Mystery book recs…

Cozy and detective.

During the last year, I’ve enjoyed quite a few mystery novels. I love getting a huge library haul in October for spooky season to avoid getting lost in SFF books. I also received a few of these from NetGalley or other digital ARC providers. I truly enjoy a good mystery investigation!

Detective/Crime:

• Bruce Borgos – Shades of Mercy
• Jane Casey – The Close
• Linda Castillo – Among the Wicked
• Ann Cleeves – The Girls on the Shore
• Mark Ellis – The French Spy (also published as Merlin at War)
• Ausma Zehanat Khan – The Language of Secrets, Blood Betrayal
• Thomas Mullen – The Rumor Game
• Riley Sager – Home Before Dark
• Simone St. James – The Sun Down Motel
• Joyce Summer – Madeira Grave

Cozy Mystery:

• Tasha Alexander – A Cold Highland Wind
• Celeste Connally – Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord
• Gemma Halliday – Luck Be a Lady
• Catherine Mack – Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies
• Mia P. Manansala – Blackmail and Bibingka
• Ritu Mukerji – Murder by Degrees
• Richard Osman – The Thursday Murder Club

Thriller:

• Greer Hendricks – The Golden Couple
• Liane Moriarty – Apples Never Fall

Mystery w/SFF elements or Magical Realism

• Shea Ernshaw – A History of Wild Places
• Stuart Turton – The Last Murder at the End of the Road
• Francis White – Voyage of the Damned

Paranormal Mystery

• Bella Colby – Marriage Spells Murder
• Emory Keller – A Mean-Spirited Murder
• Victoria Schwab – Gallant

Young Adult

• Jennifer Lynn Barnes – The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit
• Maureen Johnson – Nine Liars

For a longer list of book recommendations for this genre, check out my post If you like mysteries… and last year’s additions Mystery novels I enjoyed this year…