Stone Barrington #16 by Stuart Woods Money troubles and a humiliating breakup set Stone Barrington in motion in Loitering with Intent, but the real engine of the story is a missing-person job that looks easy only from a distance. A…
Cork O'Connor #16 by William Kent Krueger Sulfur Springs is a Cork O’Connor novel that takes the series out of Minnesota and into the tense, dangerous landscape of the Arizona borderlands. The story begins when Cork and his new wife,…
Discworld #16 by Terry Pratchett Soul Music is one of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and the third book in the Death sequence, though it can still be read on its own. It brings the series into collision with “music with…
Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James #15 by Deborah Crombie A barrister is found dead in a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, under circumstances compromising enough to make the case immediately messy for the detectives assigned to it. Gemma James teams up with…
Mitch Rapp #16 by Vince Flynn Enemy of the State begins with Mitch Rapp making a stunning break from official channels after uncovering evidence that a Saudi prince is using his fortune to fund ISIS and that old secrets about…
Mike Bowditch #16 by Paul Doiron The Caretaker is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and its premise begins with a classic intrusion setup. The new owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake…
Detective Josie Quinn #16 by Lisa Regan The Innocent Wife opens with a scene that feels intimate and deeply unsettling: a woman has been dressed for a romantic anniversary dinner in a secluded cabin, but she is already dead by…
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #16 by Louise Penny All the Devils Are Here shifts the series to Paris, where what should be a warm family visit turns suddenly dangerous. Gamache is in the city with the people closest to him…