Gobble Up November’s New Mystery, Thriller, & True Crime Books!

For fans of historical mysteries, duologies, and reimagined classic characters as sleuths!

The Bennet family and Darcy are visiting the Bingleys’ family home when Darcy decides to do a bit of showing off, which leads to the discovery of a dead body in the chimney. The body has been there a while, and no one knows who the dead man is. Naturally, Lizzie—who is receiving threatening notes from a plot in the previous book—isn’t going to let anyone stand in her way of putting her investigator hat on. And since Darcy will be helping her, there is plenty of banter, wit, and, of course, feelings between Lizzie and Darcy. Plus, rumors of a curse!

Definitely start with In Want of a Suspect, but if you’re a completist, you can start with the original series that this series branches off from: Pride and Premeditation!

For fans of middle grade puzzle mysteries with podcast host sleuths!

This is set in a Brooklyn apartment building, where tween Roya—the superintendent’s daughter—wants to grow up to be a journalist, is grieving for her father, and hosts a mystery podcast with her recently made friend Amin. Neighbor Thea Lim-Lambert, who is homeschooled and usually traveling the world, finds a secret closet, which leads the kids into a mystery and a scavenger hunt!

If you want to start at the beginning, pick up The Queen of Ocean Parkway!

For fans of historical mysteries and odd couple sleuth pairings!

We start with two cases, in 1920s Calcutta, and with two investigators who were once partners having to work together again. Detective Sam Wyndham has a difficult murder mystery because the victim, a philanthropist who was funding a film, was popular and liked by everyone. Sam’s former partner, Surendranath Banerjee, has returned from traveling after trying to escape their last case. He’s working on the case of a missing photographer, which happens to have a connection to Sam’s case…

If you want to start at the beginning, pick up A Rising Man!

For fans of cozy mysteries, Valentine’s Day setting, family, and food!

Lila Macapagal is looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day with her boyfriend, she’s thrilled with how well her business, the Brew-ha Cafe, is doing and is happy that her boyfriend’s cousin has moved to town and is working at the new Choco Noir. But things take a turn when Lila has to solve a mystery once again: women’s businesses are being robbed. On top of that, her boyfriend’s cousin is attacked, and the Choco Noir owner has been murdered!

If you want to start at the beginning, pick up Arsenic and Adobo!

For fans of small-town, YA murder mysteries, and dual sibling POV!

Siblings Mikky and Kyla Graves live separately: Mikky moved to Boston with their mom, and Kyla stayed in their hometown of Prophets Lake, where their father runs the family funeral home. But Mikky is forced back to Prophets Lake when Kyla’s best friend, Erin, is killed. Mikky finds his sister to be completely different from the sister he moved away from three years ago, and is determined to help her by solving Erin’s murder.

For fans of dark games and college friend groups still tied together decades later!

Former roommates Allie, Bee, Dina, Sara, and Wesley started a game in college two decades ago: The Circus plays out in NY alleys and private rooms as a style of tag, where players are eliminated/“killed.” Not everyone is up for playing this year, but it turns out a pool of money has grown to a million dollars and will be awarded to the winner. They all need the money, so everyone is in, but things take a turn when one of them is almost really killed, which of course means secrets will start to come out.

For fans of psychological suspense, complicated mother-daughter relationships, and secrets!

Pearl Davis is an art curator who has always had a complicated relationship with her mother. When her mother dies, Pearl finds a letter her mother wrote and—wait for it—her mother confesses to a murder! With more questions than answers, and a lot of work on her plate, Pearl is left with a lot to figure out.

For readers of bananapants-sounding headlines, and true crime about “wellness industry” businesses and cults.

I talked about this one in The Best New True Crime Reads from 2025, and now it’s out for everyone to read! Investigative journalist Ellen Huet looks at a story that started in the early aughts and culminated in a trial that ended in 2025. At the center is Nicole Daedone and her OneTaste company. Daedone’s vision for the world was for a 15-minute manually induced orgasm to take on the popularity of yoga. You may or may not be shocked to discover this ended in an FBI investigation that then became a federal trial.