Mystery and Suspense Magazine

Book Reviews

Reviews of new and upcoming books in the mystery, thriller, horror, crime, and suspense genres. Our editorial staff and reviewers choose which titles to review. All reviews meet standards of notability.

Four-Alarm Homicide

She shows up at the fire station, then collapses, never to recover

The Infiltrator

Intelligence points to one final camp in the remote Kentucky wilderness

A Forgotten Kill

Stopping a killer becomes more personal with each new twist

Crime Novels of the 1960s

Nine timeless novels, including four lost classics restored to print

Coconut Drop Dead

The police think it may be a tragic accident

The President's Lawyer

He attempts to defend an authoritative man with a taste for infidelity

Ill-Fated Fortune

One customer’s ill-fated fortune results in his murder

Public Anchovy #1

She will have to top all of her previous crime-solving accomplishments

Matterhorn

He learns his son died following in his footsteps

The Intruder

Everything is called into question, including who the real intruder is

Borgata: Rise of Empire

The social, economic, and political forces that powered the mafia’s rise

Point Zero

She discovers that he had been a police officer in Tokyo after the war

Heroine Withdrawal

A seminal collection of classic pulp and mystery comics

Cold to the Touch

When the body of another woman is found, a serial killer is suspected

If Something Happens to Me

On a summer trip abroad to Italy he gets a call from his father

Blessed Water

The Sister struggles to stay on the righteous path

Cheater

A resident’s body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked

Galway Confidential

He cannot stay away from the mystery surrounding these vicious attacks

Sanctuary

No matter how far she runs, her past is always just a few steps behind

Long Time Gone

A discovery leads her to a small town, the site of her disappearance

What Happened to Nina?

Facts are lost in a swirl of accusation and counter-accusation

The Hunter

The teenager’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along a millionaire

The Hunter's Daughter

A serial killer emerges who is copying her father

Nothing But the Bones

A local crime boss runs everything on the mountain

Murder by Lamplight

Another body is found with links to the first

Zenith Man

Those who don’t fit societal norms can be castigated and misunderstood

The Unquiet Bones

The investigation takes a sharp turn when she discovers a second body

Three Kinds of Lucky

They seek out the one person who might be able to help

Exit Black

The Reckoners demand a ransom from their wealthy hostages

Three-Inch Teeth

A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage

One Wrong Word

Sometimes one wrong word can kill

Murder Road

They soon learn that there is something supernatural at work

Missing Before Daylight

The more she digs, the longer her list of suspects becomes

Dark Dive

A discovery in a storage shed raise the stakes even higher

The Lock Box

She wakes up across the country, trapped in her own personal nightmare

The Deepest Kill

His pregnant daughter washed up dead on a nearby shore

The Chaos Agent

Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and AI

The Price You Pay

Someone has stolen notebooks full of incriminating secrets

Extinction

A billionaire’s son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered

Nothing Without Me

A body is floating in her swimming pool, all signs pointing to suicide

Nowhere Like Home

When a newcomer arrives, her worst fears are confirmed

The Triumph of the Lions

Her golden existence is threatened by the blows of a cruel fate

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

A true crime author is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case

Nothing But the Bones

The glimpse they had of getting away scot free suddenly seems elusive

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

There is a grander, darker scheme of treachery at play

At the River

He has no memories of what happened in the Oregon forest

Lone Wolf

This unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet

The Boy Who Cried Bear

The ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes

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