Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Megan Abbott returns with a genre-bending novel that shines through with influences from Shirley Jackson and Daphne du Maurier. WHAT truly goes on in cabins in the woods? No spoilers, but Beware the Woman is a creepy, claustrophobic, psychological...

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkansas town.After his son is convicted of capital murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her...

In this second installment of a series characterized by "offbeat humor and unflinching violence" (NTYBR), the eponymous and hapless detective Happy Doll returns with a new philosophy and a new case; "Hard-boiled PI fiction set in the present...

Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer’s block, Hannah has the feeling that she’s doing something wrong...

A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), a magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is...

1880s England On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island—Turnglass...

A third intriguing forensic mystery for goth mortuary technician Cassie Raven to solve. Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs. When the dead are silent, she will be their voice . . .Goth-girl mortuary technician Cassie...

The author of the acclaimed City Blues quartet delivers a spellbinding nineteenth-century-set gothic novel, as a penniless artist accepts a fateful commission to work on a supposedly haunted house. 'I'm not asking you to build something impossible...

An outstanding historical novel for fans of The Essex Serpent and Piranesi, Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows can lay claim to having at its centre the most Gothic House of them all . . .I’m not asking you to build something impossible. I’m...

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress—and up against a rival PI—in this smart and atmospheric authorized mystery from acclaimed crime writer and "one-of-a-kind storyteller" Denise Mina (James Patterson), the first woman to...

Ten years after the high-profile kidnapping of two young boys, only one returns home in this gripping #1 New York Times bestselling Myron Bolitar thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.A decade ago,...

Jack Reacher finds trouble in Texas in the fifth novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO!Thumbing across the scorched Texas desert, Jack Reacher has nowhere to go and all the time in the world to...

This New York Times bestseller from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood. When they were children, Sean Devine,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.  A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A cover-up. A young woman is dead, and solid...

Grand Master Elmore Leonard is justifiably acknowledged as “the best writer of crime fiction alive” (Newsweek)—and, in fact, one of the very best ever, alongside other all-time greats like John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M...

Fans of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified are in for a major treat. The unstoppable manhunter with the very itchy trigger finger stars in Pronto, a crime fiction gem from the one and only Elmore Leonard, “the greatest crime...

The second book in the Joe Pickett series, join the Wyoming game warden as a cut and dry case proves anything but. It’s deliciously written, thick with suspense, and there’s always more in the series when you’re done!Don’t miss...

A massive army on the brink of conquest looms large in a world where prophecies are lies, magic is believed in but never seen, and hope is where you least expect to find it.Welcome to the Five Isles, where war has come in the name of the invading army of...

This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel.When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . ...

One of those rom-coms that will keep you chuckling all the way through. This is the highly relatable story of a single mom making life work for her. Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair is full of heart and full of humor.A new mom repairs her broken dreams in this...