Tokyo Juku by Michael Pronko dropped me straight into Tokyo’s restless, exam-fueled nights where success isn’t just a goal – it’s survival. Mana, a student cramming for her university entrance prep, finds her life turns into a nightmare when she discovers the body of her...

KC Martin's City In Fear is set in Portsmouth, England, and depicts a series of horrific child abductions and murders in the city. The story is told through three main perspectives: the killers (Susan and Alex) and the determined Sergeant Charlie Jones, who plans to...

Murder at Serenity Glade by Andrew Higgins is part of The Blaine and Meredith Murder Mystery Series. Demelza Blaine inherits a whiskey distillery with a long history. But she quickly learns that sometimes there’s a price to pay for an inheritance. This puts her in...

Filaments by KZK tells the story of Thea, a young professor who returns to her quiet Minnesota hometown after her mother’s strange behavior sets off alarms. What begins as a short visit quickly twists into something darker when two local men vanish near the bog....

In Tanya Westlake's Margarita Malevolence, Kalliope Brooks (Kallie) and her bestie, Tess Russo, are gifted amateur sleuths from Owhiro, Florida. If they play their cards right, they'll eventually become professional PIs through the guidance of their mentor, Reggie Cornwallis. Suddenly, their little coastal town is...

Nancy Nau Sullivan’s Hot Tango in Argentina opens in a rare stretch of peace as Blanche Murninghan wakes beside Emilio Del Sierra in her beach cabin on Santa Maria Island. She traces the scar on his shoulder, a reminder of the danger they have survived...

The Charabanc of Death by Brian Kavanagh is a murder mystery drama that follows Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby as they embark on a trip to France. This journey allows Belinda to reminisce about a teenage backpacking adventure she had twelve years prior in the...

Dying Cry, the tenth novel in Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 mystery series, is set in the Colorado mountains. The story centers on Mattie and Cole Walker, who, while teaching Cole’s daughters to snowshoe, encounter a crisis in a remote canyon. After hearing a scream,...

In Echoes of Maya by Kelly Vincent, eight-year-old Maya is Lauren’s stepsister, and together with their neighbor Gabriel, the three are close friends. On Halloween night, Lauren takes Maya trick-or-treating while their parents are at work. With missing children in the news, Lauren tries to...

A Necessary Death by Terri Karsten takes readers on a journey back to pre-revolutionary America as the new country was beginning to discover its identity. Penelope Corbitt and her two children are traveling from Philadelphia to Boston with her brother-in-law, where they will all enter...