Mysteries

By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)

A romantic, Christmas wedding at her seaside hotel gives Delilah a chance to shine with her unique gifts. But will her light be snuffed out before the bride and groom say “I do”? As manager of the Tidewater Inn, Delilah Carter has been planning a spectacular Christmas wedding for her friends at the grand hotel overlooking the ocean. While picking up still more twinkly lights and some last-minute groceries for the reception dinner, a huge truck runs her off the freezing, wet roads into the dark night. Her car stops just short of an enormous tree and the truck speeds off into the night. Delilah escapes with her life and has almost convinced herself the whole thing was an accident, but then she begins to receive threatening phone calls.

By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)

Journey to two of Colleen Coble’s most beloved settings—Bluebird Ranch and Hope Beach—for holiday romance and mystery!“Colleen is a master storyteller. ” —Karen Kingsbury, New York Times bestselling authorAll Is CalmIt’s going to be an unexpectedly romantic Christmas at Bluebird Ranch. Brendan Waddell has always considered Bluebird Ranch a little piece of heaven: an idyllic ranch that pairs abused children with abused horses, run by one of his Marine buddies. Now, it seems just the place to spend Christmas recovering from an on-the-job injury. Lauren Everman first came to the ranch as a foster kid, but now knows it’s the perfect hideout.

By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)

Brendan Waddell needs a place to recuperate. Lauren Everman needs a place to hide. It’s going to be an unexpectedly romantic Christmas at Bluebird Ranch. Brendan Waddell has always considered Bluebird Ranch a little piece of heaven: an idyllic ranch that pairs abused children with abused horses, run by one of his old Marine buddies. Now, recovering from an on-the-job injury, Brendan thinks the ranch is the perfect place to spend Christmas healing up.

By Patricia Raybon ()

From award-winning author Patricia Raybon comes a compelling new historical mystery series, a riveting puzzle about a young Black theologian–and Sherlock fan–trying to solve her father\’s cold-case murder in a city ruled by the KKK. It\’s the winter of 1923 and Professor Annalee Spain?a clever but overworked theologian at a small Chicago Bible college–receives a cryptic telegram calling her home to Denver to solve the murder of her beloved but estranged father. For a young Black woman, searching for answers in a city ruled by the KKK could mean real danger. Still, with her literary hero Sherlock Holmes as inspiration, Annalee launches her hunt for clues, attracting two surprising allies: Eddie, a relentless young orphan boy searching for his missing father, and Jack, a handsome young pastor who loves nightclub dancing and fast cars–awakening Annalee\’s heart to the surprising highs and lows of romance and love. With their help, Annalee follows clues that land her among Denver\’s powerful elite.

By James Markert (Thomas Nelson)

In the wake of World War I in the small, Southern town of Bellhaven, South Carolina, the town folk believe they’ve found a little slice of heaven in a mysterious chapel in the woods. But they soon realize that evil can come in the most beautiful of forms. The people of Bellhaven have always looked to Ellsworth Newberry for guidance, but after losing his wife and his future as a professional pitcher, he is moments away from testing his mortality once and for all. Until he finally takes notice of the changes in his town.

By Kimberley Woodhouse, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House Publishers)

Dr. Jeremiah Vaughan came to Alaska in hope of a better future. But will the truth about his past ruin his chance at love?

By Kathy Herman (Multnomah Books)

The Past Is Back Ellen Jones’s hands are full after she begrudgingly brings her aging father to Seaport. Lawrence’s memory is failing—though he can’t seem to forget what he’s been holding against Ellen for the past forty years. But when he’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Ellen realizes she never released her resentment and it’s too late for reconciliation. Then suddenly—literally overnight—her son, Owen, comes face-to-face with the consequences of his wilder days gone by. No one is prepared for the changes he, and the entire family, will have to make as a result.

By Julie Carobini (Dolphin Gate Books)

Tasha had only been teasing her pal, Lorena, when she’d called her brew “deadly. “Who knew someone would soon be found poisoned to death–and Lorena, the camp cook–would be a suspect?After her own brush with death the year before, Tasha had promised her boyfriend, Marc, she would stay far away from sleuthing. But with Marc out of town, and all eyes on Lorena, what choice does she have?With Christmas coming, and a criminal on the loose, can Tasha solve the mystery.

By Gayle Roper, Chuck Holton (Multnomah)

Two Dangerous Missions Collide with Explosive Results A suicide bomber blows up a hotel in Beirut, killing hundreds of people. A young American woman is kidnapped in Lebanon by terrorists. Connected or coincidence? Despite the government’s difficulty in locating her sister, Liz Fairchild, a reporter from the States, is determined to find her…regardless of the risks. Meanwhile, Sergeant John Cooper and his elite Special Ops team hunt down Palestinian extremists in possession of a new undetectable explosive that will change the “face of terror. ” When Liz and Task Force Valor’s paths intersect, more is at risk than their separate missions.

By Petersheim, Jolina (Tyndale House Publishers)

Booklist’s Top 10 Inspirational Fiction2016 Grace Award Winner for Speculative Fiction2017 Christy Award Finalist: Visionary CategoryInc. Magazine’s 10 Phenomenal Books for Fall ReadingStraight off the Page’s Best of 20162017 Inspy Award Finalist”[An] astute meditation on the intersection between belief systems and the politics of aggression. ” ~Publishers WeeklyWhen Leora Ebersole sees the small plane crash in her Old Order Mennonite community, she has no idea it’s a foreshadowing of things to come.  Soon after the young pilot, Moses Hughes, regains consciousness, they realize his instruments were destroyed by the same power outage that killed the electricity at the community store, where Englischers are stranded with dead cell phones and cars that won’t start. Moses offers a sobering theory, but no one can know how drastically life is about to change.