New Mystery and Thriller Books Coming in April 2026

Everyone knows Arthur Fletch for his ingenious plot twists and killer endings. So, when six authors are invited to his private Scottish island, they jump at the chance to learn from the master himself only to encounter a different kind of end. 

Arthur Fletch is dead. Desperate to publish his last novel, his editor and agent are offering a mind-boggling sum and their assistance in launching a new career to the writer who can finish the novel. 

It’s an irresistible offer. The plot is already there. It just needs an ending to die for.

Two years ago, Hope, Ash, and Caro met at a book club. They’ve become fast friends despite never meeting in person. So when their lives all reach a crossroads, they decide now is the time to meet. 

They all have reasons for needing a break. They also have secrets that they aren’t sharing. Secrets that might be deadly.

Hollywood has always been a city of illusion. No one knows that better than Kara Delgado. Her job organizing anything for the filthy rich taught her one thing: everything has a price. 

But when her best friend goes missing and men who aren’t police wipe her apartment clean, Kara is desperate to know the truth. As her investigation takes her into the darkest parts of LA, she meets a gonzo journalist and a defense attorney searching for truths of their own.

And when they stumble on an enormous, unspeakable crime, they each have to make a choice about what to do in the face of violent depravity.

CBI Agent Frankie Cash is called back to work with Eagle County Sheriff Jim Colcord when the body of a reclusive man is found gruesomely murdered in remote Colorado. It’s not often someone is ritualistically murdered. But neither one was prepared for the strange trail their investigation takes them. 

Bizarre killings, defaced relics, and an almost fantastical secret society. And watching them all is a group that seems to be watching it all and waiting for the right time to strike.

The elite lakefront community of Cloverhill Lakes offers an idyllic life for its residents. Good schools, safe streets, clean parks. 

But when the wrong person is killed after Regan Hoffman’s car blows up at her annual Labor Day Party, everything changes. Suddenly, the community that was so close starts to crumble. 

And when Regan sees her dead husband alive, it takes everything she has to keep it together. And when a resident goes missing and dark secrets emerge, the entire community faces a truth that threatens to destroy them all.

Nadeeka knows all the signs of an affair, and she sees them in Jamie. She’s been here before. She just didn’t think she’d be here again. So when he claims he has to work late, Nadeeka plans on catching him in the act. 

Only, when she gets there to confront him, Jamie is dead. Nothing is what it seems. No one is who they thought they were. Nothing ends the way she ever thought it would.

Ro Crowley’s son was supposed to come home the evening of his twenty-first birthday. Only, he never does. His dusty footprints going in and out of three abandoned houses are the only clue he left behind. 

No one was with him. No one knows where he went. 

Five years later, Ro returns to the dying town barely staying alive. She wants answers. Very few people remain to give them. And even if they know the truth, why would they ever tell her?

Hawthorne and Anthony are elated when their book is about to be made into a movie. Who wouldn’t be? But when they arrive on set, they aren’t happy with the state of things. 

The director is less than open, the screenwriter has their own agenda, and the two stars hate each other. Even worse, the producer appears to be broke. 

And when the actor playing Hawthorne is actually killed? He has no choice but to step in and solve his own murder. 

Except, what if the killer got the wrong man? What if Hawthrone himself is in grave danger?

In the city that never sleeps, four strangers find themselves in a diner in the middle of the night. Each of them were brought there for different reasons, but their chance meeting made them stay. 

A few months later, they’ve become more than friends. They’re a fragile family. 

So, when one of them goes missing, the other three will do whatever it takes to find them. Though woefully inexperienced and unprepared, they chase leads and follow clues only to end up realizing that they may not know each other at all. 

Each of them have to decide how far they’ll go to save a stranger once they learn the truth.

Once one of the most prolific big game poachers in the Rocky Mountains, Clark Rickert hasn’t hunted since he lost his wife and son. 

Now, he’s a game warden, working for the law that used to hunt him. His past makes him incredibly good at his job, so when a string of disappearances occur in rural Montana, Clark is asked to join a task force and help shut down a violent cult in the area. 

But as he works his part of the investigation, he’s plagued by the feeling that he’s there for a deeper purpose. And when he realizes exactly how dangerous the cult might be, he’s forced to face what that purpose might be.