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Librarian Lucy?s new historic house comes with a lot of baggage and family secrets. Can she put them to rest or will a killer bring Lucy?s family to their downfall, in the 9th Lighthouse Library...

A DEADLY PLEASURES MYSTERY MAGAZINE BEST OF 2024 IN DEBUT MYSTERY/CRIME NOVEL PICK! Inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee, and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid...

Librarian Lucy?s wedding is nearly perfect?aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she finds. Now, she must vow to find the killer in this 10th Lighthouse Library mystery. Lucy and Connor...

Glittering Gilded-Age New York sets the stage for intrepid reporter Genevieve Stewart in this "riveting, carefully researched, [and] well-plotted mystery" (Library Journal, starred review), perfect...

A POPSUGAR BEST MYSTERY OF 2022 A BOOKRIOT BEST MYSTERY OF 2022 A CRIMEREADS BEST MYSTERY OF 2022 Perfect for fans of T.J. Klune, Becky Abertalli, and David Levithan, this hilarious, big-hearted...

For fans of Jo Nesbø and Lars Kepler comes the newest crime novel from Denmark's bestselling suspense giants Sara Blædel and Mads Peder Nordbo. Everything is peaceful in Tommerup, Denmark, until a...

Latina sleuth and culinary master Miriam Qui?ones-Smith is cooking up a storm in the fourth installment of the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series. It's been three years since food anthropologist and...

Bask in the warm glow of the menorah in this debut Jewish romantic comedy featuring a hard of hearing hero and a Chanukah meet-cute, perfect for fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and Jean Meltzer. Andie...

Perfect for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Kimberly McCreight, Michelle Cruz's debut novel will have readers furiously turning the pages as they plunge headlong into the seedy underbelly of glitzy and...

Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest in this ninth thrilling installment in award-winning author Margaret Mizushima?s Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. Deputy...

Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Victoria Gilbert, when a body is found in a hardware store, will Dawna Carpenter?s sleuthing measure up to find the killer? Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna...

A dashing ghost hunter and the bookseller who made up the ghosts he?s chasing wind up entangled in more ways than one in this steamy contemporary romance from the author of Text Appeal, perfect for...

Lou Thatcher is haunted by ghosts-friendly ghosts-but when she finds herself involved in a murder investigation, she's in for the fright of a lifetime in this new cozy mystery, perfect for fans of...

It?s beginning to look a lot like murder in the sixth installment of this charming cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Donna Andrews and Jacqueline Frost. It?s the beginning of December in...

A pro hockey player falls for an interior designer in this charming debut sports romance. For fans of Icebreaker and Set On You, this flirty workplace rom-com explores mental health, belonging, and...

In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the leading man fall head over heels?for each other. Fans of Ashley Herring Blake and Alexandria...

USA TODAY BESTSELLERFrom 4-time Emmy-nominated actor Jon Lindstrom of General Hospital, Bosch, and True Detective fame comes a gripping debut thriller. Set in the dark underbelly of the LA film...

An informative and accessible guide to understanding childhood grief at every age, from renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Corinne Masur, this empathetic and thoughtful guide will help caretakers to...

Perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Kate Carlisle, in Agatha award-winning author Cynthia Kuhn?s series debut, small-town bookseller and literary event planner Emma Starrs is out to close the book...

Opposites attract and sparks fly as a passionate dancer and a ladies? man who's given up on love fall for each other?one tango at a time?in this charming debut romance perfect for fans of Talia...

Innkeeper Holly White is decking the halls this Christmas season, but someone is on the naughty list when a body is discovered in the fifth installment in the Christmas Tree Farm mystery series from...

A down-on-her-luck craft beer brewer and her privileged new boss clash as they work together to save a quirky brewpub in this enemies-to-lovers workplace romcom, perfect for fans of Rachel Lynn...

Told with deadpan humor and brutal honesty, this debut novel follows Vietnamese-American Linh Ly?s unraveling as she reckons with the traumas of both her past and present, perfect for fans of Joan is...

Daisy Ellery?s pies have a secret ingredient: The magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men. But Daisy finds herself on the receiving end in Misha Popp?s cozy series debut, a...

A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative's estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the...

It's not all snowflakes and sugarplums when murder crashes Taylorsford's first Winterfest in the eighth installment of the Blue Ridge Library series, perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Ellery...

In this World War II debut mystery filled with spies, murder, and a touch of romance, newly minted squad leader Dorothy Lincoln is caught in the crosshairs of a devious plot, perfect for fans of...

A quaint Vermont inn offers idyllic peace?until a body is found on the property?in this charming series debut perfect for fans of Ellen Byron and Ellery Adams. When 33-year-old Hannah Solace returns...

A slick conwoman meets her match in a hot and nerdy small-town librarian in this debut romance, perfect for fans of Spoiler Alert and Act Your Age, Eve Brown. Conwoman Harmony Hale has sold lies up...

?The master of suspense and intrigue? (Country Life) is back with the next powerful installation in the Dick Francis series, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly. Theo Jennings, an...