The Best New Crime Books Out in Paperback This Month

Roberto Saviano, Savage Kiss
Translated by Anthony Shugaar
(Picador)

There’s not an ounce of Mario Puzo’s romanticism in this grimly riveting tale of crime and punishment. –Kirkus Reviews

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, The Scorpion’s Tail
(Grand Central)

“Preston and Child have designed an intricate thriller that takes several twists and turns, but never totally diverts from the crux of the story. This is a series that demands attention.” –New York Journal of Books

Sophie Hannah, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
(William Morrow)

“Yet again, the diminutive man with the little gray cells delivers the goods.” –Wall Street Journal

Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights
(Harper Perennial)

“An explosively erotic and erudite thriller.” –Booklist

John Banville, Snow
(Hanover Square Press)

“Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format…superbly rich and sophisticated.” –New York Times Book Review

Becky Cooper, We Keep The Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half-Century of Silence
(Grand Central Publishing)

[A] true crime must-have that exposes the dangers of an all boys’ club and offers an education in itself.”–Shondaland

Craig Johnson, Next To Last Stand
(Penguin Books)

“Like the greatest crime novelists, Johnson is a student of human nature. Walt Longmire is strong but fallible, a man whose devil-may-care stoicism masks a heightened sensitivity to the horrors he’s witnessed.” –Los Angeles Times

P. J. Tracy, Deep Into The Dark
(Minotaur)

“Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot.” –Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Leah Konan, All The Broken People
(Putnam)

Even the biggest thriller fan will struggle to guess the ending of this twisty, gorgeously written debut. –Rolling Stone

Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, Piece of My Heart
(Simon & Schuster)

Piece of my Heart is a chilling, hair-raising tale sure to leave the reader gasping and puzzling over the unexpected scenarios and suspects while hoping there will be a happily-ever-after ending. –New York Journal of Books