The River We Remember by William Kent Kreuger
The River We Remember is a police procedural set in a fictional small town (Jewel) in a fictional county (Black Earth) in southern Minnesota. It is May 30, 1958—Memorial Day—and though...
Category: Mystery
Light on Bone by Kathryn Lasky
In Light on Bone, Kathryn Lasky takes us to the New Mexico Ghost Ranch of 1934, gifting us with its beauty as seen through the eyes of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Although...
Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery of 2025, Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson is set on the fictional Ralston Island in the Thousand Islands archipelago...
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. (Shawn Andre) Cosby
In his Library of Congress National Book Festival discussion of All the Sinners Bleed, S. A. Cosby mentions how impactful it was to him to have made President Obama’s summer reading...
The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
I was on the prowl for a light detective story and after reading the summary of “The Busy Body” in January, 2024 “Library Reads,” I decided this new mystery sounded perfect!...
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
I love mysteries and crime fiction. I love reading them and reading about them. In this book, “Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the...
Lost Son by Brett Forrest
Lost Son is a nonfiction investigative mystery/thriller in which national security reporter Brett Forrest describes his efforts to find out what happened to a young man named Billy Reilly who was...
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
This novel, published in 2019 by Park Row, shines as both a psychological thriller and mystery! The mystery ‘event’ is based on a true crime case (Slender Man) and includes three...
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
Every Man a King is the title of a radio address delivered in 1934 by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. In the speech, Senator Long railed against the concentration of wealth...
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Winter Counts is a fiction story centered on Virgil Wounded Horse and his nephew Nathan, members of the Sicangu Lakota Nation. Virgil works as a private vigilante on the Rosebud Reservation...
