Reading right now:

Gary Braver and Tess Gerritsen combined forces to write a stand-alone murder mystery called “Choose Me.” After Taryn Moore plunges from a balcony to her death, Detective Frankie Loomis doesn’t believe she killed herself. The investigation finds that Taryn had a dark side. One in which her English professor played a major role as either her murderer or perhaps the one who drove her to suicide.

On hold right now:

 “Razorblade Tears” is S.A. Cosby’s third stand-alone mystery. “Blacktop Wasteland” was the New York Times Notable book for 2020. In his latest, Ike Randolph has been recently released from jail and is devastated to learn that his son Isiah and Isiah’s husband has been murdered. Ashamed of Isiah being gay when he was living, Ike is determined to do better by his son now that he is dead and bring vengeance down on the heads of their killers.

Just coming out this week the stand-alone, “An Ambush of Widows” is the latest by Jeff Abbott. Two seemingly unrelated men are murdered together. Their widows form an alliance to find out what secrets their husbands were keeping, who murdered them, and why.

David Bell’s new stand-alone is “Kill All Your Darlings.” When English Professor Connor Nye becomes famous after publishing his first novel, a former student shows up at his door demanding that he admit he didn’t really write the novel and admit that she wrote it. When the police show up at his door demanding to know why his novel sounds much like a real murder case they have been investigating, Connor must decide whether to keep up the lie or confess.

Other Mysterious Things:

Caroline B. Cooney has been writing since 1979. She has written mystery, fiction, romance, horror, and fantasy for children, young adults, and adult readers. If you haven’t read one of her novels…well that is hard to believe. Her young adult series which started with “A Face on the Milk Cartoon” was incredibly popular. Now she presents a new stand-alone adult mystery called “The Grandmother Plot.” After Freddy is forced to place his grandmother in a nursing home, one of the other old ladies in the nursing home is murdered. Freddy has to step up to keep his grandmother safe.