Fiction - Crime

Nick Shannon is on bail. Can he stay out of trouble long enough to avoid prison for the second time?A corpse magnet. That's what they call Nick. Wherever he goes, a dead body isn't far behind.But he's not expecting any casualties in his latest...

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...

Dr. Gabrielle Michaels has a strange feeling she is being watched, that her life is under a microscope and unfortunately for her, she is right. Circumstances of the death of a childhood friend and her true love who is locked away in her heart,...

Nephew is a gangsta that lives by the sword and takes what he wants. Life changes for the worst when he gets knocked for robbery and ends up on lock. While sitting in a cell, he realizes that street life will only get him...

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...

Here comes the bride, all dressed in... When the body of a "bride," clutching a bloody invitation is found in a shallow grave with flower petals scattered around, FBI agent Emma Griffin is called to the scene.Initial reports about the victim's disappearance were conflicting.Some...

When fate calls, death could be dialing.Journey Russo is no stranger to the harsh shadows cast by secrets. The fire that claimed her family when she was just thirteen years old left her life scorched by mystery and loss. Raised by her grandparents amidst...

Voltaira Muck, the notoriously ruthless leader of Miami's Zae Pound gang, has made off with well over a hundred kilos of narcotics belonging to Markio Earl; kilos that Markio himself received on consignment from the even more ruthless Matamoras drug cartel. Needless to say,...

Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a victim with a decidedly shady past in this gripping contemporary mystery. The body of a smartly-dressed businessman turns up in the yard of Eli Simpson's car workshop. But there's no ID in the pockets...

From the world's #1 bestselling writer - 3 pulse-pounding novels in one book!THE MOORES ARE MISSING with Loren D. Estleman: The Moore family just vanished from their home without telling a soul. A last-minute vacation? A kidnapping? A run for their lives? You'll never...

German-born Walter Schoen, now living in Detroit, is a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Walter's American wife, Honey Deal, doesn't know he's a German spy, but she's tired of telling him jokes he doesn't understand--it's time for a divorce. Along comes Carl Webster, the...

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...

Inspired by true events, The Dead Girls is the story of the unexplained deaths of six young prostitutes, buried in the back yard of a small-town brothel.Author: Jorge Ibarg?ngoitiaISBN-10: 1509870172ISBN-13: 9781509870172Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2018Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Inspector Sejer returns in this expertly crafted mystery about troubled teenagers--and two tragic deaths.Author: Karin FossumISBN-10: 0547737416ISBN-13: 9780547737416Publisher: HarperviaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2012Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Declan didn't expect for his latest score to be Liv's heart."Declan Quinn" is a name that strikes fear into the hearts of his enemies. With a reputation built on his cunning and ruthlessness, he has become an unstoppable force in the criminal world. A...

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr....

SEE NO EVIL Eyes missing, two bodies lie deep in the forest near a remote Swedish town. HEAR NO EVIL Tuva Moodyson, a deaf reporter on a small-time local paper, is looking for the story that could make her career. SPEAK NO EVIL A...

Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie return in Ann Granger's gripping ninth Victorian mystery. It is the summer of 1871 when Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross pays a visit to Jacob Jacobus, the old rogue of Limehouse: infamous antiquarian, friend to...

'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...

"If you're looking for a fun, thrilling read, look no further. The Bang-Bang Sisters is a rip-roaring delight of a novel - pulpy, fast-paced, and absolutely unputdownable." - New York Times bestselling author Roxane GayFrom critically acclaimed author Rio Youers, an action-packed crime novel...

Easton Long can't go on. He's tired of the lies, and the only break he gets is at the bottom of a bottle. However, The Four Kings don't accept failure. He can't fuck up. Thrown into rehab, Easton can't hide from the truth any...

Street hooligan John Fetaccini goes about his idyllic existence with his offbeat live-in girlfriend, Cora. He spends his days between shaking down money from bet-welchers for his gangster boss and making sure things are running well in his neighborhood. However, he's disillusioned that he...

Savannah Cade, wife of college art professor Peregrine Cade, is brutally murdered in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Grief-stricken and consumed by rage, Cade struggles to complete his fall term teaching duties and is placed on administrative leave. At the suggestion of his closest friend,...

Calladine fell for her . . . hard. They'd met that night dancing at the Semiramis Hotel and he had fallen under her spell almost immediately. All too soon the evening ended and Calladine thought he'd seen the last of her. But a few...

Luck smiles on Sonny Masters for the first time in his life when a devastating hurricane tears through the Tennessee prison where he is an inmate and sets him free. Fleeing north with the storm, the full force of Sonny's anger is focused on...

Private detective Otto Samalson sees the tail--a black Toronado he can't shake. One dark window rolls down, exposing the barrel of a gun, and the detective is dead.Otto had already known his days were numbered and said as much to his friend, attorney Matthew...

Shot twice. Plummeted into cardiac arrest. Pulled from the depths of a nasty coma. Attorney Matthew Hope's had a rough few months. So when a slightly cross-eyed beauty brings him a cushy copyright infringement suit over a similarly cross-eyed teddy bear named Gladly, all...

Mean Streets is the first scholarly journal to specialize in a significant and expanding category of American literature: mystery and detective fiction. It has had a significant influence and continues to have meaningful impacts on other literature and media, as shown by its global...

M is a bylaw officer, living with two brothers, in their parents' old house. While investigating a suspicious yard sale, M discovers a red chesterfield sitting in a ditch. Looking closer, M finds a running shoe-and a severed foot. Now M is involved in...

Murder on Demand, the new book in the delightful Morning Show Murders series from bestselling author and TV news icon Al Roker, finds Billy Blessing investigating a suspicious boating accident in Long Island.Ten years have passed since Billy Blessing's adventure in Chicago, and a...

What happened to 17-year-old Indigo Salazar?They found her in the trunk of an abandoned car with her throat slit.Why did she have to die? Who killed her?It was Sunday, Cpt. Kate Gazzara's day off, but with Samson at her side, she and her team...

The body of a young woman is found in a spooky old farmhouse on the outskirts of Duluth. She came back to town to claim her inheritance, but that took a wrong turn. Who killed her? And whose body is buried in the barn?...

A chance encounter on a Buffalo street draws Coe Duffy into the search for a missing woman. But as he delves deeper into the disappearance, he discovers details that will bring him and his girlfriend, Lexi Crane, into the depravity of human trafficking. Coe's...

While vacationing at the Regal Isabela resort in Puerto Rico, attorney Daniel Mendoza witnesses what he suspects is an abduction of a hotel guest. He and his private investigator, Pamela Williams, investigate the suspicious activity to determine what really happened.After the trail goes cold,...

He has always had an eye for the ladies and being married with children hasn't stopped that. So when beautiful women message him on social media, he is elated.However, when he arranges to meet one that he thinks he's fallen in love with, his...

Is Richard Robinson insane? Or is the CIA really after him?Noah Baker is a smart young corporate lawyer with a bright future and a dry sense of humor. His biggest problems in life are negotiating his contentious divorce settlement, competing to make partner at...

"Dorothy Stratten: A Star's Tragic Fate" offers an intimate and captivating exploration of the life, rise to fame, and heartbreaking end of Dorothy Stratten, a rising star in the modeling and entertainment industry. This compelling book unveils the true story behind the glamorous facade,...

Following its triumph over white supremacists in the field and in the courtroom, law enforcement in the city of Dearborn, Michigan has enjoyed the relative tranquility. Unfortunately, not for long, as a second (and more dangerous) syndicate and its leader plot revenge for their...

The jaw-dropping new psychological thriller from the best selling author of The Boy in the Park Amber is happy, she loves her husband David and their dog Sadie, she even loves her job as a junior editor on a local newspaper. But when the...

Secrets never stay buried forever... The DetectiveWhen a nurse is brutally strangled, Detective Grant recognises the work of a killer called Travis. Grant's a respected detective but early in his career Grant caught Travis for the murder of five women and Travis has been...

The fight for justice has begun... When prosecutor Michelle Law is arrested for the murder of a young political analyst, the media scrutiny of her life leads her to breaking point. Criminal defense attorney Tex Hunter agrees to defend his former adversary, digging deep...

I thought I was safe. But now I know, there is nowhere I can run where he won't find me. The man who stalked me, hunted me. The man who conquered my body and stole my heart. The man who did everything in his...

OCEAN'S 8 meets Janet Evanovich, this fast-paced crime caper features one badass mother, with a certain set of skills who is forced to come out of retirement to protect her son, and teach a few men a few lessons! Ex-con artist Bee Cardello is...

In the early morning hours of June 5, 1968, The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress ran down a fire escape, exclaiming, "We shot him! We shot him!""Who?" asked a witness."We've shot Senator Kennedy."2018 - Fifty Years Later. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Frank...

Lo Walsh had given up the PI life after the Bobby Lee Kinsey case.However, when his notoriety draws the attention of an old mentor in need of a simple background check, he can't say no.But the simple background check soon takes a sinister turn.........

You can't lie down with your back against the wall. Ex-NYPD officer turned LA Bounty Hunter Tucker Brag has traded the beat on New York's mean streets for chasing bounties in the City of Angels. When Jimmy Brag, Tucker's father, a veteran in the...

From #1 internationally bestselling author John KatzenbachFive serial killers ...Known only to each other as: Alpha. Bravo. Charlie. Delta. Easy.Connected through a secure internet location, encrypted and concealed, a unique chat room they have named Jack's Special Place in homage to their ultimate model--the...

A body in a hospital isn't so unusual. Unless they've been murdered!1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital.But arriving at the hospital...

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: 1636141765ISBN-13: 9781636141763Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 200Format: Hardcover

DISCOVER THE LATEST EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT CRIME THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR D.E. WHITE.Detective Dove Milson is on the final stretch of a long drive back from Cornwall. She's tuning the radio when her fiancé swears next to her. She follows his gaze up to the bridge...