★★★★★ Skillful dialogue and prose adorn this debut that combines a love story with the search for a mysterious gangster in 1920s Chicago.

★★★★★ Set in 1975, the search for a missing child acts as the foundation for Moore's tactful exploration of societal themes of the time.

★★★★★ A woman returns to the small town where she grew up, despite being the prime suspect in the 5-year-old murder of her best friend.

★★★★★ Another great spy thriller from Hayes after 10 long years. Despite some questionable supernatural plot choices, it's still a winner.

★★★★★ Part mystery, part odyssey, the story follows a sardonic pony as he seeks to reunite with his human, on trial for a 25-year-old murder

★☆☆☆☆ A forensic linguistics student begins helping police solve crimes, while engaging in the most unrealistic dialogue I read all year.

★★★★☆ A quick bubblegum thriller from the queen of the twist which will keep you guessing even when you know the misdirection is coming.

★★★★☆ A new setting and cast of characters, but the same humor, heart, and layered mystery that readers have come to expect from Osman.

★★★★☆ Lenny Marks lives a carefully crafted and ordered life for herself until her stepfather's parole sparks memories of childhood trauma.

★★★☆☆ An unfortunately average mystery about a father and his growing concerns that his daughter's fiancé could have a dark and sordid past.

Inspired by an underwhelming list from Goodreads, this counts down a far superior list of the Top 50 books of the last 5 years (2020-2024).

★★★★☆ When a man falls from the cliffs adjacent to his seaside home, his son and daughter collaborate to uncover the truth behind his death.

★★★★☆ A borderlined-5-star thriller that unveils what happened to Ellie Black, who went missing for more than two years but has now returned

★★★★☆ A fresh take on the assassin genre, balancing globetrotting action with a main character truly trying to change via a 12-step program.

★★★☆☆ A slightly-better-than-average southern noir thriller about a wife's search for her missing husband, who might not be who she thought.

★★☆☆☆ A frustrating thriller, packed with unlikable characters and plot holes I could drive a truck through. Significantly disappointing.

★★★★☆ Reminiscent of "The Shield", it's a split between a missing persons mystery and a dirty firefighting crew committing thefts in NYC.

★★★★☆ While a murder mystery is at the heart of this novel, a cast of flawed characters enable the exploration of several weighty topics.

★★★★☆ Inspired by historical events, a midwife in 1789 finds herself in the middle of both a murder and a rape investigation in her town.

★★★★☆ French's sequel to The Searcher again slowly builds up the plot -- and the tension -- until a murder mystery dominates the second half