Best Detective Fiction Novels - April 2024

Her Final Confession: An absolutely addictive crime fiction novel (Detective Josie Quinn Book 4)

Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who…When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen Palmer, a dedicated member of Josie’s team, missing for the last twenty-four hours.Working around the clock, Josie is stopped in her tracks when Gretchen hands herself in to the police. She knows that there’s... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07H2ML6LB
• ASIN: B07H2ML6LB
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele Book 1)

USA Today bestselling series.India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01DK93WKW
• ASIN: B01DK93WKW
• Manufacturer: C.J. Archer

Daughter of the Don: A Detective Capella Crime Novel (Detective Capella Mystery Thriller Series Book 2)

A fast paced Mafia tale of kidnapping, murder, love and betrayal.While investigating the Nancy Miller case, Boston Detective Tony Capella had fallen for the petite blonde now sleeping beside him. He wasn’t sure if he believed in love at first sight, even so, their transcontinental flight was speeding them towards their wedding. What Tony didn’t know was that the troubles they thought they’d left behind, in America, were not. Join Tony, Deirdre and Courtney in a tale of kidnapping, murder, love and betrayal. A journey that leads them from Venice to southern Italy, where lying in wait is t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00TSPRG50
• ASIN: B00TSPRG50

Country Heaven (Dare River Book 1)

Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a sweet and emotional love story about two people who should be wrong for each other but turn out to be so right. Chosen as Best Book of the Year and connected to Ava’s bestselling small town Dare Valley series, this romance will warm your hearts and curl your toes.When famous--and infamous--country singer rock star Rye Crenshaw saunters into the diner where she cooks, Tory Simmons is certain she's got him pegged. He's a bad boy Alpha male who indulg... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00IC867FY
• ASIN: B00IC867FY
• Manufacturer: Ava Miles, Inc.

The Tenth Gift: A Novel

• ASIN: B0018SJO9G
• ASIN: B0018SJO9G
• Manufacturer: Crown

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (A Harry Bosch Novel Book 19)

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, California's newest private investigator, Detective Harry Bosch, must track down a missing heir while helping a police department connect the dots on a dangerous cold case.Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty years with the LAPD speak for themselves.Soon one of Southern California's biggest moguls comes calling. The reclusive billionaire is nearing the end of his life and is haunted by one regret. When he ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01BU1ITMI
• ASIN: B01BU1ITMI
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

I Am Watching You

An Amazon Charts bestseller.What would it take to make you intervene? When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it—until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls—beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard—has disappeared.A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and she’s not the only one who can�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1542046599
• ASIN: 1542046599
• ISBN: 9781542046596
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

Girl Last Seen: A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart.An intense psychological thriller for readers of I Am Watching You, The Luckiest Girl Alive, and All the Missing Girls.Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots.I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago.If you have any knowledge of Olivia Shaw's whereabouts or any releva... [Read More]

• ASIN: 145556902X
• ASIN: 145556902X
• ISBN: 9781455569021
• Brand: GRAND CENTRAL
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Going Underground: British Detective (Jonathan Roper investigates)

Fans of Sherlock Holmes and David Baldacci’s Amos Decker will love Jonathan Roper. Sir James Taylor is a billionaire and philanthropist. He’s also a man with dark secrets. He’s vanished after stepping out of his Rolls Royce in the heart of London and Scotland Yard is in trouble. There are no traces. No witnesses. No ransom. Nothing. With pressure from all sides the Met must send for Jonathan Roper and Brian Hooley. What they uncover is going to make a lot of important people very unhappy.For all his skills, Roper struggles with the regular world because his autism makes him appear arroga... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0719KHLQY
• ASIN: B0719KHLQY
• Manufacturer: Mike Leese Communications

The House of Closed Doors

Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth"Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted.Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out.Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her o... [Read More]

• ASIN: B008EWNCC4
• ASIN: B008EWNCC4
• Manufacturer: Aspidistra Press

Greed: An Amber Monroe Crime Thriller Book 1

Washburn County Deputy Amber Monroe is following in the footsteps of her sister, Jade. She devours everything she can during her detective training in hopes of being promoted soon.Living in small-town USA has its advantages, like a sense of security, and disadvantages, like being close to Milwaukee and its crime. Washburn County has become the dumping ground of murder victims, courtesy of its neighboring county to the south.When two men are discovered on the outskirts of North Bend, each with a bullet to the head, Amber’s team, led by Lieutenant Jack Steele, hits the highway in search of a k... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07B8PKD64
• ASIN: B07B8PKD64

A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny. It’s Gamache’s first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter. As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250066212
• ASIN: 1250066212
• ISBN: 1250066212
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

ONE LAST KILL: A fast paced, action packed detective mystery, a gripping serial killer crime thriller with a twist.

IF YOU HURT SOMEONE BAD ENOUGH THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN’T MAKE THEM DO.Bobby Ress is a cop with a simple life.He believes in making a difference.He loves his wife and his daughter.He has a place in the world.Then people start dying, a lot of them, in horrible ways. It's a case like no other. And step by gruesome step the simple, true things Bobby knew to be right and good begin to make less and less sense. Because Bobby is learning about pain. He doesn't like to admit it. He doesn't like to know, but he's slowly realizing: If you hurt someone bad enough for long enough then there's nothing,... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01IED3FWO
• ASIN: B01IED3FWO
• Manufacturer: Finn Bell

DAMAGED: A Kate Lange Thriller (The Kate Lange Thriller Series Book 1)

The thriller that launched lawyer Kate Lange into the hearts of ONE MILLION readers—and into the hands of a serial killer..."...every bit as exciting as books by many New York Times bestselling authors..."-Fresh Fiction What would you do if you faced a serial killer?Meet lawyer Kate Lange. She has one chance to prove herself—and to prove to herself that she can make it—in a firm where everyone wants her to fail. But landing this job is what Kate believes will lead to redemption in the tragic death of her sister years ago. Instead, Kate makes the biggest mistake of her career... and becom... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01EKQZD3I
• ASIN: B01EKQZD3I
• Manufacturer: Pamela Callow Publishing

Honeymoon Cottage (A Pajaro Bay Mystery Book 1)

• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• Manufacturer: Pajaro Bay Publishing

The Neighbor : A Detective D. D. Warren Novel

When a young wife and mother disappears from her suburban home, it's not long before the cops have their first suspect: the missing woman's husband, whose behavior is distinctly

• UPC: 13009129
• Rating: 4.07

Fear Nothing : A Detective D.D. Warren Novel

Detective D

• UPC: 38412179
• Rating: 4.348

Hide : A Detective D. D. Warren Novel

Massachusetts State Police detective Bobby Dodge, from Gardner's "New York Times" bestseller "Alone," returns. While on the trail of a twisted serial killer, Dodge must track down a woman from his past who may be

• UPC: 8300275
• Rating: 4.044

Live to Tell: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel

On a warm summer night in one of Boston's working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: four members of a family have been brutally murdered. Veteran police detective D.D. Warren is certain of only

• UPC: 933357041
• Rating: 4.281

Melissa Craig Mystery: Murder on the Clifftops: An Utterly Addictive Cozy Mystery Novel (Paperback)

French cheese, fine wine and... a mystifying murder? A delightful afternoon stroll turns to disaster when the guests of an artists' retreat in the French mountains spot the body of a man at the bottom

• UPC: 533493906
• Rating: 3.0

The Department of Sensitive Crimes : A Detective Varg Novel

In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division.

• UPC: 757130824
• Rating: 3.0

Mystery of the Yellow Room (The first detective Joseph Rouletabille novel and one of the first locked room mystery crime fiction novels) - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: “Mystery of the Yellow Room (The first detective Joseph Rouletabille novel and one of the first locked room mystery crime fiction novels)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and

• UPC: 838733105
• Rating: 3.5

City of Saviors : A Detective Elouise Norton Novel

"A fresh voice in crime fiction. Fast, funny, heartbreaking and wise...Elouise Norton is the best new character you'll meet this year."--Lee Child"Hall deserves to be compared to Kathy Reichs or Patricia Cornwell, and it will

• UPC: 55520742
• Rating: 3.5

Fool's Bluff : A Samantha Shepherd Mystery Novel

Fool's Bluff: A Samantha Shepherd Mystery

• UPC: 216838527

Land of Shadows (A Detective Elouise Norton novel) (Paperback)

Books : Land of Shadows (A Detective Elouise Norton novel)

• UPC: 632305382
• Rating: 4.0