The Delivery was one of my most anticipated books of 2026, and I’m so happy to announce that it does not disappoint! This sequel to 2025’s The Mailman is just as smart, funny, and action-packed as its predecessor, as former federal agent turned private courier Merc Carter finds his latest assignment interrupted by murder and…
Hilary Davidson is an indomitable force in crime fiction (and beyond). To date, she has published eight suspense novels including singular and series titles (the latter of which encompass the Lily Moore and Shadows of New York sagas), two collections, and more than fifty short stories; such prolific output has earned her two Anthony Awards…
From the outside, Lalla Rook’s life looks perfect. She has a handsome banker husband, two adorable young children and a beautiful house in the genteel London neighborhood of Muswell Hill: The house boasts panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass doors, a generous south-facing garden, five well-appointed double bedrooms, three exquisite bathrooms, and two light-filled reception rooms – one…
Prologue Summer 2048 Steve Redman thought: Raising a toddler killed brain cells. Just past midnight on a hot summer night, and two-year-old Luke wouldn’t settle. Trying to spare his very pregnant wife, let her sleep—or try to—Steve had pulled out all the stops. He’d read Luke’s favorite, In the Night Time, three times. He’d sung…
Peggy and Drew Jenkins live on a houseboat with their teenage son Samson. Drew is a writer who has never quite matched his earliest success. Nowadays, he earns cash by working at a scrapyard. Peggy, meanwhile, volunteers at a library. Finances can be tight but fortunately their biggest expense is the tuition of the prestigious…
Chapter 1 Riley, Present Day Just before I knock on the door of the small brick house, I’m gripped by the skin-tingling sense I’m being watched. But when I twist my head around, the only thing I see is a neglected stretch of yard. It must have been pretty once. The bones are there—brittle rosebushes…
Criminal Confessions, Season 7: the Carnival Killer Episode 1—unedited interview with Samuel Figg Location: Washington State Men’s Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA Jana Jones [producer, off camera]: Let’s start with a self-introduction. Could you please look straight into the camera and tell us who you are? Samuel Figg: You want just my name? Or what I’m…
Listen for It We’ve come to the end now, darling. The end of the road; some might say the end of our rope. This night has been years in the making. Getting here has taken a lot of heartache, a lot of false turns. A lot of faces to smash, groins to knee. It’s taken…
Rush’s Recovery is an upscale rehab center in the Hamptons that promises the best in discreet treatment for its wealthy clientele. It’s so committed to discretion that it only accepts three clients at a time, charging handsomely for the privilege, of course. Aging singer-songwriter Florence Bloom doesn’t really want to be here, but her manager…
Jo Nesbø’s latest novel translated into English, in this case from the original Norwegian by Robert Ferguson, is a multi-layered puzzle box, unfolding in both 2016 and 2022. In the chapters set in 2016, a serial killer terrorizes Minneapolis, with disgraced cop Bob Oz hot on his heels. The chapters set over six years later…
