Atmospheric, morally complex, and steeped in Southwestern folklore.
MacArthur’s latest sets a murder investigation against the backdrop of a flood-stricken frontier community where folklore, prejudice, and competing claims of justice collide. A violent storm strands drifter Eli Mercer in the… A Reckoning in Mercy: A Classic Western Ghost Story by T. E. MacArthur
Atmospheric, morally complex, and steeped in Southwestern folklore.
MacArthur’s latest sets a murder investigation against the backdrop of a flood-stricken frontier community where folklore, prejudice, and competing claims of justice collide. A violent storm strands drifter Eli Mercer in the…
An elegant fusion of Arctic noir and psychological suspense…
A Wyoming deputy sheriff’s search for her missing boss leads her into a deadly Arctic conspiracy in Towles’ haunting psychological thriller. After her husband vanishes in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Wyoming deputy…
Dark, immersive, and psychologically incisive…
Standridge’s fourth installment in the Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope series takes readers on an emotionally charged journey through love, loss, and betrayal. Nearly twenty years after the presumed death of her first husband,…
Brooding, intense, and hypnotic…
In Quast’s latest installment in the Serenity Acres series, rebuilding a life after war reveals something far more dangerous beneath the surface. After nearly a decade on the run, Zosia and her husband find refuge as…
Taut, atmospheric, and psychologically driven; a quiet thriller with bite.
A disappearance on a remote island forces the past to surface—and refuse silence in Ward’s second entry in the Poetic Justice Series.Schoolteacher Rachael McKenzie convinces her abusive husband, Brandon, to…
Lean, tense, and politically charged; a page-turner.
In the tenth entry in the Brad Parker and Karen Richmond series, Cooper takes readers on a tense, morally urgent investigation where political power, institutional secrecy, and murder collide.
Dr. Abina Owusu, a…
A glamorous, twist-filled mystery brimming with romance, danger, and irresistible suspense.
A determined travel agent sets out to unravel a chilling murder hidden beneath the glittering façade of the French Riviera in MacKinnon’s compelling novel. Sent to Nice to negotiate…
Intelligent, atmospheric, and slyly funny.
Bayly spins a brisk, witty mountain mystery that pairs Denver TV reporter JC Snow with his cameraman and longtime sidekick Bip Peters. When a stylish skier calmly steps off a high Colorado chairlift and plummets…
Tense, taut, and unforgettable.
A healer to the empire’s most celebrated fighters is drawn into a deadly puzzle that threatens both his heart and the imperial order in McGrath’s excellent mystery. Solon of Pergamon, physician to Rome’s prized gladiators, lives…
Layered, moody, and deeply immersive.
In Badgley’s taut literary thriller, an art conservator’s research draws her into a deadly game of history and myth. With war creeping toward Sarajevo, American conservator Miri Adler sets out to document the fabled Sarajevo…
Haunting, incisive, and unflinching…
A quiet lawyer in a picturesque town finds herself entangled in a decades-old web of disappearances, deception, and inherited darkness in Melvin’s gripping thriller. Azalea “Zale” Augustine is a capable, quietly ambitious attorney in Chester, Nova…
Quiet, deliberate, and deeply human…
A retired NYPD detective finds himself circling the edges of a chilling murder spree in Terhaar’s measured, character-driven thriller. Dan Burnett’s life on the Long Island Sound has a gentle rhythm with his girlfriend, Mia—until…
Edgy, suspenseful, and addictive: the kind of book that keeps you up at night.
Paranormal intrigue and buried conspiracies drive MacArthur’s outstanding latest in The Praetorius Agency Files series. In the shadow of Northern California’s Mt. Shasta, cowboy-turned-operative Jack de…
Haunting, cerebral, and unsettling…
Lively’s latest is a slow-burn psychological mystery that explores the blurry line between reality and delusion. When Dallas attorney Simon Steed is hired by a mysterious woman, Neva Storm, to probate her father’s will, he’s drawn…
Bracing, darkly funny, and deeply felt.
In Wang’s blistering debut, a queer millennial’s search for freedom spirals into chaos, fame, and a murder charge. When Pete Chan, a self-aware and pop-savvy Chinese American in his late twenties, impulsively quits his…
Quiet, introspective, and elegantly written.
Cotwell’s striking debut blends emotional intensity with psychological insight, tracing a man’s physical and emotional drift toward reckoning and renewal. Mark, a middle-aged tech entrepreneur, has spent years chasing the elusive promise of startup success,…
A patient, intelligent mystery that lands with quiet force…
A fiery plane crash, a dead professor, and a buried research breakthrough ignite a slow-burning investigation into corruption, complicity, and conscience in Meier’s morally complex mystery. When a small plane crashes…