Thursday, August 1, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best mysteries

 
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This Month's Best New Mysteries
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham
What's a detective to do when two severed hands are delivered to his doorstep?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • For fans of The Thursday Murder Club
  • "Delightfully madcap [with] breakneck pacing" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Stars an unconventional British sleuth with a penchant for ballroom dancing
FEATURED IN:
Financial Times, Parade, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for A Refiner's Fire by Donna Leon
After 30 years, legions of fans can't be wrong about Donna Leon's Venetian mysteries
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever" (The Washington Post)
  • Explores the dark side of Venice's glittering canals and sun-soaked squares
  • Already has hundreds of five-star Amazon ratings
FEATURED IN:
Parade, The Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for The Astrology House by Carinn Jade
The White Lotus meets Nine Perfect Strangers, with horoscopes
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • An Instagram-worthy retreat turns into a locked-room murder mystery
  • "A final twist you will never see coming" (Carola Lovering, author of Tell Me Lies)
  • Will captivate fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware
FEATURED IN:
TODAY Show, Bustle, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for Confessions of the Dead by James Patterson and J.D. Barker
The world's most popular author lures readers into a quaint town hiding a supernatural mystery
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • James Patterson teams up with one of horror's rising stars
  • Reads like Stephen King's classics
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Book cover for The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
In an isolated Italian village, flood waters subside… and a skeleton surfaces
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A "well-crafted mystery in a Golden Age style reminiscent of classics by Agatha Christie" (The Boston Globe)
  • From the acclaimed author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
  • A plucky American sleuth in 1960s Calabria
FEATURED IN:
The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Sugar on the Bones by Joe R. Lansdale
A fan-favorite East Texas PI series with praise from Michael Connelly comes roaring back
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • With "blood-splattered action and a welcome spoonful of irreverent humor" (Publishers Weekly)
  • A "perpetual bad-boy" detective duo (The New York Times) from an Edgar Award winner
  • A suspicious death pulls Hap and Leonard into a family's shady criminal dealings
FEATURED IN:
Associated Press, Parade, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena
She was the town's golden girl — until someone left her lifeless body in a hayfield
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • From the author of the runaway hit The Couple Next Door
  • Multiple narrators and multiple suspects as neighbors turn against each other
  • "Lapena is a master of manipulation" (USA Today)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for People Will Talk by Kieran Scott
A new bride's death-by-chandelier gives a whole new meaning to the term wedding crasher
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Ideal poolside reading" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies — and brand-new this week
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Burning by Linda Castillo
An Amish community closes ranks when a charred corpse is discovered. But the police chief is not entirely an outsider…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Another winner… This series is nowhere near out of steam" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Featuring a tough, empathetic protagonist who left her own Amish upbringing behind
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman
A crumbling estate, a reclusive author, and a mystery worthy of the Brontë sisters
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Moody gothic vibes from a two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award winner
  • Set at a former psychiatric ward for "wayward women"
  • A must-read for Jane Eyre fans
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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