Our Most Anticipated Reads: May 2024
By Crime HQ
April 29, 2024
Nest of Vipers by Harini Nagendra
The latest novel in the award-winning Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy involved in a dangerous plot that endangers the life of the visiting Prince of Wales.
Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Disturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1860s and the other in the present day. The Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver
The fourth instalment in Ashley Weaver’s delightful series, Locked in Pursuit follows safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Nazis at every turn as World War II looms over London.
She Left by Stacie Grey
On the night that changed everything, Amy Brewer walked out of a house party, trudging angrily away from the friends who made her feel like she didn’t belong. Within the next hour, all five of those friends would be dead.
A Friend Indeed by Elka Ray
Twisty and ingenious, A Friend Indeed is an engrossing psychological thriller perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Ruth Ware.
Lights, Camera, Bones by Carolyn Haines
The latest novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.
The Goldilocks Genome by Elizabeth Reed Aden
The Seminarian by Hart Hanson
From the creator of the TV show Bones, The Seminarian is a twisty murder mystery perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Carl Hiaasen.
The Great State of West Florida by Kent Wascom
From the beloved author previously compared to Cormac McCarthy and Joyce Carol Oates (Washington Post), a startling and unconventional neon-pink Western of vengeance, family, and first love as two warring factions vie for control of a blood-soaked Gulf Coast.
If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay
From “one of the genre’s most exciting voices” (E! News) comes one of the year’s most-anticipated thrillers.
A Lovely Lie by Jamie Lynn Hendricks
The Switch by Lily Samson
Two couples. One twisted game of love and obsession. A dark domestic thriller about the dangerous secrets that come to light when a wild fantasy turns sinister…
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.