A Spy Thriller Adaptation, New Crime Releases, and More Mystery/Thriller Talk

For fans of missing person mysteries, amateur sleuths, and novels set on a reservation!

Quill lives in Minnesota on the Red Pine reservation with her husband and two young children. She’s stubborn and determined, helpful as she is training for a marathon. While out running, she hears a woman scream and later finds an earring on the ground of the woods in the area she heard the scream. She can’t get this out of her mind. Even though her husband really wants her not to investigate, Quill and her running mates decide to start poking around, ultimately putting them all in danger.

This is one of the year’s best mysteries as Rendon takes readers into the reservation and its community, Quill’s family and friendships, and the issues faced by the extractive industries. I love the women sleuths that Rendon writes and I will continue to excitedly pick up anything she publishes.

Rendon also has a great historical mystery series starring an excellent lead, which starts with Murder on the Red River.

(Trigger warnings for recounted past child suicide, method detail/ attempted date rape drugging/ discussions and stories of addiction, domestic violence, rape/ child kidnapping/ child murder, off-page/ human trafficking)

For fans of history, forensics, and true crime!

From Henry Fielding’s Bow Street Runners in the 1750s to the first Scotland Yard police force, Read details the beginning of how we got to the modern detective work we now all know. Readers also get a ton of cases up to the 1930s including historically important cases, cases that lead to advancements in forensics, interesting “hey did you know” cases, corruption in Scotland Yard, and infamous cases like Jack the Ripper.

For fans of outside-the-box true crime mystery with history!

Gurba spotlights the title word creep(s) in all its manifestations. From how we create them, allow them, and defend them, Gurba blends stories of her personal life and historical cases. She uncovers the actual heart of the events, crimes, and criminals, with a focus on the victims and society.

(Trigger warnings: she talks about so many stories, cases, and histories that it’s easiest to just say everything, though I’ll note it never feels gratuitous or graphic for the sake of being graphic.)

For fans of amateur sleuths and families coming together!

Lana Rubicon has essentially been estranged from her daughter Beth since Beth was a pregnant teen. But after a cancer diagnosis, Lana moves in with her daughter Beth and Lana’s now teenage granddaughter Jack. When Jack finds a dead body and eventually has fingers pointed at her, it’s time to solve a murder mystery—and for these very independent women to learn to rely on family!