10 New Mysteries and Thrillers in May 2024 for Insatiable Thrill-Chasers

For fans of FBI main characters, social thrillers, and cat-and-mouse chases!

A mall bombing days before a presidential election in the US left over 50 people dead and a lot of questions, starting with who is responsible. Yasmin Malik, a young British Muslim woman, is labeled the culprit, as she died having been witnessed near the bomb. FBI agent Shreya Mistry not only has to solve this crime, but the tension of the election and the state of the country is putting even more pressure on the need to get answers immediately. It’s how Shreya ends up outside Portland, Oregon, paired with FBI agent Susan Kramer while the father of a radicalized British woman is on his way from London, hoping to keep his daughter from following her leader’s mission…

If you’re a backlist reader, Mukherjee has written one of my favorite historical mystery series, starring a Scotland Yard detective who has moved to Calcutta (British ruled in 1919): A Rising Man.

For fans of young PIs, noir-ish novels, and small Texas town settings!

Annie McIntyre is in her mid-twenties and using her new PI license to solve some mysteries. Her current client, Clint Marshall, is an adoptee who wants Annie to help him find his birth parents. It’s an easy case, until it isn’t. Annie finds Clint’s father and his brother, but Clint’s father is a bank robber whom her grandfather, the sheriff, put away. When Clint’s brother dies by suicide, Annie sees red flags — ultimately needing her grandfather’s help when Clint disappears…

If you want to start at the beginning of the series, pick up Pay Dirt Road.