November may be the start to the holiday season, but that doesn’t mean it’s all merry and bright. The shops are all packed, flights are full, and the forced proximity to family can leave even the kindest among us in a killer bad mood.
Before you start planning the menu for your Thanksgiving feast, be sure to stock up on the perfect remedy for holiday stress—murder (fictional, of course!). Here are ten new mystery and thriller books coming out this November.

Nash Falls
Walter Nash lives a quiet but happy life. Over the years, he’s worked his way up the corporate ladder at his company, and despite working too many hours, he has a good relationship with his wife and daughter.
It’s a shock when the FBI tells him someone is laundering large amounts of money through his work. It’s even more of a shock when they ask for his help.
With little choice, he agrees. But when the head of the operation hears that Nash is helping the FBI, he finds himself on the run and gunning for revenge. And to survive, he has to turn into someone he never dreamed he would be.

Innocence Road
Decades ago, a local teenager was murdered in Leanne Everhart’s small hometown. Now, her department is facing the backlash of that wrongful conviction, and the case reverts to unsolved.
When she’s called to a new crime scene, she can’t help but notice the similarities between this death and the one that occurred all those years ago. As she investigates, she finds even more cold cases, all unnamed females, all unsolved.
Without support or resources, Leanne begins to hunt down a serial killer who has gone unpunished for years and only grows bolder with every kill.

Murder at Donwell Abbey (Emma Knightley Mysteries Book 2)
The annual holiday celebration at Hartfield estate is not going to plan for Emma Knightley when her father announces he’s going to marry the excitable Hetty Bates.
Not only does that mean she gets a new stepmother, but Emma has to step down as mistress of the household. Even worse, at the extravagant betrothal ball, Emma finds her lady’s maid dead on the library terrace.
Rumors quickly spark over the maid’s personal troubles, but Emma’s instincts tell her there’s murder afoot. With an innocent man’s freedom on the line, Emma sets out to find a killer before it’s too late.

The Botanist's Assistant
When it comes to assisting a charismatic and talented botanist, Margaret Finch might seem like an odd choice. She’s eccentric, precise, and enjoys a structured routine. But those traits make her invaluable on the job.
When a surprising death rocks the small university, Margaret’s attention to detail convinces her that this wasn’t natural. It was murder.
But the more she digs, the bigger the target she paints on her back. If she can’t find the killer quickly, she may end up their next victim.

Who Knows You by Heart: A Novel
Eustachian, Inc. promises to revolutionize the audio market by merging language, communication, and human connection. A promise coder Octavia Crenshaw desperately wants to be true.
Lured from her nonprofit job by a high-paying salary, she is quickly swept into the world of Big Tech. When she another Black coder, Walcott, recruits her to a secret project creating a brand-new, powerful AI free of the racist and sexist biases that plague other products, she’s thrilled.
Especially when work turns into something more between the two.
But when they discover a toxic secret about their employer, they realize it’s not something they can overlook. They have to overcome it, no matter what.

Haven't Killed in Years
When Marin Haggerty’s father was arrested for being a notorious serial killer, she disappeared—literally. She was given a new name, a new family, and a new start. Twenty years later, she’s Gwen Tanner.
She prefers to keep everyone at a distance, just in case they ever learn the truth of her buried past. But when someone leaves body parts on her front door, her secret isn’t so safe.
To keep her identity hidden, Gwen has to hunt down a killer. And to do that, she finally has confront the ghosts of her past.

The Perfect Hosts: A Novel
There’s no such thing as a boring gender reveal party for Madeline and Wes Drake. They’ve invited over two hundred of their closest friends and family for their pistols and pearls grand reveal.
But when one of the explosive misfires, a woman is left dead, and with her, a trail of secrets. When Agent James Saldano starts investigating, he finds unexpected houseguests and a tangled web of deceit.
It soon becomes clear that the explosion wasn’t an accident. The only question i,s who was the real target? And why did someone want them dead?

Best Offer Wins: A Novel
Buying a house in the D.C. suburbs is no easy matter. Just ask Margo Miyake. In a year and a half, she’s lost eleven bids.
So when she hears about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, going on sale in a month, there’s nothing she won’t do to win. The only problem is that she can’t compete with a cash offer, which most people have.
But all of that might change if she can sway the current homeowners to sell to her. As she moves from stalking to trespassing to even more unhinged tactics, Margo soon learns that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream of owning the perfect home.

With Friends Like These: A Novel
Harvard promises everything. That’s why the ambitious attend. Why students push each other to their absolute best.
For Sara, Bee, Dina, Allie, Wesley, and Claudine, that’s what the first three years brought. And then the fourth was marked by tragedy.
Now, twenty years later, five of the six still play the secret game they’ve kept alive. It’s a nod to their younger selves, a tribute to the sixth roommate they lost. This is supposed to be Sara’s final year.
Until they learn there is a small fortune as a prize this year. But some aren’t playing by the rules. And all of them are harboring secrets. Secrets that could kill.

Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries Book 6)
Things are going well at the Brew-ha Café. And with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Lila Macapagal is dreaming of all the ways she’s planning on celebrating love with her boyfriend.
To top it all off, Lila’s cousin Hana is working at the Choco Noir and thriving.
But when Hana is found unconscious and the owner of the chocolate shop is dead, it seems the attacks on women-owned businesses has escalated to murder.
With Hana in a coma and the safety of the rest of the women in Shady Palm’s in jeopardy, Lila teams up with her boyfriend and his brother to find a killer.
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