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.

The Swimmer

She witnesses the murder of a swimmer

Out in the Cold

Someone is waging a ruthless campaign of attacks against Finland

High Wire

They are forced to commit a series of increasingly murderous missions

Disturbing the Bones

They soon find themselves in the middle of a wild military conspiracy

The Inhabitants

She also begins to suspect that her neighbor isn’t what he seems

The Boyfriend

She can’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be

Dear Hanna

She is determined to manipulate the events and people around her

Schemes & Scandals

She has until Hogmanay to uncover the blackmailer

The Solstice

Rumors that he was sacrificed in a midsummer ritual resurface

Spirit Crossing

The tribal officers dig into the circumstances of a grim discovery

Two Good Men

He develops a formula able to predict those most likely strike again

The Hushed

She can’t escape her curiosity—or her growing attraction

This Cursed House

She receives an unexpected job offer

Precipice

A sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security

The Colony Club

The Trial of the Century discloses the architect’s scandalous personal life

The Black Loch

The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality is found abandoned

William

His fixation on his project keeps him up in the attic

Red River Road

No witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence

The Lightning Bottles

She’s perhaps the most hated—and least understood—woman in music

Passiontide

A woman is brutally murdered, and still in her costume

Dominoes, Danzón, and Death

Bones start popping up in unexpected places

Bad Liar

She swears her son was turning his life around

Cinnamon Girl

His beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request

Cold Trail

An explosion at a nearby natural gas plant injures several workers

For Your Benefit

He fights to save the people he loves

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust

She sets out to find the real killer

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there

Maureen Johnson

The NYT and USA Today bestselling author on Death at Morning House

Buried Too Deep

The body of her father, murdered 23 years ago, has just been discovered

We Solve Murders

A thrilling race around the world begins

French Quarter Fright Night

Everyone has skeletons in their closets

City of Secrets

His partner’s wife is abducted

You Will Never Be Me

She doesn’t understand why her perfectly filtered life is falling apart

Negative Girl

He cleaned up his life, and became a private investigator

Deeper Than the Dead

Deep beneath the surface, there are more bodies than you’d think

The Broken Truth

He uncovers a ring of organized crime, well beyond cattle rustling

Eruption

A volcanic eruption that could wipe out a city, or all life on Earth

Hollow Bones

It’s the worst possible time for her partner to be arrested

All the Way Gone

A woman in the doctor’s apartment building plunged to her death

The Cracked Mirror

Their worlds are about to collide

Death at the Sign of the Rook

By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed

Dying for Monet

They find themselves at odds with the elite of fine arts commerce

The Best Lies

He might be the FBI’s only shot at taking down the syndicate

Echo Road

Two bodies stuffed inside the luggage

The Blind Devotion of Imogene

Pay up or get firebombed

House of Glass

Her past and present are set on a collision course

Wordhunter

The daughter of a local mayor is abducted

Talking to Strangers

Getting a scoop in the murder would do a lot for her career