“Witty and sharp and twisty, this mystery will be just your cup of tea! At a posh retirement community, an elderly group of crime enthusiasts meet on Thursdays to go over old cold cases. When several current murders happen practically on their front stoop, these silver haired sleuths start digging for clues.

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There are a lot of secrets and hidden motives to unearth, which will keep the reader guessing until the last page. The narration by Lesley Manville is superb!”

“Murder shouldn’t be this fun! Fast paced with engaging characters and laugh out loud dialogue. Highly recommend.”

“In true Jesse Q. Sutanto fashion, her newest book brings lovable characters, hijinks, and a rollicking good time. I don’t know how she makes murder so wholesome and funny but she does in a forget-your-worries-and-only-read-this-book way every time.”

“Looking for a mystery that’s funny and filled with girl power? This book is for you. A quick, fun read.”

“A surprising and delightful combination of Agatha Christie and The Great British Baking Show, The Golden Spoon will sweep you off your feet and into a world of cakes, pies and gruesome murders! When six amateur bakers show up at Grafton Manor to compete on Bake Week, the long running television baking show, the well planned competition quickly falls apart, with sabotage and eventually murder making their way onto the menu.

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The Martha Stewart-esque judge and the handsome but calculating cohost make for a fake baking show you wish you could actually watch. I did not expect it to be such a page turner, but both the pacing and the twisting plot kept me riveted from beginning to end. A great book for mystery lovers and people who spend too much time watching Paul Hollywood crush dreams.”

“Wise, witty, and wonderful! Exactly the right story for exactly the right time, this clever and philosophical novel is absolutely charming and a decent mystery. I am more grateful than ever that I don’t like lamb.”

“From the queen of mysteries comes the inspiration for all of your favorite modern-day remote-location murder mysteries. Ten seemingly unconnected strangers arrive at a remote private island owned by an anonymous millionaire, where they all begin to be murdered one by one. And Then There Were None is perfect for those who dream of donning a Holmesian detective cap and who perhaps enjoy playing Clue a little too much.”

“What fun! I felt like I was discovering Agatha Christie all over again as I listened to this intriguing, locked room mystery set in an elegant alpine hotel in Switzerland not long after the war. The setting, the characters, and the dialogue were perfect, and Miss Marple was as smart and loveable as ever. Lucy Foley did a fabulous job.”

“Being such an avid Mystery/Thriller reader, I am always trying to figure out the twists and turns of a story before the main character is able to solve it- and I’m usually pretty spot on. This book, however, was a breath of fresh air- a clever, surprisingly deep mystery that kept me on my toes throughout, even though the self-proclaimed ‘reliable narrator’ Ernie was very forthcoming with every piece of evidence and his deductions throughout the story.

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Even though there’s a lot of death and suspense, at the heart of this story is a complex family that’s trying to come together to defy their generational curses, even though the odds are stacked against them (and some members are stacked against each other). I loved listening to this story, not only because of the dreamy Australian accent, but also because the tone made me feel like I was in on the investigation- Stevenson’s writing and approach to turning tried and true mystery tropes on their head has definitely made him a must-read author for me!”

“This mystery was an absolute delight. I listened to it and flew through, it was so good. And, it turns out it was the second book in the series and I got to enjoy it even without reading the first. (Which I have now listened to and also loved.) Ernest Cunningham, writer of how-to write mystery books, is on a super special writer’s society train ride when he is, again, beset by murder.

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Using the tactics he’s learned from the writers during the golden age of mystery, he is the only one who can solve it! This tongue-in-cheek, well-crafted, and hilarious mystery is one of my favorites of the year.”

“This was a great, suspenseful listen. It wasn’t as spooky as I’d been hoping for, but it was an excellent mystery. The story takes place on an island off of Ireland with an old manor house that is hosting a posh wedding.

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The story starts the day before the murder and ends with the body being found. We get the viewpoint of several of the guests and the bride as the story builds up to the murder. By the time it happens there are numerous people who would want the victim dead (and you will too). A very original, very well written mystery.”

“I love it when I think an author has revealed all the juicy plot twists and I have figured out where the story is headed and solved the mystery, only to be surprised by more tantalizing twists and even more mysteries.

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Welcome to The Villa! Two lifelong friends, now both successful authors, head to Italy for a summer at a beautiful villa. As it turns out, the villa is famous for having been the scene of the murder of a young rock musician in 1974. Drawn into the story of that fateful summer, Emily begins to research. Clues she finds lead her on a path neither she nor her friend Chess expected for their summer, much as the group in 1974 did not expect the ending to their vacation. Unfolding in alternating chapters, the stories of the 1974 summer and this summer intertwine and twist in marvelously unexpected ways.”

“I’d never thought of the term metafiction before, but in The Woman in the Library, Australian writer Sulari Gentill dives right into a recursive story of a writer, Hannah, writing a book about a writer, Winifred, who is writing a book and during a research trip to the Boston Public Library, becomes enmeshed in a murder investigation, using the people she encounters in her book.

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And then there’s Leo, who Hannah is emailing chapters of the book to for comments. When Leo’s feedback becomes creepier and weirder, his story and the fictional mystery start to parallel each other, including a character also named Leo in Winifred’s story. Murders in two realities in one book; so intelligent and well constructed!”

“Sometimes you just need a twisting, British-set mystery — this is the perfect book for that reading mood! It unfolds in layers, told through transcripts and messages, raising questions to the very riveting end.”

“Where are my true-crime-podcast junkies at? You’re lying to yourself if this book doesn’t intrigue you. Then again, they say the truth doesn’t matter. Tintera deftly doles out information in this small-town whodunnit that’s anything but cozy.

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Our could-be-murderer and unreliable narrator Lucy charmed me with her gallows humor and unapologetic bluntness; I frequently cackled out loud and stayed up way too late to finish. A twisted, dark delight.”

“CHILLS. This book was AMAZING. Experiencing the twists and turns of this case along side Pip and taking risks along side of her sucked me into the audiobook. I particularly enjoyed how all of her logs, interviews, and case notes were laid out throughout the story.

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Each interview sounded like something straight from a true-crime documentary. Pip was relentless in her pursuit of the truth, and the ending had me gasping and on the edge of my seat.”

“This series is a new favorite for me and my top audiobook of the year. Such a fun and gritty contemporary western with the crusty old cop and the young angry teen. I loved Cal and Trey’s friendship and the rural Ireland setting that came to life with the accents in the audiobook. Do not miss the next two books in the series – it only gets better!!!”

“This story of a small town and the secrets it has been protecting for decades is fast-paced and never predictable. In a remote section of rural Australia during an extended drought, devastating weather conditions collide with an unexpected turn of events that ultimately results in the murder of a young family.

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Bearing the scars of the town’s past, Aaron Falk returns home for the funeral and is forced to make a choice between saving himself and facing a secret he has been hiding from for 20 years. This is an amazing debut that I could not put down!”

“I always read and love Penny’s Gamache series and, happily, this one signals a return to the spirit and depth of the series’s origins, where the last previous few have lost a bit of that marvelous spark.

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If you’ve been a fan from the start, you will love this one. It begins when Chief Inspector Gamache receives a mysterious, brief call in the middle of the night about a body found in “Lost Nation.” What body? Where is Lost Nation? Who was the caller? Gamache and his team unravel a crime that has tendrils reaching like vines into the past and the present, across the sea about back again. The audiobook was a great listen and included some well-placed dramatic flourishes.”

“A Sherlock and Watson style mystery with the futuristic enhancements of the Hunger Games and the walled city politics of Attack on Titan. Fiendishly clever and witty, this was a lot of fun. Andrew Fallaize did an incredible job creating the perfect voices for all the eclectic characters. Highly Recommended!”

“Each year, when Fall finally comes around, I find myself wanting to revisit this book. Seven thespians studying Shakespeare, a murder, and the dark academia genre that has become so very popular these days. What more could you ask for in a book?”

“This novel is the Holy Bible of Dark Academia. Donna Tartt, masterful writer she is, sucks you into the dark & moody New England campus of Hampden College located in a secluded small town in Vermont. You will be convinced to join her well-dressed alcoholic cult of pretension.

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You will feel the need to wake up at 5am to study Ancient Greek and translate Paradise Lost into Latin. You may or may not feel the urge to murder one of your closest yet most annoying friends…this book truly has it all. And even if you’ve read this book with your eyes — this audiobook is a different experience entirely. Read by the author whose Mississippi accent has never dwindled…her voice is syrupy goodness.”

“This was such an excellent mystery and it’s so refreshing reading a mystery that doesn’t involve a dead body. Here, we have a stolen, priceless violin. But most of all, we have Ray’s journey and his love of playing the violin.

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Unsupported by his family, other than a loving grandmother, Ray, perseveres with his love of the violin, first playing on a crappy rental, to being gifted a family violin that was his great great grandfather’s, one of the formerly enslaved. The journey that Ray takes, isn’t easy, from lack of resources, gatekeeping and outright racism, until a professor sees and then nurtures his talent, culminating in a world renowned competition. All this, plus an engaging mystery as well as a fantastic narrator, makes this a must listen.”

“Set in Victorian England, Things in Jars feels like a Sherlock Holmes story, if Holmes had been a woman. You can’t help but love Bridie Devine, a strong-willed, chain-smoking woman who has clawed her way from life as an orphaned thief to a highly sought-after detective often consulted by Scotland Yard.

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Bridie’s newest case, though, is proving difficult and incredibly strange. Not only will it force her to confront someone from her past who she thought was dead, she’ll also team up with an actual ghost as she solves a fantastical crime. Highly imaginative, Things in Jars is a fun and immersive read.”