If you’re a bookworm who can’t contain your wanderlust, we’ve got another roundup of reads for you. But these books don’t contain just any ordinary adventures abroad! Expect lots of chills and thrills on these suspenseful voyages to destinations unknown…
Investigate an eerie murder in an Irish coastal town full of sinister secrets. The town of Dingle is experiencing unrest. A rowdy caravan of young people is consistently causing trouble and news of a deadly hit-and-run has shaken the locals. But things go from bad to downright eerie when a woman is found murdered, her left hand severed and a rabbit’s foot wrapped around her wrist. Join Dimpna on another investigation in SOME OF US ARE LOOKING by Carlene O’Connor.
Travel back in time to 19th century London and join a young Mary Shelley on a chilling investigation in DEATH AND THE SISTERS by Heather Redmond. What if before she wrote Frankenstein, Mary Shelley helped solve murders? When a man is found dead in her father’s bookshop, Mary is drawn to find the truth. With the help of her stepsister Jane and the handsome poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary will dive into a tangled web of danger, lies, and jealousy…
Journey to Regency-era London for a terrifying night at the theater in MURDER IN DRURY LANE by Vanessa Riley. For Lady Abigail Worthing, the theater is a place she finds peace away from the ton’s judgment and the risks of her secret abolitionist work. But when someone is murdered in the theater’s prop room, Abigail is pulled into an investigation that will come with a higher price than she ever anticipated…
Join Jane Wunderly on a wild goose chase across 1920s Turkey and Hungary in INTRIGUE IN ISTANBUL by Erica Ruth Neubauer! When her archeologist father runs off to find a legendary relic, it’s up to Jane to track him down. But as Professor Wunderly searches for the lost heart of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, it seems impossible to keep up with his trail. With few clues to rely on, finding her father won’t be easy—especially with a group of nameless figures following Jane’s every move.
Explore the lush landscape of Colombia to find a missing hacienda owner in THE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY by Lorena Hughes. Martin Sabater followed his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in the lush Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a dazzling gala, Martin disappears. However, three strangers–a photographer, a young chocolatier, and a nun–are determined find out what really happened to Martin and finally set the past right.
Take a trip back to 1965 Rome and stay within a creepy and crumbling medieval castle in THE WOMAN IN THE CASTELLO by Kelsey James. When Silvia Whitford arrives in Rome, she lands a starring role in a new horror movie, aptly named The Revenge of the Lake Witch. But as she immerses herself in her new role set amidst an eerie castello, the movie’s make-believe horrors will slowly seep into reality.
Help two seasoned detectives catch a sinister killer in the dark heart of New Orleans in THE LAST SINNER by Lisa Jackson. Detectives Bentz and Montoya have tangled with savage killers for years. But one monster from their past still haunts their dreams: Father John, a killer who sharpened his rosary beads for deadly purposes. When a new murder victim surfaces in town, the detectives suspect a terrifying copycat is at large…or Father John himself has returned.
May New Reads