Fiction - Crime

Chris Ewan's The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas is the next caper in a series that's being called impressive... comic...fresh (Publishers Weekly--starred review). Charlie Howard isn't only a part-time crime writer and part-time thief; he's also a magician. For his next trick, he'll relieve...

The worlds of business, Irish politics, and crime collide when two men with the same name, from the same family, die on the same night--one death is a gangland murder, the other, apparently, a road accident. Was it a coincidence? That's the official version...

Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Three policemen have been killed over the course of a few days. Espinosa, chief of the 12th Precinct, doesn't have much to go on. When the body of a woman connected to one of the dead cops is found on...

In his preface, the anonymous author of Courtesans and Opium describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the brothels of Yangzhou. Written in the 1840s, his story is filled with vice and dark consequence, portraying the hazards of...

In this second novel of the Bruce Medway series, our hero, a go-between and "fixer" for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when a porn merchant asks him to deliver a video at a secret location. Things look up, though, when he's hired...

Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to protect her daughter and save herself, in this timely and pulse-pounding thriller that explores the...

His fans include Stephen King, Michael Connelly, Tess Gerritsen, Ian Rankin, and Louise Penney. He has won acclaim and numerous international prizes and awards, including the Edgar. Now celebrated New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson, one of the greatest suspense writers of our...

Considered by critics as one of the best of Agatha Christie's later novels, and a personal favorite for Christie herself--now a limited streaming series starring Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor Accused of bludgeoning his mother to death with a poker, Jacko Argyle had maintained...

In the third hilarious, unforgettable installment in internationally bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's League of Pensioners series, Martha and the League's latest escapade has them headed for the French Riviera in what is sure to be the most daring caper of the summer.Martha and her...

Instant New York Times BestsellerBest of 2017 - included on best-of lists by the New York Times, NPR, Barnes & Noble, Publisher's Weekly, LitHub, BookPage, Booklist, TheRealBookSpy.com, the Financial Times (UK) and the Daily Mail (UK) "The Force is mesmerizing, a triumph. Think The...

James Grippando's crusader Jack Swyteck is back in his sixteenth adventure, a timely and pulse-pounding thriller.Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to...

Defending a woman accused of murdering the man who sexually assaulted her, Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck must uncover where the truth lies between innocence, vengeance, and justice in this spellbinding tale of suspense--based on shocking true-life events--from the New York Times bestselling author of...

What happens in the Merrion Club stays in the Merrion Club . . .Edgar Carlton is rich, handsome, and in line to be the next Prime Minister. But his rise to the top takes a steep turn downward when somebody begins murdering alumni of...

A relentlessly twisty thriller of greed, mystery, and betrayal, in which a young widow must outwit her husband's dangerous family, from bestselling British novelist Frances Fyfield.In a rambling old mansion by the sea, Thomas Porteous lies dying. His much younger wife Di, soon to...

An unforgettable psychological thriller reminiscent of Emma Donoghue's Room and V. C. Andrews' Flowers in the AtticKatherine and David have the perfect life: they are beautiful, rich, debonair, and gifted. But cracks begin to form beneath the smooth exterior when David suspects that one...

A tense, twisting thriller perfect for fans of Linda Fairstein.Prosecutor Helen West's relationship with police officer Geoffrey Bailey is becoming more serious, but the couple is at odds because Bailey's prot g , Sergeant Ryan, is suspected of rape. As the evidence slowly mounts...

Determined to save a damsel in distress, the Sunshine State's favorite serial killer and encyclopedia of Florida lore Serge Storms dances a tango of death and mayhem in this funny and dementedly entertaining crime caper from Tim Dorsey, author of the New York Times...

If You Were Here is a thrilling novel of suspense from Alafair Burke, the author Dennis Lehane calls "one of the finest young crime writers working today." Manhattan journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenaged...

The fast-paced follow up to Lynda La Plante's first Prime Suspect thriller, Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd, reunites readers with Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison as she hunts down a mysterious killer hidden amidst London's dark streets and dockways. The coroner's...

"The plot of an Alafair Burke thriller doesn't just rip from the headlines. She's one step ahead of them. 212 scares you and keeps you turning the pages into the wee hours." --Harlan Coben "Burke has created a strong female protagonist in the tradition...

"If you've never read Dorsey, you need to start."--Miami Herald The world's biggest beach party is about to get crashed--Serge A. Storms style--in Gator A-Go-Go, New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey's latest outrageously funny and supremely twisted wild ride. The creator of Nuclear...

"Wendy Corsi Staub's Live To Tell is an incredible, fast-paced story of political intrigue, family crises, and nail-biting suspense. I couldn't put it down."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub takes thriller...

"Strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world."--Robin Hobb, author of Dragon Haven" Lowe] reinvigorates the epic fantasy with appealing characters and a richly detailed world."--Library JournalSure to become an epic fantasy classic, Helen Lowe's magnificent Wall of Night...

"Ed Loy is...more than worthy of a place among the great creations of Chandler and Hammett. Hughes is simply the best Irish crime novelist of his generation."--John Connolly Shamus Award winner and Edgar(R) Award nominee Declan Hughes does for Dublin what Dennis Lehane does...

Welcome to another typical summer in Florida, the season of the storms. Serge storms. That lovable, under-undermedicated dispenser of truth, justice, and trivia is back with a vengeance. And not a weirdness-laced moment too soon.His cherished home state is about to take a beating,...

'A rich and compelling crime thriller' Adam HamdyA serial killer stalks the streets of Rome...A gripping debut crime novel and the first in a groundbreaking series, from a new star in British crime fiction. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin.'An intelligent, taut, stunner of...

Someone is always watching...Derek Flint is a loner. He lives with his mother and spends hisevenings watching his clients on the CCTV cameras he has installed inside their homes. He likes their companionship - even if it's through a screen.When a series of crimes...

Here are two things I know about my mother: 1. She had dark hair, like mine. 2. She wasn't very happy at the end.Anna has always believed that her mother, Debbie, died 30 years ago on the night she disappeared.But when her father gets...

Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out.Ben knew that whenever his thumbs were itching, something 'orrible' was about to happen. Sure enough, on one foggy afternoon of itchy...

PI Pete Fortunato, half-Italian, half-Jewish, who suffers from anger management issues and insomnia, wakes up one morning with a bad taste in his mouth. This is never a good sign. Working out of a friend's downtown real estate office, Fortunato, who spent a mysteriously...

Three friends with secrets. One luxurious lake house vacation. A killer on the loose. Lauren, Drew and Rob go on a relaxing vacation that turns into a nightmare. As Lauren sunbathes by the lake, she sees the man from next door lugging something heavy...

Private investigator Martha Holmes is falling out of love and back into her life - or so she thinks, until a decade-old missing persons case comes her way. Four teenage girls have been missing for ten years, and their families have never given up...

In Not a Jot or A Tittle, Robert Pope presents us with 16 magnificent short stories that not only explore myth, magic, aliens, androids, love and murder, but also reality as it is and what it means to be human, regardless of genre or...

It's 1984 and two young lives are just beginning as high school disappears into the rearview, but the strangers' worlds are already spiraling out of control.Lori Ann Morgan is a sheltered, eighteen-year-old "Navy brat" in Jacksonville, Florida. She has her first job, first car,...

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, and this time both are enlisted to help women with traumatic pasts who are in mortal danger.When she was twelve years old, Kirra...

Bethany's back - and this time it's personal!Spiteful and twisted, Bethany Johnson is a woman scorned. After spending the past twenty years exiled, she's about to set foot on British soil and there's only one man in her sights, the man who once rejected...

Sin Street-first publislhed in 1959-is an early crime novel by acclaimed Southern author Robert O'Neil Bristow. Set in the mean streets of the day-where marijuana and prostitution were the main worries-it chronicles the lives of down-and-out grifters and prostitutes as they go about their...

Existence is about survival.A continually bullied runt of a youngster, Chas Larkin discovers his chutzpah and decides to take on the London gangs.In the sleazy and violent East End of 1966 London, he is unwittingly assisted by Scotland Yard and MI5, who use the...

Her vengeance will be deadly...Cathy Townsend has it all, a loving husband, two handsome sons, and a lifestyle that many people envy. But one violent and bloody night Cathy's whole world comes crashing down around her.Heartbroken and reeling from the events that took place,...

In this thrilling installment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests. Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta...

Halston has it all: a stunning wife, budding career and a future with limitless possibilities. However, all good things come to an end. His wife, Kelly, sustains a devastating physical health blow and a domino effect of compromising events soon follow.A few bad decisions...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more! "[W]itty, original...a delight." --The New York Times Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and "dazzlingly clever" (The Sunday Times, London) murder...

It was not at all a suitable house for a murder.Helen Bailey is the live-in housekeeper to the wealthy Murray family. Tall, dark-haired and beautiful, the enigmatic Helen has long ensured that life at 'The Towers' ran smoothly for autocratic patriarch James Murray, his...

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,...

What if you could disappear forever?Pretense Abdicator is whip-smart, socially awkward and angry. When passed over for a well-deserved promotion at the prestigious financial firm of Crawford Spectrum, she hatches a get-even plan. Embezzle money from her wealthiest clients, assume a new identity, and...

Homicide detectives Turner Hahn and Frank Morales are at it again. This time they have two homicide cases, which may or may not wind up being connected.One case involves the death of a university professor, murdered in a highly secure computer complex. No one...

Freeman's Bourne novels might get more publicity, but his Stride novels are where his skills as a storyteller are really showcased. First-rate. -- BooklistA woman has been kidnapped.Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back ... dead or alive.After nearly dying...

A thrilling chase as Sherlock Holmes is set a fiendish puzzle by Irene Adler over a snowy London Christmas, in this stunningly packaged mystery. Sherlock Holmes's discovery of a mysterious musical score initiates a devious Christmas challenge set by Irene Adler, with clues that...

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel "War, imprisonment, torture, romance...The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase."New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as...

DI Blackwell will do anything to keep her niece safe. And the bomber knows it.When a local school is the target of a bomb threat, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself embroiled in her most personal case to date. Not only is her niece among...