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Last Ferry Home by Kent Harrington is a riveting novel of grief, obsession, recovery, and passion, as well as a gripping portrait of a man torn apart by loss but looking for something, anyone, to believe in.In Last...

The Beloveds by Maureen Lindley is an exploration of domestic derangement, as sinister as Daphne Du Maurier’s classic Rebecca, that plumbs the depths of sibling rivalry with wit and menace (available April 3,...

In The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer, a mortician for fallen soldiers becomes an unlikely hero as he helps a young woman from his past battle a murderous organization.Brad Meltzer has returned to his roots as a...

In Black Fall by Andrew Mayne, magician-turned-FBI agent Jessica Blackwood investigates a series of seemingly unrelated—but equally bizarre and sinister—crimes that lead her to the Colorado desert and a town that...

Flight of the Fox by Gray Basnight follows an innocent math professor running for his life as teams of hitmen try to prevent publication of their government’s dark history.College professor Sam Teagarden stumbles upon...

Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton is the third book in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series, featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols and set in Edinburgh, Scotland.Take a visual tour of Lost...

Tangerine by Christine Mangan is a sharp dagger of a book—a debut so tightly wound, so replete with exotic imagery and charm, so full of precise details and extraordinary craftsmanship, it will leave you absolutely...

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton is a powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.In 1985, Anthony Ray...

The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry is the 13th book in the Cotton Malone series (available March 20, 2018).Steve Berry is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author who has more than 20 million books in...

Flash Points by David Hagberg is the 22nd book in the Kirk McGarvey series—an action-packed thriller about a plot to lead a president towards impeachment (available March 27, 2018).Retired CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey...

While Episode 1 of HLN’s newest docuseries, Unmasking a Killer, gave us a broad overview of everything that happened in the original search for the Golden State Killer—also known as the East Area Rapist and the...

Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien is the first book in the new Noodle Shop Mystery series (available March 27, 2018).Take a visual tour of Death by Dumpling with GIFnotes!Lana Lee is 27 years old and, after a cascade of...

Second Story Man by Charles Salzberg is a thrilling novel that develops into a cat-and-mouse contest between the two lawmen and a master burglar (available March 26, 2018).I love a good no-good thief.Now, I am also...

An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell, the next page-turner from Jessica Strawser (available March 27, 2018). When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit...

Event planner JJ Tanner is looking forward to a picnic outing with her Culinary Capers club—a group of friends who meet to choose recipes from a cookbook one member picks each month to put together a dinner from. The...

Glimpse by Jonathan Maberry is a chilling thriller that explores what happens when reality and nightmares converge—and how far one will go to protect the innocent when their own brain is a threat (available March 27,...

Because it’s Joe Fucking Lansdale.That really should be the end of this article. If you don’t know the work of Joe R. Lansdale, Hap & Leonard is a wonderful introduction to his most popular books. If you already...