What if the version of events you believe isn’t the whole story? These Mystery and Thriller books play with uncertainty, conflicting accounts, and information that can change how readers understand the characters and their circumstances. Each creates questions that become more complicated as the story unfolds. They’re ideal for readers who enjoy second-guessing what they think they know.
City of Bones (Abe Grant Adventures Book 1)
by K. MacCabe
Release Date: August 4, 2026
Dr. Abraham Grant is drawn into a deadly hunt for Tokaloma—the Dreaming City, a lost Native American metropolis buried deep within Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Legends speak of impossible wealth, vanished explorers, and an ancient power that drove men mad. Some legends are warnings. And some lost cities were never meant to be found.
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Dead Men Don’t Salute (A Carolina Teal Cozy Mystery)
by CC Trace
Release Date: September 3, 2026
Fireworks, flags on every porch, blueberry pie—and murder! A documentary filmmaker turns up dead, Kahlua finds a wallet stuffed with cash. Carolina finds a town full of secrets. The suspect list runs longer than the parade route. With Goldie, Angela, & Jack helping, she has till Sunday to catch the killer—or Jack’s Maine Ranger career ends Monday.
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The Most Dangerous Games
by James Patterson & MrBeast
Release Date: September 1, 2026
The Games begin in Antarctica, where one wrong step on the ice kills you, and they never let up: shark water off a remote Chilean island, desert heat that cooks you where you stand, storm-battered peaks, and caves so black you cannot find your own hand. No rescue. No second chances. A billion dollars to whoever is still standing.
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The Black Orchid
by Loreth Anne White
Release Date: September 1, 2026
By invitation only, nine elite guests board the luxurious Black Orchid for its maiden voyage through the mythic Aegean Sea. Not all of them will survive. Poppy Buchanan, personal assistant to legendary war photographer Lillith McGregor, sees the cruise as her chance at a better life—if she can edge her way into Lillith’s will.
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The Missing Dead (The Misty Isle Book 7)
by J M Dalgliesh
Release Date: July 2, 2026
D.I. Duncan McAdam is called to a remote cemetery on the Isle of Skye to investigate a desecrated grave. The deceased was the skipper of a trawler, whose crew all died in mysterious circumstances. One man fell to his death; the second took his own life; the third jumped from a rocky clifftop. Only one crewman remains.
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Meet the In-Laws
by Emily Shiner
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Gina Whitlock was never close to her parents. Standing on the porch of her childhood home with her new husband, Dr Owen Whitlock, Gina nervously adjusts his shirt before he tugs his arm away with a sharp look. This is the first time he’s meeting her family. Gina needs everything to go perfectly. More than her marriage is at stake. What happens this weekend could save her life…
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