Title: The Nature of Fragile Things Author: Susan Meissner Published: February 2021, Berkley Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New…

  Title: The Owl Always Hunts at Night Author: Samuel Bjork Series: Holger Munch & Mia Kruger, #2 Published: June 2017, Penguin Group Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  The thrilling follow-up to Samuel Bjork s internationally bestselling I’m Traveling Alone, which The Wall Street Journal calls tense and smartly constructed.    When a troubled teenager disappears from an orphanage and is found murdered, her body arranged on…

Title: The Secret Stealers Author: Jane Healey Published: April 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 443 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls. Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in…

  Title: Do No Harm Author: Christina McDonald Published: February 2021, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publicist Summary:  Emma loves her life. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving police detective—and has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital. But everything comes crashing down when her son, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Determined…

  Title: Black Coral Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Underwater Investigation Unit, #2 Published: February 2021, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher via MB Communications Summary:  For a police diver in Florida, solving a cold-case mystery brings a serial killer out of hiding in a deep, dark thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist. Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit have discovered…

  Title: Watch Over Me Author: Nina LaCour Published: September 2020, Dutton Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay. Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes to the opportunity: living in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog…

  Title: Magpie Lane Author: Lucy Atkins Published: February 2021, Mobius Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master’s Lodging – an eerie and ancient house – a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family…

  Title: The Paris Library Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Published: February 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris,…

 Title: Silent Voices Author: Patricia Gibney Series: DI Lottie Parker, #9 Published: February 2021, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 451 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  The hall was empty and dark. She felt for the switch on the wall, but another noise caused her to pause. Was it from upstairs? That’s when she heard the whoosh of sound. The flutter of material. Right before she felt the push between her…

  Title: Every Waking Hour Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #4 Published: January 2021, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  After surviving a serial killer’s abduction as a young teenager, Ellery Hathaway is finally attempting a normal life. She has a new job as a rookie Boston detective and a fledgling relationship with Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her years ago. But when…

  Title: The Devil and the Dark Water Author: Stuart Turton Published: October 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: Hardcover, 463 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with…

  Title: UNSUB Author: Meg Gardiner Series: UNSUB, #1 Published: June 2017, Dutton Format: Hardcover, Source: Personal copy Summary:  A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier. Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood…

  Title: What Could Be Saved Author: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Published: January 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 460 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy. Washington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds…

Title: The Lady Upstairs Author: Halley Sutton Published: November 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Author Summary:  A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men…then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo’s job…

Title: Deadly Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #28 Published: November 2020, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  A scandalous double homicide in the nation’s capital opens the psychological case files on . . . Detective Alex Cross.     Until Kay Willingham’s shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet…

  Title: The Choice Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2020, HarperCollins 360 Format: ARC E-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  A kidnap… Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished. A ransom… Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text…

  Title: Revolver Road Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #3 Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 293 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty’s Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain’s heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city’s towering oaks, surrounded by graceful…

Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Published: June 2020, Del Rey Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic artistocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico—“fans of classic novels like Jane Eyre and…