Staff Picks

Category: Mystery

Find your new favorite reads with this collection of top titles curated by our expert librarians.

Andy

The Paris Apartment

"The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother's situation, and the more questions she has. Ben's neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly."

Andy

Lady In The Lake

"set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten woman"

Andy

To The Power of Three

"A murder-suicide that rocks a Baltimore suburb may not be what it seems"

Andy

“an emotionally intelligent, brilliantly plotted, and beautifully written examination of a very modern family that will keep you gripped to the end”

Gloria & Laura

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

"Follows a community as they work together to save a young deaf Black boy, Dodo, from unjust institutionalization in 1930s America."

- Gloria & Laura

Sarah

The Red House Mystery

"an innovative whodunnit filled with humorous quips, twists and turns, and a puzzle with which even the most seasoned reader of mysteries will struggle"

Sarah

The Peacock and the Sparrow

"During the Arab Spring, an American spy's final mission goes dangerously awry in this explosive, bold, and eerily realistic debut from a former CIA officer"

Sarah

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

"Follows a community as they work together to save a young deaf Black boy, Dodo, from unjust institutionalization in 1930s America."

Alison

The Last Ranger

"A skirmish between a local hunter and a wolf biologist turns violent, and a park ranger, facing his own personal demons, sets out to determine what really happened."

Alison

"Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries."

Andy

Every City Is Every Other City

John McFetridge

"For the first time in his life, Gord Stewart is going to have to leave the sidelines and get into the game. Even if it might get him killed."

Joanna

Velvet was the Night

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This is historical fiction with a noir feel that keeps you guessing. Darkness and brutality are balanced with hope and possibility.

Melissa

This a is fast-paced, gossipy, dramatic thriller, whose five main narrators are all clearly hiding something. There is a quirky cast of unlikable characters that keep the reader guessing.

Melissa

The Butcher and the Wren

Alaina Urquhart

This is a fast paced, thrilling novel written from the point of view of a medical examiner and the point of view of a serial killer.

Sarah

The Thursday Murder Club: The Bullet That Missed

This is fun a mystery with a quirky cast of characters.

Jeannie

William Kent Krueger

A genuinely thrilling and atmospheric novel” (The New York Times Book Review) as Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries.

Andy

A fantastic psychological suspense novel. Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can't remember lie at the heart of this novel.

Dennis

This is about about a murder at a fancy club opening for the world's elite movie stars, atheletes, etc.