When Gela Nathaniel proposes the idea of a new Multimedia Arts Masters Degree program to the Royal Hastings college of the University of London, little does she know exactly how much chaos she’s inviting both into her life and to the campus. Her six candidates have all been hand selected for the year-long pilot course,…

Chapter One Villa von Düchtel, Bavaria 1906 Far too many—if not most—social gatherings would be immeasurably improved by the strategic removal of a troubling guest. When said individual’s behavior is particularly egregious, one may be forgiven for considering murder as an acceptable remedy for the situation. The civilized among us curb this instinct. They may…

Patricia Cornwell’s iconic heroine, Kay Scarpetta, is having a moment. A mainstay in the annals of contemporary crime fiction since debuting alongside her creator with 1990’s Postmortem—the first book ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize in a single year—she has now appeared in…

Once upon a time, Henry and Lily were happy. They bought a beautiful house in the kind of suburban neighborhood that affords its privileged inhabitants a healthy dose of privacy and set about giving their home the kind of fancy high-end trappings befitting their careers as a robotics engineer and a tech entrepreneur respectively. But…

You’re reading a winner when before you’ve even finished the first chapter you’re thinking, When’s the movie coming out? This is like Crazy Rich Asians with a murderous spin. Clarissa Song, freelance journalist’s Khin Haymar’s demanding boss, dangles the assignment of a lifetime to Khin, an opportunity to profile Tyler Tun, Hollywood’s hottest male lead.…

After the near-fatal events of Grave Expectations, medium Claire Strange finds herself in the unusual position of being an adult with actual friends who want to spend time and do things with her. For the first time since her late teens—when she became haunted by the ghost of her dead best friend Sophie, and subsequently…

Nemesis finds Evan in conflict with one of his best friends, Tommy. What was the path of their relationship that brought them to this point? They have a gruff reliance on each other. After all, Tommy supplies Evan with all his weaponry and ordnance, even his Ford F-150. It takes a lot for Evan to…

Hayley Powell is in for the shock of her life when she accompanies one of her best friends, Mona Barnes, on what should be a routine-if-time-consuming errand. Mona’s dad, Bubba, has gone to his cabin in Bar Harbor, Maine, for an ice-fishing weekend. Unfortunately, he’s neglected to bring his heart medication with him. Mona’s mom,…

The esteemed William Kent Krueger began his literary career writing short stories before graduating to full-length novels, the last fourteen of which have been New York Times bestsellers. These have ranged from standalones to series fiction and have sold in excess of 1.6 million copies cumulatively. The recipient of accolades ranging from the Minnesota Book…

I can’t believe that this is the sixth Jackson Brodie novel! It’s always a jolt to pick up the latest in the series and realize that about as much time has passed in the books as it has in the real world. Jackson is now well into his 60s, reflecting on his mortality and ruing…