Top new crime books in January 2024
Last updated:
January 31, 2024
January 2024 featuring new releases by John Grisham, Stacy Willingham, Rachel Hawkins, Elly Griffiths, Lee Goldberg, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Lisa Regan, Jayne Ann Krentz, Margot Hunt and many more.
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Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
Bookstore owner Bruce Cable is reunited once again with Mercer Mann for another thrilling mystery packed with sun, sand, and mayhem. Filled with unpredictable twists, the return to Camino Island is guaranteed to be this summer’s perfect escape... -
![Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham]()
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention... -
![The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins]()
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains...fiction · suspense · contemporary · gothic · family · thriller · psychological · killer · crime · kidnapping -
![The Last Word by Elly Griffiths]()
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz.Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · audiobook · killer · investigator · law-enforcement · police-procedural · cozy -
![Dream Town by Lee Goldberg]()
Dream Town by Lee Goldberg
A gated dream town for the megarich becomes a murderous nightmare in a riveting Eve Ronin thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Hidden Hills is a private celebrity enclave of white picket fences and horse trails that seems to exist in a dreamworld...mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · action-adventure · female-mc -
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![The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz]()
The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them. Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why...fiction · horror · mystery · fantasy · suspense · sci-fi · humor · supernatural · paranormal · conspiracies -
![Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century by James Patterson, Brian Sitts]()
Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Crime! Murder! Who are you going to call? In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish private investigators open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Who are these detectives with famous names and mysterious, untraceable pasts?Brendan Holmes—The Brain: Identifies suspects via deduction and logic.Margaret Marple—The Eyes: Possesses powers of observation too often underestimated...mystery · fiction · crime · law-enforcement · contemporary · murder · audiobook · thriller · suspense · kidnapping -
![Face Her Fear by Lisa Regan]()
Face Her Fear by Lisa Regan
Blood roars in Josie’s ears as they circle the tree in the deep snow. A woman lies still on the freezing ground. The howling wind lifts the last of the snow clinging to her face, exposing her lovely features, frozen in forever sleep.Detective Josie Quinn is still recovering from the killing of a beloved member of her team when she and her husband Noah receive yet more devastating news...crime · mystery · psychological · locked-room · child-abuse · abuse · law-enforcement · contemporary · police-procedural · suspense -
![The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz
The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz...romance · paranormal · mystery · contemporary · suspense · fiction · audiobook · psychics · sci-fi · murder -
![The Guests by Margot Hunt]()
The Guests by Margot Hunt
From USA Today bestselling author Margot Hunt comes the chilling tale of what happens when a family besieged by a storm must play host to uninvited guests.When a Category 5 hurricane is poised to hit their coastal Florida town, the Davies family takes refuge in their waterfront manse. Marlowe, Lee, and their teenage twins invite their close friends to wait out the storm in comfort and style...north-america · usa · florida · mystery · fiction · suspense · psychological · crime · audiobook · graphic-violence -
![One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall]()
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
A propulsive and twisty page-turner with razor-sharp sociopolitical insight, One of the Good Guys asks: if most men claim to be good, why are most women still afraid to walk home alone at night?Newly separated from his wife and desperate to escape the ghosts of his failed marriage, Cole leaves London for a fresh start in the countryside...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · mystery · fiction · contemporary · feminism · audiobook · crime -
![The Deceiving Look by Victor Methos]()
The Deceiving Look by Victor Methos
Sheriff Billie Gray calls on Solomon Shepard once more to tackle an investigation into the murder of a criminal defense attorney in this heart-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife . When a local criminal defense attorney turns up dead, Sheriff Billie Gray arrives on the scene. At first glance, the lawyer’s death looks like suicide. But Billie knows this was murder...fiction · law-enforcement · police-procedural · legal · audiobook · thriller · female-mc · drama · murder · crime -
![God of War by Rina Kent]()
God of War by Rina Kent
Royal Elite & Mafia World Spinoff Dark New Adult Series.Standalone...new-adult · dark · contemporary · organized-crime · steamy · fiction · gothic · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · crime -
![The Girl in Room 12 by Kathryn Croft]()
The Girl in Room 12 by Kathryn Croft
My husband was the last person to see the girl in room 12. But did he kill her? As I cook risotto for my family, I glance at the kitchen clock. My husband Max is late home again. He’s been so distracted lately – snapping at our little daughter Poppy, burying himself in work, arriving home in the early hours of the morning. I feel so alone... -
![The School Reunion by Shalini Boland]()
The School Reunion by Shalini Boland
From the bestselling author of The Secret Mother , a chilling tale about revisiting the past—and digging up secrets you’d rather forget. The invitation to her school reunion couldn’t have come at a better time for Chloe Flynn. Divorced, broke and bored at work, she’s living a life her teenage self would hate... -
![The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa]()
The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa
In the vein of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware, a bold and suspenseful psychological thriller about a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered.Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. For the last twenty years, she hasn’t been able to see movement... -
![The Talisker Dead by J.M. Dalgliesh]()
The Talisker Dead by J.M. Dalgliesh
Pulling on the threads of your past... is enough to kill you...When a teenage islander goes missing on Burns Night, D.I. Duncan McAdam takes a strong interest despite the apparent lack of concern shown by the boy's father. When a woman's body is soon discovered in Talisker Bay, with a single stab wound to the chest, Duncan and his team realise they have a killer on the island...mystery · crime · audiobook · thriller · noir · law-enforcement · police-procedural · fiction · murder · kidnapping -
![First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston]()
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it... -
![Don't Forget Me by Rea Frey]()
Don't Forget Me by Rea Frey
When a body is presumed to be her missing husband’s, a woman must unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all.All Ruby wanted was a fresh start. But after an early retirement and a relocation to a tight-knit community with her husband, Tom, and her daughter, Lily, her new beginning takes a turn...mystery · fiction · psychological · suspense · crime · contemporary · audiobook · murder · thriller · female-mc -
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![The Mine by Rachel McLean, Joel Hames]()
The Mine by Rachel McLean, Joel Hames
DI Zoe Finch is settling into her new role in Cumbria CID.She’s solved her first murder with the help of her new team, averted a potential riot, and is starting to learn who she can trust inside Cumbria Police – and who she can’t.But when a businessman and former miner is found dead at a new mine that’s the focus of local protest, Zoe is presented with a new challenge...mystery · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · serial-killers · crime · organized-crime · fiction · book · adult -
![The Lies You Wrote by Brianna Labuskes]()
The Lies You Wrote by Brianna Labuskes
For a brilliant forensic linguist, crimes of the past hold clues to new series of murders in a twisting novel of suspense by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A Familiar Sight.The double murder of a married couple in a small Washington town draws FBI forensic linguist Raisa Susanto into an investigation that mirrors a decades-old crime...mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · psychological · contemporary · audiobook · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural -
![Anna O by Matthew Blake]()
Anna O by Matthew Blake
Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAMEWhat if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all?We spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · psychological · audiobook · thriller · unreliable-narrator · horror · medical -
![The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany]()
The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany
Gemma Doyle won’t be spooked when a body shows up at the psychic fair in bestselling author Vicki Delany’s ninth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.When a psychic fair arrives in West London, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, wants nothing to do with it...mystery · cozy · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · womens-fiction · crime · cats · animals -
![Searching for Heather by Susan Stoker]()
Searching for Heather by Susan Stoker
She’d lost everything once, and now that she’s found herself, and a man she trusts to be by her side, she refuses to let it all be taken from her a second time.Ever since hearing about the mysterious woman in the woods who’d rescued his friends, Talon Ross has been intrigued. Who is she? Why is she there? Is she cold? Hungry? Scared? He can’t rest until he’s found her, made sure she’s all right...romance · contemporary · abuse · small-town · military · crime · drama · alpha-mc · fiction · action-adventure -
romance · dark · suspense · mystery · contemporary · new-adult · drama · enemies-to-lovers · friends-to-lovers · angst
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![Goodbye Girl by James Grippando]()
Goodbye Girl by James Grippando
A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck’s client—a pop music icon—is the accused killer.Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won’t stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. His latest client, Imani Nichols, is a Grammy-winning popstar whose career has skyrocketed... -
![Hero by Thomas Perry]()
Hero by Thomas Perry
A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also make her its next victim.…Justine Poole takes her job seriously providing security for wealthy and high-profile Hollywood stars...mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · action-adventure · true-crime · thriller · survival · outlaws · contemporary -
![Tattered Huntress by Helen Harper]()
Tattered Huntress by Helen Harper
Sure, I might be a low elf. But that doesn't mean I won't get up to high jinks.I’m not particularly special. I’m certainly not perfect. I’m just another delivery driver with a smattering of elvish magic who's trying to make an honest living on the mean streets of Edinburgh.Go me...romance · urban-fantasy · fantasy · magic · paranormal · fae · action-adventure · vampires · enemies-to-lovers · audiobook -
![The Missing Witness by Allison Brennan]()
The Missing Witness by Allison Brennan
When a key witness goes missing, Quinn and Costa must find her before a killer silences her for good…Detective Kara Quinn is back in Los Angeles to testify against a notorious human trafficker, finally moving past the case that upended her life. But when the accused is shot by a masked man in broad daylight, the chaotic scene of the crime turns up few reliable bystanders...mystery · suspense · fiction · crime · romance · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · book -
![The Girl in Hawaii by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl in Hawaii by A.J. Rivers
“Don’t look back. There’s someone out there that will save us all.”When an unexpected call from FBI agent Bella Walker takes Ava James on a red eye flight to Hawaii waters.Nothing could have prepared her for the surprising mysteries that lie hidden in the Jurassic World-like landscape.After the 17-year-old, Kelly Winters went missing in Florida...romance · conspiracies · law-enforcement · police-procedural · mystery · murder · suspense · kidnapping · serial-killers · crime -
![The Invitation by A.J. Rivers]()
The Invitation by A.J. Rivers
When FBI agent Ava James received a call from an ex,she could have never predicted the mayhem that would follow...After receiving an invitation to attend a Christmas themed wedding in the mountains,Ava had planned out her perfect winter escape.However, the getaway turns into a nightmare when she stumbles upon the groom’s sister frozen in the snow...romance · female-mc · law-enforcement · pulp · conspiracies · mystery · psychological · murder · suspense · kidnapping -
![The Search Party by Hannah Richell]()
The Search Party by Hannah Richell
A spellbinding locked-room mystery about a glamping trip gone horribly wrong when a powerful storm leaves the participants stranded and forced to confront long-held secrets and a shocking disappearance.Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race with their twelve-year-old son to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · suspense · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · thriller · locked-room -
![The Clinic by Cate Quinn]()
The Clinic by Cate Quinn
From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth...mystery · horror · fiction · suspense · contemporary · crime · thriller · family · murder · amateur-sleuth -
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![Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes by Alice Winters]()
Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes by Alice Winters
JulianThis week hasn’t gone the best for me unless you count Casimir, the sexy ancient vampire, bringing me back from the brink of death (and tying my fate to his in the process). Not that it matters if the werewolves and vampires don’t stop their ridiculous feud, because someone is targeting them and widening the divide between our communities with each body they leave in their wake...romance · paranormal · mlm · vampires · fantasy · shapeshifters · humor · urban-fantasy · mystery · enemies-to-lovers -
![Finn by Jessica Gadziala]()
Finn by Jessica Gadziala
Haunted by the shadows of his own mind, Finn has no plans on getting involved with a woman. But Fate has other ideas in mind when a woman who was dragged to the clubhouse by her sister suddenly asks him to give her a ride home. Just as he was about to deliver her safely home, though, a threat materializes, causing damage to them both that bonds the unlikely pair together...romance · biker · family · kind-mc · suspense · steamy · crime · action-adventure · anti-hero · contemporary -
![The Frost Killer by L.T. Ryan, Biba Pearce]()
The Frost Killer by L.T. Ryan, Biba Pearce
The cool hand of winter settles in over the town of Hawk's Landing and brings with it a killer. Hiding among the quiet mountain landscape, he begins his reign of terror.The dust has settled on Savage's tainted past as he puts to rest the demons of his previous life...crime · pulp · conspiracies · thriller · politics · hard-boiled · mystery · assassinations · terrorism · vigilante -
![The Housewife's Secret by Anna-Lou Weatherley]()
The Housewife's Secret by Anna-Lou Weatherley
I cast my eyes over the impressive meal I’ve cooked and the half-empty crystal wine glasses. As our guests smile graciously, I squeeze my husband’s shoulder. It’s vital I get his friends to like me. To believe this version of me. Because I’ll do anything to stop them learning the truth…Ever since I met my handsome husband Dr Gabe Bonneville, I started playing the role of the perfect housewife...abuse · female-author · fiction · psychological · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · murder -
![Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble]()
Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
There’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist...romance · christian · mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · cozy · crime · action-adventure -
![Harbor Lights by James Lee Burke]()
Harbor Lights by James Lee Burke
A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee BurkeHarbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella...fiction · indigenous-mc · mystery · historical-fiction · crime · anthologies · thriller · poc-mc · adult -
![Beast: An Age Gap Romance by K.L. Savage]()
Beast: An Age Gap Romance by K.L. Savage
I rule the Ruthless Kings’ Houston Chapter. When problems arise, I crush them.My life has left me unprepared for Bella though. She’s my daughter’s best friend, and a beacon of innocence amid the shadows. She’s the corrupt sheriff’s daughter. But who is she to me?She’s the girl I’m irresistibly drawn to.Her light dazzles against the harsh world of shadows I command...
