction and critics alike. She also writes historical fiction. Further, one of her short stories is included in a collection of Agatha Christie fan fiction focusing on Christie’s iconic character Mrs. Marple.

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Vanishing Act, a Riveting Criminal Biography by Jerry Jamison

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The Bottom Line: One of the most riveting criminal biographies of the 21st century. Fans of Mindhunter and The Wolf of Wall Street will fall hard for Vanishing Act.  Vanishing Act begins with a deadly road trip from Minnesota to California. A promising engineering student, his mother and another man were heading west to take positions at a wartime defense factory. They had advertised for a fourth traveling companion to share in gas money

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RHINO, a Luminous Debut Thriller by Paul Smith

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The Bottom Line: RHINO is a luminous debut thriller that is terrifying, deeply atmospheric and morally fearless.  RHINO begins in Hanoi, where Linh Tran, a promising young scientist and devoted daughter to 55-year-old oncologist Dr. Minh Tran, faces the quiet terror of her father’s cancer. Debut novelist Paul Smith delivers his first dose of heartbreaking irony as Dr. Tran struggles to communicate the steps to treat his

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Grilling Martinis: A Dirty Spy Thriller by Alexi Venice

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The Bottom Line: Grilling Martinis: A Dirty Spy Thriller, delivers on the double entendre in the subtitle. This thriller burns as hot in the field as it does between the sheets. Highly recommended for readers who enjoy the intrigue and action of a thriller combined with high-octane sex scenes.  The second book in Alexi Venice’s Hank Hart series begins as the heroic attorney visits her family’s lake

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The Jackrabbit’s Ofrenda, a New Magical Detective Novel by Bre Garcia

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The Bottom Line: Spellbinding. The Jackrabbit’s Ofrenda cements Bre Garcia as a bold new voice in crime fiction, with Vel returning sharper, funnier and more haunted than ever. This under-the-radar gem deserves a wide audience. Bre Garcia returns to Tucson with The Jackrabbit’s Ofrenda, the follow-up to Jackrabbit and the Beast. Still grieving the brutal murder of his girlfriend Laura, Vel devotes himself to constructing an ofrenda (altar) in

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Authors Like Sarah J. Maas

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Looking for authors like Sarah J. Maas? If you love Sara J. Maas novels, here’s a list of other authors you might love as well. But first, who is Sarah J. Maas and how did she become so popular? From Manhattan’s upper east side, Maas is an American fantasy author best known for three series: Crescent City, Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns

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