Hours later, a man takes his dying breaths in Flavia's cucumber patch and it all snowballs from there. Two couples sit down to a meal together, but there's fire under their idle chit-chat. And if any one of these has you saying, "elementary, my dear Watson," move right on down the list — there's always another case just waiting for the next Miss Marple to crack wide open. Given the high quality of all previous four books by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) in the Cormoran Strike series—as well as their tendency to get better with each new one that comes out—we’re confidently adding the fifth book, Troubled Blood, to our best mysteries of 2020 list. What it is is a vivid description of being a young artist, trying to make it in the world. Can You Find the Star Among Pumpkins and Ghosts? (Perhaps best to first test a sample to see if you like it). And while you’re at it, sign up for our FREE newsletter for even more of the Woman's Day content you want. The main character works for a gangster, so if you prefer your mysteries not to include organized crime, it probably shouldn’t be top of your list. From the award-winning author who brought you The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace is an amazing work of historical fiction that will leave you guessing at every turn. When someone turns up dead after a school trivia event, they're forced to reckon with their own demons. We publish at least two new interviews per week. The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths ***Winner Best Novel 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Awards*** The Stranger Diaries is a Gothic take on a modern mystery, with a fictional Victorian author, RM Holland, as a central part of the plot.The book has won a number of accolades, as well as being a Richard & Judy Bookclub pick, suggesting it’s also a relatively easy read. It is laugh-out-loud funny at times, though it’s hard to know how well that humour travels beyond UK borders, so it may be worth reading a sample before committing. One by one, the guests fall victim to an unknown murderer, and everyone is a suspect. It’s not exactly a mystery, it’s more of a chase story, combined with historical fiction, since the plot doesn’t exactly revolve, but mostly stems from the assassination of John F Kennedy. That said, it is educational: the book pulls you along, but you also feel the need to look up the ghost stories of MR James (on whom, one can’t help but presume, RM Holland is based), and reread Wilkie Collins. Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. At first, it seems like a dream assignment. Joe Country by Mike Herron is the 6th book in a series of what appears to be more spy thriller than mystery books. Inspired by the real-life conviction and imprisonment of Grace Marks for the murder of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery, the book follows psychiatrist Dr. Simon Jordan as he interviews Grace for her pending pardon. The Stranger Diaries is a Gothic take on a modern mystery, with a fictional Victorian author, RM Holland, as a central part of the plot. Walk the Wire is one of Baldacci’s most recent books, and is a fascinating depiction of what it’s like in a North Dakota fracking town.