Fiction - Crime

A small boy playing in the park is handed a crumpled piece of paper by a stranger, who then collapses and dies. The boy, realising that he himself is now in danger, flees from the park with the help of detective Nigel Strangeways, only...

A rich corporate executive has hired Todd and Molly to look into the past of a young man who is becoming serious about his daughter. Their initial check turns up nothing to report and that's what bothers the detectives. Could it be that Abraham...

Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile.The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She...

BLUE ORLEANS - LaStanza Novel #3 This is New Orleans - 1982 The case is not only a 'whodunit' but also a 'whoisit' - the case of a body dumped in a ditch along an isolated stretch of a deserted highway. The victim is...

Something horrific washes up on the banks of the Tyne. The headless torso of a small boy.His identity is a mystery that has the police baffled, and he won't be the only victim to die this way.Other torsos turn up in Finland, the Netherlands...

YORK. In the midwinter of 1862, a young woman is found dead by the river, her body marked by a sinister act of mutilation. The mysterious death spreads fear, for this is not the first corpse to be discovered. Speculation grows there is a...

Step into the mind of the legendary detective with The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Solve intricate mysteries alongside Holmes and Watson in this gripping collection. Featuring thrilling narratives, clever deductions, and a must-have addition for fans of crime fiction. The...

"It had me hooked from the start. . . It's a cracking read" - Patricia Gibney 'Fans of Jo Spain and Sam Blake will love this.' Danger, secrets and new beginnings lurk in the hills of rural Ireland.Retired Detective Thomas Tegan has returned home....

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...

For lovers of Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and anyone else who enjoys a marvelous read, the most rare and precious thing, a brand-new classic, totally engrossing. This is a big, sprawling novel that tells the largely untold story of the...

Humorous cozy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to catch a murderer, desperate to hide the secrets kept by the yoga-obsessed staff and students of a West London ashram. When a set of rare, impossible-to-find yoga books are...

Remember Noodle, Indiana? So does Caleb. It ain't Noodle anymore. And it's all Caleb's fault. At least that's how he sees it. And why not? Caleb brought hell to Noodle during his last visit. Specifically, multiple assassins looking to collect on a sizable contract...

California's prison system is one of the most infamous in America. Not only because it has some of the most brutal prisons in the country, but because it houses, or has housed, some of the most notorious criminals this country has ever seen. In...

"The Red House Mystery" is a detective novel written by A. A. Milne, the famous creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. This departure from Milne's beloved children's stories introduces readers to a captivating and suspenseful tale of murder and mystery. Set in the English countryside, the story...

In a race against time, can they hunt down one child in the vastness of Africa?South African ex-security contractor Chrystal Booysen has officially retired to her family game stud farm after her last mission took a dark turn.Corruption-fighting magnate Curtis Wilson hires American private...

THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE DUE TO INCREASING VIOLENCE, WHO'S INFLICTED MOST? THE INNOCENT!! THIS WAS THE CASE OF THE HARD WORKING GATCHIE FAMILY WHERE YEARS EARLIER, A BRUTAL STREET GANG NAMED DIABLOS CREW, WORKING FOR A COMPLETELY CORRUPT...

Raina Andrews is one of the most driven missing persons detectives in the state of Minnesota, but no matter how many people she finds - she can't fill the hole in her heart from the one who's still lost. When Alessandra, a stay-at-home mom...

My innocence for his sick retribution. IsabellaThat's what Salvatore Costa, mafia underboss and now my kidnapper, demands from me. I tell him to go to hell. I hate his guts, and yet, my body betrays me and my mind won't stop thinking dirty thoughts...

The patients survived the Great War only to face a new danger...In 1916, Sister Helen Hopgood was sent with a team of nurses to care for wounded soldiers at Merewood Farm, a temporary military hospital in Hampshire.Now the war is over, only five patients...

Death is only the beginning for Abigail Summers.In the small village of Becklesfield, dressmaker Abigail Summers faces the most unusual challenge of her life - solving her own murder. After meeting a group of fellow spirits at the local library, Abigail, with the aid...

January 2004 USA Today article titled; Nebraska family clashes over love, money and death; which led to uncovering one of the most diabolical cover-ups in the oracle's world. Snowballed is a personal David vs. Goliath narrative recounting the story of two men controlling the...

SNOWBALLED: THE EVIDENCE - announces the birth of the federal crime ring in Nebraska - the quagmire continues after Mike is murdered and Big Don, in overdrive, remains the storied villain. Meanwhile, uncovering the dirty little town's secrets - as Don and his posse...

There's always money to be made telling rich people what they want to hear, and rich people want to hear they're rich because they're better. The One Percent is a dose of truth - the super-rich are both a symptom of a country gone...

Zoey was left no choice but to take over tha mean streets of Philly when her fianc Quez was murdered. She vowed to bring tha killer to street justice wit tha help of her cousins, Jibbs and Zell along wit her nephews' father Cal....

Told through the eyes of eight-year-old Josie Banks whose recently inherited psychic gifts meld science with the paranormal, Under the Pines is a fast-paced and surprising story of abduction, mistrust, and murder. Author Jennifer Bisbing intertwines her own 1970's childhood memories of life with...

Author: Lee LeslieISBN-10: 0985249609ISBN-13: 9780985249601Publisher: Sherrel LeeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2012Pages: 366Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.76d

Jennifer and her family are starting their new life in a small village in Brittany. The views are stunning, the locals are mostly friendly, and the bread is amazing. But life in France still has its perils . . .It's their first family Christmas...

The gripping new instalment in the William Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now! 24 hours to stop the crime of the century The race against time is about to begin... THE TOWER OF LONDON... Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure....

FREE BONUS STORY - This edition includes Screwdriver: A Vic Neshenko StoryBreaking through to the truth is deadlyAfter months of nerve-wracking undercover work, Detective Erin O'Reilly is finally getting ready to bring down the Irish Mob. She has everything she needs: recordings, witnesses, and...

Holmes has changed since his "resurrection" in "The Adventure of the Empty House" in 1903. He is as keenly observant and nimble of mind as ever, but his patience with British justice is wearing thin and at times he takes the law into his...

Two hunters gunned down at close range. Three Sandhill Cranes shot from the sky. What the hell is going on in this small farming community outside Traverse City, Michigan? Forensic Detective Quinn Macarthy has solved many crimes in her twenty-five year law enforcement career,...

The clock is ticking for DCI Slider when a woman goes missing. Can he find her - and does she even want to be found? "[Slider is] one of Britain's most engaging coppers" Booklist Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London...

My name is Dougay Roberre. I've been living on the Cote d'Azur for nine months and in that time, I've solved the death of a beautiful blonde, survived a serious beating by criminals, and unraveled a 40-year-old mystery.Now with a five percent share in...

It's the day of the Christchurch Dog Show. The whole town is aquiver with excitement. The ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are hoping to make lots of new furry friends.After a very dramatic Best Biscuit Catcher competition, Fiona, Sue and Daisy, from...

A detective returns to her haunted past, with deadly consequences, in an icy novel of psychological suspense by the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of Girls of Glass.Detective Mia Hart never planned to return home. One terrifying summer night, Mia lost two...

"Talton's summer mystery, a first novel, shows how fertile the desert can be as a mystery setting... A stunning debut." --Booklist STARRED reviewHaving recently lost his job as a history professor, David Mapstone returns to his boyhood home of Phoenix, Arizona, to find the...

When a woman's body turns up in a lake--a bullet to the back of her head--Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID'd as Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent...

Could the prime suspect in a murder be a victim too?The body of a homeless woman is found in the river, viciously beaten and with all her teeth removed. A young immigrant, the prime suspect in a recent spate of robberies in Umeå, was...

In this shrewd, timely novel with the allure of old-school noir, an aging boxer and his daughter fight back against political corruption and sexual abuse. At 40, the great boxer Max Le Corre was enjoying a renaissance, back at the top of the ticket...

A Manhattan Project novel perfect for book clubs, and college or high school graduates. This historical fiction is a mix of mystery, clean romance, ethical dilemma and character driven plot twists. Hanford Washington state, 1943, The government evicted citizens of Hanford for a classified...

Euphemia Martin's seventeenth gripping mystery is a nail-biting adventure of espionage and suspense set at the beginning of the Great War. When Fitzroy saved his valet, Griffin, from the hangman's noose after the death of his wife, the facts behind those events were known...

At the Grand Hotel, the opulence of the setting is overshadowed by a chilling series of events: interim ministers, gathered for a conference, are being picked off one by one. Their deaths are gruesome, mysterious, and seem to be tied together by an elusive...

"As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner is a haunting and profoundly introspective masterpiece that delves into the complex depths of the human psyche. Set in the impoverished and rural American South during the early 20th century, this novel follows the Bundren family as...

The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal decision . . . and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned. Trust was rare and precious...

As a criminal defense attorney, I search for the truth and impress on clients that I want the truth and will not continue to defend if I find a client lying to me. I will not defend a client if I think he is...

BUCK'S MISSION: eliminate an organized crime figure.It requires stealth and investigation. But after a non-sanctioned assassination within the Mob, the New York Families are going to war. This complicates everything, begging the questions: Who's bad, and who's worse? Buck must successfully maneuver through the...

Nine riveting stories filled with twists and turns that keep the reader enthralled and wanting to read another. Something ideal for that long flight or that evening read, each story offering actual settings and strangely familiar facts because they are based on actual events...

Dante...With the world at my feet, I have it all. I'm respected and feared by men, wanted and desired by women. The only code I live by is my own.Haunted by my brother's death, all I seek is vengeance. I crave it. There's nothing...

Umeå, Northern Sweden: Willmar Björkman has been incarcerated for five years after being found guilty on a murder charge; albeit unjustly convicted according to his claims. From the very start, he has adamantly maintained that he is innocent of the crime. Detectives Lars and...

His long-ago lover brings a cryptic letter to Paris, pulling Eddie Grant reluctantly into a web of intrigue and death - but giving him one slim chance to find the terrorists who murdered his family seven years before.The letter sparks a dangerous quest across...