| |  | | | A rare book holds a powerful secret in this ‘spellbinding’ read (Marie Benedict) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - In 1901, Lily serves as a bookbinder’s apprentice in Oxford. But when she’s given a burned book, she uncovers a story of forbidden love, fortune, and murder…
- This “scrumptious literary treat” (Library Journal starred review) is a must read for booklovers
- “As immersive as the scent of old paper and bound leather in an antique bookstore… Impossible to put down” (Patti Callahan Henry)
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 | | | Don’t miss this satisfying sequel to Dashiell Hammett’s classic The Maltese Falcon | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - From gangsters to collectors, PI Sam Spade plays all sides as he hunts down a priceless treasure in 1920s San Francisco
- Clive Cussler says, “No one can twist you through a maze with as much intensity and suspense as Max Allan Collins”
- “A clever, well-executed tribute to the hard-boiled tradition” (Publishers Weekly starred review) from a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America
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 | | | A must read for January, according to the Los Angeles Times | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Whisking readers to 19th-century Tibet, this immersive novel “will feel fresh to historical fiction readers” (BookPage)
- As Balram, an Indian surveyor-spy, searches for a missing friend, Katherine sets out to become the first European woman to reach Lhasa
- “Exquisitely written and carefully plotted, this book is a triumph” (Laila Lalami, author of The Dream Hotel)
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 | | | First, a coronation gift is stolen — and then a suspected spy is killed… | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Could the same culprit be tied to the theft and the murder? Owen Archer is on the case in this page-turner set in 14th-century York
- A “thorny maze of many mysteries” (Kirkus Reviews) from an author “among the top writers of medieval historicals” (Publishers Weekly starred review)
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 | | | The ‘puzzle is ingenious’ in this ‘first-rate entry’ in a humorous series (Kirkus Reviews) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - In postwar London, a spy turned matchmaker gets pulled back into the shadowy world of espionage
- With her business partner, Gwen, by her side, Iris goes on a secret mission to sniff out a suspected Soviet operative — but there’s a “jaw-dropping twist” (Publishers Weekly)
- Perfect for fans of Kerry Greenwood and Dorothy Sayers
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 | | | Desperate Housewives meets 1980s East Texas in this juicy page-turner | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - “Readers will be glued to the page” (Library Journal) as a new family’s arrival shakes up a small town — and leads to murder
- From the author of The Hunting Wives — now a popular Netflix series
- With praise from Karin Slaughter, Riley Sager, and Lisa Jewell, who says, “Nobody does explosive and twisted like May Cobb does it”
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 | | | The killer of a brutal man turns up dead inside a locked church in medieval London | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Brother Athelstan gives refuge to William the weaver after he commits murder — but how did William end up dead himself?
- As deaths pile up, the intrepid monk and his coroner friend discover the work of a wicked serial killer
- “A clever sleuth works deep in the heart of a sordid city as the scent of evil rises from every page” (Kirkus Reviews)
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