Thriller / suspense

Salvage This World

Salvage This World

Michael Farris Smith

A young woman returns home with her child, to her ghost-haunted father, while a religious extremist hunts the storm-ridden territory to find the girl who may hold the key to the region’s apocalyptic future. At once elegiac and profound, Salvage This World asks how we keep going – what do we hold onto – in a land where God has…

The Fighter

The Fighter

Michael Farris Smith

THE ACRES AND ACRES OF FERTILE SOIL – THE TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD ANTEBELLUM HOUSE – ALL GONE

And so is the woman who gave it to him. The foster mother who saved Jack Boucher from a childhood of abandonment now rests in a hospice. Her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack is now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack’s mind is failing too, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a notebook of names that separate friend from foe.

In a single twisted night Jack is derailed. Losing the money that will clear his debt with the queen of Delta vice, and forcing Jack into the fighting pit one last time. The stakes? Nothing less than life or death.

Viper’s Dream

Viper’s Dream

Jake Lamar

Viper’s Dream is a hard-boiled crime novel set in the jazz world of Harlem between 1936 and 1961. The protagonist is Clyde ‘The Viper’ Morton, one of the most respected and feared Black gangsters in America. The story combines elements of the epic Godfather films and the Harlem detective novels of Chester Himes.

Robert B. Parker’s Fallout

Robert B. Parker’s Fallout

Mike Lupica

When two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths occur on his watch, police chief Jesse Stone must pull out all the stops to unravel the truth and stop a killer from striking again….

Final Term

Final Term

Leigh Russell

A teacher’s life unravels after being accused of molesting a pupil. As bodies pile up, Detective Geraldine Steel questions his guilt, challenging her colleagues’ beliefs.

Robert B. Parker’s Revenge Tour

Robert B. Parker’s Revenge Tour

Mike Lupica

Robert B. Parker’s PI Sunny Randall’s newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation….

This Train

This Train

James Grady

This Train races us through America’s heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, Mugzy, the yippy dog, and Ross, the too-curious poet. On board, it’s a countdown to murder……

Where God Does Not Walk

Where God Does Not Walk

Luke McCallin

*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER* The Western Front, July 1918. Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front. One of his subordinates is accused of murdering a group of officers. Not wanting to believe his friend could have done what he is accused of, Reinhardt begins to investigate…

Fake Alibi

Fake Alibi

Leigh Russell

A wheelchair-using woman is strangled, her son Eddy is arrested, and doubts arise about his guilt. The case intensifies as bodies pile up, testing Geraldine’s limits.

Shifty’s Boys

Shifty’s Boys

Chris Offutt

Army-cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed literary crime novelist Chris Offutt…

Shoot the Moonlight Out : Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger

Shoot the Moonlight Out : Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger

William Boyle

An explosive crime drama, Shoot the Moonlight Out evokes a mystical Brooklyn where the sidewalks are cracked, where Virgin Mary statues tilt in fenced front yards, and where smudges of moonlight reflect in puddles even on the blackest nights….

Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby

Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby

Ace Atkins

Boston PI Spenser takes on a new case in this next installment in Robert B. Parker’s iconic New York Times bestselling series….