Fiction - Crime

Ernst arrives at the Paradise train station with fifty-thousand dollars to ransom his sweetheart, and while looking among the crowd for the young man with a magnolia, a beggar seizes his bag of cash and escapes through the revolving door. Chasing after the rascal,...

Set in and around Columbus, Ohio and Ohio State, this story constantly twists once Ted and Lewis start freshman year. Lewis, the man about town, pursues Ted's mom. She's OK with that. But her boyfriend isn't. And Ted doesn't know about Lewis and he...

Caught by a Cat Not a Childrens' Book] is a police procedural with more twists than a politician's campaign promises, as two detectives figure out how to nail the crooks they know are guilty, even as the guilty parties themselves become victims.Though the author,...

A world of mystery and intrigue in Dundee during the year 1919. And a new sleuth unlike any other currently in print.Kirsty Campbell, former suffragette and a policewoman in Britain's newly formed women's police service, returns to her hometown of Dundee to become the...

THE KILL CALL is the 9th novel in the multiple award-winning Cooper & Fry crime series, set in England's beautiful and atmospheric Peak District On a rain-swept Derbyshire moor, hounds from the local foxhunt find the body of a well-dressed man whose head has...

In the bestselling tradition of Robert B. Parker and Elmore Leonard comes Mark Cohen's second novel featuring Colorado private eye and former Marine Corps JAG Pepper Keane. It doesn't seem like a bad idea when Pepper Keane agrees to steal a champion bluetick coonhound...

For former Air Force veteran and ex-mall security guard William Rayford, making the cut as Rocksburg's first African American cop fulfilled one of his life's ambitions, even though it sometimes still gives him a case of the Steel City Blues. Rayford well-knows this town's...

The penultimate volume of Curwood's famous Mountie stories In Curwood, the famous 'Mounties' had possibly their first and most enthusiastic champion and author of their adventures of fiction and legend. The image of the lone policeman out in the Canadian wilderness enduring every force...

A second helping of tales of the Mounties In Curwood, the famous 'Mounties' had possibly their first and most enthusiastic champion and author of their adventures of fiction and legend. The image of the lone policeman out in the Canadian wilderness enduring every force...

Thrilling tales from the great land of lakes and forests In Curwood, the famous 'Mounties' had possibly their first and most enthusiastic champion and author of their adventures of fiction and legend. The image of the lone policeman out in the Canadian wilderness enduring...

Your Face Tomorrow, Javier Mar?s's daring novel in three parts culminates triumphantly in this much-anticipated final volume.Author: Javier Mar?sISBN-10: 0811219240ISBN-13: 9780811219242Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2011Pages: 554Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 7.97h x 5.24w x 1.58dReview Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 06/26/2011 pg. 36

If you ask people why the Berlin Wall came down so unexpectedly, those who remember those days might tell you it was because of President Ronald Reagan's famous "tear down this wall" speech. Many forget that address took place more than two years before...

'Jacob Ross is a truly amazing writer. Black Rain Falling is an outstanding novel' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'Jacob Ross is a unique and thrilling new voice in crime fiction' MARK BILLINGHAM Delving into issues of family, class and loyalty, Black...

Don Colyear has made the transition from his role as a Community Police Sergeant to a new position in Edinburgh's CID, but the adjustment has not been easy. The workload is one thing but being micro-managed byDCI Templeton as well is more than testing....

The murder of a promising footballer, son of Brighton's highest-ranking police officer, means Detective Superintendent Jo Howe has a complicated and sensitive case on her hands. The situation becomes yet more desperate following devastating blackmail threats. Howe can trust no one as she tracks...

On a clear moonlit night, DI Kelso Strang hears the spine-chilling howl of a wolf. It is not the only unsettling thing he discovers about the remote village of Inverbeg. Sean Reynolds, obsessive about rewilding his estate, is rumoured to have taken steps to...

When a student is found murdered in her room, the police soon recognize the similarities to an unsolved crime committed fifteen years before. A crime investigated by the now discredited DI Joe Jackson, Naomi Blake's one-time mentor. It seems Jackson had a perpetrator in...

Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant sleuth yet again in the fourth of this fast-paced, highly entertaining racing mystery series. Champion jockey Harry Radcliffe is wracked with guilt, reeling from the knowledge that his recent attempt to solve the murder of...

A case of theft spirals into murder in the latest intriguing Alex Quick mystery Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a...

Once again, jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant sleuth in the third of this fast-paced, highly entertaining racing mystery series. When he stumbles across the body of local prostitute Alice Goode, champion jockey Harry Radcliffe is once again forced to turn...

Ellie Quicke finds you can choose your friends but not your family. Poppy's wealthy father hadn't liked the look of the men whom his twin daughters intended to marry, and had set them up in the Magpie fashion boutique to ensure they would be...

A complex plot with plenty of red herrings, taut suspense, and graphic details make this a gruesome but gripping read"Booklist A macabre discovery throws disturbing new light on a 20-year-old murder case in the latest tense and twisting Anderson and Costello mystery. In August...

When a student is found murdered in her room, the police soon recognize the similarities to an unsolved crime committed fifteen years before. A crime investigated by the now discredited DI Joe Jackson, Naomi Blake's one-time mentor. It seems Jackson had a perpetrator in...

When the body of Lancelot Foley, a well-known actor, is discovered in an excavation in a fashionable Chelsea street one snowy February morning, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Brock is assigned the case - and he and his team soon discover that Foley's life was...

"Relentless... Addictive... The kind of nightmare you don't want to wake up from."-Heywood Gould, screenwriter of Rolling ThunderHe was just an average Joe. But when he finds his family held at gunpoint by merciless thugs, he's told he must murder a Mafia chieftain if...

Murder in the Gardens is a well-written crime novel by first time author Robert Trotta, a retired Detective from the New York City Police Department. Aging mobster Rocco DeAngelis is paroled from prison after spending twenty years behind bars for the sensational Drake Hotel...

Hired by Olga Evorova to perform a discreet background check on the man she wants to marry, Cuddy believes it will be a simple assignment, until everyone he questions lies to him and a pair of thugs warn him to back off The eleventh...

Jeremy Jenkins is a pharmacist living a nightmare. America has made serial killing provisionally legal. What was once a crime is now a game. Juvenile delinquent Reapkids dressed as history's deadliest murderers roam the streets causing chaos. Cannibal Godless Jack Cavanagh is on every...

Denver petroleum geologist, Cortlandt Scott, despite a successful and financially rewarding career, has tired of selling oil deals. Seeking new challenges while keeping in touch with the oil and gas community, he decides to try his hand as a private investigator. Hoping to capitalize...

Organized Crime Novel... Inspired by true events. Dear Reader, MADE is about Andy Cooper; a military vet, turned hustler, turned Gangster, turned Crime Boss. His marriage is on the rocks; fresh out of the military, AC finds himself broke and lost with a Wife...

Kassidy is released after a year in juvenile, but he is welcomed home with violence and war. When one of his best friends is gunned down right in front of him, it is up to Kassidy and his street gang to find out who...

Vigilante justice is often the best kind of justice. Professionally guided hunts are typically the best kind of hunts. Your guides will be members of the Tavenner Group. Your quarry might be a serial rapist... or a murderous gangster... or a child molester... you...

In a small city in Jasper county, Arkansas, local billionaire Phillip Bates is a philanthropist who spends his days helping improve the town and the lives of the people in it. After his life is shattered when local law enforcement fails to protect his...

Cannabis farmer Buddy Fisher keeps Colorado's legalization euphoria at arm's length. Banned from going legit due to prior felonies, he's happy living off the radar breeding super-potent hybrids, catering to the underground cannabis culture, and watching the sun set over the land his family...

The PINK SLIP MURDERS is a suspense thriller for the 99-percent. It is a dark tale of how an obsessive and unalterable belief in the American Dream can ruin even the most well intended individuals. Lauren Bark has transitioned from TV news reporting into...

Over The Wall & Beyond The Rim: A Double Novella Offering by Thomas James TaylorBook 1: Over The WallA prison escapee (an anomalous human being) searches for the truth about himself and all creation, with life-changing results.Book 2: Beyond The RimEarth is in the...

After a drug cartel abducts his sister, a Kansas judge puts everything on the line to find her in this debut thriller.Judge Benjamin Joel catches a death penalty case involving a local drug dealer with ties to a Mexican cartel. When Ben's sister is...

#1 Amazon Bestseller "Very realistic as to the things I do as a plastic surgeon."-Dr. Stephen Greenberg, New York plastic surgeon Dr. Harry Previn, the renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, is secretly called in to operate on the disfigured face of the ravishingly beautiful...

Alec Blume returns to action in this intricate and heart-pounding new novel. With the help of his associate Caterina, Blume is called to the scene of a death connected to a spate of muggings. Though the Carabinieri-military police-are trying to control the investigation, Blume,...

"Darkly comedic." --New York Post Crime pays. And pays well. Sal, Max, and Enzo Bruschetti have proved this over a lifetime of nefarious activity that they have kept hidden from law enforcement. Now, however, Max has a problem. His doctor has told him to...

"Homemaking" is about to take on a whole new meaning for Jane Jeffry, now that she's agreed to help the prosperouslydivorced Bitsy Burnside restore and redecorate a decrepit old neighborhood mansion. Bitsy's decision to employ an almost all-woman crew has prompted Jane's quick-witted best...

When Ebony Makepeace packed a few things in a carry bag and closed the door of her North Melbourne apartment for the last time, she struggled to believe she was dead. But when she saw her parents, best friend and ex-boyfriend all crying at...

Murders are not common in Mountainview: a sleepy North Carolina town. But when a librarian finds a dead body on her morning walk, assistant district attorney Greg is sent to assist in the police investigation.The victim turns out to be a prominent lawyer, and...

Murders are not common in Mountainview: a sleepy North Carolina town. But when a librarian finds a dead body on her morning walk, assistant district attorney Greg is sent to assist in the police investigation.The victim turns out to be a prominent lawyer, and...

Murders are not common in Mountainview: a sleepy North Carolina town. But when a librarian finds a dead body on her morning walk, assistant district attorney Greg is sent to assist in the police investigation.The victim turns out to be a prominent lawyer, and...

Bryce Chapman is an Emergency Medicine Physician in Indianapolis, married with two kids and at the peak of his career. His comfortable life is threatened on all fronts when a patient he sees dies unexpectedly and a life saved while on vacation in the...

Please note this was previously published as Dead Man's Wharf.Detective Inspector Andy Horton has a lot on his plate.A celebrity receives threatening phone calls.A nursing home resident assaulted.A man found in a pit with several of his fingers severed.Perry Jackson and his team are...

Please note this was previously published as The Suffocating Sea.One foggy December night, Detective Inspector Andy Horton is called to the site of a burning boat on Horsea Marina. He finds a charred body onboard.The autopsy reveals startling evidence of foul play. The victim...

His mentor slain. A detective out for revenge. A criminal mastermind always one step ahead.Detective Rob Miller is at home with his crying newborn son when he gets the news. Retired Chief Superintendent Sam Lawrence, Rob's friend and mentor, has been shot dead. Lawrence...

Please note this was previously published as Deadly Waters.The head mistress of a Portsmouth school is found brutally murdered on an old structure in the middle of Langstone Harbour. Detective Andy Horton of Portsmouth CID leads the investigation.A note is found on the victim...