Title: The Darkness Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Hidden Iceland, #1 Published: October 2018, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 310 pages Source: Library Summary:  Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir. The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation,…

Title: The Island of Sea Women Author: Lisa See Published: March 2019, Scribner Format: Hardcover, 374 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very…

Title: I Know Who You Are Author: Alice Feeney Published: April 2019, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times and international bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie comes a brand new, highly anticipated, dark and twisted thriller: I Know Who You Are.   Meet Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. Except one person. Someone knows…

Title: The Mother-in-Law Author: Sally Hepworth Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Someone once told me that you have two families in your life – the one you are born into and the one you choose. Yes, you may get to choose your partner, but you don’t choose your mother-in-law. The cackling mercenaries of fate determine it all. From the moment Lucy…

  Title: Bullseye Author: James Patterson Series: Michael Bennett, #9 Published: August 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 339 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Caught in the crossfire of a deadly standoff, Detective Michael Bennett must kill…or be killed. Tensions between America and Russia are the highest they’ve been since the Cold War. As the countries’ Presidents travel to the United Nations to iron out their differences, a fashionable…

Title: Silenced Author: Kristina Ohlsson Series:Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #2 Published: December 2013, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Fifteen years ago: A teenage girl is viciously assaulted as she picks flowers in a field one night in midsummer. The crime is never reported. Present day: A man with no identification on his person is killed in a hit-and-run. He is never reported missing.…

Title: Under the Table Author: Stephanie Evanovich Published: April 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties puts a modern twist on My Fair Lady in this funny, romantic confection in which a canny young woman makes over her awkward millionaire client . . . with some hot, sexy, and surprising results.   Suffocating in a dead-end…

Title: After She’s Gone Author: Camilla Grebe Series: Hanne Lagerlind-Schon, #2 Published: February 2019, Ballantine Books Format: ARC E-copy, 379 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Out of the frozen depths of a forest in Ormberg, Sweden, a woman stumbles onto the road. Her arms are covered with scratches, her feet are bare, and she has no memory of who she is. Local police identify her as psychological profiler Hanne…

Title: Saving Meghan Author: D.J. Palmer Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do anything for her only child. Others claim she’s obsessed and can’t stop the vicious circle of finding a cure at her daughter’s expense. Fifteen-year-old Meghan has been in and out of hospitals…

Title: Last Light Author: Helen Phifer Series: Detective Lucy Harwin, #3 Published: November 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 294 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Lucy watches the pathologist leave, then turns to the nameless victim on the table. ‘I promise I will catch whoever did this to you,’ she whispers. In charge of a new team, Detective Lucy Harwin is called out to attend the discovery of a woman’s…

Title: Her Father’s Secret Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Ilka/The Family Secrets series, #2 Published: March 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A woman’s murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind–before she becomes the next victim–in the latest emotionally gripping novel from Sara Blaedel, #1 internationally bestselling author with over 3 million copies sold…

Title: The Library of Lost and Found Author: Phaedra Patrick Published: March 2019, Park Row Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A librarian’s discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful new novel from the international bestselling author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people—though not for…

Title: Where the Forest Meets the Stars Author: Glendy Vanderah Published: March 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 332 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove…

Title: Her Pretty Bones Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #3 Published: January 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 330 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  She’s just the girl he’s looking for… A young woman falls from a van speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to her aid. ‘Help her’, she whispers before her eyes close. Days later,…

Title: The Trial Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #15.5 Published: July 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 110 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  “I’m not on trial. San Francisco is.” An accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial for his life. Or is he? By unleashing unexpected violence on the lawyers, jurors, and police involved in the case, he has paralyzed the city. Detective Lindsay Boxer and…

Title: Unwanted Author: Kristina Ohlsson Series:Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #1 Published: November 2012, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train. Despite hundreds of potential witnesses, no one noticed when the girl was taken, and, in what seems to be merely a coincidence, her mother has been left behind…

Title: The Wolf and the Watchman Author: Niklas Natt och Dag Published: March 2019, Atria Books Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this breathtakingly bold, intricately constructed novel set in 18th century Stockholm, a dying man searches among the city’s teeming streets, dark corners, and intriguing inhabitants to unmask a ruthless murderer—perfect for fans of Perfume and The Alienist. It is 1793. Four years after the storming of…

Title: The Woman in the Dark Author: Vanessa Savage Published: March 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publishing   Summary:  A debut psychological thriller about a woman who moves with her family to the gothic seaside house where her husband grew up–and where 15 years ago another family was brutally slaughtered. Sarah and Patrick are happy. But after her mother’s death, Sarah spirals into depression and overdoses…

Title: The Winter Sister Author: Megan Collins Published: February 2019, Touchstone Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  In this spellbinding and suspenseful debut, a young woman haunted by the past returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sister’s unsolved murder. Sixteen years ago, Sylvie’s sister Persephone never came home. Out too late with the boyfriend she was forbidden…

Title: What Doesn’t Kill Her Author: Christina Dodd Series: Cape Charade, #2 Published: January 2019, HQN Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which. 1. I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead. 2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military. 3. I’m the new mother of a seven-year-old girl. Kellen Adams suffers from…

Title: Blood Orange Author: Harriet Tyce Published: February 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A young lawyer’s outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case in this dark and twisty debut thriller for readers of Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, or Shari Lapena.   Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the…

Title: Never Tell Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #10 Published: February 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D. D. Warren and Flora Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets darker from there.  A man is dead, shot three times in…

  Title: Last Lullaby Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #2 Published: December 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 338 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Charlotte’s baby is safe. But is she? When the body of young mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband in their immaculate, silver bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: the word ‘Why?’…

Title: The Reckoning Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: Children’s House, #2 Published: February 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The Reckoning is the stunning follow-up to The Legacy, which was the start of a thrilling new series that Booklist (starred) recommends for fans of Tana French. Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father appears to have…