Best Current Mystery Writers - April 2024

Under Currents: A Novel

For both Zane and Darby, their small town roots hold a terrible secret. Now, decades later, they've come together to build a new life. But will the past set them free or pull them under?Zane Bigelow grew up in a beautiful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Strangers and even Zane’s own aunt across the lake see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children’s ballet recitals and baseball games. Only Zane and his sister know the truth, until one brutal night finally reveals cracks in the facade, and Zane escapes ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07JBQTL3W
• ASIN: B07JBQTL3W
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Stealing Power: Absolutely gripping crime fiction full of totally unputdownable mystery and suspense (Detectives Kane and Colt Crime Thriller Series Book 1)

Stealing women's power is easy ... restoring it is deadly.Detective Chief Inspector AJ Colt lives his life in the limelight. The charismatic star of New Scotland Yard is public relations gold. Everyone loves him. Well, almost everyone. For three years a vicious serial rapist has been taunting and tormenting him, sending him recordings of every sickening crime he commits. But with no DNA from the devastated victims the trail is stone cold dead, until a familiar landmark leads Colt back to his hometown - the last place on earth he wants to be.It's also the last place on earth Detective India Kan... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00CXAH1V6
• ASIN: B00CXAH1V6

1984

• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Fifth Risk

What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a governmen... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07FFCMSCX
• ASIN: B07FFCMSCX
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

House of Spies: A Novel (Gabriel Allon Book 17)

A Kirkus Best Book of the Year#1 NYT Bestseller#1 USA Bestseller#1 WSJ BestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new summer blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon.A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge – determined to hunt down the world’s most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin.  Four months after the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01JYWGVRA
• ASIN: B01JYWGVRA
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Kremlin Conspiracy

A New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!More than 100,000 copies sold“Rosenberg cranks up the suspense, delivering his most stunning, high-stakes thriller yet.” —Publishers Weekly“A stellar novel of riveting action and political intrigue.” —Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Agent in Place“Absolutely blown away by how good this guy is. . . . Simply masterful.” —Sean Parnell, New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon“An uncanny talent for focusing his storytelling on real-world hot spots just as they are heating up.” —Po... [Read More]

• ASIN: B073RSS1MG
• ASIN: B073RSS1MG
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Cave of Bones: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel (A Leaphorn and Chee Novel Book 22)

A New York Times BestsellerAnne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series.When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Annie, a young participant on a solo experience due back hours before, has just returned and is traumatized. Gently questioning the girl, Bernie learns that Annie stumbled upon a human skeleton on her trek. While everyone is relieved that A... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071KYZBT5
• ASIN: B071KYZBT5
• Brand: Harper
• Manufacturer: Harper

Shelter in Place

From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived.The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076BGDMK9
• ASIN: B076BGDMK9
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessin... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01ARRWOOU
• ASIN: B01ARRWOOU
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393609391
• ASIN: 0393609391
• ISBN: 9780393609394
• Brand: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Spymaster: A Thriller (The Scot Harvath Series Book 18)

The newest thriller in the #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling series!Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules—all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath is more cunning, more danger... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075RMMZ6K
• ASIN: B075RMMZ6K
• Manufacturer: Atria/Emily Bestler Books

The Fallen (Memory Man series Book 4)

Star FBI detective Amos Decker and his colleague Alex Jamison must solve four increasingly bizarre murders in a dying rust belt town--and the closer they come to the truth, the deadlier it gets in this rapid-fire #1 New York Times bestseller.Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes--obscure bible verses, odd symbols--have the police stumped.Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex's sister and her family. It's a bleak place: a former mill and m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074M62RVY
• ASIN: B074M62RVY
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Fix (Memory Man series Book 3)

In this "perfect 'fix' for the thriller aficionado" (Associated Press) and #1 New York Times bestseller, maverick FBI detective Amos Decker must forge an uneasy alliance with the Defense Intelligence Agency to prevent an international incident that could spell the end of the United States as we know it.Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself.Even with Decker's extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connec... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01K3WN2LS
• ASIN: B01K3WN2LS
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Other Woman: A Novel

#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 USA Today  Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal BestsellerA Kirkus Best Book of 2018A Real Book Spy Best Thriller of 2018From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayalShe was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secre... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0739Z4XJ9
• ASIN: B0739Z4XJ9
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER INSTANT NATIONAL BEST SELLER!! Debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times Best Seller list, as well as at No. 5 on Wall Street Journal and No. 6 on the Publisher’s Weekly lists. ​Over 300K copies soldOver 1,000 5***** Star Reviews FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE HARBINGER, THE MYSTERY OF THE SHEMITAH, THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES, AND THE PARADIGM WITH OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD This May Be the Most Explosive and Amazing Thing You’ve Ever Read Is it possible that there exists an ancient master blueprint that holds the secret behind the events of our ti... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1629994766
• ASIN: 1629994766
• ISBN: 9781629994765
• Brand: Charisma Media Company
• Manufacturer: Frontline

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018

An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise

• UPC: 661769729

Scream and Scream Again!: Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America (Hardcover)

Stine--the godfather of Goosebumps--and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome and frightening to this terrifying anthology of 20 all-new scary short stories. Contributors include Chris Grabenstein,

• UPC: 277145301

The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook : Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For

Collects one hundred recipes from the Mystery Writers of America, including contributions from Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben, and Scott

• UPC: 40566324
• Rating: 4.3

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion : New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase

Nineteen original stories--including a new contribution by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly--about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals. From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from

• UPC: 8094109
• Rating: 3.25

The Night Awakens : A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Mystery with a dash of romance enlivens this collection of stories by some of the best artists in the business, including Sarah Shankman, Nancy Pickard, Loren D. Estleman, Sally Gunning, and Joseph Hansen.

• UPC: 392184

Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance

9780316176354

• UPC: 21601308
• Rating: 3.833

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box

9781455512348

• UPC: 21599542
• Rating: 3.0

Manhattan Mayhem : New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America

From Wall Street to Harlem, the borough of Manhattan is the setting for all-new stories of mystery, murder, and suspense, presented by best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark and featuring an exclusive Jack Reacher story by

• UPC: 49118659
• Rating: 3.833

The Best American Mystery Stories 1999

In its brief existence, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES has established itself as a peerless suspense anthology. Compiled by the best-selling mystery novelist Ed McBain, this year's edition boasts nineteen outstanding tales by such masters

• UPC: 53693279

Books to Die For : The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels

An anthology featuring the world's greatest mystery authors writing about theworld's greatest mystery

• UPC: 53597156
• Rating: 4.333