First Cut, Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell

Tech utopia San Francisco was supposed to be a fresh start for medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska but like the fog that blankets the bay some things weigh heavy; the fact that closing the case seems more important to her chief than the victim, a dangerous variant of opioid, the treachery of a colleague and echos of her own troubled past. Jessie's cases, one in particular, could make her the next victim...

The Tenant, Katrine Engberg

New Nordic noir! Enberg’s US debut has it all, Copenhagen, grisly murder, and a budding mystery novelist who just happens to own the building where that murder took place.

Odd couple detectives Korner and Werner alibi their main suspect out and within hours there's been another murder. Have they made a career ending mistake?

Mycroft and Sherlock The Empty Birdcage, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

Mycroft Holmes, after restorative surgery on his heart, is summoned by her majesty. The 411 killer is terrorizing England and the Queen wants the killer caught. Mycroft hands this off to Sherlock because the boy is champing at the bit, determined to catch a killer who leaves no trace. Mycroft and his friend Douglas are hunting a missing bridegroom; a Chinese National engaged to Mycroft’s friend Ai Lin. Mycroft has promised her father he will help to recover him. Meanwhile Sherlock, assisted by Mycroft’s driver is uncovering clues by orthodox and unorthodox means.

Rabbit Hunter, Lars Kepler

Sweden’s politicians are being targeted by a terrorist, with one minister already dead Saga Bauer of the security police is drawn into the case and so is Joona Linna who is still serving his sentence for assaulting another officer. Linna targets the terrorist, insinuating himself into the man’s network and carrying a vital message to the outside, what happens next puts Linna back in prison and Bauer on a plane to a secure facility in America where a witness waits. Bauer hopes this witness can tell her everything, if the woman hasn’t completely lost her mind.

Missing American, Kwei Quartey

Introducing Emma Djan; her father was a decorated police officer and Emma hoped to follow in his footsteps; but Ghana's police force is now rife with corruption and Emma is relieved of her boring duties when she refuses do a 'favour' for a senior colleague. Now employed by the Sowah detective agency Emma takes the case of Derek Tilson, an american who is searching for his missing father. Gordon Tilson, who met a beautiful Ghanaian widow online, flew over to surprise her and has now vanished without a trace. Emma's investigations will take her into the weird and dangerous world of fetish priests, online scammers and double dealing at the highest levels.

The God Game, Danny Tobey

Come and play with G.O.D, by invitation only!

This mysterious AI is said to be loaded with everything mankind knows about the big guy upstairs. At A.B Turner High School Charlie, one of the group calling themselves the Vindicators is invited to play the game, he's still reeling over the loss of his mom. The game starts him off easy with pranks, harmless, supposedly and soon the other Vindicators, firey code girl Vahni, student journalist Kenny, transfer student Peter and Alex, who lives for pranks and not much else these days have joined in.

What they haven't realized is that this G.O.D is the old testament variety but with hi tech rewards and punishments and they may be nowhere they can hide if/when the AI turns vengeful.

Long Bright River, Liz Moore

The Fitzpatrick sisters weren’t always at odds with each other. Kacey works the streets and do does her sister, Mickey but Mick is a cop with a four year old son and Kacey is held hostage by her addiction to opioids.

As a bizarre series of murders rocks Mickey’s Philadelphia beat, Kacey vanishes and Mick risks her job and her life to locate her sister. Soon she’s questioning whom she can really trust.