Mysteries

Chasing Castles, Nineteen Years Living and Teaching Ballet in Italy
by Barbara File Marangon
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Author Barbara File Marangon begins her incredible journey of self-discovery in her grandmother’s Bronx kitchen. With a glimpse of her Irish ancestry she makes a heartfelt promise to find her ancestral castle in Ireland someday.

After the poignant finale of a Hollywood show she choreographed, an appreciative cast presents her with a ticket to Italy. She is offered a job teaching ballet in Venice, but after a painful marriage to a Venetian comes to an end, she moves to a small Italian town with a castle.

The Woman I’ve Become
by Debra Webb
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Twenty years ago, Julia Belmont escaped a serial killer’s captivity, but her best friend disappeared forever. Rebuilding her life from the trauma, Julia is now a psychologist married to a wealthy mayoral candidate, and mother to a beautiful six-year-old girl, Olivia. All is good. Until a heartless reporter resurrects the darkest chapter of her past.

The wild accusations go viral, and Julia retreats with Olivia and her assistant to an isolated lake house in Connecticut, where strange events begin to occur and threatening emails flood her inbox.

Scratch Moss
by David Barnett
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1865. There is coal under the fields of Scratch Moss Manor and Sir Henry Brody is determined to get at it. But there is something else in the ground as well, something dark and evil

1905. A more Godless set of people the Reverend George Ackman has never known than the people of the northern town of Scratch Moss. But if not God, what do they believe in? 1945. Arthur works for the Coal Commission, visiting privately-owned pits ahead of their nationalisation. But something is amiss in Scratch Moss, with a disturbing number of deaths at the mine and children going missing in the tunnels.

Sea Stories
by William H. McRaven
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Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden.

Sea Stories begins in 1963 at a French Officers’ Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II-the place where a young Bill McRaven learned the value of a good story.

What Time Has Kept
by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
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In 1870s Scotland, Christian Maclagan—one of Britain’s first female archaeologists—struggles for recognition in a world determined to silence her. Emboldened by her acquisition of a rare Neolithic carved stone ball, she becomes obsessed with unlocking its ancient secrets. But as she studies the mysterious artifact, disturbing dreams begin to unravel her. Eventually, Christian must grapple with the shocking truths she has unconsciously buried for decades.

One hundred fifty years later, American graduate student Ellen Byrne arrives in Scotland to research her thesis.

The Session
by Andrew Mayne
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After a viral rescue turns paramedic Mark Greenley into an overnight hero, Summit Strategies opens its doors to him—and reveals an empire where self-improvement is cover for control.

When paramedic Mark Greenley receives an anonymous scholarship, his investigation into its source leads to a Miami conglomerate called Summit Strategies. And to its charismatic cofounder Max Lightman, Mark’s father, a shadowy figure throughout his life. Mark also discovers a half brother named Kevin, a fixture at Summit who died under suspicious circumstances. These are the least of the revelations.

At Any Cost
by Rebecca Rosenberg and Selim Algar
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At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspeakable act of murder and betrayal that rocked New York City.

Wealthy, beautiful, and brilliant, Shele Danishefsky had fulfillment at her fingertips. Having conquered Wall Street, she was eager to build a family with her much younger husband, promising Ivy League graduate Rod Covlin. But when his hidden vices surfaced, marital harmony gave way to a merciless divorce. Rod had long depended on Shele’s income to fund his tastes for high stakes backgammon and infidelity–and she finally vowed to sever him from her will.

The Last Time I Saw Her
by Rhiannon Barnsley
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Sage has a recurring nightmare: a woman she doesn’t know is drowning, fighting desperately as the dark water closes over her. It’s unsettling, but Sage shrugs it off when she wakes. Until she sees the same woman in a South London supermarket. Her name is Lara, a psychology student and small-time influencer. And Sage is certain—she is about to die.

Sage feels she has to do everything she can to save Lara, and slowly, quietly, she begins to infiltrate her life—following her online, engineering a chance encounter, earning her trust.

Voice of Fear
by Heather Graham
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FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she’s been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is semisalvaged by the last-minute appearance of criminal psychologist Patrick Law, but Jordan can’t imagine making a worse first impression. Especially when she’s partnered with Patrick moving forward.

Patrick’s innate ability to get inside a criminal’s head is an asset for the Krewe of Hunters. But Jordan wishes she could protect her own thoughts from her new partner.

Japanese Gothic
by Kylie Lee Baker
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October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge—his father’s new home in Japan, a house hidden by sword ferns and wild ginger.

But something is terribly wrong with the house: no animals will come near it, the bedroom window isn’t always a window, and a woman with a sword appears in the yard when night falls.

Vanished
by Lorhainne Eckhart
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Two years after Navy Captain Eric Hamilton pulled Abby from the Persian Gulf, they have built the life neither of them expected—a marriage, two young children, and a home on a Norfolk naval base. But the past Abby escaped has never been as far behind her as Eric believes.

Then Eric is sent halfway around the world. And Abby disappears. She leaves behind their infant son, their two-year-old daughter, and a house that raises more questions than answers. There is no clear evidence of an abduction.

One Perfect Lie
by Lisa Scottoline
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On paper, Chris Brennan looks perfect. He’s applying for a job as a high school government teacher, he’s ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable. But everything about Chris Brennan is a lie.

Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher so athletically talented that he’s being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But Raz’s father died only a few months ago, leaving her son in a vulnerable place where any new father figure might influence him for good, or evil.

The Cases That Haunt Us
by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas
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Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Who killed JonBenet Ramsey, and why? In this updated edition, legendary FBI criminal profiler John Douglas and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Mark Olshaker—the team behind the famous Mindhunter series—explore these tantalizing questions and more in this mesmerizing work of detection.

Using modern forensic science and criminal profiling techniques developed by Douglas within the FBI, The Cases That Haunt Us challenges conventional theories, dissects investigative missteps, and exposes the societal biases that have shaped some of history’s most notorious murder investigations.

Rings of the Fallen
by William Pickrel
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Don Holler has never met a puzzle he couldn’t solve. He does it blindfolded, in hotel ballrooms, for crowds. Then he opens a relic in a Texas museum that nobody had opened in forty-five years, and a donor he has never met sends for him.

The job is in the Golan Heights. Five rings of black stone, five thousand years old. The Arabic name is Rujm el-Hiri. The Hebrew name is Gilgal Refaim. The wheel of the giants. Or the wheel of the dead.

Guarded By My Weredragon Warrior
by Celeste Raye
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Athena Livingstone has survived a year on Dobromia by relying on discipline, strength, and never letting her guard down. Then a mysterious Weredragon warrior saves her patrol and disappears back into the wilderness. Varek has lived alone for two years, banished for speaking the truth. Athena is the first person to see the man beneath the exile—and the first thing he can’t walk away from. But danger, politics, and enemies threaten everything they’ve found.

When an exiled warrior finds his fated mate, guarding her may cost him everything.