Great new crime novels
Discover the best new crime novels of the year! Explore gripping mysteries, thrilling suspense, and page-turning detective stories in our curated list of must-read crime fiction.
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The Cold Spot
by Tom Piccirilli
The four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of "The Midnight Road" returns with a taut and twisty crime novel about family secrets and the consequences of crime. Original.
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Winter's Bone
by Daniel Woodrell
Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost.
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The Shotgun Rule
by Charlie Huston
Seeking revenge for the theft of a bicycle, four teenage friends discover that the missing item is in the hands of the Arroyo brothers, one of whom is just out of prison, and set out to retrieve it, stumbling upon a methamphetamine lab in the process.
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Dirty Money
by Richard Stark
A follow-up to Nobody Runs Forever finds master criminal Parker and his cohorts returning to an abandoned country church where they had been forced to abandon the spoils of a bank heist, an endeavor during which he drives an old choir van and works to outmaneuver foes on both sides of the law.
