Fiction - Crime

Out on bail, Bob Coffin meets Nancy, a shy and pretty girl, on a warm summer night at a Bronx dance hall in 1963. Their chance meeting sets off an intimate drama of desperation, petty crimes and betrayals in the streets and tenements of...

In this action-packed caper novel, a long-retired cop gets wrapped up with a girl on the run Long-retired cop Fitch Henry Haut is terminally ill and living out his final years alone. As he sits in his favorite diner enjoying the meatloaf special, he...

Two young mothers, one shocking murder and a court case that puts them both on trial. When a soldier is found stabbed through the heart at a US Army base, there is no doubt that his wife, Luz, is to blame. But was it...

A powerful novel of money, passion, and castles in the sand in the grand tradition of Harold Robbins, Judith Krantz, Sidney Sheldon and Arthur Hailey... "A tale of power that becomes a page-turning whodunit." Publishers Weekly Adventurers, dreamers, thieves and kings: sooner or later...

Being a tugboater is sometimes a dangerous job. Like...... Going out to buy pizza for the crew? That's not one of them, or is it? When Captain Ashley Walters and her husband, Adam, leave their tugboat in Indiana Harbor to pick up some Chicago-style...

"Relax. Listen to your sound of your breathing and the sound of my voice. Close your eyes and open your heart. Banish all thoughts from your head and take steady breath. Now allow yourself to fall into a warm, soothing trance." Nicol Fulmar was...

He lay motionless, his breathing shallow, and his mind at rest. A thick hand thrusts into his fine leather coat pocket, seeking and retrieving his wallet.Two young, fresh, and inexperienced NYPD Detectives uncover a world defined by Power, Greed, and Freedom. The pawns in...

The Irving retirement home for actors in their twilight years is never short of drama. Not least when legendary thespian Sir Frank Taylor is discovered dead in his bloodstained bed. A Nazi dagger plunged deep in his chest. Sir Frank was once England's most...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner."-- theSkimm Recommended by Washington Post - theSkimm - GMA.com - Popsugar - Bustle - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Augusta Chronicle - Sun-Sentinel...

REDLIGHT: California PrisonsBy: Tony "Bandit" AlvaradoREDLIGHT: California Prisons is based on a Sicario named Tony "SHY" Barrios, whose criminal and deadly past awaits him with revenge and deaths after serving prison time at Tehachapi State Prison in California for a murder he was ordered...

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...

Private detective Grant Dawson is looking for his first big money case. When the mayor of a small town calls him to help solve a murder, he doesn't think twice - especially since the money offered was right up his alley.But nothing would prepare...

Private detective Grant Dawson is looking for his first big money case. When the mayor of a small town calls him to help solve a murder, he doesn't think twice - especially since the money offered was right up his alley.But nothing would prepare...

Private detective Grant Dawson is looking for his first big money case. When the mayor of a small town calls him to help solve a murder, he doesn't think twice - especially since the money offered was right up his alley.But nothing would prepare...

"Part mystery, part fable but all original, Jim Foote is sure to be one of your favorite literary detectives--cryptid or otherwise." --Jordan Farmer, author of The Poison Flood and The Pallbearer In the space of one weekend in Morgantown, West Virginia, private investigator Big...

The year is 1987, and the city of Denver is being ravaged by a rash of summer violence associated with street drug-dealing seldom before experienced. The dark narcs are a four-man team of street narcotics detectives, two Black and two white, assigned to the...

A frantic father, a mysterious container, and a serendipitous encounter with an especially talented soldier of fortune come together for an international reckoning. The circle of life becomes a Mobius strip.OddsWhen a man retires and becomes a multimillionaire, he learns that his money can't...

Cohen brings you the complete recipe: twists and turns, suspense, relationships and betrayal. A Noble Conspiracy narrates life and death in a succession of events that will take your breath away. "I feel better off for having read Bobby Cohen's A Noble Conspiracy. It's...

Timber Mitchell hitchhikes away from her lonely life and finds herself dumped at the last place she wants to be-her dad's motorcycle club. Asking Killere MC for a favor rubs her the wrong way, considering they're the reason her dad is in and out...

Chicago PI Dek Elstrom is called into action when a man acquitted of his wife's murder asks Dek to investigate the strange circumstances around her death.A shocking chain of events occur after midnight one night on a quiet suburban street in West Chicago. The...

Leo and Paul know they wanted to share a woman, to start a family, and to love one woman together, but no one has ever been able to handle the two of them for more than a bit of fun. They aren't interested in...

'Gripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour.' Craig Robertson St. Andrews, Scotland: When an elderly woman's naked body is found in her home, crucified to the floor, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate, DS Jessie Janes,...

Can DS Karen Hart rely on the word of a little girl to save the life of a woman in grave danger?When a woman is abducted from a quiet suburban street and bundled into the back of a white van, the only witness to...

Terrorists are gaining Top Secret information from a traitor within a top Australian intelligence agency leading to an ordinary 21st Century man getting involved in a murder caused by the traitor's cyber-crime. Solving the crime involves many threads being pulled together by the police,...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920[1] and in the United...

The first ever Vintage Crime original novel in a brand new editionIncludes bonus chapters of Starr's novels Twisted City and Hard FeelingsThings aren't going so well for Richie Segal. His prospects at the job are pretty miserable and, what's more humiliating, his wife's prospects...

Two friends go on holiday. Only one comes back.Orla and Kate have been best friends forever. Together they've faced it all--be it Orla's struggles as a new mother or Kate's messy divorce. And whatever else happens in their lives, they can always look forward...

The head of the biggest NYC crime family, Carmine Miceli, Jr., is taken in on racketeering charges. His life-long friend, Gino Ranno, is forced to become the head of the family he has so desperately tried to keep at arm's length in this 3rd...

"It's hard to tear your eyes away from her grimly detailed portrait of Daddy Love . . . Oates has more knives to throw before bringing this harrowing tale to a close--but she saves the sharpest one for the very last page." --The New...

With her abusive ex-husband in prison, Jane Cowan finally has the confidence to accept a new job: head teacher of the primary school in the Kentish village of Wrayford. But her new life is soon disrupted when a mysterious intruder breaks into her school...

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is halted when a skeleton is discovered beneath a 300-year-old stone plinth - the remains of a woman who was buried alive. But even when...

The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski. Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things...

'I DEVOURED THIS STORY IN ONE SITTING.' Louise Jensen, author of The SisterA teenage girl is missing. Is your daughter involved, or is she next?When Karen Finch's seventeen-year-old daughter Sophie arrives home after a night out, drunk and accompanied by police officers, no one...

Secrets ....DCI Teddy Cartwright has immersed himself into the darkness of Newcastle's criminal underworld, where money is the root of all evil.Teddy is keeping a secret close to his chest and one that he is willing to take to the grave. How will it...

The year is 2020. The world is at war with a deadly pandemic. The nation is rife with political partisanship. The delineations between left and right, right and wrong, and true and false are blurred. Turmoil ensues. Citizens of the nation quarrel amongst themselves,...

'A dark, disturbing and highly original thriller' MARK BILLINGHAM'Haunting, twisted and compelling' C.L. TAYLOR 'Clever, dark, unusual and full of genuine surprises' LOUISE BEECH 'One of the highlights of my reading year. A deliciously dark masterpiece' HELEN FITZGERALD 'A brilliantly original thriller, dark and...

It's the summer of 1921, and Woodie Garth and the Mallory family are enjoying a day out on Malibu Beach when the telegram arrives. A former colleague from Woodie's Secret Service days is requesting that the MG&M detectives come to Texas to help solve...

In the golden morning light, a beautiful young woman lies diagonally across the bed, dressed for a night out, her long lashes pressed against her cheeks as if she's sleeping. But the crimson that creeps across the sheets tells the story of an innocent...

Ada's normal life is suddenly turned upside down when she arrives at work at Headington House, London, on a wintry morning and is confronted with a copy of her death certificate. Ada is questioned about her death and the issue of a pay-out cheque...

Maestro Daniel Abogado is a successful and sought-after conductor. His life is music although it involves hours of traveling from city to city and lots of time poring over scores of classical music. Tragically his wife of ten years has died two years ago....

Nineteen-year-old Patty has a lot of baggage. Abusive parents. A horrible boyfriend. The stifling cocoon of her Podunk town. She longs to become a travel writer - visiting exotic lands far, far away...But escaping town the way she does, forced by her boyfriend Roy...

The second novella in the series of Helen and Frank stories, Marinated Money continues to follow the antics, love, crime and capers of Helen and Frank, who met in a St. Louis memory care center amidst the Covid-19 pandemic ... and fell in love.By...

An American banker is asked by the head of a Russian syndicate to assist on financial transactions with a Chinese corporation that has been under scrutiny from Chinese authorities for corruption and money laundering issues. Board members of the Chinese corporation are under the...

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...

The March of Time is book 2 in the Bart Bridges PI series.Book 1, Echoes of Doubt, found Bart in the Witness Protection Programme, having changed his name to Cyrus Bartholomew, a clock maker.When things begin to go wrong and dead bodies pile up,...

When love steers Nate Vickers down a dangerous path, he quickly learns the error of his ways. As an ill-conceived heist goes sideways, and he is violently parted from the woman with whom he'd hoped to share his new found wealth, his anger grows...

Author: James A. BaumgardISBN-10: 8985194348ISBN-13: 9798985194340Publisher: BookbabyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2022Pages: 222Format: Paperback

Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by English author Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and...

Dan and Elaine Mahoney are finally settled in St. Augustine, Florida, and Elaine has her brand new private investigator's license, plus a job offer with a prestigious law firm. So, it's with some excitement that she talks to her first client, a young man...

Along the rugged coast of Whitby, dark dealings are afoot.The discovery of a headless corpse out at sea has everyone on high alert. The dead man is a notorious villain, last seen sailing his luxury yacht round the Med.Now he's all washed up in...