Mystery
Top 15 in Mystery
Week of June 8, 2026
Top 15 in Mystery
Week of June 8, 2026
by Patricia Smith Wood
In this second Harrie McKinsey Mystery, Harrie goes out to retrieve her morning newspaper and she discovers a small child sitting next to her flower beds. The little girl's pajamas and teddy bear are smeared with blood, and Harrie's journey to find the child's parents involves her in a grisly murder investigation. Before the week is over, there's another murder, an attempted kidnapping, a race to uncover a plot to steal top-secret data, and an encounter with a desperate killer who intends to make Harrie his final victim.
by Louise Penny
The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, How the Light Gets In
by E. H. Reinhard
Dismembered bodies of women for hire litter the sides of the road in rural Tennessee. It has happened before, thirty years prior.Not knowing if the murders are that of a copycat or the original killer making a reappearance, Agent Hank Rawlings, along with Agent Beth Harper, is once again dispatched to the scene.With little help from the local authorities and limited resources at their disposal, Hank, Beth, and a local agent are tasked with pulling back the layers of deceit to circle closer to the man responsible.If they had only known the sheer horror of what awaited them at the end of their search, they might have opted to sit this one out.
by Glenn A. Bruce
Are you tired of the yelling, the anger, the confusion in America's political system today? Are you angry at the anger? If you are, you need to read this book today! It's short and to the point; but more important, it is just as the title says: a Practical Guide to Being a Good American. This book should become the Anthem for the 80% of Americans who are "in the middle." As the author says, "If you take away the 10% on the extreme left, and the 10% on the extreme right, you are left with 80% of Americans who want a quieter, saner dialogue about our many problems, so that we can actually begin fixing them now."This book is easy reading, written in an everyday speaking style that makes it accessible to everyone. No concepts in the book are "over anyone's head." These are, as the title implies, practical ways of looking at our nation's issues. The author doesn't attempt to offer solutions. He's not an expert. He is one of us, just another American citizen who is frustrated by the shouting, red faces that lead us farther and farther away from each other, rather than uniting us to solve our many problems.If you are a rabid right-winger, or extreme lefty, don't read this book; but if you consider yourself to be a calmer person who is looking for direction, “Anthem” is your doorway! The author encourages you to read it, think and seek out answers for yourself. If you don't agree with everything, that's fine! That's America! We aren't supposed to agree on every point that comes up. W
by Daniel Defoe
Abandoned at birth and threatened with a life in service, Defoe's young rebel sets her heart on independence. One fatal seduction and five husbands later, she resorts to a life of self-supporting crime.
by Harper Lin
The Pink Cupcake Truck is here! From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin In the middle of a messy custody battle with her ex-husband, Amelia volunteers to organize a high school bake sale to raise money for Meg's art club. After a frightening police lockdown at the school, which turned out to be due to the death of a student, Amelia wants to help. She also has ulterior motives to be inside the school: to get to the bottom of why a popular football player was found dead in the school gym. Read the 7th cozy mystery (30,000 words) in the popular Pink Cupcake series.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
.0000000000Crime and Punishment is the story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. Raskolnikov, a poor student, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, and then has to face up to the moral consequences of his actions. The novel is compelling and rewarding, full of meaning and symbolism, and raises profound questions about the individual and society, and the nature of free will.Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Afterword by Oliver Francis.
by Quintin Jardine
Quintin Jardine's recent Bob Skinner mystery, DEATH'S DOOR, spent six consecutive weeks at number one in the Scottish bestseller list
by Arnaldur Indridason
18 million copies sold worldwide! An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on the fate of his father, who was stabbed to death decades ago. But digging into the past reveals much more than anyone set out to discover, and a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavik city pond unexpectedly captures everyone's attention. A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn.
by Robert M. Utley
Written by a respected Western historian, here is the definitive account of the Texas Rangers, a vivid portrait of these legendary peace officers and their role in a changing West.
by E. H. Reinhard
A known serial killer is once again taking lives in Chicago. Bodies drained of blood are being strewn across the city. For former Tampa homicide sergeant, Hank Rawlings, tracking down the man responsible for the killings becomes his first assignment at his new position, agent in the FBI's homicide division of the serial crimes unit. Almost before the ink dries on the new job's acceptance papers, Hank finds himself in Chicago, knee-deep in an investigation with a mounting body count. While every lead brings him and his partner closer to the killer, the one that puts them directly in front of him threatens them most.
by Andrew Wender Cohen
The Racketeer's Progress explores the contested and contingent origins of the modern American economy by examining the violent resistance to its development. It explains how carpenters, teamsters, barbers, musicians and others organised to thwart ambitious national corporations. Unions and associations governed commerce through pickets, assaults and bombings. Scholars often ignore this defiance, painting modernisation as a consensual process and presenting craftsmen as reactionary, corrupt and criminal. This is ironic, for the tradesmen's reputation derives from their successful struggle to control modernisation and the emerging consumer economy. Their resistance redirected American law. Progressive-era courts rebuked the craftsmen for attempting to govern trade. In the 1920s, the tradesmen inspired new criminal concepts, such as 'racketeering'. But the Great Depression reversed harsh laws. The craftsmen became a model for New Deal recovery statutes and a focus for constitutional debates. Meanwhile, the state began protecting unions against gangsters like Al Capone.
by B. K. Stubblefield
The best part of Emily's childhood may have been the time she spent with her quirky aunt. When her favorite relative passes away, she drops everything to attend the funeral in the small town of Oak Creek. Just as she starts to get the hang of small-town life, an unknown driver runs her off the road and sends her to the hospital. But, why?
by Lene Kaaberbøl
"Centered around Madeline Karno, an ambitious young woman eager to shatter the confines of 1890s France, this novel is a gripping mystery that takes the reader on a captivating journey to find the cause behind a series of suspicious deaths" --
