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An Honest Man by Michael Koryta
An Honest Man
by Michael Koryta

Seven men are murdered on a yacht off Salvation Point Island. The man who discovered them—a convicted murderer—is the prime suspect.
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The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson
The Longmire Defense
by Craig Johnson

The discovery of a decades-old murder weapon associated with Longmire's grandfather inexplicably makes a lot of people in the state capital nervous
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Where I End by Sophie White
Where I End
by Sophie White

On a coastal Irish island, a young woman is an outcast because of some long-ago sins. Then she meets someone who doesn't shun her.
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The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
by Lawrence Block

At the request of his creator, Matthew Scudder relates the story of his early days before becoming an unlicensed PI.
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Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Small Mercies
by Dennis Lehane

Against the backdrop of school integration in Boston, one mother searches for her missing daughter while another grieves for her murdered son.
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Forever Home by Graham Norton
Forever Home
by Graham Norton

The house on Stable Row in Ballytoor reveals a decades-old secret after its owner falls ill.
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The Deluge by Stephen Markley
The Deluge
by Stephen Markley

Several groups attempt to force world governments to enact the necessary changes to prevent global warming from becoming an unstoppable catastrophe.
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The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
The Golden Spoon
by Jessa Maxwell

Bake Wake isn't as polite and proper as The Great British Baking Show. Some contestants seem willing to kill to win.
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City of Dreams by Don Winslow
City of Dreams
by Don Winslow

Former Rhode Island mobster Danny Ryan heads west, on the run from authorities and people who want to see him dead.
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Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott
Beware the Woman
by Megan Abbott

When a young pregnant woman and her husband travel to upper Michigan to visit his father, a medical crisis threatens to expose long-held secrets.
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Desert Star by Michael Connelly
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly

Renée Ballard recruits retired detective Harry Bosch as a member of her newly reformed Open/Unsolved cold case squad
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City on Fire by Don Winslow
City on Fire
by Don Winslow

The longstanding but precarious peace between the Irish and Italian mobs in Rhode Island collapses into a brutal gang war.
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Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami

A collection of essays in which Murakami describes how he became a full-time novelist
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Swamp Story by Dave Barry
Swamp Story
by Dave Barry

Dave Barry combines every possible permutation of the "Florida Man" headline into a single, hilarious novel
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The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown by Lawrence Block
The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown
by Lawrence Block

Bookstore owner and occasional burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr awakens in a parallel world where things have changed to his advantage
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Hell and Back by Craig Johnson
Hell and Back
by Craig Johnson

Sheriff Walt Longmire isn't in Absaroka County any more, but where is he? Walt isn't even sure who he is or if he's alive.
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The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
The Devil Takes You Home
by Gabino Iglesias

Plagued by debt after his daughter's tragic death, Mario turns to a life of crime to try to get himself out of a deep and dangerous hole.
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This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub

A 40-year old woman travels back in time to her 16-year-old self and tries to change her unremarkable future.
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Call Me a Cab by Donald E. Westlake
Call Me a Cab
by Donald E. Westlake

A young woman hires a NY cabbie to drive her to Los Angeles while she tries to decide whether or not to marry her fiancé.
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Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner
Heat 2
by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner

Simultaneously a sequel and a prequel to the classic 1995 crime movie starring Pacino and De Niro
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Three-Edged Sword by Jeff Lindsay
Three-Edged Sword
by Jeff Lindsay

The best thief in the world is coerced by a government agent to retrieve a valuable stolen document from an impenetrable location.
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Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll
Mr. Breakfast
by Jonathan Carroll

A washed-up comic gets a tattoo that allows him to see how different his life might be if he'd made different choices.
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