Fiction - Crime

Cambodia, 2001 - a country re-emerging from a half-century of war, genocide, famine and cultural collapse.German Detective Maier travels to Phnom Penh, the Asian kingdom's ramshackle capital, to find the heir to a Hamburg coffee empire. As soon as the private eye and former...

William Gillette, the premiere stage actor at the turn of the 20th century, and builder of the landmark Gillette Castle in Haddam CT, was best known for bringing Sherlock Holmes to the American stage and bringing Sherlock to life whenever a mystery needed his...

At just 15 years old, best friends, L and Kev are growing up in the infamous Bushwick Section of Brooklyn. While searching for their calling in life, they are attracted to the drug dealers getting That Bushwick Money, flaunting their fly cars, expensive clothes,...

In book 39 of the new Penguin Maigret, the inspector learns that his hapless colleague Lognon is being menaced by some notorious American mobsters, and he makes it his mission to bring them to justice - despite threatening warnings that he is out of...

No Evil is Wide is the linear and violent story of an unnamed narrator, the prostitute he is tasked to "find," and Carpenter Wells, the man that makes that return impossible. The remembrances of the narrator revolve around sexual awakening, family distance and dissolution--how...

'Engaging and enjoyable. A must read for soldiers and civilians.' - Damien Lewis. Killing comes easy to Michael Devlin, a soldier turned assassin. When he murders Martin Pound, a corrupt politician, he considers it to be just another job. His days are spent drinking,...

Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn't know him as well as they thought. When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace...

Hugo Swart, faithful churchgoer and respected citizen, is found stabbed to death on the floor of his kitchen just before Christmas, on the hottest night of the year. If Mr. Swart's Reverend is to be believed, no one in the world could have a...

Vat Fraud was nothing new to Edward Dant s, Ed to his mates. He got caught up in almost by accident on his part; it was by careful design on another's. It had landed him in extreme difficulty for several years. Her Majesty's Customs...

Imperious, clever, mysterious: Maigret meets his match in the alluring form of Felicie in book 25 of the new Penguin Maigret series. In his mind's eye he would see that slim figure in the striking clothes, those wide eyes the colour of forget-me-not, the...

Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft light; the smell of candles and incense. The last time Maigret went home to the village...

The 1960 Sleaze-Noir classic Clint Mayer is a big man with big dreams. Or so he thinks. When Clint leaves Beaverkill for the rough and tumble dock town of Wilton, he hooks up with Charlie Fletcher, good time saloon owner and businessman. One of...

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***A MENACE IS SWEEPING PARIS.AND THE TEMPLAR ORDER IS TO BLAME.Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt rushes to Paris to determine what happened to young Thomas Durant after he fails to return...

In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, the equally respectable councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia.But he is scarcely cold in his coffin before Detective Inspector Purbright, affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death...

Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.It begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his...

The presumption was murder.Everyone assumed they knew the killer......but what if they were wrong about the crime?It was the most beautiful house on the lake. When a girl's remains are found on the property, Bill Miller seems to know something. For ten years, there...

"One of the finest police procedural writers around... [Standing in the Shadows] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson's best work. Knowing it's his last makes the reading bittersweet." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks...

When Detective Asia Blaze is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a prominent businesswoman, she finds herself drawn into a complex web of deceit and intrigue that threatens to consume her whole. As she delves deeper into the case, Asia uncovers a series...

From Sun to Sun presents two parallel stories separated by twenty-five centuries: The first, set in modern New York City, features a hardworking, smart-mouthed Latina investigator, Felicity Ortega P駻ez, as she hunts for a missing person who holds the clue to an ancient mystery....

The aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir. Two detectives. Two identical women. One dead body-- then two, then three, then four. All...

Sometimes fences make for nice neighbors. Other times they hide the evil that lurks within. Orchard Grove is a town like any other, with quiet neighborhoods and apple groves . . . though Ethan, the depressed screenplay writer, and his secretive wife, Susan, would...

"A terrific fast-moving book. . . a truly clever, rather wonderful book that both plays with and defies genre" - Irish Times A taxi-driver in 1930s Vienna impersonates a murder victim, and is caught into a dangerous spiral Twice adapted for film, I Was...

A sharp, savvy mystery about an autistic editor who inherits a crumbling English estate, only to find herself at the center of a murder investigation when a family portrait vanishes and a dead body turns up.Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families at war.Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family's cabin in...

Five thousand dollars is missing, there's a body in the lake, and somebody's being framed. This taut, fast-paced thriller is the crown jewel of the five books in the Brad Haraldsen Mystery Series. For Whidbey Island Detective Shane Lindstrom, his getaway to the lake...

From the master of Western noir comes a provocatively entertaining crime saga set in the early days of the film industry. This dark historical adventure captures the beginnings of the Hollywood studio system and the "blue movie" industry that grows up alongside it. Los...

Ophelia, a professor of Dante, is stricken when she discovers that her husband Andy has been cheating on her with a winsome colleague. What follows is Ophelia's figurative descent into hell as she obsessively tracks her subjects, performs surveillance in her beat-up Volvo, and...

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC!"Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill." -- ParadeThe next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, New York...

One wrong choice...Every time Kate Duggan looks in a mirror she's reminded of the night her life changed forever. Kate managed to walk away from the car accident that ruined the lives of her siblings, but questions still remain about what really happened on...

Three complete novels. Books 10, 11 and 12.The Harry Starke saga continues: More than 1,000 five and four-star reviews. Now you can continue the ride: almost 900 pages of murder, mystery, sex, corruption and revenge, all the ingredients for three mind blowing thrillers. From...

A perfect cosy crime for fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series.Change is coming to Wendlebury Barrow - and not everyone is happy about it...When the local bus company announces it will be stopping its route through their quaint Cotswold...

Wrong Place...Right TimeFollow Hollywood sensation Al Ferrari on a true-crime odyssey as he navigates the tough urban environment of Greater Boston in the late 1980s. Meet Lonely Larry, Crazy Louie, Jumbo Zal, Pete Pistol and The Plum Girl as they help Al along the...

Set against the brooding landscape of the Hebrides, Peter May returns to the territory of his bestselling Lewis Trilogy, and his much-loved detective, Fin Macleod. When the lifeless body of eighteen-year-old Caitlin is discovered on a desolate beach by the Black Loch, questions of...

The Queen of the Rex Ball at New Orleans' raucous and world-famous Mardi Gras-beautiful, vibrant, and dressed in an ivory silk lamé gown with chevrons and gold beading-collapses and dies. Was foul play involved? Jenna Depreaux, a maiden in the Queen's court, is rich,...

At the age of fourteen, Marciano kills a pedophilic abbot with the sharpened point of a crucifix, driving him to take refuge in a remote mountain villa in Corsica, devoted to training assassins and forcing him into a career as a notorious assassin known...

A Dark Romance NovellaCHARLIEI was raised in chains and left for dead.That's enough darkness to fuel anyone's rage.The need for vengeance courses through my veins and the little bit of sanity I had left vanished in the shallow grave I dug myself out of.Only...

It's time for confession . . .Inspector Carlyle is burning the candle at both ends. While investigating a priest who has engaged in less-than-pious activities, Carlyle comes head-to-head with an old adversary--Christian Holyrod, the Mayor of London. The mayor is hosting an upcoming visit...

Who can you trust?Accused of murdering the baby in her care, seemingly cold and measured nanny Lisa Stewart maintains her innocence. But when she changes her name and tries to flee, terrifying threats continue to follow her. Is she an innocent victim of public...

"There are many forensic experts. There are many writers. Rarely, however, do the two meld as seamlessly and synergistically as Lisa Black."--Sacramento Book Review"She is, quite simply, one of the best storytellers around."--Tess GerritsenA former forensic scientist with the Cleveland coroner's office, Lisa Black...

DCI Warren Jones has a bad feeling when the body of a young woman turns up in Beaconsfield Woods. She's been raped and strangled but the murderer has been careful to leave no DNA evidence. There are, of course, suspects - boyfriend, father -...

Home is where the horror is... Thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. However, her peace is disturbed when a stranger asks for help,...

Two days before an auction of the contents of High Gates House in Borrowdale, Christopher Henderson bumps into Jennifer Reade, the heir to the entire estate, and the expected recipient of the proceeds of the house clearance sale. She discovers a dead man in...

In a sleepy coastal town where secrets are as tidal as the ocean, FBI Agent Avery finds herself entangled in a web of betrayal, lies, and unsettling discoveries. Sent originally to investigate a local drug ring, her mission takes an unexpected turn when she...

Immerse yourself in the dark and psychological depths of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Follow the tormented Raskolnikov as he grapples with guilt, morality, and the consequences of his actions in this gripping masterpiece of Russian literature. A gripping psychological thriller! Fyodor Dostoevsky's...

The stunning new legal thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hanging Judge, "a talent to watch" (The Washington Post). When FBI agents barge into Sidney Cranmer's home accusing him of a heinous crime, the respected literature professor's life becomes a nightmare....

Fans of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County and Lisa Regan's Josie Quinn series will enjoy this fascinating and complex story set in small-town Missouri. "An outstanding police procedural that plunges readers into a community's nightmare. Readers of Steven F. Havill and Bill Crider will...

Brand of Justice is the story of one young mans fight against a wrongful conviction. Unfortunately this story reads like non-fiction. War is declared by a cowboy on the criminal justice system before it can impose the death sentence on an innocent man.Author: Joy...

It was a quiet day for the funeral. Until the bomb went off... Midwinter in Poland, and Dania Gska and her brother Marek are in Warsaw, attending the funeral of her old piano teacher, Jakub Frydman. At the graveside is rabbi Salomon Steinberg and...

Book Three in the Series: A must-read for mystery and imagination fans of all ages. New from the San Francisco Bay Area's Broadwayworld nominee director, author, and award-winning artist. Nine new Sherlock Holmes adventure stories are published by John DeGaetano. These new adventures, like...

'Cleverly crafted, twisty, gripping and suspenseful' B. A. ParisOnly the killer holds the key. . . A Sunday Times Book of the SummerIT WAS THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED A NATION.The Flowers were the perfect family. Until the day fifteen-year-old Joseph shot dead his parents...