The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts is a clandestine college that teaches the fine art of murder. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves death. The campus, whose location is unknown even to those who study there, is where students can be practice targets and where the mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a better place.

When Cassie Fitzgerald attends a school reunion nearly twenty years after she and friends killed a classmate, she tries to keep the past buried. Cassie is now a married mother and a police officer who has almost erased the memory of that night. After MP Garfield Rice is found dead at the reunion, DI Harbinder Kaur leads the inquiry while Cassie suspects one of her classmates has struck again and skews the investigation until another attendee is found dead in Bleeding Heart Yard.

Set in a dark, pulsing Mexico City, this gritty urban fantasy follows a young vampire who flees the provinces into the metropolis and becomes entangled with a small-time thief and violent blood-dealing factions; as rival clans and corrupt humans clash over supply, power and survival, the story unfolds as a noir-tinged exploration of hunger, migration, class and the brutal compromises required to live in the city’s shadowy margins.

A sharp, world-weary security chief who keeps a luxury hotel for time travelers running into trouble must investigate a suspicious death that pulls back the curtains on corporate machinations and political intrigue spanning eras; chasing clues through shifting timelines, they confront personal grief and the moral cost of policing history while navigating a tense, noir-tinged mystery wrapped in clever speculative worldbuilding.

A warm, food-forward cozy mystery following a Filipino American woman who inherits her grandmother’s bakery and suddenly finds herself at the center of a local poisoning investigation; relying on family recipes, community ties, and her culinary skills, she works to clear her name, unearths small-town secrets, explores identity and grief, and navigates a slow-burning romance while the novel serves up humor, mouthwatering descriptions of Filipino food, and a comforting-but-twisty mystery.

A ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition dies and Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur initially sees nothing suspicious. Natalka found many crime novels dedicated to Peggy, each bearing a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. A gunman breaks in to steal a book and an author is found dead soon after. As attacks spread from an Aberdeen literary festival to Edinburgh, Kaur follows leads across Europe and questions how authors devise such realistic crimes.

Four women are bound to notorious gangster Boysie Singh. Popo is brilliant and vulnerable, determined to escape past traps; Mana Lala is a devoted mother whose only tie to her man is their little boy. Doris hopes to reshape her husband into a path to climb the social ladder despite awful stories, while Rosie wants only to mind her business, her lover Etty, and her store. They recount the man they believed could love or free them and how some survived to tell the tale.

Millie limpa a casa de Nina e Andrew Winchester todos os dias e prepara as refeições antes de comer sozinha em seu minúsculo quarto no sótão. Nina começa a sujar os cômodos de propósito, conta mentiras perturbadoras sobre a filha e tortura psicologicamente o marido, que fica cada vez mais fragilizado. Apesar do passado problemático, Millie imagina ter a vida de Nina com roupas, carro e marido perfeitos. Logo os Winchesters descobrirão que não sabem quem Millie é nem do que ela é capaz.

An emotionally taut psychological thriller about an artist who begins producing paintings tied to memories she cannot explain; as the images surface details of a long-buried disappearance and tangled family secrets, she must unravel who she once was, who she can trust, and whether revealing the truth will bring healing or put her—and those she loves—at risk.

A brilliant, incarcerated cannibal becomes the linchpin in two separate, harrowing FBI investigations: one in which a veteran profiler is drawn back to hunt a remorseless serial killer whose savagery and escalating obsession threatens innocent lives, and another in which a determined young trainee must outwit a twisted abductor to rescue a kidnapped woman. Both cases force agents into psychological warfare with manipulative, violent minds, exposing trauma, obsession, and the thin boundary between hunter and hunted as they race to prevent further murders.

A collected, panoramic volume of interconnected noir comics set in a corrupt, rain‑soaked metropolis, following a rotating cast of hard‑boiled antiheroes — a hulking vigilante, a wronged cop, a cynical private eye, and dangerous women — as they navigate brutal violence, twisted justice, sexual politics, and moral ambiguity; stark black‑and‑white artwork and punchy, pulpy dialogue create a relentless, cinematic mood in which revenge and survival replace conventional heroism.

Former Marine and wanted fugitive Gibson Vaughn is off the grid in the Caymans until the assassin Tinsley draws him out. Tinsley, the man who murdered Gibson's father and left him for dead, holds a heavily encrypted thumb drive that may be linked to a plot that could kill half a million people. Gibson and his team form a fraught truce with Tinsley to access the drive and abort a massacre. They race across Europe to find an elusive cyber psycho behind the malware.

A high‑octane techno-thriller in which a special-operations science team races to unravel the mystery of a flawlessly clear crystalline sphere and the centuries-old murder associated with it after the strange artifact is uncovered in a collapsing Alaskan church. Clues lead from frozen tundra to cutting-edge laboratories and reveal connections to unusual astronomical phenomena, a conspiracy to weaponize an otherworldly power, and ruthless enemies willing to kill to control it. Racing against time, the team must decipher ancient science and stop a calamity that could reshape the world.

After brutal isolation in a CIA black-site prison, former Marine and hacker Gibson Vaughn is freed with no idea where he was or how much time he has lost. Struggling to hold on to reality, he races to rebuild the life he left and becomes consumed by vengeance against the man responsible for his rendition. As old enemies and once-trusted allies resurface, a murderous conspiracy closes in and forces him to confront the truth about those he once trusted.

Рианнон кажется самой обычной женщиной: у нее есть парень, который ей изменяет, непризнанная работа и любимая собачка. Она составляет списки тех, кого хотела бы убить, от грубого кассира в супермаркете до водителя, который ее подрезал, от соседки-клептоманки до начальницы, называющей ее дорогушей. Иногда она переходит к действиям; никто не заподозрит тихую секретаршу, которая однажды обезвредила и обесчленила напавшего на нее человека.

A collection of engaging detective tales follows Pradosh Chandra “Feluda,” a razor-sharp private investigator, as he travels across India solving intricate mysteries with deductive flair. Narrated by his cousin Topshe, the stories pair cerebral puzzles and careful observation with vivid travelogue detail and comic relief from the eccentric writer Lalmohan (Jatayu), blending suspense, cultural color, and warm camaraderie. Each adventure features clever plotting, surprising twists, and a celebration of wit and curiosity that drives the investigations forward.

After a mission is terminated in Washington, British Intelligence agent Nick Stone visits a colleague and finds the family slaughtered, with only seven-year-old Kelly Brown surviving. Stone seizes Kelly and flees as anonymous assassins pursue them. The chase runs from Washington to Florida and then England as Stone uncovers a global conspiracy linking politics, money, and terrorism and realizes he and the child cannot trust anyone.

Set in contemporary Kolkata, the novel follows three interlinked lives after a deadly incident on a commuter train: an impoverished Muslim gym instructor whose impulsive social-media comment is spun into a terrorism charge; an ambitious young woman from the margins who sacrifices everything for a shot at stardom; and a self-serving political operator who exploits the scandal to advance his career. As courtrooms, news cycles, and rumor take over, the story exposes how hunger, ambition, and rising nationalism warp justice and destroy relationships.

An engaging narrative that traces the birth of modern forensic toxicology in early 20th-century New York City, following pioneering medical examiners who used chemistry and ingenuity to detect poisons, solve high-profile murder cases, and confront legal and social resistance; through vivid case studies and explanations of analytical techniques, it shows how advances in toxicology reshaped public health, criminal investigations, and the courts.

Set in 1960s Chicago, this vividly illustrated coming-of-age tale is narrated by a ten-year-old who documents her life in a monster-filled sketchbook as she investigates the suspicious death of an elderly Jewish neighbor, unraveling hidden family histories, neighborhood violence, and questions of identity, grief, and otherness through a mix of childlike noir forensics, graphic imagery, and intimate memoir.

Sent to rural Florida for the summer to live with his grandparents and his sixteen-year-old aunt Delia, twelve-year-old Travis becomes absorbed in the closed ways of small-town life. He is captivated by Delia as she tries to find a place in the gossip-driven town. Her secrets are beyond his understanding, but he believes he alone can save her, a conviction that forces him to grow up fast and leads to a dangerous, disturbing climax.

In Leningrad in 1968, Alexander Karpenko is, from an early age, clearly destined to lead his countrymen. After his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother flee and must choose at the docks between a container ship to America or to Great Britain. A coin toss decides his future. Spanning two continents and thirty years, the story follows his triumphs and defeats as an immigrant who ultimately faces the past he left behind in Russia.