| | | This Month's Best New Mysteries | | Our goal at BookBub is to help you find amazing new books to read every day. We're testing out new monthly emails that will highlight the best recent releases in your favorite genres. If you'd like to continue receiving this email, you don't need to do anything. If you're not interested, you can opt out by clicking here. Finally, if you have any feedback about this new offering, please reply to this email — we'd love to hear from you! |  | | | | | | The Ghost Orchid | | By Jonathan Kellerman | | | | | | Don't miss this instant New York Times bestseller that's "both a treat for longtime fans and a great entry point for newcomers" (Publishers Weekly): After two bodies are found floating in a Bel Air pool, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware dig into the victims' pasts — and the city's criminal underbelly. "Fast-moving fun" (Kirkus Reviews). | | | |  | | | | | | Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect | | By Benjamin Stevenson | | | | | | Agatha Christie meets Anthony Horowitz in this "gloriously inventive" take on the classic locked-room mystery (Stuart Turton)! Six crime novelists board a train to the same writers' festival — but when one is murdered, the remaining five must find the killer among them. "Sparkling with wit… deviously good fun" (Nita Prose, author of The Maid). | | | |  | | | | | | Three-Inch Teeth | | By C. J. Box | | | | | | The iconic Joe Pickett returns with a brand-new entry in a #1 New York Times bestselling series: A death close to home sends the Wyoming game warden searching for a rogue grizzly bear attacking humans, while an old enemy has nefarious plans for Pickett. "Easy to swallow in a single gulp" (Kirkus Reviews). | | | |  | | | | | | Village in the Dark | | By Iris Yamashita | | | | | | True Detective: Night Country may have wrapped up, but this chilling read set in Alaska's unforgiving landscape will keep you "glued to the page" (Publishers Weekly)! Detective Cara Kennedy always believed her husband and son died in a hiking accident. But after evidence of foul play surfaces, Cara's search for the truth leads her into unimaginable danger. "Ingenious plotting" (Booklist) from an author with praise from Mary Kubica and Lisa Gardner. | | | |  | | | | | | Under the Storm | | By Christoffer Carlsson | | | | | | Already an international hit, "a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction" (Kirkus Reviews) delivers this dark, unsettling novel: When a young woman's body is found in an incinerated farmhouse, it seems like an open-and-shut murder case — but years later, the truth threatens to destroy the rural community of Marbäck. "Carlsson is the finest crime writer we have in Sweden" (#1 New York Times bestselling author David Lagercrantz). | | | |  | | | | | | Death of a Spy | | By M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green | | | | | | A beloved, bestselling series marches on in the newest installment starring M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth! In the idyllic Scottish village of Lochdubh, the sergeant investigates a string of robberies that may be tied to much darker intentions… "Longing for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh" (The New York Times Book Review). | | | |  | | | | | | Smoke Kings | | By Jahmal Mayfield | | | | | | A provocative, highly anticipated debut that "never falters in its pacing or tension" (The Washington Post): After his cousin's murder, Nate begins targeting the descendants of people who perpetrated hate crimes — but when he targets the wrong man, his vengeful plot spirals out of control. "An intense and harrowing journey that is truly unforgettable. Consider me a big fan" (Don Winslow). | | | |  | | | | | | Original Sins | | By Erin Young | | | | | | Fans of Karin Slaughter won't soon forget this "terrifying" police procedural with a "nightmare-worthy villain" (Publishers Weekly): Decades after the Sin Eater attacked a string of women and disappeared, he resurfaces in Des Moines, Iowa. FBI rookie Riley Fisher's investigation barrels toward the twisted truth in this "meticulously plotted" read that "absolutely has it all" (Stacy Willingham, New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark). | | | |  | | | | | | The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder | | By C. L. Miller | | | | | | Cozy up with a debut mystery hailed as "irresistible, immersive, and completely unputdownable… Antiques Roadshow meets Miss Marple" (Ellery Lloyd)! After her mentor is murdered, Freya Lockwood and her eccentric aunt head to an isolated English manor to find the killer among a sea of antiques enthusiasts… A delightful opening to a new series. | | | |  | | | | | | Cahokia Jazz | | By Francis Spufford | | | | | | From a "literary sorcerer" (Joe Hill) comes an unforgettable work of noir with "prose as intoxicating as a swig of bathtub gin" (Good Housekeeping). Along the Mississippi River in an alternative version of 1922 — one in which Indigenous communities survived in far greater numbers — the city of Cahokia's fragile peace is shattered after a ritualized murder sends Detective Joe Barrow on the hunt for a killer. Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club, declares, "My God, he can write." | | | | | |
