June is heating up with a fresh wave of suspense, intrigue, and heart-pounding twists as a new lineup of mysteries and thrillers hits the shelves. Whether you’re a fan of domestic mind games or political suspense, this month’s releases promise to keep you on the edge of your seat. From NYT bestselling authors returning with new books to breakout debuts that will leave you breathless, there’s something for every thrill-seeker.
If you want some fresh new crime reads for your June TBR, you’re in the right place. Check out these crime books releasing this month!
Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Where better to celebrate a marriage, a family, and a life together than at one of the most stunning places on earth? But now she’s traveling solo. To add insult to injury, there’s a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay.
Ellery remembers how it felt to be on the cusp of everything new and wonderful, with a glimmering future just ahead. Now, she isn’t certain of anything except for her love for her kids and her growing realization that this place, though beautiful, is unsettling.
When Ellery discovers the dead groom, she realizes that she is not the only one whose future is no longer guaranteed. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide takes out the road to the resort, leaving the guests trapped. When another guest dies, it’s clear something horrible is brewing. Everyone at Broken Point has a secret. And everyone has a shadow. Including Ellery.
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In the badlands of New Mexico, FBI agent Corrie Swanson investigates a peculiar case. It seems like the victim took off her clothes as she walked into the desert and ultimately died of heatstroke and thirst… but when archaeologist Nora Kelly explains that the two artifacts in the corpse’s hands are lightning stones that ancient Chaco people used to summon the gods, Swanson has to wonder, was this a suicide? Or was it a sacrifice? When another body is found in the same style, they realize the case runs deeper into the past than they imagined.
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Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor. When a potential client demands that she create an Egyptian death mask, and Eve refuses, he forces her hand by threatening her family if she doesn’t create for him. Her husband hunts for a way to break her free, and he teams up with a mercenary to navigate her release.
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Who better to write a second political thriller together than President Bill Clinton and prolific writer James Patterson? In this novel, Madame President is up for re-election, and her NFL star husband is on trial for murder. It’ll take two investigative journalists to find out, is the first gentleman a killer?
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Teen heiress Olivia Owens thinks it will be a fun winter pastime to organize a heist against her own grandmother, matron of an inherited Swiss castle. Olivia accepts the invitation to her grandmother’s seventieth birthday party only because of the vault of gold in the dungeons, but at the party, her grandmother announces that she’s dying, and she plans to be buried with her fortune. It’ll be hard enough to steal something everyone’s looking at, but when new variables are introduced, including her loyalty to her boyfriend, Olivia’s integrity and grit gets put to the ultimate test.
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Full disclosure—I wrote this book! Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem’s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair is a creative nonfiction look at the life of Stephanie St. Clair, a real, West Indian woman who ran the Harlem numbers racket during Prohibition. She held her territory against infamous gangsters like Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano, and she even put on Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas’ predecessor. So why isn’t she a household name?
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Roman Carruthers returns to the town of Jefferson Run, Virginia, after his father’s fatal car crash to find his younger brother Dante in serious debt to criminals. Roman is the family money-guy, a wiz with numbers, and when he realizes his father’s car crash was no accident, he understands that it’s up to him to extricate the whole family from the danger Dante has put them in.
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Hardcover
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Twelve years ago, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Now it’s 1954, and she’s lured them all onboard a luxury overnight train where she has thirteen hours to get them to confess their crimes so she can deliver them to the authorities. She doesn’t anticipate one of the passengers getting murdered during the first hours of the trip… and in order to bring down the people she hates most in the world, she first has to protect them from someone else’s revenge.
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In this fascinating novel-told-in-reverse, Thom and Wendy Graves are spouses of 25 years. They seem to be flourishing empty-nesters, except for Wendy wants to murder Thom. Moving backward through their lives together, we slowly uncover what terrible thing they did decades ago that has kept them together for this long… and kept them wondering if it might be better for their spouse to take their secret to the grave.
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Annabelle has a perfect life, and she couldn’t be happier. Which makes her nightmares of the near future even more disturbing. When these dreams start to materialize, she realizes her husband and daughter are at risk in real life, and those dreams were actually premonitions. Suddenly every decision paralyzes her—could attempting to prevent the fates she’s dreamt actually bring them to fruition?
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Hardcover
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Mary Kay McBrayer is the author of Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem’s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clairand America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster. You can find her short works on history, true crime, and horror at Oxford American,Narratively, Mental Floss, and FANGORIA, among other publications. She hosts the podcast about women in true crime who are not just victims, The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. Follow Mary Kay McBrayer on Instagram and Twitter, or check out her author site here.
