Though the weather today may make it seem hard to believe that autumn is around the corner, our bookshelves don't lie. Autumn means a new harvest of mystery titles from some of your favorite authors.
Field of Bones, by J.A. Jance. Jance's new novel features Sheriff Joanna Brady, last seen in 2016's Downfall. Brady had intended to follow through her maternity leave in its entirety, but when a serial homicide case surfaces in her beloved Cochise County, she must leave her newborn at home and head back into the field for one of the most complex cases of her career. Fans will be delighted with this new series entry, equal parts beloved small town and intriguing mystery.
Dark Tide Rising, by Anne Perry. 24th in Perry's long-running William Monk series (following 2017's An Echo of Murder) finds Police Commander Monk approached by an attorney on behalf of a wealthy man, Henry Exeter, who desire's Monk's help in orchestrating the ransom exchange with his wife's kidnappers. Monk agrees, assembles his best team, and plans the exchange carefully, only to have it end in disaster. The kidnappers must have had inside information, but who among Monk's most trusted would have leaked the information? The ensuing mole hunt in the department makes this one of the best in recent series entries.
Robert B. Parker's Colorblind, by Reed Farrel Coleman. Coleman's fifth Jesse Stone finds the police chief back at work after two months in rehab. His return coincides with an uptick in hate crimes, several of which hearken back to cases Stone investigated early in his career. Too much to be coincidence, these incidents are brought to a head when one of his officers, an African American, shoots a white man who appears to have been unarmed. Timely and weighty.
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