Essential Mystery Books for Your Fall Reading List

Richard Osman is back with everyone’s favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of The Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first—an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.

All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But Detective Joona Linna is convinced that these deaths serve a much darker purpose. But tracking down the person responsible will force him to confront a ghost from his past…the most terrifying villain he’s ever had to face.

Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from acclaimed bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. This will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

The glitzy days of 1920s New York meet the devastation of those left behind in World War II in a new, delectable historical novel. Inspired by a true Jazz Age murder cold case that captivated the nation, and the fact that more than 72,000 American still remain unaccounted for from World War II, The Pilot’s Daughter is a page-turning exploration of the stories we tell ourselves and of how well we can truly know those we love.

Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she’s about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you…

A veritable crime lover’s delight from a true master of mystery and suspense, this dark and thrilling short story collection takes us on a journey of twisted minds and vengeful hearts. Famed for his deft characters, hair-raising suspense and shocking twists, Nesbø’s dexterity with the dark corners of the human heart is on full display in these inventive and enthralling stories.

When Lolo Long’s niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Sheriff Walt Longmire as lethal backup. Lolo hopes that having Longmire involved might draw some public attention to the girl’s plight, but with this maneuver she also inadvertently places the good sheriff in a one-on-one with the deadliest adversary he has ever faced in both this world and the next.

If you suspected your best friend, the person you were closest to in the whole world, was a murderer, what would you do? Would you confront her? Would you help keep her secret? Or would you begin to feel afraid? Most importantly, why don’t you feel safe now that she’s dead?

In the second installment of the Nanette Hayes Mystery series, Nan is on her way to Paris in search of a missing relative…but will she lose more than just her heart in the city of love? Her search lands Nan in the underbelly of historic Paris and in the crosshairs of some of its most dangerous denizens.

Things get personal for Deputy Coroner Clay Edison when a murder hits close to home in this riveting, emotional thriller from the bestselling father-son team. This is Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman at their most affecting and page-turning—a harrowing collision of family, revenge, and murder.

The town of Paradise is rocked by the mayor’s untimely death in the latest novel starring police chief Jesse Stone.

When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are—for different reasons—simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrong done to them. When it comes to revenge, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds.

A stunning gothic reimagining of the Jekyll and Hyde story in which Captain Edward Hyde, chief detective of Victorian Edinburgh, investigates a gruesome murder that may unmask his own darkest secret.