This is the archive page of all crime and mystery novels that were released in the previous months of 2020.
To see the titles that are yet to be released, please visit the New Crime Releases page.
January 2020
Adams, Ellery – The Book of Candlelight | Kensington | (Secret, Book and Scone Society #3) | Cozy
Alexander, Tasha – In the Shadow of Vesuvius | Minotaur | (Lady Emily #14) | Historical Mystery
Alfon, Dov – A Long Night In Paris | MacLehose | stand-alone | Espionage Thriller
Bollen, Christopher – A Beautiful Crime | Harper | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Brandon, Jay – From the Grave | Severn House | (Edward Hall #2) | Legal Thriller
Brown, Larry – Suddenly Single | Austin Macauley |
Bryndza, Robert – Nine Elms | Sphere | (Kate Marshall #1) | Police Procedural
Clements, Rory – Hitler’s Secret | Zaffre | (stand-alone) |
Connolly, Sheila – Fatal Roots | Crooked Lane | (County Cork #8) | Cozy
Cross, A.J. – Dark Truths | Severn House | (Will Traynor #1) | Police Procedural
D’Andrea, Luca – Sanctuary | Harper | stand-alone | Thriller
Delany, Vicki – There’s A Murder Afoot | Crooked Lane | (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #5) | Cozy
Dornbush, Jennifer Graeser – Secret Remains | Crooked Lane | (Coroner’s Daughter #2) | Cozy
Dorsey, Tim – Naked Came the Florida Man | William Morrow | (Serge Storms #23 | Private Investigator
Dudley, Lawrence – The Hungry Blade | Blackstone | (Roy Hawkins #2) | WWII Thriller
Dundas, Chad – The Blaze | G.P. Putnam | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Dunnett, Kaitlyn – A View To A Kilt | Kensington | (Liss MacCrimmon #13) | Cozy
Eldridge, Jim – Murder At the Manchester Museum | Allison & Busby | (Museum Mysteries #4) | Historical
Elliot, Kendra – The Last Sister | Montlake | (Columbia River #1) | Psychological Thriller
Engberg, Katrine – The Tenant | Gallery/Scout | debut | Suspense
Fellowes, Jessica – The Mitford Scandal | Minotaur | (Mitford Murders #3) | Historical
Finder, Joseph – House On Fire | Dutton | (Nick Heller #4) | Private Investigator
Fleischmann, Raymond – How Quickly She Disappears | Berkely | debut | Thriller
Gardner, Lisa – When You See Me | Dutton | (Kimberley Quincy & D.D. Warren #1) | Thriller
Garvin, Tim – A Dredging In Swann | Blackstone | (Seb Creek Mysteries #1) | Hardboiled
Gentill, Sulari – Give the Devil His Due | Poisoned Pen | (Roland Sinclair #7) | Historical Mystery
Gibson, William - Agency | Berkley | stand-alone | Technothriller
Gilbert, Victoria – Bound For Murder | Crooked Lane | (Blue Ridge Library #4) | Cozy
Gleason, C.M. – Murder At the Capitol | Kensington | (Lincoln’s White House #3) | Historical
Goldberg, Lee - Lost Hills | Thomas & Mercer | (Eve Ronin #1) | Police Procedural
Grace, Jolene – Going Dark | BHC Press | (Gabriel Jets #1) | Espionage Thriller
Grant, Andrew – Too Close To Home | Ballantine | (Paul McGrath #2) | Thriller
Green, Amy K. – The Prized Girl | Dutton | debut | Psychological Thriller
Gruley, Bryan – Purgatory Bay | Thomas & Mercer | (Bleak Harbor #2) | Thriller
Hambly, Barbara – Lady of Perdition | Severn House | (Benjamin January #17) | Historical Mystery
Hamdy, Adam – Black 13 | Macmillan | (Scott Pearce) | Espionage Thriller
Harris, Charlaine – A Longer Fall | Gallary / Saga | (Gunney Rose #2) | Historical Thriller
Harrison, Cora – Winter of Despair | Severn House | (Gaslight #2) | Historical Mystery
Hauty, Chris – Deep State | Simon & Schuster | stand-alone | Political Thriller
Herrgott, Wayne – Dealing With the Devil | Austin Macauley |
Huie, M.L. – Spitfire | Crooked Lane | (Livy Nash #1) | Historical
Hurwitz, Gregg – Into the Fire | Minotaur | (Orphan X #5) | Thriller
Ide, Joe – Hi Five | Mulholland Books | (IQ #4) | Private Investigator
Ison, Graham – Deadlock | Severn House | (Brock & Poole #16) | Police Procedural
James, Miranda – Careless Whiskers | Berkley | (Cat In the Stacks #12) | Cozy
Jenkins, Tony – Too Slow To Die | Austin Macauley |
Johansen, Iris & Roy Johansen – Hindsight | Grand Central | (Kendra Michaels #7) | Thriller
Jones, Tanen – The Better Liar | Ballantine | debut | Thriller
Kepler, Lars – The Rabbit Hunter | Knopf | (Joona Linna #6) | Police Procedural
Koris, Jim – Human Trafficking, The Retribution | Austin Macauley |
Kray, Roberta – Stolen | Sphere | stand-alone | Thriller
Krentz, Jayne Ann – The Vanishing | Berkley | (Fogg Lake #1) | Suspense
Lloyd, Catherine – Death Comes To the Nursery | Kensington | (Kurland St. Mary #7) | Historical Cozy
Luna, Louisa – The Janes | Doubleday | (Alice Vega #2) | Private Investigator
Lupton, Rosamund – Three Hours | Viking | stand-alone | Political Thriller
MacRae, Molly – Thistles and Thieves | Pegasus | (Highland Bookshop #3) | Cozy
Mark, David – A Rush of Blood | Severn House | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
May, James L. – The Body Outside the Kremlin | Delphinium | debut | Thriller
Melinek, Judy & T.J. Mitchell – First Cut | Hanover Square | (Jessie Teska #1) | Medical Thriller
Montgomery, Jess – The Hollows | Minotaur | (Kinship #2) | Historical Mystery
Montgomery, Mark James – The Boneman | Stonehouse | stand-alone | Supernatural Thriller
Moore, Liz – Long Bright River | Riverhead | stand-alone | Police Procedural
Nickson, Chris – Hocus Girl | Severn House | (Simon Westow #2) | Historical
Parker, Ann – Mortal Music | Poisoned Pen | (Silver Rush #7) | Private Investigator
Parry, Ambrose – The Art of Dying | Canongate | (Will Raven #2) | Historical
Patrick, Renee – Script For Scandal | Severn House | (Lillian Frost & Edith Head #3) | Historical
Patterson, James & James O. Born – Blindside | Century | (Michael Bennet #12) | Serial Killer Thriller
Patterson, James & James O. Born – The River Murders | Grand Central | (Mitchum #3) | Private Investigator
Patterson, James & James O. Born – Lost | Little, Brown | (Tom Moon #1) | Police Procedural
Petrie, Nick – The Wild One | G.P. Putnam | (Peter Ash #5) | Private Investigator
Phillips, Ann W – A Dude Ranch Mystery | Austin Macauley |
Post, Steph – Holding Smoke | Polis | (Judah Cannon #3 | Hardboiled
Quartey, Kwei – The Missing American | Soho | (Emma Djan #1) | Private Investigator
Rankin, Ian – Westwind | Little, Brown | stand-alone | Espionage Thriller
Riva, Peter – Kidnapped On Safari | Skyhorse | (Mbuno & Pero #3) | Thriller
Robinson, Peter – Many Rivers To Cross | William Morrow | (Inspector Banks #26 | Police Procedural
Richel, Justin – Every Dying Hour | Rowdy Dog Press | (Martin Aubrey #1) | Technothriller
Rowland, Laura Joh – The Woman In the Veil | Crooked Lane | (Victorian Mystery #4) | Historical
Saavedra, Carola – Blue Flowers | Riverhead Books | debut | Psychological Thriller
Sadowsky, Nina – The Empty Bed | Ballantine | (Burial Society #2) | Psychological Thriller
Sala, Sharon – Second Sight | MIRA | (The Jigsaw Files #2) | Psychological Thriller
Savage, Vanessa – The Woods | Sphere | (stand-alone) | Suspense
Scragg, Robert – All That Is Buried | Allison & Busby | (Porter & Styles #3 | Police Procedural
Shapiro, Ellen – Looking For Laura | Indies United | (Tracey Marks #1) | Private Investigator
Simon, Clea – An Incantation of Cats | Polis | (Witch Cats of Cambridge #2) | Psychic Mystery
Spain, Jo – Six Wicked Reasons | Quercus | (stand-alone) | Psychological Thriller
Spindler, Erica – The Look-Alike | St Martin’s Press | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Spring, Bonnar – Toward the Light | Oceanview | stand-alone | Political Thriller
Stabenow, Dana – No Fixed Line | Head of Zeus | (Kate Shugak #22) | Private Investigator
Steadman, Catherine – Mr Nobody | Ballantine | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Swinson, Kiki – Property of the State | Dafina | (Black Market #3) | Suspense Thriller
Taylor, Brad – Hunter Killer | William Morrow | (Pike Logan #14) | Thriller
Tobey, Danny – The God Game | St Martins | stand-alone | Technothriller
Toomey, Tom – Dark Secret In London | Austin Macauley | (debut)
Trow, M.J. – The Black Hills | Severn House | (Grand & Batchelor #6) | Historical
Tsao, Tiffany – The Majesties | Atria | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Tudor, C.J. – The Other People | Ballantine Books | stand-alone | Thriller
Watson, Sterling – The Committee | Akashic | stand-alone | Political Thriller
White, Christian – The Wife and the Widow | Minotaur | stand-alone | Thriller
Whitlow, Robert – Promised Land | Thomas Nelson | (Chosen People #2) | Legal Thriller
Wiley, Michael – Trouble In Mind | Severn House | (Sam Kelson #1) | Private Investigator
Wilson, Glenis – Dead Heat | Severn House | (Harry Radcliffe #4) | Amateur Investigator
Woods, Stuart – Treason | G.P. Putnum | (Stone Barrington #52) | Thriller
February 2020
Aaronovitch, Ben - False Values | DAW | (Rivers of London #8) | Paranormal
Armstrong, Kelley - Alone In the Wild | Minotaur | (Casey Duncan #5) | Police Procedural
Arnold, Carolyn - Past Deeds | Hibbert & Stiles | (Brandon Fisher #8) | Psychological Thriller
Avon, Joy - In Cold Chamomile | Crooked Lane | (Tea and A Read #3) | Cozy
Bannalec, Jean-Luc - The Killing Tide | Minotaur | (Brittany #5) | Police Procedural
Barber, Kathleen - Follow Me | Gallery | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Beams, Clare - The Illness Lesson | Doubleday | stand-alone | Historical Thriller
Berry, Steve - The Warsaw Protocol | Minotaur | (Cotton Malone #15) | Political Thriller
Block, Lawrence - The Burglar In Short Order | Subterranean | (Bernie Rhodenbarr - SS) | Mystery Short Stories
Bonner, Hilary - Dreams of Fear | Severn House | (David Vogel #3) | Psychological Thriller
Bourne, Sam – To Kill A Man | Quercus | stand-alone | Political Thriller
Bowen, Rhys - Above the Bay of Angels | Lake Union | stand-alone | Historical Mystery
Brecher, Christin - Murder Makes Scents | Kensington | (Nantucket Candle Maker #2) | Cozy
Brennan, Allison - The Third To Die | MIRA | (Kara Quinn #1) | Police Procedural
Buckley, Julia - Death With A Dark Red Rose | Berkley | (Writer's Apprentice #5) | Cozy
Callaghan, Carrie - Salt the Snow | Amberjack | stand-alone | Suspense
Carlin, Laura - Requiem For A Knave | Hodder & Stoughton | stand-alone | Historical Thriller
Carson, Scott - The Chill | Atria | stand-alone | Supernatural Thriller
Chavez, Heather - No Bad Deed | William Morrow | stand-alone | Thriller
Chien, Vivien - Egg Drop Dead | St Martin's | (Noodle Shop #5) | Cozy
Clark, Louise - Cat Among the Fishes | Epublishing Works | (9 Lives #5) | Cozy
Coffin, Bruce Robert - Within Plain Sight | Witness Impulse | (John Byron #4) | Private Investigator
Cole, Stephanie - Al Dente's Inferno | Berkley | (Tuscan Cooking School #1) | Cozy
Collins, Max Allan & Mickey Spillane - The Big Bang | Titan | (Mike Hammer ) | Hardboiled
Connolly, Paul - Tears Are For Angels | Stark House | (Black Gat #24) | Hardboiled
Cutler, Judith - The Wages of Sin | Severn House | (Matthew Rowsley #1) | Historical Mystery
Dams, Jeanne M. - Death In the Garden City | Severn House | (Dorothy Martin #22) | Cozy
Dashofy, Annette – Under the Radar | Henery Press | (Zoe Chambers #9) | Cozy
Davidson, Hilary - Don't Look Down | Thomas & Mercer | (Shadows of New York #2) | Police Procedural
Desiderio, Robert – The Occurrence | Post Hill Press | stand-alone | Political Thriller
DiRico, Maria - Here Comes the Body | Kensington | (Catering Hall #1) | Cozy
Doherty, Paul - Dark Queen Waiting | Severn House | (Margaret Beaufort #2) | Historical Mystery
Dolan, Harry - The Good Killer | Mysterious | stand-alone | Suspense
Dugoni, Robert - A Cold Trail | Thomas & Mercer | (Tracy Crosswhite #7) | Police Procedural
Eaton J.C. - Dressed Up 4 Murder | Kensington | (Sophie Kimball #6) | Cozy
Ewart, Andrew – Forget Me | Orion | stand-alone | Medical Thriller
Ferrari, Kike - They Look Like Flies From Afar | Canongate | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Finch, Charles - The Last Passenger | Minotaur | (Charles Lenox #13) | Private Investigator
FitzSimmons, Matthew - Origami Man | Thomas & Mercer | (Gibson Vaughn #5) | Political Thriller
Fleet, Rebecca - The Second Wife | Doubleday | stand-alone | Thriller
Fluke, Joanne - Coconut Layer Cake Murder | Kensington | (Hannah Swenson #25) | Cozy
Fredrickson, Jack - The Black Cage | Severn House | (Milo Rigg #1) | Psychological Thriller
Freeland, Liz - An Orphan of Hell's Kitchen | Kensington | (Louise Faulk #3) | Historical Mystery
Freeman, Brian - Thief River Falls | Thomas & Mercer | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Gardiner, Meg - The Dark Corners of the Night | Blackstone | (UNSUB #3) | Psychological Thriller
Graves, Sarah - Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut | Kensington | (Death By Chocolate #3) | Cozy
Greaney, Mark - One Minute Out | Berkley | (Gray Man #9) | Political Thriller
Griffin, J.M. - Who's Dead, Doc? | Kensington | (Jules & Bun #2) | Cozy
Griffiths, Elly - The Lantern Men | Quercus | (Dr Ruth Calloway #12) | Thriller
Grippando, James - The Big Lie | Harper | (Jack Swytek #16) | Political Thriller
Hall, Tarquin - The Case of the Reincarnated Client | Severn House | (Vish Puri #5) | Private Investigator
Hannah, Sophie - Perfect Little Children | William Morrow | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Hearns, Michael - Trust No One | Beati Bellicosi | stand-alone | Police Procedural
Hodge, Rebecca - Wildland | Crooked Lane | stand-alone | Medical Thriller
Hood, Joshua - Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Resurrection | G.P. Putnam | (Treadstone #1) | Espionage Thriller
Huss, Erin - Microphones and Murder | Henery Press | (Podcasting Sisters #1) | Cozy
Johnson, Beau - All of Them To Burn | Down & Out | stand-alone | Thriller
Jurjevics, Juris - Play the Red Queen | Soho | stand-alone | Police Procedural
Kashian, Tina - On the Lamb | Kensington | (Kebab Kitchen #4) | Cozy
Kellerman, Jonathan - The Museum of Desire | Ballantine | (Alex Delaware #35) | Thriller
Kent, Kathleen - The Burn | Mulholland | (Detective Betty #2) | Police Procedural
Kidd, Jess - Things In Jars | Atria | stand-alone | Historical Mystery
Kubica, Mary - The Other Mrs | Park Row | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Kuhns, Eleanor - The Shaker Murders | Severn House | (Will Rees #6) | Amateur Sleuth
Little, Elizabeth - Pretty As A Picture | Viking | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Locke, G.S. - Neon | Orion | stand-alone | Hardboiled
Lodge, Gytha – Watching From the Dark | Random House | (Jonah Sheens #2) | Police Procedural
MacNeil, Susan Elia - The King's Justice | Bantam | (Maggie Hope #9) | Espionage Thriller
Magson, Adrian - Terminal Black | Severn House | (Harry Tate #6) | Espionage Thriller
Marcantonio, Patricia - Felicity and the Murderous Menace | Crooked Lane | (Felicity Carrol #2) | Amateur Sleuth
Maxwell, Alyssa – A Silent Stabbing | Kensington | (A Lady and Lady’s Maid #5) | Historical Mystery
McInnis, S.L. - Framed | Grand Central | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Meier, Leslie - British Murder | Kensington | (Lucy Stone #25) | Cozy
Miller, A.D. - Independence Square | Pegasus | stand-alone | Espionage Thriller
Monroe, J.S. - Who Are You | Head of Zeus | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Moore, Graham - The Holdout | Random House | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Mosley, Walter - Trouble Is What I Do | Mulholland | (Leonard McGill #6) | Private Investigator
Muir, T.F. - Dead Still | Constable | (DI Gilchrist #9) | Police Procedural
Murray, Andrew Hunter - The Last Day | Hutchinson | stand-alone | Suspense
Nickson, Chris - The Hanging Psalm | Severn House | (Simon Westow #1) | Historical Mystery
O'Connor, Carlene - Murder In An Irish Cottage | Kensington | (Irish Village #5) | Mystery
Offill, Jenny - Weather | Knopf | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Orloff, Alan - I Know Where You Sleep | Down & Out | stand-alone | Private Investigator
Oswald, James – Bury Them Deep | Wildfire | (Inspector McLean #10) | Police Procedural
Phillips, Arthur - The King At the End of the World | Random House | stand-alone | Historical Thriller
Pinborough, Sarah - Dead To Her | William Morrow | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Pitts, Delia C. - Pauper and Prince In Harlem | BookBaby | (Ross Agency #4) | Private Investigator
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child - Crooked River | Grand Central | (Agent Pendergast #19) | Police Procedural
Putnam, David - The Heartless | Oceanview | (Bruno Johnson #7) | Hardboiled
Quinn, Holly - A Crafter Quilts a Crime | Crooked Lane | (Handcrafted #3) | Cozy
Rader-Day, Lori - The Lucky One | William Morrow | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Redmond, Heather - Journaled To Death | Severn House | (Journaling #1) | Cozy
Reed, Rick - The Fiercest Enemy | Kensington | (Jack Murphy #9) | Police Procedural
Robb, J.D. - Golden In Death | Piatkus | (Eve Dallas #50) | Psychological Thriller
Ryan, Annelise – Dead Ringer | Kensington | (Mattie Winston #11) | Cozy
Ryan, Chris – Circle of Death | Coronet | (Strike Back #5) | Political Thriller
Schaffhausen, Joanna - All the Best Lies | Minotaur | Ellery Hathaway #3) | Police Procedural
Schaitkin, Alexis - Saint X | Celadon Books | stand-alone | Thriller
Schneider, Joseph - One Day You'll Burn | Poisoned Pen | (Tully Jarsdel #1) | Police Procedural
Sedgwick, Helen - When the Dead Come Calling | Point Blank | (Burrowhead #1) | Suspense
Seo, Mi-Ae - The Only Child | Ecco | stand-alone | Psychological Thriller
Sigurdardottir, Yrsa - The Absolution | Minotaur | (Children's House #3) | Police Procedural / Thriller
Smith, Anna - End Game | Quercus | (Kerry Casey #3) | Thriller
St. James, Simone - The Sun Down Motel | Berkley | stand-alone | Suspense
Straley, John - What Is Time To A Pig | Soho | (Cold Storage #3) | Small-Town Mystery
Teller, T.S. - Hidden In Plain Sight | BHC Press | (Roberta Lake/Bobbi Waters #1) | Paranormal Thriller
Thomas, Russ – Firewatching | G.P. Putnam | (DS Adam Tyler #1) | Police Procedural
Threadgill, Tom - Collision of Lies | Fleming H. Revell | stand-alone | Suspense
Todd, Charles - A Divided Loyalty | William Morrow | (Ian Rutledge #22) | Police Procedural
Tyson, Wendy - A Dark Homage | Down & Out | (Delilah Percy Powers #1) | Private Investigator
Vidich, Paul - The Coldest Warrior | Pegasus | stand-alone | Espionage Thriller
Wegert, Tessa - Death In the Family | Berkley | (Shana Merchant #1) | Private Investigator
Weiss, Kirstin - Pies Before Guys | Kensington | (Pie Town #4) | Cozy
Westlake, Donald E. - Double Feature | Hard Case Crime | stand-alone | Hardboiled
White, Randy Wayne - Salt River | G.P. Putnam | (Doc Ford #26) | Suspense Thriller