Fiction - Crime

A fictionalized account of baseball and the love of the game. Young players are approached by scouts looking to hire them into professional leagues. Unfortunately, some of the tactics used are less than honest, and sometimes players get involved with less than honest characters....

Failure analyst Owen Allison is called home to West Virginia. His mother is convinced that a skeleton unearthed by a construction crew belongs to Owen's father, believed drowned decades ago. Owen's brother George, a highway commissioner, is battling alcohol, a bureaucratic boss and environmentalists...

Demons. We all have them. They take various forms and affect us in different ways. Some are obvious like drugs and alcohol. Loneliness and depression and self-doubt are not so apparent if that is all you've known until college. In Holmes on the Range,...

It's the beginning of a hot, hot summer in Hobart. Tabitha Darling is in love with the wrong man, and determined to perfect the art of ice cream. Playing amateur detective again is definitely not on the cards-not even when her friends try to...

At what point in the life of Edward Packman did the Angel of Death put his finger on him and say "You are mine "?When Packman was killed, he died unmourned. The editor of a weekly paper, Packman was heartily hated by his staff,...

"Send someone here quick. There's been a murder "Mr Lewton is dead. Stabbed through the back, no possibility of suicide--and no sign of a knife either. The deceased made a phone call summoning a doctor immediately before his own death. And the servant who...

Old Hunt slithered in the most amazing way and then fell to the floor. He lay between the seats, face upwards.Ludovic Travers is on his way by train from Toulon to Marignac. Along for the ride are several suspicious characters, two of whom die...

With a slow gesture of one lifted hand, Bobby pointed. There, in a space between the prostrate stag and posturing goddess, was a human leg, a twisted, motionless leg in a strained, unnatural position. Bobby Owen, now Deputy Chief Constable of Wychshire, finds himself...

Davies contacts his friend, Carruthers. He proposes they take a boating trip in the Baltic Sea. Carruthers readily agrees. Both men are up for an adventure. And adventure is what they get, though of a kind more dangerous than what they had envisaged. The...

"Who knows if he didn't make away with her here? Those things found in the Home Coppice show that she was made away with plain enough, I say." Jim Gregory, under-gardener at Hargreave Manor, finds something unexpected when climbing Lover's Oak but won't say...

"Who knows if he didn't make away with her here? Those things found in the Home Coppice show that she was made away with plain enough, I say." Jim Gregory, under-gardener at Hargreave Manor, finds something unexpected when climbing Lover's Oak but won't say...

"There's no dirty trick he wouldn't play--it's my belief that he wouldn't even stop at murder " Her husband unmasked as a scoundrel, Lady Cynthia Letchingham seeks refuge at her cousin Hannah's north-country home Greylands. But on Cynthia's arrival, she finds Hannah an invalid,...

"I cannot understand why Mr. Bechcombe apparently offered no resistance. His hand-bell, his speaking-tube, the telephone--all were close at hand. It looks as though he had recognized his assassin and had no fear of him." The corner house of Crow's Inn Square was the...

"Know him?" he asked. Bobby was for a moment too surprised to answer. He had thought of every one else but not of the man whose dead face now was staring up at him. "Yes. I know him," he said. Bobby Owen's fianc e...

That settles it, thought Smith savagely. He shall be murdered, even if I have to do it myself The Hardstaffe family are not the nicest people in the world. In fact, he - schoolteacher, lothario and bully, she - chronic malcontent - and their...

Love is a Grift by Graham Wynd Cover and layout by S.L. Johnson ImagesSex, Death and Crime: The essentials of Noir.How does obsession begin? For one hit man it starts with a target he just can't kill. She leads him on a deadly spree...

This new illustrated edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has added explanations as sidenotes to help those readers who are not familiar with some of the phrases used by the author and his characters--after all the stories were written over 120 years ago....

A murder gone wrong. A worldwide police hunt for the killer. And a fugitive who became a legend: The 7th Earl of Lucan. The Lord Lucan Scandal is one of the greatest and most extraordinary mysteries of the 20th Century. Ever since Lucky Lord...

Young secretary Tori Van Camp wakes one morning on a luxurious ocean liner where she is offered whatever a person might desire: food, clothes, recreation, and the companionship of congenial people. But Tori has no memory of booking a cruise. What she does have...

With no evidence against him and no known motive, DI Costello must break the rules if she is to get her man. Detective Inspector Costello has resigned. No notice, no goodbyes. Convinced that George Haggerty murdered his wife and son despite his cast-iron alibi,...

The latest intriguing mystery featuring feisty antiques dealer Lina Townend. It's a busy weekend for Lina: she wins a dance competition, annoys a valuable client and has to play gooseberry when Griff, her business partner, meets an old flame. Killing time, she drives across...

More crimes to solve and villains to bring to account in volume five Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. He put his mind and pen to a broad spectrum of subjects including theology, poetry, biography,...

A second helping of deadly justice from the Four Just Men This is the second volume of stories of vigilante justice meted out at the hands of the Four Just Men. These are iconic stories of adventure, intrigue and retribution set in the time...

Justice-without jury, without appeal and without mercy These are stories of the Four Just Men, Edgar Wallace's famous characters known to the wider public principally as a result of the early television series of the same name. The source material is, of course, far...

The craic is mighty in Galway. It's summertime and the city is rocking. Drum beats are echoing across the bay, but about a mile out, just where the music starts to fade against the lapping of the tide, a man is pushing a woman's...

Bad boy. Biker. Rock star. Killer?Dom Jones is an enigma and a monster with a past to hide.A monster who made me think the safest place I can be is by his side.A monster who won't let me go, no matter what. From the...

Inspector Bill Painter is an old-school policeman with a love of jazz, a belief in old-fashioned police procedure and a reluctance to work with women. When he's presented with two separate and apparently accidental deaths in London, one of which concerns the son of...

SNOW FALLENby Alex WaltersOne winter's night, a lone figure arrives on foot in a remote Pennine village. The next morning, as the first heavy snow begins to fall, a man's body is discovered in the village churchyard. Anne Tilston, one of three sisters living...

The Branson Butcher is the story of a crusty, semi-retired, old disenchanted detective from Chicagoland who ends up in the music town of Branson, MO. Despite his best efforts, Mike Monaghan finds himself in the thick of one of the biggest murder investigations in...

The Film - fact-based novel in which facts and fictions are mingled - is about a young man who finds himself being interviewed as an actor. He feels that he is someone else, not an actor. However, there are things which prove that he...

Susan Aitken returns home looking forward to the Easter weekend to find her husband, Sir Gerald Aitken, with a bullet in his head. What appears to be a suicide is much more sinister. Four teenage friends, all now mature women, become reunited at his...

Can two men, who don't trust each other, protect a woman they both care for? John Draven is vice president of the Red Wolves Motorcycle Club. While on a special run, he meets FBI Agent Cadence Vanaker again. Cade is the man who killed...

It is summer 1890 and the game is afoot. When an elephant escapes from the London Zoological Gardens, Holmes and Watson become embroiled in one of their strangest cases yet. Engaged by a jeweller in fear for his life, the trail leads Sherlock to...

London, 1924: When Alfie Barrington is stabbed to death outside his club, suspicion quickly falls on his widow, the lovely Sarah - and on her former beau, Enoch Hale. The American journalist has an alibi, but he doesn't know her name and Scotland Yard...

When the body of a woman is found in a shallow stream, aspiring investigative journalist Vicky Hill suspects there's a connection between the murder and the string of recent silver thefts plaguing the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And since both her boss and the...

Ten years ago, Harper ran so the men she cared about could live. There's no chance of her ever going back to Stonewall-or of seeing Draven and her men again. They are gone, moved on, and she must do the same.But they've not forgotten...

How many dirty FBI Agents do you know?When LAPD Detective, and former Army Ranger, Steve Hudson uncovers not only a silent terror cell but a radical Islamic mole inside the FBI, a counter-terrorism investigation becomes a counter-terrorism, espionage, and treason investigation. Homegrown is set...

SPY GAMES documents "Cola" Fugelere's professional career in the corporate espionage arena. Greed, sex, power, money, danger, and risk permeate Cola's world. Until now, few outside "The Game" have had the ability to understand the money, motivations, operational needs, and the activities of the...

An action-packed Southern mystery adventure that will have you laughing and guessing until the very end!The whole town thinks Willem has already committed two murders. Why shouldn't they believe he's committed more?For the past year and a half, Willem has been an outcast in...

Richard Hannay, a restless hero, is set to show the integrity of the ordinary man who stands in defence of his country. Buchan's terrific yarn excelled as a Hitchcock movie of the same name, and inspired all subsequent spy thrillers, including the much later...

Richard Kurtz has a reputation as a tough guy, a reputation that he considers absurd, despite the 300 pound biker on a drug induced rampage who Kurtz recently knocked out in the ER. Kurtz spent four years in the Army. He doesn't look for...

Christopher James and his wife Stella are once again embroiled in the sordid world of human trafficking. His sister Anita and her husband Eddie are again partnered with Chris and Stella in an all-out effort to put a stop to as much of the...

When DVM stands for Dead and Very Murdered . . . Kat Harper discovers murder and mayhem when she accompanies her boss Maura O'Malley to a local veterinary office. This time the victim is one of the vet techs, and somehow Kat finds herself...

When the dead man's float isn't for survival . . . Kat Harper's morning workout takes a sinister turn when she discovers the lifeless body of Ellie Higgins in the gym pool. All evidence points to murder, and the amateur detective soon finds herself...

Tragic accident . . . or murder? Kat Harper's visit to Jessie's Diner ends abruptly when the man at the next table drops dead. She soon discovers the victim is none other than Aaron Moskowitz, a caustic food critic known for thrashing restaurants he...

When she was fifteen, Althea was attacked and almost killed at a house party. To protect her privacy and help her rebuild her life, her parents changed her name and sent her away to live with relatives. Althea and her family believe those responsible...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson venture into darker territory in this box set of the first three Halloween Sherlock novelettes. The set also includes a bonus exclusive short story, 'A One-Pipe Problem'.The Case of the Snow-White LadyThere is no such thing as a vampire...

On the fringes of the Jim Crow era, resources for women living in questionable and sometimes dangerous domestic situations were practically non-existent and many women were desperately compelled to take matters into their own hands. After years of "playing house" with Frank, Hilda has...

In this 39th Cyrus Skeen novel, set in April 1930. Skeen flies to Chicago to help a former Yale classmate, who calls him at the office about his problem. After listening to his friend's problem, Skeen decides to fly to Chicago to look into...

Three cats, two dogs, and one dead body. Kat Harper isn't the only one with a knack for stumbling upon crime scenes. This time she's led to the corpse du jour by her adventurous cat Matty and one determined dachshund. It doesn't take long...