Best Crime Mystery Novels - April 2024

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

Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel

• ASIN: B004IPP8TQ
• ASIN: B004IPP8TQ
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Cold Lake: An Electrifying Mystery Thriller

The truth emerges, one piece at a time. David Wolf and his deputies are back, facing the most disturbing case of their lives—one Wolf’s own father could not solve years ago. And someone will want it kept that way.A fisherman reels in a plastic bag containing a severed human head from the depths of Cold Lake, Colorado. When Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies scramble to the scene, they quickly find more surprises lurk below. Their grim discoveries reopen a cold case Wolf’s father worked twenty-two years ago, and Wolf must try to succeed where his father failed before him. Wolf has the a... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00PTR6YUY
• ASIN: B00PTR6YUY
• Manufacturer: Cross Atlantic Publishing

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 Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster Book 1)

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one. When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London.What dark secrets is the girl in the ice hidin... [Read More]

• ASIN: B019G6DSDE
• ASIN: B019G6DSDE
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

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: B06Y1264PX
• ASIN: B06Y1264PX
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD detective Renée Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1538731754
• ASIN: 1538731754
• ISBN: 1538731754
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

PENITENT: a Scottish murder mystery with a devilish twist (Detective Inspector Munro murder mysteries Book 9)

When the known stalker of a young woman is arrested for her murder, it should be an open-and-shut case for DI Charlie West.A woman is found bludgeoned to death in a swimming pool. A pensioner who disappeared many moons ago turns up out of the blue. A cockeyed boxer has more success outside the ring than in it.What connects these events may or may not be the clue DI Charlie West is looking for to solve the latest murder on her patch. With her mentor James Munro recovering from heart bypass surgery, she will have to rely on her own wits and those of her trusted team to progress the investigation... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• Manufacturer: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling crime fiction publishers

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

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

Free to Kill (Katie Freeman Mysteries Book 1)

FBI Agent Katie Freeman’s life has been upended. After being reassigned from Louisiana to middle Tennessee, her new bosses suspect that her reassignment is due to an indiscretion with her previous partner. Now, she and her new partner, Michael Powell, are asked to assist on the bewildering case of a woman who was kidnapped, tortured and left for dead on her own front porch. Before they can make any headway, a second woman disappears. As the number of missing women rises, Katie and Michael must work to figure out how the women are being abducted and where they are being held. Will they be too... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00Q5OGJ46
• ASIN: B00Q5OGJ46

LAST GASP; An absolutely gripping serial killer thriller with a stunning twist: The DCI Jamie Carver Series Book#1

“A fabulous series starter… 5*.” (Verified Amazon Purchaser) The last time Detective Jamie Carver involved a would-be victim in his hunt for a serial killer, it ended badly - VERY badly. Now they want him to do it again, only this time the 'victim' is a Dominatrix. As if he hasn't enough on his plate.A brutal killer poised to strike again Shadows of the past that still haunt his dreamsAn investigation under mounting pressure to succeedA beautiful woman whose fantastical lifestyle may be key to finding a killerAnd that's not counting the young girl whose life he's trying to save from rui... [Read More]

• ASIN: B018H5D9Z2
• ASIN: B018H5D9Z2
• Manufacturer: Robert F Barker

The Life We Bury

A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

Squall

This book is RATED-R FOR LANGUAGE by the publisher.Bush pilot and family man Tom Stokes is about to face the worst day of his life. On a clear winter morning, he sets out to do some repairs on a remote hunt camp, leaving his five-year-old son and very pregnant wife snug in their beds.On the return trip, a squall forces him into an emergency landing and he winds up—quite literally—in the lap of petty criminal Dale Knight. Dale, now a fugitive from the law—and worse, from a merciless drug lord who just happens to be his brother—draws Tom into a web of mayhem and treachery that puts not o... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00RPM9MJ6
• ASIN: B00RPM9MJ6
• Manufacturer: Red Tower Publications

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

Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors : A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

"London, 1969. With the Swinging Sixties under way, Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May find themselves caught in the middle of a good, old-fashioned manor house murder mystery. The critics are mad for Christopher Fowler,

• UPC: 909045865
• Rating: 4.077

One Dark Night: An Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller with Unputdownable Mystery and Suspense (Paperback)

He sees his wife's eyes watching him in the rear-view mirror, the kids up on their knees to get a better look. That's when he hears the scream... You're driving home from a family outing

• UPC: 303493940

The Silent Girls : A Gripping Crime Thriller Packed with Mystery and Suspense

'Ambulance and police. Something's happened. I don't know what. But my little girl.' A sob choked off the sentence. He took a deep breath and finished, 'It's my daughter...' When a young girl disappears from

• UPC: 692479545
• Rating: 5.0

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

Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart : A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

"A teenager sees a dead man rise from his grave--and moments later is killed in a sudden hit-and-run accident. Seven ravens housed in the impenetrable fortress that is the Tower of London vanish without a

• UPC: 37500794
• Rating: 4.227

Lottie Parker: Tell Nobody: Absolutely Gripping Crime Fiction with Unputdownable Mystery and Suspense (Paperback)

The boy's body was so white it was almost transparent. But that's not what caused the nausea to rise up her throat. He was so young. His body was unmarked, surrounded by a halo of

• UPC: 191557738

Capital Crimes: London Mysteries

Capital Crimes is an eclectic collection of London-based crime stories, blending the familiar with the unexpected in a way that reflects the personality of the

• UPC: 43908301
• Rating: 3.5

The Perfect Crime: The Big Bow Mystery (Detective Club Crime Classics) - eBook

The first in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is the world’s first locked-room mystery, a seemingly impossible crime story as powerful as any that have copied the scenario

• UPC: 878425409
• Rating: 3.0

Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder

"From the most hard-boiled of noirs to the coziest of mysteries, with diminutive double crosses, miniature murders, and crimes both real and imagined, [this anthology] rounds up all the usual suspects, and some unusual suspects,

• UPC: 925362119
• Rating: 4.0

A Crime of Passion Fruit : A Bakeshop Mystery

"Jules Capshaw is trying to keep her cool as Torte gets set to make its transformation from quaint, local confectionary cafae to royal pastry palace. Meanwhile, Jules's estranged husband Carlos is making a desperate plea

• UPC: 55258531
• Rating: 4.0

The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks - Paperback Acceptable Softcover PB

• UPC: 174106187249
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 3 USD

By Hook or by Crook: Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010) VERY GOOD

• UPC: 193137818054
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 7 USD

A Better Man SIGNED

• UPC: 254483436333
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 30 USD

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Paperback 2015 Best Selling Novel

• UPC: 233480324817
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 12 USD

Best Laid Plans Book - A Lake George Mystery SIGNED by Anne White US 2006 Crime

• UPC: 293342371354
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 21 USD

The Better Liar by Tanen Jones: Used

• UPC: 283745861862
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 16 USD

A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

• UPC: 313040473178
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 10 USD

2015 THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES James Patterson Editor OTTO PENZLER

• UPC: 124015728787
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 6 USD

CAT CRIMES III - Collection of New Cat Tales by the best writers in the business

• UPC: 153866264050
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 12 USD

A Better Quality of Murder (Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 3): A... (ExLib)

• UPC: 293493534734
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 2 USD