mystery fiction

Abi Knight learns that her seventeen-year-old daughter, Olivia, has been discovered after falling off a bridge. Olivia is brain dead, but Abi also learns that Olivia is pregnant and is being kept on life support for the sake of the baby. Noticing bruises on Olivia?s wrist, Abi thinks that something sinister may have happened despite the police ruling the fall an accident. She begins to investigate while also dealing with complex layers of grief. Told in alternating perspectives from the last few months of Olivia's life and Abi's search for the truth.

In the future, time-travel expeditions are operated by the government and are losing money. A group of ultra-rich buyers arrive at the Paradox Hotel to stake their claim on the technology and January Cole, head of hotel security, is in charge of protecting the meeting while dealing with costumed guests who are waiting for their flights to the past. When January finds a corpse in one of the rooms, she must figure out if it's real and there is a killer on the loose, or if it's a byproduct of her illness caused by frequent time-traveling.

Nordic language linguistics expert Valerie Chesterfield is still reeling from the death of her climate scientist brother Andy, when she accepts a call from Andy's research partner Wyatt to assist him with an improbable case. Wyatt's found a girl trapped in ice, who thaws out alive and appears to be from an ancient culture. As Valerie tries to communicate with the girl, she makes an unexplained connection with her and must uncover the truth of Wyatt's research to help her.

Avid mystery reader Claudia Lin works in New York City for the online dating platform Veracity which prides itself on showcasing accurate client portrayals. When one of her clients is found dead of an apparent suicide, Claudia is suspicious and begins investigating. Her search uncovers a conspiracy, which she tries to tease apart amidst dealing with her dysfunctional Chinese American family.

Detective Aimee Leduc has reason to believe that her mother belongs to a group of terrorists resembling the 1960s Red Terror gang.

When Paris detective Aimee Leduc discovers a dead body with a swastika carved on its forehead, she and her partner set out to solve the crime and become entangled in web of modern politics and old war crimes.

As detective Aimee Leduc pursues terrorists who are part of an underground North African network in Paris, she narrowly escapes being killed in a car bombing.

"The annual neighborhood rooftop party is tomorrow, and Ronnie Anne can't wait to bring the tres leches cake that she helped her abuela make. But while she's supposed to be guarding the cake against hungry family members, it goes missing! Ronnie Anne and her best friend Sid are on the case. Can Ronnie Anne save the cake--and save face--in time for the party?"--Provided by publisher.

After solving the murder case together, Ravi Singh helped Pip create a podcast that soon went viral, but they both swear off sleuthing. When Jamie Reynolds goes missing on the sixth anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh, however, Pip feels it's too big of a coincidence to ignore. With the spotlight on her, can she still follow the clues and uncover even more sinister depths to her hometown?.

"What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill--or else everyone dies"--Provided by publisher.