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A Novel

by Joyce Carol Oates

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author "who is surely on any ...

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

A Novel

by Jennifer N. Brown

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dual-timeline murder mystery set in an English country manor, when an ambitious professor discovers the long-lost manuscript of a Reformation-era prophetess.

The Ending Writes Itself

A Novel

by Evelyn Clarke

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Six authors.

One private island.

Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives.

Ruby Falls

A Novel

by Gin Phillips

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A tense, claustrophobic historical mystery set almost entirely underground at the onset of the Great Depression about the discovery of a 150-foot waterfall in the middle of a mountain, the unthinkable crime that happens in its caves, and a woman who'...

A Bad, Bad Place

by Frances Crawford

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dazzling debut mystery about a young girl and her grandmother grappling with the fallout of an unexplained murder in 1979 Glasgow,

The Railway Conspiracy

A Dee and Lao Mystery

by John Shen Yen Nee, S.J. Rozan

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction—and kung fu skills—to take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in a rollicking new mystery set in 1920s London.

The follow-up to The Murder...

The God of the Woods

A Novel

by Liz Moore

Hardcover: Jul 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.

We Solve Murders

A Novel

by Richard Osman

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Solving murders. It's a family business.

Murder by Degrees

A Mystery

by Ritu Mukerji

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.

The Golden Gate

A Novel

by Amy Chua

Hardcover: Sep 2023 | Paperback: Aug 2024

Critics' Consensus:

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.

Happiness Falls

A Novel

by Angie Kim

Hardcover: Aug 2023 | Paperback: May 2024

Critics' Consensus:

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle ...

A Disappearance in Fiji

by Nilima Rao

Hardcover: Jun 2023 | Paperback: May 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigating a missing persons case in colonial Fiji

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