Best Detective Novels Ever - April 2024

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.

Funny Girl is a collection of uproarious stories, rollicking comics, rib-tickling wit, and more, from 25 of today’s funniest female writers for kids. What could be funnier than family? Read stories about Ursula Brown's grandmother driving her on a road trip to disaster, Lisa Brown's little brother getting a Tic-Tac stuck up his nose, and Carmen Agra Deedy's mom setting the bathtub on fire. What could be funnier than friends? Pretty much nothing, as Rita Williams-Garcia shows two besties hatching a bird-brained scheme to get on to a TV talk show, and Deborah Underwood introduces a dynam... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0147517834
• ASIN: 0147517834
• ISBN: 0147517834
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

Blooper Freak (The Worst Detective Ever Book 5)

Real life is nothing like TV.Joey Darling, actress and detective by default, is reminded of this point daily. If only problems could be solved in sixty minutes, complete with commercial breaks, closing credits, and a catchy theme song.Joey accompanies Detective Jackson Sullivan to a crime scene, only to discover she knows the victim. After a friend is accused of murder, Joey can’t refuse her help—however bumbling it might be. Unfortunately, she only seems to dig up more questions instead of desperately needed answers.When a misguided fan offers clues, Joey discovers something much deeper t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0754GBZ7H
• ASIN: B0754GBZ7H
• Manufacturer: River Heights

Where the Crawdads Sing

• ASIN: B078GD3DRG
• ASIN: B078GD3DRG
• Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived.No one believes her story.The police think she's crazy.Her therapist thinks she's suicidal.Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk.They're all right--but did she see the killer?As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be--her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor's guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction. Finding no solace a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683993039
• ASIN: 1683993039
• ISBN: 1683993039
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

The Reckoning: A Novel

#1 bestselling author John Grisham’s The Reckoning is his most powerful, surprising, and suspenseful thriller yet.  “A murder mystery, a courtroom drama, a family saga…The Reckoning is Grisham's argument that he's not just a boilerplate thriller writer. Most jurors will think the counselor has made his case.”—USA Today   October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi’s favorite son—a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October m... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385544154
• ASIN: 0385544154
• ISBN: 9780385544153
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Ordinary Grace

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.” New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the so... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451645856
• UPC: 884740901625
• ASIN: 1451645856
• ISBN: 1451645856
• Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)

• ASIN: 0316484806
• ASIN: 0316484806
• ISBN: 0316484806
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Defending Jacob: A Novel

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe • Kansas City Star   “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . Tragic and shocking, Defending Jacob is sure to generate buzz.”—Associated Press   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAndy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob.Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345533666
• ASIN: 0345533666
• ISBN: 0345533666
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

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

Instinct (previously published as Murder Games)

A criminal behavior expert teams up with an NYPD detective to track down a criminal in the novel that inspired the hit CBS TV series starring Alan Cumming.Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally: he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene-along with a threatening message from the killer-it looks like someone has been taking notes.Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene: ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0CDHMG
• ASIN: B01M0CDHMG
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

The Betrayed Series: The 1st Cycle Omnibus collection - with 3 full length novels + 4 short stories: Extremely controversial historical thrillers (Betrayed Series Boxed set)

The Betrayed 1st cycle collection is here! Not only do you get all released books in the Betrayed series including Ambush, 30 Pieces of Silver, Targeted, Havoc, Covert, Shiva, and exclusively Mayhem the post-Shiva short story. Get it for youself or give it as a gift to the thriller lover in your life!The Omnibus collection is the only place to find out how married life is treating Rebecca and Brandt!Praise for the Betrayed Series..."Suspend all reality for a time and read this can't put down mystery adventure.Vince Brandt-Special Forces and Dr Rebecca Monroe a paleoarchaeoligist are dispatche... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00AHRE74G
• ASIN: B00AHRE74G

Tell No One: A Novel

• ASIN: B002SXIF4A
• ASIN: B002SXIF4A
• Manufacturer: Dell

Behind Her Eyes: A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” ―Stephen King "An eerie thriller…Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who’s manipulating whom – until the ending reveals that we’ve been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.” ―The New York Times Book ReviewWhy is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes?Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250111196
• ASIN: 1250111196
• ISBN: 1250111196
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Neon Prey (A Prey Novel)

Lucas Davenport tracks a prolific serial killer in the new nail-biting #1 New York Times-bestseller from John Sandford.Clayton Deese looks like a small-time criminal, muscle for hire when his loan shark boss needs to teach someone a lesson. Now, seven months after a job that went south and landed him in jail, Deese has skipped out on bail, and the U.S. Marshals come looking for him. They don't much care about a low-level guy--it's his boss they want--but Deese might be their best chance to bring down the whole operation.Then, they step onto a dirt trail behind Deese's rural Louisiana cabin and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525536582
• ASIN: 0525536582
• ISBN: 0525536582
• Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Big Little Lies

DON’T MISS SEASON 2 OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING HBO SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOË KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEPFrom the author of Nine Perfect Strangers, Truly Madly Guilty, and The Husband’s Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425274861
• ASIN: 0425274861
• ISBN: 0425274861
• Brand: Moriarty Liane
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Best Day Ever

"FABULOUS." --B.A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown THE PERFECT MARRIAGE IS THE PERFECT ILLUSION. Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive,

• UPC: 646584548
• Rating: 3.786

Best Beach Ever

"Hoping for smooth sailing the ladies of Ten Beach Road confront choppy seas... Forced to rent out or lose their beloved Bella Flora after the loss of their renovation-turned-reality-TV show Do Over, Maddie, Nikki, Avery,

• UPC: 471664843
• Rating: 3.875

The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever - eBook

Before he discovered the Heartland Bear Clan, Ron Corbin figured no one could ever love a “fatass” like him. But the big group of big men accepts him, and likes him just the way he

• UPC: 429077522
• Rating: 4.0

Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare - eBook

Cyril Hare's short stories were mostly written for the London Evening Standard. Among them, The Story of Hermione, in which the eponymous character grows rich from the all too convenient deaths of several relatives, has been called

• UPC: 595491556
• Rating: 3.0

Her Best Christmas Ever - eBook

He'd have a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner at his mom's ranch, count his blessings, then superstar country singer Greg Clayton would go back on tour. But when a storm stranded him alone with the very pregnant

• UPC: 620286279
• Rating: 2.0

The Best Christmas Ever - eBook

Christmas Bells, Wedding BellsWhen Nick Gallagher returned to his hometown for his brother's Christmas wedding, the confirmed bachelor and military man had to exchange his usual army fatigues for something more suitable-the tux of a

• UPC: 149409754
• Rating: 1.0

The Best Max Carrados Detective Stories

Written during the first flowering of detective fiction, these tales of a blind sleuth combine intellectual thrills with imagination and style. Ten mysteries range in settings from Edwardian London through the early

• UPC: 55747053
• Rating: 3.0

The International: ‘The best book about the Troubles ever written’ - eBook

Saturday, 28 January 1967. It is a day like any other for eighteen-year-old Danny, pulling pints behind the bar of the International Hotel in Belfast, watching the comings and goings of the eccentric clientele. But

• UPC: 372386609
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Christmas Ever - eBook

When Nick Gallagher returns to his hometown for his brother's Christmas wedding, the confirmed bachelor and military man has to exchange his usual army fatigues for the tux of a best man. Nick has never

• UPC: 594612184
• Rating: 1.0

Persuasion : The 50 Best Classic Books Ever - #15

The last novel that Austen completed before she died. The most mature. A story of second chances. Anne Elliot turned away her love Frederick Wentworth. Years go by and they are in the same social

• UPC: 764906497