Top new crime books in April 2024
Last updated:
April 30, 2024
April 2024 featuring new releases by Holly Jackson, Mary Kubica, David Baldacci, Robert Dugoni, Megan Miranda, Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, John Sandford, C.J. Tudor, Anthony Horowitz, Douglas Preston and many more.
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
From the author of the multimillion bestselling A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case.Lights. Camera. Lies.18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance... -
![She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica]()
She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse...fiction · suspense · contemporary · psychological · medical · thriller · audiobook · season-spring · crime · book -
![A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci]()
A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci...mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · suspense · legal · social-commentary · 20th-century · historical · audiobook · law-enforcement -
![A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni]()
A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni
A gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest mystery. It’s the kind of story that can make a reporter’s career. If he lives to write about it.Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice...mystery · historical-fiction · historical · thriller · murder · legal · crime · fiction · book · adult -
![Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda]()
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors.When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake’s longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she’s warily drawn back to the town—and people—she left behind almost a decade earlier... -
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![It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke]()
It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke
In the latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons... -
![Toxic Prey by John Sandford]()
Toxic Prey by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.Gaia is dying.That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes... -
![The Gathering by C.J. Tudor]()
The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
A small Alaskan town.A missing boy.A brutal murder.A detective brought in from out of state to assist the former sheriff, who investigated a similar murder twenty-five years ago...horror · mystery · fiction · paranormal · vampires · season-winter · audiobook · contemporary · murder · thriller -
![Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz]()
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.Richmond, London . Six attractive houses are tucked away in an exclusive and very upmarket gated Riverside Close. Surrounded by flowers and shrubbery, they're sealed off from the busy main road and the realities of urban life...mystery · fiction · audiobook · crime · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · cozy · whodunit · killer -
![Extinction by Douglas Preston]()
Extinction by Douglas Preston
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation...fiction · sci-fi · mystery · action-adventure · horror · suspense · audiobook · animals · contemporary · killer -
![The Murder Inn by James Patterson, Candice Fox]()
The Murder Inn by James Patterson, Candice Fox
Returning to the rocky shores of Massachusetts, Bill Robinson has to solve a string of murders if he wants to save his inn. Murder House, The Beach House, Honeymoon --James Patterson is the master of thrills on the water.The Inn at Gloucester is the lone structure on a rocky Massachusetts shoreline...mystery · fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · thriller · suspense · crime -
![Avenging Angel by Kristen Ashley]()
Avenging Angel by Kristen Ashley
Rachel Armstrong has a burning need to right the world’s wrongs. Thus, she becomes the Avenging Angel. And maybe she’s a bit too cocky about it. While riding a hunch about the identity of a kidnapper, she runs into Julien “Cap” Jackson, who was trained by the team at Nightingale Investigations in Denver. Now he’s a full-fledged member at their newly opened Phoenix branch...romance · contemporary · humor · audiobook · crime · suspense · steamy · alpha-mc · found-family · insta-love -
![Where the Pieces Lie: A DCI Jack Logan Novel by JD Kirk]()
Where the Pieces Lie: A DCI Jack Logan Novel by JD Kirk
Experience the pulse-pounding new thriller from multi-million selling Scottish crime fiction author, JD Kirk.Community service clean-up was supposed to be a tedious affair. But, when a young offender stumbles upon a bin bag filled with human remains, a quiet Highland village is thrown into chaos...mystery · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · audiobook · suspense · male-author · fiction · kidnapping -
![Nothing but the Bones by Brian Panowich]()
Nothing but the Bones by Brian Panowich
With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian Panowich, author of Bull Mountain, Like Lions, and Hard Cash Valley, delivers a gripping new chapter in his tales of McFalls County in Nothing But the Bones. In McFalls County, local crime boss Gareth Burroughs runs everything on the mountain...mystery · fiction · crime · gothic · southern-gothic · audiobook · noir · suspense · rural · hard-boiled -
![It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky]()
It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky
I married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away...romance · contemporary · dark · organized-crime · angst · steamy · sad · drama · action-adventure · crime -
![Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas]()
Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas
For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption in a powerful novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Out of the Ashes.Reporter Lee Ellerin’s investigation into a young woman’s unsolved murder gained national attention—only for her to lose everything due to a tragic mistake...fiction · audiobook · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · suspense · family · crime · amateur-sleuth -
![Exposed by Brynne Asher]()
Exposed by Brynne Asher
One day, I was chugging along at life as a wedding planner. The next, I’m a confidential informant and fake engaged to the grumpiest DEA agent on earth. Hit the brakes. Let’s back up. You know those sappy made-for-TV movies where the leading lady gets the unsuspecting knock on the door and is the beneficiary of a massive inheritance? That’s me. I’m that heroine...romance · contemporary · suspense · military · crime · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc · grumpy-mc · fake-relationship · forced-proximity -
![Bad River by Marc Cameron]()
Bad River by Marc Cameron
From a remote village perched on Arctic permafrost to the Badlands of South Dakota, searching for answers about his brother sets Arliss Cutter on an icy trail of murder and madness into the darkest heart of the Alaskan wilderness. New York Times bestselling author and former U.S... -
![The Vacancy in Room 10 by Brittany Pressley, Stacey Glemboski, Seraphina Nova Glass]()
The Vacancy in Room 10 by Brittany Pressley, Stacey Glemboski, Seraphina Nova Glass
9 hours, 43 minutes The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd DailyMost Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2024 by Novel Suspects, Novel SuspectsWhen Anna Hartley’s husband, Henry, calls her with a terrible, guilty confession, she can’t believe what she hears. It has to be a bad joke—the mild, predictable artist she married would never hurt a fly, let alone commit murder...romance · mystery · fiction · audiobook · suspense · psychological · contemporary · crime · killer · book -
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![An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux]()
An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux
Sara Medlar may be retired as a bestselling author, but her career as an amateur detective is facing one final mystery—and it’s a killer. Retired romance novelist Sara Medlar has been comfortably sharing her large home with her niece Kate and her “honorary grandson” Jack...mystery · fiction · cozy · amateur-sleuth · romance · crime · female-mc · suspense · law-enforcement · contemporary -
![Matterhorn by Christopher Reich]()
Matterhorn by Christopher Reich
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller .Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA...fiction · contemporary · espionage · thriller · action-adventure · terrorism · military · conspiracies · suspense · murder -
![Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles]()
Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles
The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered. 1905. A decade after the grisly murder of Oxford student Toby Feynsham, the case remains hauntingly unsolved. For Jeremy Kite, the crime not only stole his best friend, it destroyed his whole life...romance · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · lgbtq · mlm · crime · fiction · audiobook · dark-academia -
![Keres by Sadie Kincaid]()
Keres by Sadie Kincaid
Are you ready for the next explosive instalment of the Chicago Ruthless series. The Moretti's might think they have it all, but there's one more Moretti out there who wants to take it from them...She was born in captivity and raised in hell. While her siblings lived in a golden palace and slept on feather pillows, Keres Sideris fought to survive horror and fear and pain...romance · dark · contemporary · reverse-harem · polyamory · mlm · suspense · organized-crime · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity -
![Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson]()
Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson
Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than the disease when they investigate the death of a promising young woman in this atmospheric, riveting mystery from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Murder on Bedford Street...mystery · historical-fiction · historical · cozy · crime · law-enforcement · urban · amateur-sleuth · female-mc · fiction -
![Blackbird by Kay Bratt]()
Blackbird by Kay Bratt
In the small town of Hart's Ridge, a recent tragedy leaves the tight-knit community still reeling. In the highly anticipated ninth installment of the Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series, "Blackbird," Deputy Taylor Gray finds herself supporting a colleague through a painful journey of letting go... -
![The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald]()
The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald
A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial tests her faith and her marriage in this moving novel from the author of Time After Time and The Irresistible Henry House.“Lisa Grunwald is a national treasure. . . . An essential American story from a master craftsman... -
![Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett]()
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett
A "propulsive page-turner" (Alyssa Cole) and "thriller not to be missed" (Michael Connelly) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, in which a woman thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone.The truth is never skin deep.It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City...fiction · contemporary · suspense · audiobook · thriller · poc-mc · poc-author · murder · black-mc · urban -
![My Perfect Marriage by A.J. Campbell]()
My Perfect Marriage by A.J. Campbell
* Previously titled How Can I Trust You?My husband is accused of killing my best friend. Can I trust anything he says?It feels like all the air has been knocked out of me. My best friend is dead, killed at her own daughter’s birthday party. All I want to do is run into my husband’s loving arms. But he’s in handcuffs, covered in her blood...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · mystery · psychological · audiobook · suspense · spooky · family -
![The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers
There are memories that we try our hardest to forget.Reminders of what was taken from us...For FBI Agent Emma Griffin pain and brokenness was all she knew.At eleven, she found her mother murdered.The love she most cherished was gone in an instant.Even after catching the culprit, the pang in her heart never left her.Now with her husband and newfound family...fiction · female-mc · law-enforcement · kidnapping · murder · psychological · organized-crime · thriller · pulp · serial-killers -
![The Last Promise by A.J. Rivers]()
The Last Promise by A.J. Rivers
We are the promises we make, the vows we keep, and the oaths we dare not break.When PI Dean Steele received a call from his high school sweetheart Brielle,he never imagined it would lead him to the discovery of her lifeless body.His hunt for her killer takes him on the road to the biggest mystery of his life...kidnapping · murder · organized-crime · pulp · thriller · serial-killers · crime · conspiracies · political-intrigue · fiction -
![My Husband's Affair by Ruth Heald]()
My Husband's Affair by Ruth Heald
We promised forever. But only one of us will leave this marriage alive…I stare at the messages between my husband Rob and another woman, their plans to run away together bringing tears to my eyes as I stand, trembling, in our luxurious apartment. I thought I had the perfect marriage...domestic-drama · suspense · audiobook · psychological · fiction · murder · female-mc · thriller · crime · book -
![Rules Of An Assassin by Emily March, Steven Vasquez, Mariah Vasquez]()
Rules Of An Assassin by Emily March, Steven Vasquez, Mariah Vasquez
Cain Diaz highly trained, extremely deadly, and now a father?Cain, a professional international assassin became an instant father. Now we all know there is no such thing as a perfect parent. But when Cain was learning his many ways to hurt people, there was definitely no parenting course. Cain usually follows his own set of rules, but he might have to change them up now that he’s a dad... -
![A Motive to Kill by Elle Gray]()
A Motive to Kill by Elle Gray
“Urgent Code 10. Gunshots heard inside Honeybee Lounge on McComb Street. Backup needed.”There’s been a mass shooting with over 23 casualties in Atlanta.FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called by D.C. Headquarters to spearhead the case.Upon their arrival to the crime scene, they are greeted with hostility by the field officers present...kidnapping · murder · organized-crime · legal · thriller · serial-killers · crime · conspiracies · political-intrigue · fiction -
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![Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh]()
Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh
Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of What's Done in DarknessIn a town no one ever leaves, there are only so many places to hide...fiction · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · psychological · thriller · crime · murder · book · adult -
![The Baby by A.J. McDine]()
The Baby by A.J. McDine
There’s a baby in your house. It isn’t yours…The day I was told I’d never be able to have a child, my world came crashing down. My husband says he still loves me but I lie awake at night, wishing we could have a family.One morning, my husband’s side of the bed is cold and empty. I hear a noise and head downstairs. In the middle of the rug in my living room is a wooden drawer...psychological · fiction · audiobook · domestic-drama · contemporary · thriller · crime · drama · female-mc · book -
![Dig Two Graves by Craig Schaefer]()
Dig Two Graves by Craig Schaefer
Daniel Faust is back from hell and out for blood. He has a new face and a deadly mission: to find the tiger-queen Naavarasi and his own traitorous brother, and put them both six feet underground.But when Naavarasi’s shape-shifting minions abduct one of Daniel’s own, it’s time for a desperate rescue...urban-fantasy · urban · paranormal · magic · fiction · dark · organized-crime · shapeshifters · heist · horror -
![Shadow's Siege by Mary Stone]()
Shadow's Siege by Mary Stone
Shadow Island is under siege.Just a few short months ago, Sheriff Rebecca West thought her toughest battles were behind her. But nothing could have prepared her for the turmoil she’s faced since coming to Shadow Island. Attempts on her life. Heartbreak. Betrayal. And that’s just the beginning.The worst is yet to come...mystery · female-mc · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · serial-killers · crime · fiction · book · adult -
![Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox]()
Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox
“What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic... -
![The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson]()
The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson
A road trip to find closure… or a reckless chase that could turn deadly? Penny has never met anyone smarter than her. That's par for the course when you're a savant--one of less than one hundred in the world... -
![Chaos by Luna Mason]()
Chaos by Luna Mason
Everything is falling into place. A new life in a new state, living up to my name ‘The King of Chaos’. This is our new Bratva empire where we take what we want. And what a perfect way to leave behind my old life, by sleeping with my brother's new wife … on the night of their wedding. The only problem is, I may have left my heart with her...romance · dark · mental-illness · fiction · suspense · contemporary · fighter · organized-crime · forced-proximity · steamy
