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Holmes Is Missing
James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Season of the Machete
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

2nd Chance
James Patterson, Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ninth Month
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Pop Goes the Weasel
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

22 Seconds
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Jailhouse Lawyer
Nancy Allen, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Fear No Evil
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Peril at End House
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Reflected in You
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cruel Seduction
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Shadow Sister
Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Departure(s)
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Hamptons Lawyer
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

That Night
Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Blowback
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Goldfinch
Raven Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Pucking Wrong Number
C.R. Jane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Maggie Moves On
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Nesting
Roisín O'Donnell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Body in the Backyard
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Elsewhere
Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Fix
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Whispers of You
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Orphan
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stolen
Ann-Helén Laestadius, Transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bug Hollow
Michelle Huneven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boundary Waters
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Fox Creek
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wings That Bind
Briar Boleyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

My Other Heart
Emma Nanami Strenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Defense
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hollow
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Purgatory Ridge
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Wine People
Michelle Wildgen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dissolution
Nicholas Binge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Untamed State
Roxane Gay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Memory of Light
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Kelly Harms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Bring Me Back
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Countdown
Brendan DuBois, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Private
Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Alex Cross Must Die
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bad Luck and Trouble
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

4
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Ordeal by Innocence
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Thirteen
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Thomas Berryman Number
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Throne of Nightmares
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Antihero
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Prodigal Son
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Them
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Endless Night
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Islands in the Stream
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Sparkling Cyanide
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Clocks
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Purity
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Magician King
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cold Zero
Brad Thor, Ward Larsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Mindf*ck Series
S. T. Abby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Passenger
Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

10th Anniversary
Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The House of Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crosshairs
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

We Hope for Better Things
Erin Bartels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Murder Inn
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Felicia's Favorites
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Black Book
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Make Room! Make Room!
Harry Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Cross Justice
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Triple Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Gabriel's Moon
William Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Hard to Kill
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Chef
James Patterson, Max DiLallo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Alex Cross's Trial
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Fifty Fifty
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mistress
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hickory Dickory Dock
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Jack Jill
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The People vs. Alex Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

They Came to Baghdad
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Lady of the Eternal City
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Right Man, Right Time
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Three Act Tragedy
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Bond That Burns
Briar Boleyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Clutch
Emily Nemens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Sundays at Tiffany's
Gabrielle Charbonnet, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Him
Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Without Fail
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

After the Funeral
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Mapping the Interior
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2017