Fiction - Crime

Attorney David Chartier is enjoying a pleasant weekend away with his family in upstate Michigan when he receives a panicked phone call from his client, Jean Davis. Apparently, Jean is being held at the police station under suspicion of murdering her husband, John. David...

IN A WORLD WHERE THE WEAK ARE PREYED UPON......crime goes unpunished and evil runs rampant in the streets, who will stand up to chaos and fight for justice? There is only one: an outlaw biker with dead set principles and dangerous methods that always...

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime NovelWhile investigating a drowning, Inspector Green uncovers a decade-old military secret someone is desperate to keep hidden.Inspector Green is coping with an office job, still eager to get back into the day-to-day fray...

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime NovelInspector Green probes for family secrets that someone wants to keep buried...no matter the cost.Accident or suicide? That's the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his...

In this gripping mystery for fans of Louise Penny and Michael Connelly, Inspector Green becomes obsessed with a former teacher's mysterious disappearance.Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a young schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational...

Fans of Louise Penny and Michael Connelly, meet exasperating homicide detective Michael Green in this gripping police procedural.Ottawa homicide inspector Michael Green is absolutely obsessed with his job, a condition that has almost ruined his marriage several times. When the biggest case of his...

A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA failed musician obsessed with avant-garde art enters a shadowy world where bohemian excess meets the avaricious interests of...

Hockey is a dangerous game, but it's what happens off the ice that can get you killed ... Curtis Ritchie is the only news in town when Ottawa takes the young hockey sensation first overall in the annual spring draft. But on the eve...

Author: Lou ScorzielloISBN-10: 1456849034ISBN-13: 9781456849030Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2011Pages: 286Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

She would be severely beaten and likely killed if she stayed, but certainly killed if she tried to leave. Was it self-defense, or was it murder? To defend his client, one lawyer from Michigan's Upper Peninsula must find the truth in forensic evidence and...

DCI Monika Paniatowski faces an old enemy - and makes a fatal mistake with the potential to poison her whole career. Jordan Gough is an important man. He's the town's biggest benefactor. He is the proprietor of the Whitebridge Evening Telegraph. He owns the...

A seemingly straightforward domestic tragedy leads to something deeper and darker for DCI Vogel and his team in this gripping police procedural. A man lies dead on the kitchen floor of his comfortable North Devon home, his body punctured by multiple stab wounds. Beside...

When DNA evidence links a present-day murder to the disappearance of a young boy four years earlier, detectives Anderson & Costello are plunged into a baffling mystery. It's been four years since four-year-old Johnny Clearwater disappeared without trace one hot summer afternoon. Now, a...

When the decomposed remains of a young woman are discovered just outside Birmingham, criminologist Will Traynor is drawn into a baffling investigation."Plenty of unexpected twists sure to set pulses racing, leading to a shock ending guaranteed to blindside even the most experienced thriller reader"...

Power, money, murder . . . Investigating a seemingly accidental death leads DCI Bill Slider and his team down a dark path in this gripping British police procedural. The woman lies dead at the foot of the stairs. It's obvious what happened: she tripped...

When the decomposed remains of a young woman are discovered just outside Birmingham, criminologist Will Traynor is drawn into a baffling investigation."Plenty of unexpected twists sure to set pulses racing, leading to a shock ending guaranteed to blindside even the most experienced thriller reader"...

Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is thrown into another dark mystery when a good friend is left fighting for his life after being struck by a bullet.A day of celebration quickly turns into a nightmare for champion jockey Harry Radcliffe and his friend, horsebox driver...

DS Aector McAvoy must face the dark, disturbing secrets of his past if he's to keep his family safe.No, he tells himself. No, it's not familiar. No, it's not like before . . .The clairvoyant is found with her tongue crudely carved out, a...

A seemingly straightforward domestic tragedy leads to something deeper and darker for DCI Vogel and his team in this gripping police procedural. A man lies dead on the kitchen floor of his comfortable North Devon home, his body punctured by multiple stab wounds. Beside...

The man is found dead in the local dockyard, shot from behind. Colin Harpur predicts the execution spells imminent trouble. Iles' tolerance of the local drugs trade has kept gang warfare off the streets, and he is determined to protect his set-up ... at...

Ward once again explores the alchemy of stubborn yearnings and unrealized dreams amidst the well-tended rowhouses of his native city. There's a mounting fury in Tommy Fallon's heart in the fall of 1965. He's finally found his life's calling - thanks to the inspiration...

A tour of the 1950s and 1960s recounts the author's coming-of-age experiences in a period torn between idealism and despair, chronicling his journey between Baltimore and Haight-Ashbury and his witness to the historical events of the time.This classic novel, the 1972 winner of a...

Christine Turner, attractive wife of wealthy unscrupulous business man Paul Turner and daughter of the distinguished maverick Earl Des Poitiers has been kidnapped in the East of England. A ransom demand is left at the Earls mansion for 5 million pounds. It appears to...

At a time when so many record shops are closing in favour of on-line shopping, streaming and downloads, this book charts a time when Rock and Roll was first arriving in the UK and the very first shops specialising in 'popular music' were opening....

It is 1952, and in the opening pages of "Little Gangster," Joey D'Angelo our young Sicilian protagonist and his friend, Johnny Marino, are called late at night to First Street park where their gangster employer, Pepi Savino, is in the middle of an argument...

Cops everywhere have their stories. The retired police officers of the Oxnard Police Department are no exception. Like the stories told by officers anywhere, Oxnard PD's stories, too, seem to grow each time they are retold until few can offer an iron-clad guarantee that...

Grady Williams was on top of the world. Raised by middle class parents in a small town in Tennessee, he became a successful Wall Street investment banker. His picture was common, not only on the front page of the business section of the New...

Addictive, obsessive, sexually driven and all consuming; Jimmy's Game is a book that will dominate your darkest desires of control and power. It's a hard-hitting gritty description of the murky underworld of present day London. Pulling no punches it delves into the dark violent...

An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother's influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung's new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of...

Author: Pamela ProehlISBN-10: 1483611000ISBN-13: 9781483611006Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/02/2013Pages: 264Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Why does 18 year old Kat make the mistake of stealing her boyfriends money and drug stash? Why does an exhausted, nearly burned out, na ve teacher, Ainle, make an even bigger mistake in trying to help her? They both believe they can change.The...

Arsene Lupin is a fictional character who appears in a book series of detective fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of sequels and numerous film, television, stage play and comic book adaptations. A contemporary of Sir Arthur...

Britain's one and only machine knitting serial killer is on the run After the disappearance of her gentlemen lodgers attracts the local police, Hilda is caught red-handed thanks to the wonderful knitted effigies of her victims, proudly displayed in her cabinet so the poor...

Patricia Wentworth's first mystery novel!Between a mysterious gang of anarchists, a cast of mistaken identity, and murder-what's a plucky young heroine to do but take immediate and decisive action? A classic Golden Age suspense novel, full of thrills, adventure, and even a secret passage,...

Mark Ablett's country home, the sprawling Red House, is the perfect country retreat. Secluded, peaceful, and far from the bustling crowds of London, it makes a perfect weekend getaway for Mark and his friends. But when Mark's brother returns from Australia, he has an...

The rape of Mimi Danforth by The Rustlers was a vicious violation, calculated to break her spirit and make her readily available to all members of the gang. Previously aloof and reserved, Mimi became almost frenzied in her need for fulfillment, except that her...

At first it was just a lark--bribing the stewards to steal food, bribing the conductors to steal blankets, raiding the club car, becoming a trainful of drunks. But then--then they began stealing morphine, and after that they began swapping mates, and after that... Finally...

Many businesses engage in the annual ritual of taking inventory-counting the goods in stock so that an accurate asset is reflected on the balance sheet. For most, it is a straightforward and critical necessity to running a successful business enterprise. A CPA firm in...

Five stories of crime, criminals, and people who refuse to remain victims. In "Missy and the Man," a little girl gets more than she bargained for when she sneaks into her neighbor's garage to see his new kittens. The baseball-loving pickpocket in "Strike Two"...

Falling Angel is the story of a young man, his thoughts and motivations, and the backdrop of tragedy and abuse that shaped his early life. With narration by Angel's younger brother, we learn that the boys' drug-addicted mother has been murdered and they are...

When notorious gangster Neil Wright got a sudden call late one evening, he never imagined he would be walking into a deadly ambush by a mysterious figure. Clinging to life in intensive care, he meets Sister Simmons. A peculiar nun doing her nightly rounds,...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930), featuring his famous detective and is generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction. These are the first of the...

Author: Jim Barrett, Braden McKinleyISBN-10: 1477136444ISBN-13: 9781477136447Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2012Pages: 322Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Susannah Stacey's Superintendent Bone mysteries have won her comparisons to Ruth Rendell, P.D. James, and Agatha Christie. Now in a charming English tale, Bone brings his instincts to bear on a case of deadly prenuptial disagreements.... A MARRIAGE NO ONE WANTED No one but...

The latest novel in the acclaimed Shortcut Man series is a rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels that's "filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan" (Associated Press). Our hero Dick...

What could be more fun than a Christmas party? Sally Ewing, having suffered some years of depression, is persuaded to reinstate the family's annual Christmas party. Things are gong well when the arrival of Santa is announced and the guests take it in turn...

THE ANGLIAN DETECTIVE AGENCY ARE BACK Aldeburgh, 1972. The local community is devastated by the accidental death of a local fisherman. Another tragedy to add to the recent murders of three young women. Soon, Laurel Bowman, Frank Diamond and the rest of the Anglian...

GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER in Barbara Nadel's twenty-third Ikmen mystery, as Ikmen and S?eyman work to uncover a tragic tale of dark secrets and double lives... In the early hours of the morning, Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is found dead...

The curse of Pharaoh Sinus Nefertop is upon Blotto so it's up to Twinks to banish it! Yet another financial crisis at Tawcester Towers! So this time the Dowager Duchess decides to sell off the less important family possessions, which have, for a long...

Author: Graham IsonISBN-10: 1471920887ISBN-13: 9781471920882Publisher: Murder RoomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2022Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d