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Must-Read Mystery and Thriller Novels | October 2020

Must-Read Mystery and Thriller Novels | October 2020

Looking for a little mystery? Need some thrills? Look no further because we’ve made a list of some of our favorite new must-read mystery and thriller novels! Check out the latest from bestselling authors Lorhainne Eckhart, State of Justice, Molly Fitz, Tana French, John Grisham, and Shelley Noble. Add them to your reading list now!


The Fallen O’Connell

by Lorhainne Eckhart

Release Date: August 31, 2020

The 10th book in The O’Connells Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Lorhainne Eckhart… Thirty-five years ago, Raymond O’Connell didn’t exist, at least not until the moment Iris walked into his life. His entire existence was a secret, a carefully cultivated lie… except for the fact that he loved Iris and the six children he never planned on having. He became careless. He was living a life that belonged to someone else.

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State of Justice

by Thomas Scott

Release Date: October 13, 2020

The 10th book in the bestselling Detective Virgil Jones Mystery Thriller Series by Thomas Scott… “I’m not doing this to you. I’m doing it for you. Please forgive me.” Becky Taylor is fighting the demons of her past. When she goes missing in the middle of the night, Virgil Jones and his brother, Murton Wheeler, wonder if they’ve lost another of their own. They begin a fast and furious search. Her car is in the drive. Her purse, wallet, and phone are on the kitchen counter. There is no sign of struggle…

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Black Cat Crossing

by Molly Fitz & More Bestselling Authors

Release Date: October 20, 2020

Lions and tigers and… black cats? OH MY!… Black Cat Crossing is a brand new cozy mystery collection created for Halloween. The set includes never-before-read books from bestselling authors Molly Fitz, Mila Riggs, Emmie Lyn, S.E. Babin, Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, Stephanie Damore, Michelle Francik, Nyx Halliwell, Izzy Wilder, and Lisa Siefert.

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The Searcher

by Tana French

Release Date: October 6, 2020

A “taut, chiseled and propulsive” (Vogue) new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who “is in a class by herself.” Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in an Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens.

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A Time for Mercy

by John Grisham

Release Date: October 13, 2020

The third book in the Jake Brigance Series by New York Times Bestselling Author John Grisham… Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy.

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A Resolution at Midnight

by Shelley Noble

Release Date: October 13, 2020

The third book in A Lady Dunbridge Mystery Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Shelley Noble… Roasted chestnuts from vendor’s carts, fresh cut spruce trees lining the sidewalks, extravagant gifts, opulent dinners, carols at St Patrick’s Cathedral, a warm meal and a few minutes shelter from the cold at one of the charitable food lines… It’s Christmas in Gilded Age Manhattan. But the murder of a prominent newsman hits a little too close to home.

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