Fiction - Crime

A two-month-old baby is missing. James's parents left him with a babysitter while they went out for dinner. But when they get home, there's no sign of baby or sitter.This is the last thing DCI Rachel King wants to hear on her last night...

Palm trees, white sandy beaches and a perfect turquoise sea. Jamaica's Montego Bay might just be paradise. If people didn't keep getting murdered.The beautiful Caribbean Sea laps lazily against the verandah where Jamaican Supreme Court Judge Everton Wrenn lies dead. Someone strangled him with...

Meet Detective Inspector Andy Horton. It's his second day back in Portsmouth's CID and things aren't going well.Please note this was previously published as Tide of Death.DI Andy Horton is on his morning run along an isolated stretch of beach when he stumbles across...

Super sleuth Kate Palmer is Cornwall's answer to Miss Marple, but when the semi-retired nurse finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time can she prove her innocence and solve her most puzzling case yet? Kate Palmer thought spending the day at...

John Callen, an Orlando businessman, has flown to Pittsburgh to see an old Army buddy who lives in Bern, Ohio, a small town just two hours away. The two served in Iraq fifteen years earlier, and John hasn't seen his friend since Buster was...

The Second Volume in the Acclaimed Series!For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they...

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton.[1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human...

In this official authorized edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot.When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers....

After a series of personal tragedies and abuse from his alcoholic mother, eighteen-year-old Bax is determined to rebuild his life.Using money left to him by his father, he finds a place to live and a job at the local coffee shop. But after he...

This novel is about Tha Doggfather, a violent drug dealer, in crime, wealth, and gang activity. Eric was the son of the doggfather, CB. At a young age, Eric shortly lived with his grandmother. After losing her, he had no choice but to live...

Thomas Ironcutter has friends on all sides of the law, including Flaky, a member of an outlaw biker gang who has been arrested for murder. While attempting to help clear Flaky of the murder, Thomas is hired by a mysterious man to recover a...

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. "Ultimately, the mystery at the center of The Final Case...

Becca Mills has been on the run for five years, hiding from the husband who assaulted her and thinks she is dead. With her own life in shambles, and having discovered that her self-inflicted exile brought David no repercussions, she seeks revenge by reviving...

A riveting work of dark suspense from acclaimed author Clea Simon Gal, a middle-aged musician, is back in Boston to play a memorial for her late drummer/best friend, when she finds herself freezing on stage at the sight of a face in the crowd....

Ava Lee squares off against the Chinese government over a controversial film depicting the infamous Tiananmen Square Massacre in the latest thriller from bestselling author Ian Hamilton. Ava Lee is in the French Riviera with Pang Fai and Lau Lau for the long-awaited premiere...

Winner of The Gilpin Hotel Prize for Fiction 2023Eyes down to find a killer who's playing to win...An irresistible slice of murder and mystery - there's a killer on the loose in the Lake District, and the members of the Penrith Bingo Club have...

Attorney James Crosson is in the grips of despair, blaming himself for his wife's death. A widow hires him to pursue a wrongful death case on behalf of her late husband who died in a seemingly ordinary car wreck. Crosson must confront his own...

How can something so wrong feel so good? Callie tries to look at the positive side of life-despite her dire circumstances. She's the underdog, stepped on by her boss, her landlord, and her own family. When a new customer shows interest in her at...

Lord: One thing I won't tolerate is a rat. When anyone on my payroll screws me over, I enjoy making an example of them. It was no different when I caught my accountant selling club secrets to my enemies-I made him suffer.The rat had...

It was the long lonely, cold, and exposed stretch of the gravel road that led up to the Knight Farm. The only home Jonah Knight knew, the farm that he grew up on with his parents, was auctioned. With the loss of both parents...

LAPD detective Ren馥 Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch's "white whale"--a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective Ren馥 Ballard quit the force in the face of...

The first Crime Writers' Association Daggers Award retrospective, featuring nineteen award-winning stories from bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey, and many more!Maxim Jakubowski has edited all the great names in crime fiction, and stories from his anthologies have...

Brent Spiner's explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might...

Lake Shardae thinks she's clever when she forces her way into an interview for a job she's been told she can't handle. If she harnessed her emotions rather than allowing them to control her, maybe she wouldn't have walked straight into a bloodbath. The...

Now It Can Be ToldThat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Michael Justin Bellows grew up in the United States of...

The author based the book on a notorious criminal case. On July 11, 1906, resort owners found an overturned boat and the body of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Chester Gillette was put on trial,...

In a nightmarish turn of events, I find myself the prime suspect in the murder of another private investigator, Noel Farrell.I have to work overtime to clear my own name when I am wrongly accused and unable to provide a convincing alibi.As I untangle...

The past and the present collide with stunning results in the tenth installment of the Reed Ferguson mystery series.When Brad Webb asks me to look into the decades-old murder of his grandfather, Dewey Webb, I don't see much promise of solving the case. Dewey...

When I receive a call from a mysterious woman seeking my help to escape her abusive husband, I can't refuse, even though I'm supposed to meet my future in-laws in twenty-four hours. Like my hero, Humphrey Bogart, I am a sucker for a damsel...

My honeymoon turns deadly when Willie and I stumble across a body on a beach in Tahiti.Before I know it, I'm investigating a Medicare scam and a doctor who believes hired killers are after him.From high-class country clubs to the cruel streets of downtown...

Warning: This is the darkest story you will ever read. Eddie Pitts is a ruthless pimp catering to violent pedophiles who prefer young boys. Eddie kidnaps boys, holds them in a customized RV, and announces his services via the dark web. Danny Mindel is...

There's a reason Faith works at Lam, a known mafia bar, despite the fact that she doesn't have a drop of hospitality kindness or any apparent respect for men who could easily take her life. There is also a reason Danny is the new...

Driven detective Casey Clement and her hotshot team of misfits are called to the murder of a gorgeous woman, left overdosed, beaten and shot in a Manhattan park. Famous, sexy photographer Jamie Carval, obsessively shooting the team for his next blockbuster exhibition, with Casey...

The Italian Wolf, also known as the Apennine Wolf, was originally described in 1921 as subspecies Canis lupus italicus by Italian zoologist Joseph Atobello. However, following WWII it was believed to be extinct. It was not.Author: Paddy KellyISBN-10: 1786952068ISBN-13: 9781786952066Publisher: Fiction4allLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2019Pages: 600Format:...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset...

The novel begins with the strange murder of Sir Michael Ferrara. A horrifying series of events follows, leading to a woman being used against her will to prey on her husband and then abducted and killed inside a secret chamber in an old Egyptian...

Hannah Ives embarks on a trip to Denver, the Mile High City, on a cannabis fact-finding mission. But when one of her group is found dead, and a closer inspection reveals they may not be who they seem, Hannah is plunged into a dangerous...

A twisting tale of murder, mystery and eighteenth-century England by a dramatic and gripping new voice in the genre. On the frozen fields of Romney Marsh stands New Hall; silent, lifeless, deserted. In its grounds lies an unexpected Christmas offering: a corpse, frozen into...

Having left the Faroes as a child, Jan Reyna is now a British police detective, and the islands are foreign to him. But he is drawn back when his estranged father is found unconscious with a shotgun by his side and someone else's blood...

Ever since the accident, ex-cop Tom Parsons's life has been crumbling around him: his marriage and career have fallen apart, his grown children barely speak to him, and he can't escape the dark thoughts plaguing his mind. Leaving the urban misery of Winnipeg, he...

His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between...

An imaginative and hilarious college satire, in which the worlds of academia and the mob collide as a former mobster takes the reigns of Bogus U., ultimately facing threats from both his old mob ties and the student body, as he works to polish...

From the creator of Charlie Chan Set in England at the outbreak of WWI, The Agony Column is a murder mystery and romance told mostly through the device of an "Agony Column" in the newspaper (what Americans would call the "Personals").Author: Earl Derr BiggersISBN-10:...

In this story we meet again the unique and human detective, David Carroll. The inordinately sleepy little town of Karnak has been jarred from its lethargy by a murder at Furness Lodge.Author: Octavus Roy CohenISBN-10: 1627551883ISBN-13: 9781627551885Publisher: Black Curtain PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2013Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The Legal Exploits of Randolph Mason collects all three short story anthologies of the amoral lawyer who extricates his clients from legal difficulties. Randolph Mason views Fate and Destiny with scorn, and his clients as mere pawns in games of legal strategy. A forerunner...

When a bunch of neo-fascist thugs named The Bulldogs attack a Gay pride march in the sleepy country town of Lafferton, detective Simon Serrailler moves quickly to find the assailants. He's already got his hands full making security arrangements for a memorial service to...

Energetic sleuth David Carroll, whose probe into police corruption has made him unpopular at headquarters, is put in charge of an investigation into the shooting murder of civic reformer Edward Hamilton-and the three people trying to confess to the crimeAuthor: Octavus Roy CohenISBN-10: 151542572XISBN-13:...

Author: John B. DicksonISBN-10: 147714286XISBN-13: 9781477142868Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2012Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 08/19/2012

In every person's story, there is something to hide...The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is...

Jack Novak believes the strange, charismatic man in his office may have amnesia and wants to help him. Local police investigating a grotesque murder find the man's prints all over the victim's home. This leads Jack and his partner Homes Kinney to Angel Fire,...