17 Apr 2025
Your Weekly True Detective Starter Pack—Book Edition
If the gritty tension and slow-burn brilliance of True Detective keep you up at night (in the best way), you’re in the right place. This week’s lineup of mystery and thriller novels delivers the same brand of cerebral chills, morally complex characters, and dark, tangled plots that fans of the show crave. Whether you’re in the mood for a small-town secret unraveling at a sinister pace or a detective with more demons than leads, this booklist is your perfect companion for a moody, page-turning binge. Let’s dive into the week’s most unputdownable reads.
Kill Switch (A River Swift Thriller Book 1)
by Freddie P Peters
Release Date: April 11 2025
Ex-army medic River Swift risks her life to prove the innocence of her former partner, Navy SEAL Jason Wayne. She’ll find out the truth and deal the real killers merciless justice…
The Spinster’s Resolve
by Lateefa Harris
Release Date: April 9 2025
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that spinsters make the best sleuths.” Who else has mastered the fine art of sitting quietly in the corner, sipping tea… and overhearing everything? Step into the world of Miss Grace Skye — where Georgette Heyer meets Agatha Christie in a delightfully funny, twisty cozy mystery with a sweet love story.
Under Her Skin: Trapped in Her World
by Livia Huntingdon-Jones
Release Date: April 2 2025
Who’s the manipulator? The woman with the whip or the one without?
The Perfect Divorce
by Jeneva Rose
Release Date: April 15 2025
But when the woman Bob slept with is reported missing, he and Sarah start to fight dirty, and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse ensues. Filled with page-turning suspense and Jeneva Rose’s signature twists and turns, this book will have readers wondering, Can Bob and Sarah achieve the perfect divorce? Or will it be “till death do us part”?
Killer Clone (Stella Knox FBI Mystery Series Book 14)
by Mary Stone
Release Date: April 14 2025
At first, the differences seem small. But one detail stands out—the victim’s carotid artery was cut with the kind of precision used in embalming, as if he was being prepped for preservation rather than death. But before Stella can track down the one person who might have answers—the mortician—he turns up dead.
Who Will Remember (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Book 20)
by C.S. Harris
Release Date: April 15 2025
The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said.
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