Road Longer Than Memory
Melanie McCabe
Published 2026
384 pages
The most popular detectives books of 2026
These books are for readers who love a good detective. Brilliant amateurs, weary police inspectors and private eyes with a past follow clues to the truth. You will find stories about the great fictional sleuths here, along with true accounts of real investigators and their cases. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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What the Fields Saw
Linda Norlander
Published 2026
300 pages
The Ice Angels
Caroline Mitchell
Published 2026
336 pages
Easter Egg Murder
Lee Hollis, Leslie Meier, Peggy Ehrhart
Published 2026
368 pages
From the Dust
David Swinson
Published 2026
320 pages
Murder from A to Z
V.M. Burns
Published 2026
272 pages
Death Wasn't Invited
Carlene O'Connor
Published 2026
368 pages
Don't Cross Mo Ellery A Novel
Birdie Horne
Published 2026
288 pages
Three Reasons for Revenge
Dervla McTiernan
Published 2026
336 pages
A Dark Path
Linda Castillo
Published 2026
1 page
Fatal Swing, Death on Par Five
Lyle Nicholson
Published 2026
300 pages
Death and Other Occupational Hazards A Novel
Veronika Dapunt
Published 2026
384 pages
A Killing Breath
Faye Snowden
Published 2026
320 pages
God's Country
William Kent Krueger
Published 2026
256 pages
The Midnight Taxi
Yosha Gunasekera
Published 2026
336 pages
Wayward Souls
Susan J. Morris
Published 2026
400 pages
Brimstone Hollow A Novel
Archer Sullivan
Published 2026
336 pages
Spellbound by Murder
Stacie Ramey
Published 2026
320 pages
Grave Intent
Sarah Ward
Published 2026
336 pages
Colton's Private Security (The Coltons of Dark Canyon, 5)
Lisa Childs
Published 2026
272 pages
Payback A Thriller
Elizabeth Rose Quinn
Published 2026
287 pages
Moonlight Murder A Detective Aunty Novel
Uzma Jalaluddin
Published 2026
320 pages
Children of the Savage City A Novel
Elizabeth Heider
Published 2026
416 pages
The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (16)
Alexander McCall Smith
Published 2026
240 pages