Fiction - Crime

Cleon, one of the killers in Blood by Choice, and Val, a victim in Uncle Dust and a killer by Blood by Choice, are back at it in Rob Pierce's latest crimefest, Desire Is Death. A romantic but murderous couple, here they chase Riley,...

20 tales of the dark side from crime fiction author Jim Winter. From tales from in and around his fictional city of Monticello to his California Trilogy of shorts to odd, quirky tales of the off-beat. From the webzines of the 2000s to recent...

Detective Damian Arruda thought his partner was just too distraught to accept his wife's murder as a random act of violence. Then the devastated widower got too close to the truth, and now Damian is grieving his best friend. As his conscience threatens to...

From the author of Slow Horses and soon to be an Original Series from Apple TV+ starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missing child unravels a murderous conspiracy. This...

Local veterinarian Dr. Giselle Cutler's world revolves around her profession and Marta, the woman she loves. She's confident both will always be there to support her, until her cell phone rings in the middle of the night and her once-stable world begins to spin...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, this subtle psychological thriller explores the gray areas between innocence and guilt, truth and lies. Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer's...

Two men are killed outside the Grand Cafe on Amsterdam Avenue. There's no connection between them, but the widow of one hires Barney Harris, a 250-pound auto mechanic, to sniff out police corruption and find her husband's killer.Author: Ed LacyISBN-10: 1627551859ISBN-13: 9781627551854Publisher: Black Curtain...

I'm George Jackson. And this began about the time when you could still remember getting on the subway for a nickel, people were just starting to worry about the water shortage, and the current expression making the rounds was, "How corny can you get?"...

Clayton Biner had it all-swimming pools in California, haciendas in Mexico, blue evenings on the French Riviera, all the women he could use. But he wanted more. And he got it when he became involved with a vicious syndicate peddling heroin-the big H, the...

Mysterious death, suicide, and madness took uncanny toll of New York's most prominent citizens. Only the Spider sensed the presence of the criminal genius whose tentacles were strangling the city- and the Spider was next on the crime monster's death list! Originally published in...

Originally published in 1953. City detective McCallister, who is incorruptible, Ahern, whom he protects, and Sheridan, whom he dislikes, are assigned to the long vigil to pull in Harry Wheeler-a bank robber.Author: Thomas WalshISBN-10: 1627550704ISBN-13: 9781627550703Publisher: Black Curtain PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2013Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize:...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him...

The extent of the abilities of the human mind have never been fully realized. What would happen if an illegal drug, discovered by accident, could open pathways that have never before been opened? In the late 1960s, American young people began a flirtation with...

Longlisted for the New Angle Prize for Literature 2025 Essex, February, 1991. The weather is biting cold. Everyone would rather be somewhere warmer, which is why it's a big surprise when a wanted drug smuggler, Bruce Hopkins, risks a return to his old haunts...

'One of the best British crime writers' - Lee Child Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be . . . Arriving late for a funeral, James Taylor spots a familiar face in the church - his...

When a knife-wielding thug shatters a shy young Asian woman's lunch break with a vicious attack on her dog Bromo Perkins, lover of Lagavulin and double espressos, returns to the mean streets of Richmond. By next morning the woman is found brutally murdered, her...

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to findthe body of a young woman in their library.She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But whois she? How did she get there? And what is...

Paul Norris, an out-of-work advertising executive, finds himself on a cross-country job tracking down a shipping crate. The crate holds something valuable--but exactly what, exactly, no one will say. In the process of finding the crate, Paul finds himself caught between shady characters, beautiful...

Island Paradise Escape. . . Seeking relief from their fast paced life style in New York City a professional couple relocate to what they hope is an island paradise. Upon arrival on the island they became confident they had made the right choice. Disregarding...

Pro-football player Cody Shorr has always enjoyed being a public figure, but suddenly he finds himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. After the vicious murders of women close to him, Cody is thrust into a world of unimaginable chaos, where he...

Raskolnikov, an impoverished student, determines to kill a pawnbroker whom he detests. He does, and much plot ensues. The first book that Dostoevsky wrote after his exile in Siberia, and widely considered one of the greatest novels of all time, in all of world...

"A freshly plotted, psychologically intriguing story." --Kirkus Reviews The ninth book in the award-winning Jenny Cain mystery series! Jenny Cain would never forget the hot Massachusetts summer day fate knocked at her door. Fate was a teenaged boy with rumpled clothes, a motorcycle, and...

Raewyn is seventeen and pregnant but she does not know how that happened. While investigating the death of the School Principal, Dr Richard West finds several cases like Raewyn's. The babies mysteriously die in the nursing home. Wyatt Roeske tells the police about sexual...

Five rich women have diied in June and July in Torbay (known as the English Riviera), one each summer for the last five years. Is there a holiday murderer on the loose? Now, as the sixth midsummer approaches and the area starts to fill...

Kendric MacArthur is in Venice to write the novel that will put him on the literary map. When a beautiful girl walks into his life, only to disappear without a trace, little does he know that the next time he'll see that mesmerizing walk...

'Lives on the Line is a gripping espionage thriller where trust is a gamble, and the price of tallure could be death. Africa has no doubt provided us with a long overdue text. IMRAAN BUCCUS: Editor - Al Qalam.'This book provides an insider account...

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time.Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer 'The Sandman', until personal tragedy forced him off the case.In Lomond's absence, the killer was...

Author: Peter JamesISBN-10: 103507222XISBN-13: 9781035072224Publisher: MacMillan UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2025Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d

Venture into the perilous world of 19th-century England with Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford, Complete," a thrilling work of historical fiction. This classic novel delves into the lives of brigands and robbers, offering a captivating glimpse into a society grappling with crime and social injustice....

In the darkness of a moonless night, a red glow from the gun's laser sight danced across the pillow, casting an eerie image and creating a stark contrast to the dark of night. A woman's scream echoed in the darkness.Something sinister and evil is...

A British detective working in the Greek Islands encounters a murderous pagan cult in this "brilliantly plotted and refreshing" crime thriller (Betsy Reavley, author of The Quiet Ones). After a traumatic case leaves his body broken and his career damaged, Detective Inspector Beckett Kyriakoulis...

When Martin Bennett, the backroom brains in a regeneration company charged with bringing back Merseyside's former prosperity, sees an ex-friend murdered on a hospital escalator and discovers that the body was too hastily cremated, he feels compelled to investigate.In order to discover the truth...

The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One If you've been waiting to buy all the volumes of Book One of The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Volumes 1-4, the time has now arrived. By popular demand, Latrivia S. Nelson is proud to announce...

Morgan Stark, a retired mercenary soldier and Felicity O'Brien, a retired jewel thief operate a security business. Stark and O'Brien have a special gift, a psychic link that alerts them to danger. Their newest case involves a drug called Ice and a Columbian group...

Retired jewel thief, Felicity O'Brien travels to her native Ireland to defend her uncle's Catholic parish. With her is her partner, Morgan Stark, a retired mercenary soldier. The job looks easy until they meet Ian O'Ryan, an IRA terrorist who believes he is the...

A girl has gone missing. Police believe she is having a good time after a weekend away from home at a music festival. They have heard it all before after such festivals and are not interested, believing she will go home when she is...

How would you feel deciding if a loved one lives or dies? Or what if you and a loved one are kidnapped, and you alone can save them. Detective Senior Constable Joanna Best is drowning in life or death situations, while trying to solve...

On a late summer evening, the train from Malmö to Ystad is involved in a crash. The deaths at the scene seem straightforward until one of the bodies is identified as a well-known conman. It's someone who had crossed swords with Chief Inspector Moberg...

Author: Peter LoveseyISBN-10: 075158083XISBN-13: 9780751580839Publisher: SphereLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2021Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.82d

For a policeman, there are some questions that have to be asked even if you don't want to know the answers . . . A middle-aged man jumps under a tube train at Shepherd's Bush station, and a teenage girl is killed in a...

Author: C. J. BoxISBN-10: 0593851072ISBN-13: 9780593851074Publisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 400Format: Paperback

Post 911 life in rural Georgia proves anything but easy for Willie LeBeaux when childhood obstacles of physical and mental abuse served as the catalyst for his change. The yet unresolved issues continue to present emotional and psychological barriers that he; even as a...

Jules Landau's father was mobbed up, as was his father before him. Jules takes a different path: He's a licensed private eye, currently collecting his paycheck in cash from a young ex-con looking for his missing girlfriend, Tanya. But as Jules scours Chicago's North...

Author: Trey GowdyISBN-10: 0063451913ISBN-13: 9780063451919Publisher: Harper InfluenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2025Pages: 288Format: Hardcover

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063376180ISBN-13: 9780063376182Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2025Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.Meridian,...

Peter Straker lives in a converted lighthouse on the Devon coast with a fine view of the sea, two cats, and no neighbors. That's just the way he likes it. He speaks to no one except in his dreams, where he converses with some...

Liked the Sweetpea TV series on Sky Atlantic? You'll love the books...'This isn't a book for the squeamish or the faint-hearted ... think Bridget Jones meets American Psycho' Red🪓Sweetpea is coming home at last...Newly married, with a loving family surrounding her, everything's coming up...

Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A Times Historical Crime Novel of the year'An absolute delight in a series that goes from strength to strength' S. G. McLean, prize-winning author of the Seeker series 'This is Taylor at his unassailable best' Financial Times London...

The Missing Children Case Files: Case 4 'Mind-blowingly addictive!' Samantha Lee Howe, USA Today-bestselling author of The Stranger in Our Bed Where better to hide a body than in someone else's grave? When a girl goes missing from the shores of Dorset in a...