Hot Mahogany turns on a man who has lost his memory but may still be carrying secrets worth killing for. Stone Barrington is hired to protect Barton Cabot, a former intelligence operative suffering from amnesia after a violent incident. That…
Manitou Canyon is a Cork O’Connor novel that begins just days before Cork’s daughter Jenny is due to be married, when a man disappears in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. After the official search is called off, Cork agrees…
Another Ryan Christmas is a short companion novella set in Sadie Kincaid’s New York Ruthless world, written as a return to Jessie Ryan and the Ryan brothers rather than as a major new chapter of plot. The setup is openly…
Men at Arms is a Discworld novel set in Ankh-Morpork and focused on the City Watch, making it one of Terry Pratchett’s police-centered fantasies rather than one of the more overtly magical branches of the series. The story follows Captain…
Beyond the Veil is not a full next-step sequel so much as a companion novel that runs alongside the events of Sorrow and Starlight. Set beyond the Veil, in the land of the dead, it follows characters who have already…
Rebecca Meredith goes missing after rowing alone on the Thames near Henley, and the search soon turns grim when her body is found in the river. She is not just an accomplished sculler with Olympic ambitions, but also a senior…
Order to Kill begins with Mitch Rapp facing a threat that is diffuse, fast-moving, and potentially catastrophic: Pakistani nuclear weapons may be slipping beyond state control and toward terrorist hands. Official descriptions frame the novel as a globe-spanning chase in…
One Last Lie begins with the sudden disappearance of Mike Bowditch’s friend and mentor, retired game warden Charley Stevens. Before vanishing into the vast forest along the Canadian border, Charley leaves Mike with a warning about secrets, and Mike soon…
Local Girl Missing opens with a murder scene that feels eerily staged: in the early morning fog, Detective Josie Quinn and her team follow a trail of scattered personal items until it leads them to the body of a young…
A Better Man opens with Gamache returning to the Sûreté under difficult circumstances, only to be met by a case that feels urgent from the start. A father comes to him desperate for help finding his missing daughter, while rising…