Check out what’s new this January!
Atkins, Ace
Robert B. Parker’s Someone to Watch Over Me
Release Date: January 12, 2021
When his apprentice Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects is murdered, Spenser traces the victim’s demise to an international sex-trafficking ring that has been operating with impunity under the protection of a well-connected billionaire.
Boyd, William
Release Date: January 19, 2021
A film location in 1968 Brighton is riotously upended by a scandalous intelligence investigation into the secret lives and loves of a novelist, an actress and a movie producer. By the award-winning author of Love Is Blind.
Brown, Rita Mae
Out of Hounds: A Novel
Release Date: January 19, 2021
Sister Jane investigates when a series of art thefts and acts of vandalism targeting the Jefferson Hunt Club escalates to the murder of a retired foxhunter. By the best-selling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown Mysteries.
Child, Lincoln
Release Date: January 12, 2021
A sequel to Old Bones finds FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigating the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious 16th-century gold cross.
Childs, Laura
Release Date: January 26, 2021
Interrupting an emergency room shooter at the local hospital, Cackleberry Club Cafe owner Suzanne teams up with Petra and Toni to find the escaped killer before he tracks them down. By the best-selling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries.
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Release Date: January 12, 2021
Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Fellowes, Jessica
Release Date: January 19, 2021
Approached on her wedding day by a mysterious stranger who asks her to spy on loved ones, lady’s maid Louisa Cannon accompanies the Mitfords on a glitzy cruise that is shattered by an on-board assault.
Gardner, Lisa
Release Date: January 19, 2021
Investigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, Frankie Elkin navigates resident and police resistance as well as the challenges of her own sobriety before risking her life to uncover the truth.
Grippando, James
Release Date: January 5, 2021
A nightmarish shooting at their daughter’s school finds Jack Swyteck and his law-enforcement officer wife, Andie, investigating a chief suspect’s alleged ties to Al Qaeda amid growing anti-Muslim fervor.
Hardt, Helen
Release Date: January 26, 2021
Dating Boston’s billionaire bachelor has opened up a new world for Skye Manning. Opportunities are suddenly everywhere, her new career is flourishing, and she experiences luxury she’s only seen in the pages of magazines. So why does she feel like she’s losing herself?
Hurwitz, Gregg
Prodigal Son: An Orphan X Novel
Release Date: January 26, 2021
Retiring from his Nowhere Man activities in exchange for an unofficial pardon, former government assassin Evan Smoak is entreated by a unlikely client to help rescue a fellow orphan from a dangerous foster home.
Kellerman, Faye
Release Date: January 12, 2021
Detectives Peter Decker and Tyler McAdams link two suspicious disappearances from an assisted living facility to the case of three missing campers, before the reappearance of a foster son’s biological mother upends Decker’s home life.
Krentz, Jayne Ann
Release Date: January 5, 2021
A sequel to The Vanishing finds a young man with rare crystal-energy abilities partnering with a disgraced paranormal artifacts finder to track down a mysterious relic that may be tied to a parent’s sudden coma.
McCall, Smith, Alexander
Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind
Release Date: January 19, 2021
An anthology of 14 stories by the best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series imagines the rich lives and loves behind everyday people featured in pictures from the London Sunday Times photograph archives.
Patterson, James
Release Date: January 25, 2021
Investigating a trio of horrifying murders in three major U.S. cities against a backdrop of his impending nuptials, Detective Michael Bennett risks getting caught in a deadly trap set by a particularly elusive killer.
Pronzini, Bill
Release Date: January 26, 2021
Piggybacking a search for two con men onto his wife’s plans for a second honeymoon, Quincannon encounters more trouble than anticipated when Sabina becomes embroiled in a locked-room murder case.
Steel, Danielle
Release Date: January 5, 2021
Opening her home to neighbors in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, a reclusive woman inadvertently triggers events that reveal secrets, divide relationships and forge new bonds among strangers.
Thompson, Victoria
Release Date: January 5, 2021
After the Great War, Elizabeth Miles and Gideon Bates plan their wedding and welcome home old friends now discharged from the army, and must come to the aid of their friend Archie who may be the victim of a con-woman while fending off their worst enemy.