Our Most Anticipated Reads: January 2024

Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews

The case in Olivia Matthews’s Coconut Drop Dead is going to be a tough nut to crack.

Public Anchovy #1 by Mindy Quigley

Public Anchovy #1 is the third book in Mindy Quigley’s delectable Deep Dish Mystery series, set in a Wisconsin pizzeria.

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins returns with a twisted new gothic suspense about an infamous heiress and the complicated inheritance she left behind.

The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

Fresh, funny and heartfelt, The Expectant Detectives is Kat Ailes’s charming debut mystery about a group of soon-to-be moms-turned-detectives.

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.

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham

A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things.

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient.

Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned.

The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks

Mariah Fredericks’ mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in the twilight years of the Gilded Age in New York as she tracks a killer.

Fateful Words by Paige Shelton

In Fateful Words, the eighth Scottish Bookshop Mystery from beloved author Paige Shelton, bookseller Delaney Nichols stakes her reputation—and her life—when a literary tour turns deadly…

Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings

The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings—when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, fielding questions from both irate housekeepers and heartbroken mothers is par for the course…

The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden

The next high concept horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden.

Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of the indie darling Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone—this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans.