The Abyssinian Proof

Jenny White
Turkish magistrate Kamil Pasha must deal with the theft of valuable antiquities in nineteenth century Istanbul.

Assassins at Ospreys
R.T. Raichev
Hugh and Antonia Darcy try to prevent a murder, but find themselves investigating a gruesome death instead.

Close Call

John McEvoy
Celia McCann struggles to keep Chicago racetrack, Monee Park, open, but other forces, including hired thugs, are trying to force her to sell the land to developers.

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny
It’s spring in the tiny Canadian village of Three Pines, but relationships there are less idyllic than they seem.

Dark Tide
Andrew Gross
Was a deadly conspiracy behind the explosion at New York City’s Grand Central Station and a suspicious hit-an-run accident in Greenwich, Connecticut?

A Deadly Paradise
Grace Brophy
Commissario Cenni investigates the murder of a retired German cultural attaché in the peaceful Umbrian town of Paradiso.

The Death Dealer
Heather Graham
Genevieve O’Brien knows about nightmares, but a new menace stalking the streets of New York, is not a dream.

Delusion
Peter Abrahams
Twenty years after Nell Jarreau witnessed the murder of her boyfriend, the man who was convicted is being released and has been exonerated on new evidence.

The Devil’s Bones
Jefferson Bass
During an investigation into a suspicious death, forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton tries an unorthodox experiment to help solve the case.

Fathers and Sins
Jo Bannister
Agnes is drawn into an unknown, complex world of her new fiancé and his strange son.

From Dead to Worse
Charlaine Harris
Sookie Stackhouse returns in this tale about the supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana.

The Front
Patricia Cornwell
What lies behind the Front? Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano will soon find out.

The Girl of His Dreams
Donna Leon
Commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice is faced with the murder of a young gypsy girl in another evocative novel by an increasingly popular author.

Goodbye, Ms. Chips
Dorothy Cannell
Ellie Haskell returns to St. Roberta’s boarding school to discover who has stolen an important sports trophy and is seeking to embarrass the school. Can a murder be far behind?

A Grave in Gaza
Matt Beynon Rees
Palestinian history teacher, Omar Yussef, travels to the Gaza Strip where is he part of an inspection team of UN schools.

Hold Tight
Harlan Coben
Tia and Mike Baye are alarmed to learn that the mother of a young suicide victim believes that their 16-year-old son was involved.

Hollywood Crows
Joseph Wambaugh
Seduction, black-market booze, burglary, and murder in Hollywood.

Last Post
Robert Barnard
After the death of her mother, Eve McNabb receives a puzzling letter that hints at a mysterious life her mother may have lived.

The Lost
Roberta Kray
P.I. Harry Lind doesn’t believe in ghosts, but a brutal murder makes him think again.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Alexander McCall Smith
The wonderful Precious Ramotswe investigates new problems and discovers that the biggest miracles in life are often the small ones.

Mummy Dearest
Joan Hess
Claire Malloy, bookseller from Farberville, Arkansas, has finally married Lt. Peter Rosen of the local police department. Their strange honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt soon has creepy overtones.

The Paper Moon
Andrea Camilleri
Italian Inspector Montalbano is beset by some thorny existential problems that have to be put on hold, when a particularly gruesome murder demands his attention.

Seven for a Secret
Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
Lord Chamberlain John hopes to find the answer the murder of woman in the smoky streets of Constantinople.

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
Parnell Hall
Cora Felton and her niece, Sherry must solve a puzzle and a murder, before the killer strikes again.

Unknown Means
Elizabeth Becka
Forensic specialist Evelyn James is called in to investigate what appears to be a locked-room mystery: a wealthy woman is murdered in a high security penthouse suite.

Vita Nuova
Magdalen Nabb
The oldest daughter of the Paoletti family has been killed in their villa outside of Florence. Marshal Guarnaccia is called in.

Wicked City
Ace Atkins
An historical crime novel that depicts Phenix City, Alabama, a city that Look magazine called “the wickedest city in America.”

Wild Inferno
Sandi Ault
Bureau of Land Management Agent, Jamaica Wild, is deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation.

Zapped
Carol Higgins Clark
Regan and Jack Reilly return with an adventure that features the New York blackout of 2003.

Another Thing to Fall
Laura Lippman
Tess Monaghan is confronted with lies, murder and manipulation as a television series is filmed in Baltimore.

Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter
Nancy Atherton
This 13th Aunt Dimity mystery features the sighting by Lori Shepherd’s 5-year-old twins, of a strange, cloaked figure with bloodstained lips lurking in the woods.

Blood of the Wicked
Leighton Gage
In the remote Brazilian town of Cascatas do Pontal, the bishop, arriving to consecrate a new church, is assassinated.

The Blue Door
David Fulmer
Ex-boxer Eddie Cero investigates the cold case that involves the lead singer for the Excels, one of Philadelphia’s best soul acts.

Carrot Cake Murder
Joanne Fluke
Hannah Swensen, owner of the Cookie Jar bakery, must deal with the murder of Uncle Gus during a family reunion.

Cross
Ken Bruen
Jack Taylor searches for the perpetrator of a horrible murder in Galway, Ireland.

Curse of the Spellmans
Lisa Lutz
The dysfunctional family of private investigators returns with another entertaining story of suspicion, surveillance and surprise.

Death Walked In
Carolyn Hart
One of the author’s Death on Demand Mysteries, features Max and Annie Darling as a strange mystery confronts them during the renovation of the older home they are restoring.

Frail Barrier
Edward Sklepowich
As Venice prepares for the annual regatta, Urbino Macintyre finds himself dragged into an intriguing mystery.

Friend of the Devil
Peter Robinson
This British procedural, featuring Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot, focuses on two chilling crimes.

Gone to Ground
John Harvey
A shocking death may have resulted from a biographer getting too close to the truth about fifties film star, Stella Leonard.

Goodbye Sister Disco
James Patrick Hunt
Lt. George Hastings of the St. Louis Police Department is working with the FBI to solve the politically motivated kidnapping of the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Headhunters
Peter Lovesey
Does a seemingly innocent conversation on “how to murder your boss” have more sinister overtones?

Houston Homicide
Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson
Houston, Texas, 1969, and Detective Ted Stephens is looking into a gruesome multiple homicide.

An Incomplete Revenge
Jacqueline Winspear
Psychologist and investigator, Maisie Dobbs, delves into a strange series of crimes in the quaint village of Kent.

The Anatomy of Deception
Lawrence Goldstone
A forensic thriller from 1889 Philadelphia features Dr. Carroll as he grapples with the principles of the scientific process to track a daring killer.

The Apostate’s Tale
Margaret Frazer
In the spring of 1452, Dame Frevisse is reunited with a lost soul she never expected to see again. This is the latest title in a popular series.

As the World Churns
Tamar Myers
Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder may be newly married, but she is still faced with a new mystery at the Hernia Holstein Competition.

Blue Heaven
C.J. Box
A ticking-clock plot finds rancher Jess Rawlins hoping to protect two children who were unintended witnesses to murder, from the author of the Joe Pickett novels.

The Book of Old Houses
Sarah Graves
Jacobia Tiptree discovers a mysterious book during the course of her renovation of an 1823 house in a quaint seaside town in Maine.

The Chameleon’s Shadow
Minette Walters
When British lieutenant Charles Acland returns from Iraq with a serious head injury, his personality is changed, but would he be capable of murder?

Death of a Gentle Lady
M.C. Beaton
The elderly Mrs. Gentle may not be all that she appeared, especially after she is found murdered.

Down Into Darkness
David Lawrence
London Detective Stella Mooney is faced with a series of gruesome murders that are connected, but how?

Extracurricular Activities
Maggie Barbieri
Alison Bergeron, English professor, is involved in cozy murder replete with romance, humor and suspense.

The Eye of Jade
Diane Wei Liang
Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman in today’s Beijing. She is also the city’s first successful female private investigator.

Gas City
Loren D. Estleman
The black heart of Gas City is exposed in this tale of lust, power, revenge and madness.

Hand of Evil
J. A. Jance
Ali Reynolds becomes involved in a series of grisly murders committed by a killer who is crisscrossing the Southwest.

The Mortal Groove
Ellen Hart
Jane Lawless, restaurateur and amateur sleuth is celebrating New Year’s Eve when her party takes a different turn.

Of Blood and Sorrow
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Private investigator, Tamara Hayle discovers how the ties that bind can also become a noose.

A Pale Horse
Charles Todd
Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is searching for a missing man, but the result is a shocking killing spree.

Person of Interest
Theresa Schwegel
Leslie McHugh is married to an undercover cop, who has more secrets that even she is willing to ignore.

Plum Lucky
Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum is back with a between-the-numbers, off-the-wall mystery caper.

Prayer of the Dragon
Eliot Pattison
Former Beijing investigator, Shan Tao Yun is on parole from a Tibetan work camp when his skills are needed after two men are murdered in a remote village.

The Purrfect Murder
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Is Mrs. Murphy and her associate Mary Minor a match for a killer who has made everyone in Crozet, Virginia a suspect?

Saturday’s Child
Ray Banks
A hard-boiled British mystery that features Cal Innes who is fresh out of prison, by a writer who has been compared to Ian Rankin.

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
Lauren Willig
Another episode from the Pink Carnation series featuring Lord Vaughn who is a British spy during the Napoleonic era.

The Serpent’s Daughter
Suzanne Arruda
Adventure and suspense abound as American adventuress Jade del Cameron faces murder and a kidnapping in 1920’s Tangier.

Stranger in Paradise
Robert B. Parker
Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary in this latest book by the author of the famed Spenser novels.

T is for Trespass
Sue Grafton
The latest Kinsey Millhone adventure may be her most unsettling to date.

Three Shirt Deal
Stephen J. Cannell
LAPD detective Shane Scully fights to save a man railroaded for murder.

Touchstone
Laurie R. King
Intrigue, terrorism and explosive passions ignite after a visit to a remote cottage in Cornwall and a meeting with the man code-named Touchstone.

Voices
Arnaldur Indriđason
The author of Silence of the Grave, the Gold Dagger award-winner, returns with another Icelandic mystery featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson.

Watchman
Ian Rankin
Miles Flint, government spy, has been making some serious mistakes, but something else is wrong at the agency that has nothing to do with his errors.

New Mysteries

All Shots: A Dog Lover’s Mystery
Susan Conant

Another episode in a “tail-wagger” mystery series.

The Art Thief
Noah Charney

A literary mystery sweeps through three of the world’s most art-filled cities: London, Paris and Rome.

Blonde Faith
Walter Mosley

Easy Rawlins can find more trouble on his doorstep in a day than most men encounter in a lifetime.

The Bloody Tower
Carola Dunn

Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher trips over a murder victim in the Tower of London in 1925.

The Bone Garden
Tess Gerristsen

Julia Hamill makes a horrifying discovery at her new home in Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil.

Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell

The “book of the dead” is the morgue log, but for Kay Scarpetta it is about to take on a new meaning.

The Burnt House
Faye Kellerman

A commuter plane carrying 47 passengers crashes into an apartment building in Granada Hills, California and ensnares L.A.P.D. Detective Peter Decker.

The Chicago Way
Michael Harvey

Publisher’s Weekly reports that this is “a fast-paced thrill ride through Chicago's seedy underbelly.”

Dead Heat
Dick Francis and Felix Francis

Once again, death comes to the horse races in another mystery by one of Britain’s best mystery authors.

Flawed
Jo Bannister

Brodie Farrell’s one woman detective agency is confronted with surprising and dangerous discoveries.

Fools Rush In
Ed Gorman

The seventh outing for Sam McCain finds him with a racially charged murder case in Iowa, 1963.

Grounds for Murder
Sandra Balzo

Coffee house owner Maggy Thorsen discovers a body under the table at a coffee trade show.

Hard Row
Margaret Maron

Judge Deborah Knott and her new husband, Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant, delve into the world of undocumented farm workers in their search for a brutal killer.

Hidden Moon
James Church

Inspector O returns to his office in Pyongyang, North Korea to be confronted with a bank robbery case, the first ever in the city.

Hitman
Parnell Hall

Unconventional private eye, Stanley Hastings, is hired by a hitman who is trying to retire.

An Ice Cold Grave
Charlaine Harris

After a lightning strike when she was fifteen, Harper Connelly has been able to locate corpses.

Interred With Their Bones
Jennifer Lee Carrell

Shakespeare scholar, Kate Stanley, finds herself on the trail of a 400-year old mystery with secrets, codes and curses.

A Killer’s Kiss
William Lashner

Reminiscent of Chandler or Hammett, the author’s take on Philadelphia DA Victor Carl’s involvement with a femme fatale is vintage noir.

Kilt Dead
Kaitlyn Dunnett

A first mystery, set in Maine, with a Scottish twist and a surprise ending.

Last Known Victim
Erica Spindler

Captain Patti O’Shay has horrific murders to solve in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.

Love Kills
Edna Buchanan

Britt Montero joins forces with the Cold Case Squad to solve the mystery of the Honeymoon Killer.

Murder on K Street
Margaret Truman

Big-time political lobbying is featured in this latest Washington, D.C. mystery.

Now & Then
Robert B. Parker

When a simple case turns into a treacherous and politically charged investigation, Spenser faces his most difficult challenge yet.

The Pale Blue Eye
Louis Bayard Murder

and revenge featuring a retired New York City detective and a young Edgar Allan Poe.

The Pure in Heart
Susan Hill

Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is on vacation in Venice when a telephone call summons him home to Lafferton, England.

Scots on the Rocks
Mary Daheim

While vacationing in Scotland, Judith Flynn investigates a murder when an explosion rocks Grimloch Castle. Mirth and mayhem.

The Silent Assassin
Lori Andrews

A complicated mystery of high-stakes international financial intrigue confronts Dr. Alexandra Blake of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

Sweet Revenge
Diane Mott Davidson

Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz finds a new mystery as she sets up a breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library.

The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
Susan Wittig Albert

Miss Potter faces a mystery in the form of Baby Flora who is left at Hill Top Farm.

A Wrongful Death
Kate Wilhelm

Being a Good Samaritan involves Barbara Holloway in her biggest challenge ever.