Fiction - Crime

Will Miss Caster and Miss Fleet see their names in lights?When Katherine and Connie take on a case at a music hall, they enter a new, exciting, and frightening world.The duo are hired to calm the nerves of Ellen Howe, top of the bill...

USA Today bestselling author Louise Jensen delivers another twisty psychological thriller that is the "perfect formula of insanity combined with horror" (Suspense Magazine). Jenna is given another shot at life when she receives a donor heart from a girl called Callie. Eternally grateful to...

Four Corner Hustlers is a collection of fables that are woven into one exciting tale about four individuals who are at the top of their game. Big E "The D Boy" is a kingpin who runs an elaborate drug operation that crosses state lines....

Another great novel from B.H.Heit........... It was 1958, just before the island nation of Cuba was overrun by the rebel forces of Fidel Castro and Ch Guevara, when long-time plantation owner, Francisco Cervantes, transfers millions of dollars out of the country. Today, his grandson,...

Jenny Cain is back to take a bite out of the Big Apple. When Jenny's friend Carol is killed while jogging in New York, the police write it off as another Manhattan mugging. But Jenny soon discovers that the story of Carol's life and...

What motive, if any, linked the brutal murder of Violet Casterbrook, the wife of the headmaster of Love Street School, on the morning of the 17 December 1962, her bludgeoned body left for dead on the snow-covered terrace of their riverside home and the...

The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Crime Fiction provides a much-needed investigation into how crime and detection have been, are, and will be represented within Canada's national literature, with an attention to contemporary popular and literary texts.Author: Pamela BedoreISBN-10: 0367645718ISBN-13: 9780367645717Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2024Pages: 274Format:...

Glass House is the eleventh instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour. 'This is an entertaining and well written mystery and number eleven in this excellent series. The main characters...

CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour. Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels: ***** 'The best laugh I have had for a...

A brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Robert Littell, A Plague on Both Your Houses is a thrilling tale of love and war.On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with...

This story follows a true crime murder case from New York in 1906. Clyde Griffiths is the impoverished young man from a family of street preachers who dreams of bettering his station in life. However, his dream ends in murder and he is subsequently...

A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETT The fourth instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely grippingvillage detective series topped off with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders. READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH...

The third in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency, Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Betty Rowlands and Helen Cox. Praise for Murder at the Seaview Hotel: 'I loved...

The Queen of Thieves is back! Queen of Clubs is the second in Beezy Marsh's thrilling UK historical series about a ring of all-female gangsters in 1950s London.London, 1957: After rising up against gangland's queen, Alice Diamond, formerly downtrodden Nell is living the perfect...

"An irreverent, offbeat crime thriller featuring a memorable protagonist and a quirky cast of gangsters." -Best ThrillersAfter his brother Sterling disappears one too many times, Monk is asked to find him. But what starts as a simple case of a man cheating on his...

Beach Breaks: Short Surf Stories is a collection of gripping and uplifting tales that transport readers to the sun-kissed shores and roaring waves of the surfing world. Within these pages, you'll find a mosaic of experiences, from triumphant moments of conquering massive waves to...

Sometimes good cops do the wrong thing for all the right reasons, and Virgil Jones, lead detective for the Major Crimes Unit, is about to learn a hard lesson from both his recent and distant past: When words become weapons, nobody walks away free...

From the author of stunning historical fiction books comes a Sunday Times bestselling new story of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s...In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes, never to be seen again.Now, in 1920, the once esteemed Stilwell family...

'So frightening I had to stop reading it at night' - Judy (Netgalley) The chilling new horror from bestselling author, Helen Phifer 1933, Mother Superior Agnes offers sanctuary to a desperate young woman fleeing for her life. Only to wake in the morning to...

"Locust Lane is as perceptive as it is compulsively readable."--The Washington PostFor fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon's Locust Lane is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the...

'I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing mystery set in a beautiful location with deliciously menacing undercurrents.' Frances EveshamThe Isle of Wight has always felt like a safe place to live for keen dog-walker and reluctant sleuth Susan. But after being involved in the investigation of...

The wife is always the last to know...What if everything you believed was a lie?Your life...your marriage...your very existence.What if the person lying to you is your husband, the man who claims to love you more than anything in the world?Isolated in his remote...

Havana, Cuba, 1958. After losing her family to a brutal dictator, Ariana Rojas wants revenge.Alluring and highly educated, she joins a ragtag group of revolutionaries who try to overthrow the Cuban government, wreaking havoc to support their cause. Ariana plots the kidnapping of Jimmy...

Emerging from the ashes of a stagnant long-term relationship, Dr. Savannah Dawson finds the adrenaline rush of the emergency room has dulled to a monotonous routine. It's her best friend Lacey who nudges her out of her comfort zone, convincing her to take a...

In this gripping follow-up to The Reluctant King, the "Monarchy" of New York City's Five Points is in total disarray, giving way to a bloody battle for the crownAuthor: K'WanISBN-10: 1636141773ISBN-13: 9781636141770Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 200Format: Paperback

She wants in. He needs out.Moments from her small but pivotal role in A Very Crowded House, Harriet "Harry" Smith begins her own story where an Ivy League education, her wit, and talented two hands make no promises, least of all the promise of...

The mission of London Face Sir John Kohl continues when Ramos' Reign begins. Can Ramos, a beast with a brain as big as his legendary manhood, command an organization the size and complexity of the one built by the two John Kohls? Blackmail, politicians,...

From multi-million-selling Faith Martin, one of Britain's best-loved mystery writers.Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur sleuth.Jenny Starling is catering the twenty-first birthday party of upper-class twins, Alicia and Justin.Jenny arrives at their parents' stunning country house and is immediately met by the...

The Cincinnati Kid, first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark ("The Kid") who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed...

When Brandon's father comes back to Appalachia from the War, life as he knows it becomes upended. Now, with his family broken, and a father whom he doesn't know at the helm, Brandon soon realizes that the horrors of war are no match for...

A peek at a dangerous world from a safe distance The Two John Kohls explores the powerful world of London Face Sir John Kohl and the lives and hierarchy of the hardmen who make up the monster squad that does Kohl's bidding. Multicultural, dangerous,...

What Bad Men Do is a peek at an ugly world from a safe distance, told through the decades-long rise and reign of a London Face and the collateral damage to families and society. The astonishing wealth and power created by audacious banditry leave...

They DID promise her a killer hen weekend...Jeanie's getting married, and - despite her completely impossible four sisters - her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They're in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are...

She moves her flashlight around the dark, empty ward. How could her friends have left her alone in a place like this? But she isn't really alone. Someone is watching. And he won't let her leave this place alive...Shortly before midnight, four teenagers broke...

When the fog clears one December morning in Essex, the body of a teenage girl is discovered lying face down in a field. The victim, Lily Monteith, was murdered in a peculiar and unique way - so unique that it could have only happened...

Rafe Backwater is a natural. In the rough challenging world of commercial salmon fishing in Alaska, he's found his niche. The small town he calls home, Coroglen, is a paradise where the fishermen live and die by each other, doors are not locked and...

Quantico, in his rear review mirror, he'd made it; FBI Special Agent Kasper Bergman. Once a technical geek with the Houston Police Department, he'd worked undercover with Homicide Detective Jack West. Four years later, in Dallas, assigned to the TCA Task Force- Technical Chatter...

It should be the season of joy, but one inmate has a secret he's taking to the grave... FBI agent Blake Wilder is basking in the holiday spirit.When she receives a phone call from an old high school friend regarding a murder case.She reluctantly...

The nightmare is over. Alexander "Rotten" Carter is dead. But when his body is dumped in Cleveland Homicide Detective Jesus De La Cruz's neighborhood, there are more questions than answers. Rotten was dressed up like the king of hearts, right down to the dagger...

David Lowry, the retired forensic scientist of the Sheriff's Office in Scottsdale and now the most sought after private forensic investigator in the country, is invited by an old colleague to join the investigation of a murder in West Virginia that copies exactly a...

Alexander Otkazov is a failed pianist trying to start a new life in journalism. But when he starts reporting on a mysterious group of avant-garde musicians, the story takes him into a shadowy world of obscure composers, megalomaniac artists, and real estate barons, where...

An organized shoplifting ring, a missing teen, and murdered cop...welcome to the LAPDAs Josie Price steps into the high-stakes world of the LAPD, she discovers the badge isn't just about chasing criminals; it's about navigating the intricate web of personalities-each with their own moral...

A crime thriller set in the Highlands of Scotland and the Isle of Harris. An old woman is murdered in Inverness and the investigation leads back to the Isle of Harris, where the investigating officer finds his own family history is intertwined with that...

She was the most alluring murder suspect he'd ever dealt with, but Gently knew Mimi Deslauriers was key to the execution of an underworld crime boss, and he was determined to prove it. The unflappable Inspector George Gently has become a household name through...

The secrets hidden in smoldering ashes hold the fate of a city in an explosive thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Vacant homes in a new housing development are erupting into flames in broad daylight with no apparent cause. It's a...

The secrets hidden in smoldering ashes hold the fate of a city in an explosive thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Vacant homes in a new housing development are erupting into flames in broad daylight with no apparent cause. It's a...

Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.Author: John SandfordISBN-10: 0593869656ISBN-13: 9780593869659Publisher: Random House Large Print PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/09/2024Pages: 480Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.13h x 6.06w x 1.18dLarge Print

She lay in the frosted grass behind Frozen Falls. Her eyes were wide open, and the wind blew her hair, ash-blond locks reflecting the blue sky. Her face, beautiful even in death, was pale, as if the bitter cold from the mountain had drained...

A perfect mother. A loving daughter. A secret that could destroy them both.New mother Eve is overwhelmed with love for her baby son, Kai. As she swaddles him in a fluffy white blanket, she shudders at a memory of her own childhood. She hasn't...

Gropper and McGill continue to operate as unlicensed private investigators, working out of a diner in Charleston, South Carolina.While McGill handles the business end, rarely leaves the diner, and lives off a steady diet of pancakes, bacon, and coffee, Gropper must deal with a...