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The Waiting by Michael Connelly
The Waiting
by Michael Connelly

Renée Ballard investigates cold cases, but she also has to figure out who stole her badge, gun and ID, an off-the-books case that takes a strange twist.
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The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
The Folly
by Gemma Amor

Morgan's father has been in prison for six years for murdering her mother. With the conviction overturned, they relocate to an isolated tower on the Cornish coast. Strange things enuse.
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Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Moonbound
by Robin Sloan

Eleven millenia in the future, a boy flees from a villanous wizard and learns about the greater world and the often strange things that inhabit it.
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The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
The Bang-Bang Sisters
by Rio Youers

Two sisters and their close friend play rock gigs and assassinate people who've escaped responsibility for their crimes. Then the tables are turned and they're forced to confront each other.
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House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
House of Bone and Rain
by Gabino Iglesias

Five friends band together to avenge the murder of one's mother during a catastrophic hurricane, taking on forces beyond their comprehension
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Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Horror Movie
by Paul Tremblay

The surviving cast member from a legendary, never-released, cult horror movie recounts their misadventures thirty years ago
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First Frost by Craig Johnson
First Frost
by Craig Johnson

When Vic discovers a surfboard in Longmire's basement, he is reminded of an incident from the days before he was Sheriff of Absaroka County
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I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay
I Will Ruin You
by Linwood Barclay

A teacher foils a violent attack on his high school but becomes the victim of a desperate blackmailer in the aftermath
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An Honest Man by Michael Koryta
An Honest Man
by Michael Koryta

Seven men are murdered on a yacht off Salvation Point Island. The man who discovered them—a convicted murderer—is the prime suspect.
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The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson
The Longmire Defense
by Craig Johnson

The discovery of a decades-old murder weapon associated with Longmire's grandfather inexplicably makes a lot of people in the state capital nervous
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Where I End by Sophie White
Where I End
by Sophie White

On a coastal Irish island, a young woman is an outcast because of some long-ago sins. Then she meets someone who doesn't shun her.
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The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
by Lawrence Block

At the request of his creator, Matthew Scudder relates the story of his early days before becoming an unlicensed PI.
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Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Small Mercies
by Dennis Lehane

Against the backdrop of school integration in Boston, one mother searches for her missing daughter while another grieves for her murdered son.
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Forever Home by Graham Norton
Forever Home
by Graham Norton

The house on Stable Row in Ballytoor reveals a decades-old secret after its owner falls ill.
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The Deluge by Stephen Markley
The Deluge
by Stephen Markley

Several groups attempt to force world governments to enact the necessary changes to prevent global warming from becoming an unstoppable catastrophe.
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The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
The Golden Spoon
by Jessa Maxwell

Bake Wake isn't as polite and proper as The Great British Baking Show. Some contestants seem willing to kill to win.
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City of Dreams by Don Winslow
City of Dreams
by Don Winslow

Former Rhode Island mobster Danny Ryan heads west, on the run from authorities and people who want to see him dead.
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Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott
Beware the Woman
by Megan Abbott

When a young pregnant woman and her husband travel to upper Michigan to visit his father, a medical crisis threatens to expose long-held secrets.
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Desert Star by Michael Connelly
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly

Renée Ballard recruits retired detective Harry Bosch as a member of her newly reformed Open/Unsolved cold case squad
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City on Fire by Don Winslow
City on Fire
by Don Winslow

The longstanding but precarious peace between the Irish and Italian mobs in Rhode Island collapses into a brutal gang war.
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Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami

A collection of essays in which Murakami describes how he became a full-time novelist
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Swamp Story by Dave Barry
Swamp Story
by Dave Barry

Dave Barry combines every possible permutation of the "Florida Man" headline into a single, hilarious novel
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The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown by Lawrence Block
The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown
by Lawrence Block

Bookstore owner and occasional burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr awakens in a parallel world where things have changed to his advantage
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Hell and Back by Craig Johnson
Hell and Back
by Craig Johnson

Sheriff Walt Longmire isn't in Absaroka County any more, but where is he? Walt isn't even sure who he is or if he's alive.
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