We’re seeing stars for today’s #ThrillerThursday picks! UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN by Keigo Higashino Two starred reviews! From acclaimed international bestseller and LibraryReads author Higashino comes a compelling story of a twenty-year-old murder, two teenagers linked by the crime, and a detective’s obsession to finally uncover the truth. “Edgar-nominated Higashino revisits the dangerous codependence of […]
Tag: mystery
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards last week and Macmillan has a whopping 42 nominees in the running! Click here to vote for your favorites and we’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses. Congrats to our 2016 Winners: TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty (Best Fiction) and LEONARD by William Shatner (Best History & […]
Thriller Thursday (11/3/16 Edition)
Fall weather is here! Curl up on the couch with a hot drink and one of these excellent mysteries & thrillers: INHERIT THE BONES by Emily Littlejohn A Library Journal Fall/Winter Debut Novel Pick! In librarian Emily Littlejohn’s accomplished and poignant debut, police officer Gemma Monroe identifies a murdered clown in a visiting circus as […]
Thriller Thursday (10/27/16 Edition)
Three detectives across the centuries must solve the case in today’s #ThrillerThursday picks: HELL BAY by Will Thomas When two people are murdered during a secret government conference on a secluded island estate, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker must find the killer among the guests before it’s too late. “Thomas supplies plenty of suspects and […]
Booklist “Crime Fiction to Quicken the Blood” Webinar Titles
Here are all the spine-tingling Macmillan mysteries that Anne “sweet teeth” Spieth presented at Booklist‘s “Crime Fiction to Quicken the Blood” collection development webinar today: ECHOES IN DEATH by J.D. Robb ONE PERFECT LIE by Lisa Scottoline THE LOST ORDER by Steve Berry BEHIND HER EYES by Sarah Pinborough THE NOWHERE MAN by Gregg Hurwitz […]
Thriller Thursday (10/20/16 Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks include a Christmas mystery (with dogs!), essays on writing thrillers, and a chilling true crime story: THE TWELVE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS by David Rosenfelt This Christmas mystery, featuring reluctant criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, showcases Rosenfelt’s trademark humor and larger-than-life characters. “…heartwarming and ingeniously plotted. Carpenter’s […]
Whatcha (e-) Reading?
Here are the most popular e-galleys librarians have recently downloaded from Edelweiss* (maybe we’ll see some of them on a LibraryReads list soon!): Mystery: A MOST NOVEL REVENGE by Ashley Weaver A TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Tasha Alexander GLOW OF DEATH by Jane K. Cleland NORMAL by Warren Ellis SAY NO MORE by Hank Phillippi Ryan STONE […]
LJ’s Fall/Winter Debut Novel Picks
Library Journal recently announced the debut novels they’re most looking forward to this Fall 2016 and Winter 2017, including these four Macmillan titles: THE GUINEVERES by Sarah Domet All coincidentally named Guinevere, four young women bond tightly when they are abandoned by their various parents to be raised by nuns at the Sisters of the Supreme […]
Thriller Thursday (10/6/16 Edition)
Two LibraryReads picks, a Prohibition mystery, and Vera Stanhope returns in this week’s #ThrillerThursday picks: ALL THE LITTLE LIARS by Charlaine Harris An October 2016 LibraryReads pick! #1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris returns to her Aurora Teagarden mystery series with a fabulous new book (the first in over a decade!) in which the […]
Thriller Thursday (9/29/16 Edition)
Joe Gunther and Detective Inspector Francis Sadler return to investigate new crimes this #ThrillerThursday: PRESUMPTION OF GUILT by Archer Mayor Two starred reviews for the 27th book in the Joe Gunther series! A skeleton found encased in concrete at a site of a newly decommissioned nuclear power plant solves a 40 year old missing persons […]