Mystery & Science Fiction

Beloved mistress of suspense Laurie King is back with our favorite leading detectives, Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell. Without huge plot revelations, the two return from abroad to discover, on their doorstep, Holmes’ son by Irene Adler. When the son and his young family go missing and Holmes’ beloved bees begin inexplicably dying, the detectives race against time through the seedy London
underground to the secret societies of Scotland to save their family from a horrifying ritualistic ceremony.  —Adrienne Mages

I’ve been following McKinty for awhile now, particularly his stunning Michael Forsythe trilogy, but this stand alone novel featuring Cuban detective Mercado is an excellent place to start for newcomers. Vengeance for a father’s death leads Mercado to pose as an illegal worker in a wealthy, celebrity-filled community outside of Denver, which gives McKinty a chance to do a lot of neat dissection of race and class along the way. (If you don’t want to water down the effect of a great opening chapter, skip the jacket blurbs and plunge right in!) —Seana Graham

hero of agesDon’t miss Book Three of the Mistborn trilogy! Now that this concluding novel is available in paperback, I have no problem recommending that all fantasy lovers check this series out. Sanderson has created a truly original, supremely intriguing, and simply outstanding fantasy series. Loved by several Bookshop staff members and raved about by many reviewers, this is a world you want to get lost in. —Nici