Fiction - Crime

Hollywood burglar-turned-detective Junior Bender has a knotty new case to solve--a 60-year-old Tinseltown mystery There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood's infamous mob boss-turned-movie king. Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, Junior Bender is quaking in...

In May of 1934, outside of Hugo, Oklahoma, a homeless man and his thirteen-year-old daughter are befriended by a charismatic drifter, newly released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The drifter, Clint Palmer, lures father and daughter to Texas, where the father, Dillard...

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's...

An "impressive" collection of five noir novels by the cult-favorite author who stands alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett as a master of American crime writing (The New York Review of Books) Among the pantheon of American crime writers--those masters of noir whose powerful...

"[A] marvelous blend of history and mystery..." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewIt should have been routine, a simple assignment for PI Sam Blackman and his partner Nakayla Robertson. Follow a history professor who's suing a spinal surgeon for malpractice and catch her in physical activities...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of Canada Fifteen years ago a young girl named Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a sleepover. Moonlight joined the family for breakfast the following morning and was...

"Another winning entry in a consistently strong series." --BooklistTwenty years ago, teenager Callum Hinds went missing in England's Lake District. His uncle, suspected of having done the boy harm, was interviewed by the police. When the uncle committed suicide near his cottage in the...

"An excellent regional mystery, full of local color and historical detail." --Library JournalFormer Chief Warrant Officer Sam Blackman lost a leg in Iraq and emerged from the V.A. hospital in Asheville, NC, as a bitter civilian without a job or a future. But when...

"A tantalizing mystery full of humor and eccentric characters." --BooklistFuneral director and part-time sheriff Barry Clayton finds Archie Donovan's request absurd until he learns the casket will be the centerpiece of the Jaycees' haunted house, with all proceeds going to the children's hospital.But when...

"Havill is a master at using procedural details to expose the complexities of small-town relationships, but he also excels at drawing meaning from landscape." --BooklistA rattlesnake fang pegged in a teenager's eye is just the beginning of a spring day for Posadas County Undersheriff...

"Fans of academic mysteries will savor this one."--Library JournalKaren Pelletier is about to realize her dream. After six years in the English Department at New England's exclusive Enfield College, she is up for a tenured position. But when her rival for the one available...

"A wealth of historical detail, an exciting treasure hunt and credible characters distinguish this fresh, adventurous read." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewSam Blackman is an angry man. A Chief Warrant Officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of Canada Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a Vietnam War draft dodger has left land and money to...

Thanks to spinal tumor surgery, Cincinnati Homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. He's lucky to be alive and lucky to have a job as public information officer for the department. When a star cop is...

"De Castrique offers original plots, strikingly human characters, and a heartwarming portrait of American culture. His writing is to be savored." --Library Journal STARRED reviewWhen Barry Clayton's father developed Alzheimers, Barry gave up his career in law enforcement to return to the North Carolina...

"Nearly every page yields new revelations in this delectable village caper." --Publishers WeeklyWarren Howe is surprised by a hooded visitor while working in a garden in Old Sawrey, a lovely village in England's Lake District. Soon it is Warren who is dead--murdered with his...

"[A] first-rate installment in an excellent series." --BooklistBarry Clayton has left the Charlotte police force to manage his ailing father's funeral home in the peace and quiet of the Appalachian mountains. But Buryin' Barry is an undertaker with a problem he keeps finding unwanted...

"[A] marvelous mystery you won't want to put down." --Publishers WeeklyBarry Clayton has a job he doesn't want. When his father became stricken with Alzheimer's, Barry left the Charlotte police force for the small mountain community of Gainesboro, North Carolina, where his family runs...

It's October 1972, and the Belken County Homicide Squad is dealing with a dead body found in a cotton field. Lieutenant Detective Rafe Buenrostro and the other men are accustomed to corpses, even though they live in rural South Texas along the Mexican border....

"You must read Bedelia"--the seductive black-widow thriller by the author of the classic film noir Laura (The New York Times). Charlie Horst has returned with his new bride Bedelia to his family home in Connecticut. Indulgently infatuated, Charlie is the luckiest man alive. What's...

The worlds of urban gentrification, overpriced real estate, and gang violence collide in this wry and sardonic crime novel by author and comedian Charles Demers. As a shaky truce between suburban gangsters starts to unravel, schlubby civilian Scott Clark has other things on his...

"With action-packed twists and turns and a pace that doesn't let up until the thrilling conclusion, Her Last Day is a brilliant start to a gripping new series from T.R. Ragan." --Robert Bryndza, #1 international bestselling author of The Girl in the Ice Ten...

A propulsive, mind-expanding thriller--and the world-shaking conclusion to the Course of Empire trilogy--about bold scientific dreams turning into nightmares ... or perhaps new beginnings ...After usurping control of the world's most powerful military technology, General Chip Walden knows the endgame is near and tasks...

Man Booker Prize Finalist, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, New York Times Editor's Choice, and an American Booksellers Association National Indie Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2016 by Newsweek, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times In the smash hit historical...

The conclusion of the acclaimed trilogy in which professional wrestling meets Empire, called "a one-of a kind literary offering for die-hard wrestling fans" (RollingStone.com). It's been twelve years since the New York wrestling territory was nearly burned to the ground. Twelve years since millions...

A mysterious wooden cross appears on a hilltop, towering over the craggy Baltic Sea coastline. The body of a young man hangs from the cross, nailed by the hands and feet.Detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus arrives at the scene, hoping to make quick work of...

A thrilling sequel to the groundbreaking thriller, Widows. After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her husband, Dolly Rawlins is free from prison. And she's only got one thing on her mind: the diamonds she stashed before the police caught her. But...

Kirk Gould knew the thugs at Nestlé would never let him live a normal life. No matter what he reported, what was exposed, nothing changed. He once believed he could force redemption through a moral lens but could never draw focus long enough. After...

FIRST IN A NEW SERIESDell, an ex-Legionnaire was working as a mercenary when he first saw Dolly, a nurse with M馘ecins Sans Fronti鑽es. When they later married, Dell abandoned his work, and Dolly shed her identity. But not her calling--she became a teacher, confidant,...

Police are quitting in record numbers.Crime is skyrocketing and Atlanta burns.To salvage social order, the mayor enacts archaic bounty-hunting laws, and the Wild West comes to a modern-day city. Discover the world of Alan Lee today.Author: Alan LeeISBN-10: 8839672311ISBN-13: 9798839672314Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2022Pages:...

What would you do if you were pulled out of school to take over the Vegas Mafia? Sienna has to bury her dad, find her treacherous brother and keep an empire going! She has no one she can rely on and the other bosses...

When semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan learns that a girl who was kind to him in high school is accused of three murders, he and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are on the case. Could sweet, ambitious Peggy Doyle be guilty of killing three...

Al Rhamer is standing on his dock when he sees a body across the canal on the bank. The man is dead from what the police seem to want to call an alligator attack.What he sees doesn't begin to fit that scenario, so he...

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DC Tim Shelley is on a mission to find Len Moscow and avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sonny, is trailing the man who made the murder possible: her ex-mafia colleague Mario Fontana.After a meeting in Amsterdam, Shelley joins forces with Bertolt...

DC Tim Shelley is on a mission to find Len Moscow and avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sonny, is trailing the man who made the murder possible: her ex-mafia colleague Mario Fontana.After a meeting in Amsterdam, Shelley joins forces with Bertolt...

DC Tim Shelley is on a mission to find Len Moscow and avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sonny, is trailing the man who made the murder possible: her ex-mafia colleague Mario Fontana.After a meeting in Amsterdam, Shelley joins forces with Bertolt...

DC Tim Shelley is on a mission to find Len Moscow and avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sonny, is trailing the man who made the murder possible: her ex-mafia colleague Mario Fontana.After a meeting in Amsterdam, Shelley joins forces with Bertolt...

DC Tim Shelley is on a mission to find Len Moscow and avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sonny, is trailing the man who made the murder possible: her ex-mafia colleague Mario Fontana.After a meeting in Amsterdam, Shelley joins forces with Bertolt...

A decade ago, homeless people began disappearing from four neighboring towns. Day to day, the commuters making their way to and from work never took notice of the less fortunate they passed. They didn't notice as the number of homeless reduced. They didn't even...

The books of the Power Moore Investigation Tales series are standalone stories and can be read in any order.When Alana Templeton goes to do the simple task of hanging her laundry outdoors, she becomes aware that something is not as it should be in...

The books of the Power Moore Investigation Tales series are standalone stories and can be read in any order.Fiona Thompson - better known as Flo to everyone who knew her - took a plunge and stepped out of her comfort zone and into the...

The killer quickly looks around suspiciously, cursing the man who lay dead on the floor, when he senses he is being watched. His eyes rest on the floor above him and he makes eye contact with a woman. From the stricken expression on her...

"A man does not leave school at fourteen, make a fortune by forty, and go on to become a skilful and powerful politician without ruthlessness."Business magnate and MP Sir Hugh Mason is the kind of man it is very easy to hate, if you...

Originally published as Deadly Lampshades.When Honey Driver decides to give the Green River Hotel a makeover, she doesn't envisage her interior designer Philippe Fabiere getting choked to death with an antique lavatory flush handle.His body is found in a lavish guest bathroom bolted from...

Originally published as Killing Jane Austen.Honey Driver is thrilled when members of a film crew check in to her hotel. They offer her work as an extra in their sumptuous new flick about Jane Austen.Honey jumps at the chance - any excuse to don...

SARA FACES HER TOUGHEST AND MOST BIZARRE CASE YET.The first body is found forced inside a huge terracotta urn on the lawn of a country manor in a remote corner of North Norfolk.A few days later, a young woman is found, tied to a...

Florence Winslow wakes up in hospital. The nurse tells her she's killed a man.All she remembers is that she was driving down a deserted country road in northern Connecticut late at night on her way to visit her in-laws. A car hurtled out of...

Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the mist parts-just for a second-to reveal...

Launching a new series, a cast of lovable rogues face fiendish puzzles and murderous villains in this love letter to Agatha Christie murder mysteries and classic whodunnits. Introducing a new series from the creator of the beloved, bestselling Vinyl Detective novels. Cordelia knows books....