Best Mystery Writers Of All Time - April 2024

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

- A New York Times and USA Today bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016A 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 f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250153964
• ASIN: 1250153964
• ISBN: 9781250153968
• Manufacturer: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin

Where the Crawdads Sing

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

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

The Hideaway

Now a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller!“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling authorWhen her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back home to Sweet Bay, Alabama, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in life.After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0718084225
• ASIN: 0718084225
• ISBN: 0718084225
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson—author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts—intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

• ASIN: 0375725601
• UPC: 884510967318
• ASIN: 0375725601
• ISBN: 0375725601
• Brand: Erik Larson
• Manufacturer: Vintage

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: 1616149981
• ASIN: 1616149981
• ISBN: 1616149981
• Brand: Seventh Street Books
• Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• ASIN: B0192CTMW8
• ASIN: B0192CTMW8
• Manufacturer: Pottermore Publishing

Hatchet

This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416936475
• ASIN: 1416936475
• ISBN: 9781416936473
• Brand: SIMON & SCHUSTER
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

1984

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

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

• ASIN: B01G1K1RTA
• ASIN: B01G1K1RTA
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Road

• ASIN: 0307387895
• ASIN: 0307387895
• ISBN: 9780307387899
• Brand: Vintage Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Salt to the Sea

#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street JournalBased on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--TimeWinter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . .This paperback... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142423629
• ASIN: 0142423629
• ISBN: 0142423629
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 1)

THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL TIME...THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS...WILL BE REVEALED.* * *Read the novel that started it all: The Atlantis Gene is the first book in A.G. Riddle's bestselling Origin Mystery trilogy, which has sold OVER THREE MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, been translated into twenty languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture!* * *70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct.We survived, but no one knows how.Until now.The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time.* * *Off the coast of Antarctica... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1940026016
• ASIN: 1940026016
• ISBN: 1940026016
• Brand: Brand: Modern Mythology
• Manufacturer: Modern Mythology

The Late Show (Renee Ballard Series Book 1)

In this first installment of the Renée Ballard series, #1 bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a "complicated and driven" young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD's toughest beat (The New York Times).Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It's a frustrating job for a once up-and-coming detective, but it's no accident. She's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.But one night Ballard ca... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Fatal Starts: Two Gripping Jess Kimball Thrillers with Heart Pounding Suspense to Keep You Awake All Night (The Jess Kimball Thrillers Series Book 11)

Bestselling JESS KIMBALL SUSPENSE THRILLER SERIES Begins Here. Special Edition. Special Price. Limited time. From award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI in this special combined edition of the first novel and first novella in the highly addictive Jess Kimball Thrillers Series.Introducing Jess Kimball, the relentless heroine you'll really love. Jess is on a mission only she believes in, only she can complete. Her son was stolen. She wants him back. While she searches, she's on your side.Jess is a fiery woman, driven by her own past to fight for crime victims t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00A9JQIM6
• ASIN: B00A9JQIM6
• Manufacturer: AugustBooks

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 The Mystery Box

9781455512348

• UPC: 21599542
• Rating: 3.0

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 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B : The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America

9780765305336

• UPC: 12016500
• Rating: 5.0

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964 : The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America

A collection of twenty-six definitive science fiction tales includes a diverse range of pieces selected by the writers themselves and provides an introduction to young and new readers as well as a fan's treasury of

• UPC: 3293479
• Rating: 4.444

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box - eBook

There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any

• UPC: 880693718
• Rating: 3.0

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion - eBook

Taking us from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, from Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, these riveting stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of

• UPC: 902282204
• Rating: 3.25

Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance - eBook

When a different kind of justice is needed---swift, effective, and personal---a new type of avenger must take action. VENGEANCE features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin

• UPC: 286094273
• Rating: 3.833

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests - eBook

After the crime is over, the real drama begins. That's what this riveting collection proves as it carries us from the Salem witch trials to Depression-era Chicago to today's highest-stakes legal dramas. These are thrilling

• UPC: 638701115
• Rating: 3.5

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