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New Mystery & Thriller Novels for Fans of Sicario

New Mystery & Thriller Novels for Fans of Sicario

If “Sicario” left you on the edge of your seat with its intense suspense and gritty realism, you’ll find these new mystery and thriller novels equally gripping. Dive into fresh releases that deliver pulse-pounding action, complex characters, and intricate plots that mirror the dark, high-stakes drama of “Sicario.” Ready for your next thrilling read? Check out these must-reads!


Monroe Doctrine (Books 1 – 4)

by James Rosone

Release Date: August 4 2024

AI, loitering munitions, and autonomous aerial, ground, surface, and subsurface weapons have arrived at scale on the battlefields of today. The question the US and its NATO Allies must ask is if there is still time to overcome this technological change in modern warfare or has the nation’s enemies finally surpassed them. Grab your copy & find out!

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Study Guide for Murder

by Lori Robbins

Release Date: September 3 2024

Homework and homicide collide when English teacher Liz Hopewell moves from Brooklyn to New Jersey. She hopes to leave behind her complicated past, but violence follows her to suburbia when Elliot Tumbleson’s head has a deadly encounter with a golf club. Her golf club. Can this bookish and street-smart heroine find the killer before he finds her?

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The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed Book 2)

by Jess Lourey

Release Date: September 3 2024

By-the-book forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck and rogue BCA agent Van Reed must catch a cold-case killer who’s returned to abduct a small town’s children one by one in this heart-stopping novel from the Edgar Award–nominated author of Unspeakable Things.

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The Southern Fraud (The Southern Lawyer Series Book 5)

by Peter O’Mahoney

Release Date: August 31 2024

Digging deep into a web of lies, desperate to find the truth, Hennessy uncovers secrets buried by one of South Carolina’s most powerful families. Battling against corrupt officials, fraudulent business owners, and violent felons, Hennessy is thrown into a world where money buys loyalty and silence.

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His Secret Child

by Cole Baxter

Release Date: August 20 2024

I stand at my father’s funeral, tears rolling down my cheeks. Someone puts a hand on my shoulder, pulling me into a hug. As I look into the face of a woman I’ve never seen before, she whispers something that shatters my world. “He was my father too.”

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Carnage in the County (A Sheriff Elven Hallie Mystery Book 7)

by Drew Strickland

Release Date: August 31 2024

Will Elven be able to bring the mass murderer to justice, restoring the community’s faith in him as sheriff? Or will he prove everyone right—that he’s the county’s biggest mistake?

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