Fiction - Crime

Private Eye Hannibal Jones takes on the most important client of his life: Cindy Santiago, the woman he loves. Cindy has been betrayed by a close friend and taken in a scam that has left her almost penniless. The swindler has not only taken...

In the tension along the U.S.-Mexico border, three months after Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, a gruesome murder of a young couple at their ranch near the border takes place. All the locals immediately assume the murders were committed by Mexican raiders or...

Jon Willing was just a teenager when he and his pals Augie and Ben stole a fortune in drug money. Brazen with youth and stoned out of their gourds, they thought they had the perfect plan for getting away with it.They were wrong.Twenty-five years...

Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in the A. J. Raffles series concerning a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. It was first published in 1901. The Short Stories contained in the...

Old Cleave should have known better than to use a whip. But no man ever knew what Beth would do. Her father suspected that she enjoyed killing. Her husband learned the truth too late. And I saw it happen. Saw her and wanted her,...

The Chief prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney General's office is Sabastian Delacroix. He was nicknamed Catahoula by the New Orleans press in praise of his courtroom style of cunning, lethal attacks; much like the famous Louisiana Catahoula dog breed. A high profile murder from...

Good intentions: they'll bite you every time.A lifetime ago, brutally efficient fixer Phil Kubiak coldly cleaned up the messes of shady clients from Miami to Las Vegas by any means necessary--short of murder.Now he's one eye and one working leg short of the man...

A third body has washed up on a Gulf of Mexico's beache. The victim results from many factors, including sexuality and a dead pool wager. FBI Agent Amelia Maloney gets the case to find the Gulf Coast Killer. But unfortunately, the only clues she...

From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of An Unquiet Grave, a "top-notch whodunit" (Publishers Weekly) exploring one female cop's haunting past as she faces a terrifying killer. The only female detective in the Miami PD's homicide division, Joe Frye has...

She woke up in a cage... UndergroundIt was time to kick butt. Kidnapping and murder never crossed Kaylee's mind when seeking a fresh start in Portland, a new beginning to shed the remnants of tragedy dogging her steps. After escaping an underground prison, she...

It's 2014 and US post-doctoral scholar Alice has found love and is happily settled in Ireland.On the tenth floor of Belfast's iconic Divis Tower Block, Jed, a member of Alice's restorative justice youth project, is feeling deeply troubled. Her efforts to support him bring...

It could just be coincidence. It also could be revenge.But hardened cop Frank Zimmerman doesn't believe in coincidences. Neither does FBI profiler Nathan Thomas.A drowned lawyer, a fatal car accident, a heart attack and a socialite's lethal fall in front of a huge crowd...

A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this "magnetic" British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. When Robin Ellacott opens an unexpected delivery,...

Vanished without a trace! Rebecca is a 12-year-old girl who believes her life would be perfect if her mother would return home. Following a long night of serious discussion about the mother's pending divorce from her step-father, Rebecca was dropped off at home. While...

Master criminal Ars鈩e Lupin is at it again in the taut thriller 813. When Lupin is framed for murder, the famed thief enters the fray of the investigation in an attempt to clear his name and prove that his moral code, though unorthodox, is...

From best-selling Brazilian novelist Patrícia Melo comes a genre-defying tale of women in the Amazon and their reckoning with brutal oppression--by turns poetic, humorous, dark, and inspiring.The Simple Art of Killing a Woman vividly conjures the epidemic of femicide in Brazil, the power women...

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead-a trifle sooner than expected-but there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and refuses to let the case rest-even without any clues or leads. Suddenly, he is faced with...

The Raven is back. And this time, he's not playing games. The aide of a powerful U.S. Senator is killed in a mysterious car crash in a remote part of the Tahoe National Forest. Twelve hours later and fifty miles away, ATF Agent Lexi...

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother and uncovers shocking secrets in this immersive and atmospheric saga perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry.Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her...

The first four books in Gary Gregor's 'Foley & Rose', a series of Australian crime mysteries, now in one volume!Vengeance List: In steamy Darwin, a cop is brutally murdered at the police headquarters, followed by the savage killings of members of the legal fraternity....

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn comes a sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood."A blistering book. A love story. Social commentary. History. Protest novel. And...

A small group of pioneers from Alabama looked forward to California to fulfill their hopes of a good life and prosperity in California. Against her better judgment, Alice Snider agreed to take the family on the long, dangerous trip. All was well until they...

The first three books in Brian L. Porter's 'Mersey Murder Mysteries' series, now available in one volume!A Mersey Killing: Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time, as the investigation...

THE DARK AND PROPULSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT'A creepy, twisty page-turner where nothing is as it seems' Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestseller 'A compulsive and propulsive read: I would give it ten stars if I could'...

The BRAND NEW instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series!A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise!A lazy weekend in the country...Dan Armstrong and the new love of his life, Anna, are heading to...

After look-alike and mistaken teens, Kaylee and Joanna's rescue, their struggles are far from over in the aftermath of being trafficked by the same Miami based perpetrators. Both now live with Lou Ann Jasinski, a sheriff deputy, and her former ex, Harry Boxer, an...

Food blogger Murph Murphy has a bowlful of troubles--there's a fresh murder, Irma is in lockup, and that stalker knows where he lives.Murph's shattering world endangers everyone around him. He could make a run for it, but can he leave the life he's built...

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him.Your dad's...

AN ADDICTIVE MUST-READ WHODUNNIT FROM THE NEWEST TALENT IN CRIME FICTION.Every family has its secrets. This one's worth killing for . . .It starts with an altercation in the dead of night. Two men rowing outside Coffin Cove Museum.Professor Gerald Weber comes off worst....

When Tranquility Shatters, Darkness Reigns.Sheriff Phyllis Tarpley is a stalwart guardian in the tranquil town of Alturas, California. With her trusty dog, Sam, she adeptly navigates the daily challenges of small-town life, from handling meth addicts to clearing road accidents.But calm turns to storm...

"Discotheque Killer" A chilling tale of a missing person case in Miami, involving a merciless perpetrator who has eluded authorities for years.Author: Adrian DansalanISBN-10: 1312574941ISBN-13: 9781312574946Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2023Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d

Los Angeles in nineteen sixty-eight is a troubled place. Assassinations, school walk-outs and student sit-ins have stirred up that famous LA dust and created an atmosphere where it is hard to get your breath, especially if you're a sixty-five year-old private eye. The trouble...

Hoboken: an amorphous, violent city, transformed into a chic high-rent neighbourhood full of disposable incomes and high aspiration. Police detective Brian Vincenti is charged with investigating the case of a young woman's self-destruction - or murder - after she falls from an eleventh floor...

The people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, none faster than the Court of Charles II where excess, corruption and debauchery has rebounded at a frenetic pace. In Westminster, in the haphazard corridors of White Hall Palace,...

'I couldn't wait to turn the next page - brilliant and what an amazing twist!' - Donna Maguire Years ago there was a silent witness to an act of evil. Now, a twisted killer is on the loose fuelled by revenge. Called to the...

USA Today bestseller! Would you sell your secrets? Catherine Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat of World War Two is looming. She sees no way out... that is until a trusted friend asks her to switch her husband's papers in...

When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies. For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder...

In Afghanistan, a US pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. Finding the connection between the two will lead the Private team right into a deadly trap. A wealthy...

Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains...

In Afghanistan, a US pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. Finding the connection between the two will lead the Private team right into a deadly trap. A wealthy...

"This is the eighteenth Swyteck novel since The Pardon (1994), and it's just as good as the rest. Grippando keeps coming up with complex and timely cases, and this one is first-rate." -- BooklistA contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and...

Step into the gritty world of private investigation with Paris Williams' novel, Silver. Follow former homicide detective turned PI, Clifford Silver, as he navigates a dangerous web of deceit, corruption, and murder. When a mysterious woman hires him to catch her cheating husband, what...

"This is the eighteenth Swyteck novel since The Pardon (1994), and it's just as good as the rest. Grippando keeps coming up with complex and timely cases, and this one is first-rate." -- BooklistA contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and...

When someone close to Lilah is murdered in what is clearly an assassination, Lilah finds herself looking to Ghost, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. But is Ghost a friend or an enemy? Lilah's about to find out. But Ghost isn't the...

Dynastic succession in criminal organizations is rarely uncontested. When Leo Dunleavy, Chief of Buffalo's Homicide Squad, rolls up on a burning house with a mob underboss bleeding in the front yard and money blowing around in the street, he knows a war has erupted...

PUT THE KETTLE ON AND DISCOVER AN UTTERLY CHARMING COZY MURDER MYSTERY SET IN A SLEEPY ENGLISH SEASIDE TOWN.It's almost summer in Southbourne and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea and . . ....

Adele Schumacher isn't a typical worried mom. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash, bizarre tales of government conspiracies, and a squad of professional bodyguards. Finding Josh should be...

Dreaming of becoming a fashion designer and fresh off the heels of a bad breakup, Sam is thrilled to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Finland. But when her mother becomes suddenly ill, the decision to go seems impossible. Devastated by...

When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful. The killer is elusive and brutal, and the investigation takes Cato to Shanghai. In...

Bitten by depression. Consumed by self-destruction. Validated by a woman. If it all sounds complicated then meet LaDecerrio Lloyd. A man who can't look forwards without always running back to the past. With his young love getting older and old habits growing costly there's...