As the kids head back to school and a slight chill hints in the morning air, it’s official. Fall is finally on its way.
If you ask us, there’s no better way to welcome these shorter days and longer nights than with a gripping read.
And September promises to keep you busy. Whether you crave a cozy mystery where a cold case turns red hot, passengers from a plane desperately try to outwit death, or copycat killers running through the streets of San Francisco, you’ll find a novel to fit your crime-solving mood.
Here are ten new mystery and thriller books to watch out for this September.
Here One Moment
No one noticed when she boarded the plane. She was entirely unremarkable in every way. Until she began predicting everyone’s death while the plane was in flight. For some, she foresaw long lives.
For others, deaths that would strike soon. The passengers laughed, writing her off as the Death Lady, a bizarre story to tell at cocktail parties. Until the first passenger dies. And then two more.
All of them exactly as she predicted. Now, no one is laughing. And as time ticks down for the remaining passengers the only question is will they accept their fate? Or will they do everything they can to cheat their destiny?
We Solve Murders
Now that Steve Wheeler has given his business to his daughter-in-law Amy, his adrenaline days are over. Now, he looks forward to the quiet patterns of retirement: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat greeting him when he comes home.
But when a job goes wrong on a private island, Amy finds herself with a dead body, a bag of money, and a killer hot on her heels sends her running back to the only person she trusts.
But can they stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?
Madwoman
Clove—if that’s her real name—has worked hard to bury her past. And now that she’s living the life of her dreams, she’ll do anything to keep her lies buried.
But when a letter comes from a California women’s prison, everything she’s worked so hard for threatens to come undone. As her past and present collide, Clove is finally forced to confront the final day that changed her life.
But will the truth finally free her from the cycle of violence that haunts her past? Or will it shatter her life forever?
Where They Last Saw Her
Quill has lived on the Minnesota reservation Red Pine her entire life. When she’s training for the Boston Marathon in the woods early one morning she hears a scream. But all she finds are a set of tire tracks and a single beaded earring.
She knows what happens to women who look like her and when she realizes another woman has been stolen, she’s determined to find justice. Even more when someone else goes missing.
Only answers are elusive. Why are people so willing to stand by and do nothing?
As she confronts the hard truths of her home, she has to face the long-lasting consequences of trauma and how being invisible can inflict harm that lasts generations.
So Thirsty
The last thing Sloane Parker wants to do is celebrate her birthday. It’s just a reminder of how old she’s getting. How unfulfilled her life is.
But all that changes when her husband surprises her with a birthday weekend getaway with her best friend. Naomi wants Sloane to stop letting life just happen. She wants Sloane to take control.
Only, the wild night out she planned with a group of mysterious stranger’s backfires when things take a horrifying and unexpected turn.
Now, Sloane and Naomi’s lives are literally changed forever and they’re forced to face the bloody consequences.
The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco
There’s no one better to give the ultimate serial killer tour through the streets of San Francisco. After all, her grandfather was serial killer William ‘Overkill Bill’ Sanzio.
She’s always believed in his innocence, even if she was never brave enough to dive into the case herself. But now an Overkill Bill copycat is on the loose. And when her mother-in-law becomes a victim after cutting Capri’s daughter off financially, they’re both suspects.
Capri has no choice but to dive back into the case to prove her innocence, and maybe document enough for a podcast or a book while she’s at it. But to do that, she has to out of jail—and stay alive.
The House of Last Resort
When the mayor of the crumbling Italian town of Becchina takes the drastic measure of selling abandoned homes for one Euro in a desperate bid to save the town, American couple Tommy and Kate Puglisi jump on the opportunity.
All they have to do is agree to live there for five years. Even better, Tommy’s grandparents live there. Only when his grandmother finds out which home they purchased, she’s furious.
Or, maybe she’s frightened. Maybe for good reason. Doors open on their own, strange noises occur at night. But as they discover the house was once owned by the Church, it’s horrifying secrets start to come to light.
And now, something stirs in the catacombs beneath Becchina.
A Killer Clue
Eloise Anderson, owner of an antiquarian bookshop, needs Jane Hunter and Cameron Clewe’s help. Only, it isn’t with books. It’s to solve a murder. Eloise’s mother was sent to prison years ago for the murder of Eloise’s father.
A crime Eloise is sure she didn’t commit. Especially when she found new information in her mother’s effects. But when Jane and Cam start sleuthing, they find the original detective murdered in Eloise’s shop. An ice-cold case turns to red-hot murder as the duo are forced to ramp up their investigation.
Because even though they think it’s the same killer, the police have their own theory. And if they can’t prove their case, Eloise might be going to prison as someone gets away with murder for a second time.
The Black Loch
Fin Macleod left the Isle of Lewis ten years ago to escape the memories. But then the body of eighteen year old TV personality Kathleen washed up on remote Black Loch.
She was a strong swimmer and canoeist, making authorities believe it unlikely she drowned. It should have nothing to do with Fin, only his son, Fionnlagh, was having an affair with Kathleen and is now the police’s prime suspect.
Only, nothing is as it seems. And to prove his son’s innocence, Fin will have to confront the past he’d rather forget.
The Reaping
In 1998, a family was brutally murdered in their sleep. The crime shook the small town of Alku Minnesota, even more when lack of evidence or clues turned it into a cold case where it sat frozen for twenty-five years.
But then a new homicide might have a connection, forcing Agent Harry Steinbeck to return to the place he never wanted to return. Only, the dark case grows teeth as one by one, the children of Alku begin to go missing.
Harry and cold case agent Evangeline Reed can’t help but feel like someone is watching their every move. As they follow an increasingly sinister trail, Harry realizes that to solve the case he has to face the past he desperately wants to avoid.
Especially because exposing his secrets may cost him everything.