Fiction - Crime

The Crystal Stopper or Further Adventures of Ars ne Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc is one of the greatest masterpieces of French literature. Lupin is an enigmatic, preternatural criminal; an unstoppable thief who's planning defies any attempts at capture. This book was inspired by...

Maxine Welsh works the streets of Leith, her world collapsing beneath the weight of addiction and mounting debt. A meeting with her only friend leads to a series of incidents that open up new possibilities until her life is threatened and events spin out...

The story takes place in a small seaside town in New Jersey. It begins innocent enough with a town celebration. The story turns to murder among other sinister events over a period of time. The events tell of how a life of greed destroyed...

Suffer the little children becomes a stark reality when dark and sinister practices inside a number of London's Victorian workhouses are revealed to the detectives investigating the murder of a man during a Wagner concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The Scotland Yard detectives...

Eight years after the night of Anita White's assumed murder, Alice Cornwell still finds herself in prison for a crime she had no part in. The stakes are raised as Matthew Erickson and his colleagues grow closer to disclosing the truth behind Journey and...

A devastating explosion leaves a wake of death and destruction in a suburban Dallas high school. Senior Agent Gerry Bolton and Special Agent Jan Hanson of the Dallas FBI take on the case of the apparent bombing, with little to go on. No manifesto...

Miss Marple would be turning in her grave. From outrageous Sun headlines to a gay lord of the manor, we're certainly not in St Mary Mead any longer In this modern take on the classic English countryside mystery, a midsummer murder meets some very...

Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for -- with new tales by the best writers of today The third issue features the...

He was sixteen the summer he killed the girl - a brown-haired boy painfully aware of beauty and in search of it.The trouble was, he had a kind of adoration for Jill Latham's cool beauty and her mysticism. So when she revealed to him...

There were two Charlie GibsonsOne rode the 5:45 to Westport and was met at the station by his charming wife who dressed in impeccable tweeds and mixed a wicked martini. He also had a long-legged, lovely daughter whom he admired. He was second in...

The Lesson - According to Kicks . . .Heine pointed the knife at her. ''O.K., Lady Godiva, take off the blouse.''She stood motionless, unable to answer or move.''Go ahead, '' Heine said. ''Take that piece-of-nothing off.''The boy's shoulders slumped and he began to groan....

It all started innocently enough in New York's Gramercy Park district. Archie Gamble, a Gemini, is writing a TV special on astrology under the expert but irritating tutelage of Anna Muckermann. The show's success depends on Archie's finding a set of astro-twins - two...

Paradise is turned upside down when a killer begins hunting victims in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the situation quickly goes from bad to worse. Former NYPD detectives Pete Nazareth and Tara Gimble are vacationing in St. John when the killing spree begins, and...

Should chief investigator James Wiley Redding of the Norwegian Police suspect that any of the doctors working in the small rural hospital of Godshus, located where a fjord meets the North Sea, might be linked to the gruesome discovery made on a December morning...

Avery Byrne is bent on revenge and desperate for love.Young tattoo artist Avery Byrne refuses to accept that her friend's death was an accident. Armed with determination and a thirst for justice, Avery dives into Phoenix, Arizona's adrenaline-fueled world of street racing and vintage...

Meet the most irresistible serial killer of the year . . . Award-winning author Julie Mae Cohen's twisty feminist thriller is lethal and wickedly fun. "The feminist serial killer you didn't know you were waiting for. Sensational." --Claire Mackintosh, bestselling author of The Last...

When T-Rock Hernandez is tossed off a ten-story building, not much is made of it because he's homeless. Oddly, he had a life insurance policy amounting to $1,000,000.Red Stick Insurance asks Niki Dupre to investigate before paying this large amount, but she runs into...

A thought-provoking mystery about the intersection of faith and rationality. Walker, an emotionally frigid scientist, is propelled by the mysterious murder of his sister into an exploration of a world of alternative spiritual viewpoints-mingled with the grim reality of a brutal murder. In the...

It's DCI Warren Jones' coldest case yet... The body of Reginald Williamson had been well concealed under a bush in Middlesbury Common and the murder efficiently carried out - a single stab wound to the chest. Reggie's dog had been killed just as efficiently....

Recent real-life terror-related murders pose a very important question for all of us: 'Why, actually, did the terrorist do it?' Thus, in this second fast-paced crime and adventure novel by David John Adams, Jewels Worldwide, Scotland Yard detectives uncover huge surprises about who and...

Both books in Paul D. Brazill's 'The Peter Ord Yarns', now available in one volume!Gumshoe Blues: After a divorce, Peter Ord decides to turn his life around and becomes a private detective. But with his constant drinking and questionable decision-making skills, his new career...

BUY CALIFORNIA HUSTLE NOW"A gripping tale." "Entertaining and Hilarious." California Hustle is a high stakes con, a stunning Southern California caper filled with exquisite playas, astonishing twists and a set of criminals you can't help but love. Grigsby adores The Con. There's nothing better...

Chet Harbison appears to be "off his mark" following escapee Dr. Michael Bryant's unsuccessful attempt to kill members of the lawman's family and friends at a Christmas gathering. Now, the Jefferson County, Missouri, Sheriff has his hands full with the first two murders of...

From the author of the acclaimed The Hollow Man and Deep Shelter, comes the third installment featuring the shrewd, cynical, and brilliant London detective, Nick Belsey, whose investigation into a child's disappearance pulls him into the hedonistic orbit of a young, hot celebrity actress/musician...

From Lauren Kelly, "a writer of formidable talent" (Scott Turow), comes the page-turning story of Merilee Graf, whose past and present mysteries converge in a revelation too painful, and too shocking, for her to accept. Sixteen years ago, a vivacious fifth-grade classmate of Merilee...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'.THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLEThe suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl...

It's a perfect Wednesday evening on the banks of the Ohio River, and Councilman Dylan Webb is riding high. Recently elected, both powerful and popular, Webb's gearing up for a rare dinner date amid his busy schedule.In a matter of minutes, it all turns...

Two mob enforcers from the Barzetti crime family, Michel Santoro, and Salvatore Carducci, who have a long-standing dislike for one another, have a serious physical disagreement while working together on an assignment.Michel is ordered to pay restitution to Salvatore but instead, sets his mobster...

Two mob enforcers from the Barzetti crime family, Michel Santoro, and Salvatore Carducci, who have a long-standing dislike for one another, have a serious physical disagreement while working together on an assignment.Michel is ordered to pay restitution to Salvatore but instead, sets his mobster...

"Once you enter the library, there's no turning back." --Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan mysteriesFrom critically acclaimed librarian and author Eva Jurczyk comes That Night in the Library, a chilling literary mystery that transports readers to a world...

When Detroit's most-feared street executioner, a deaf thug known as Silence, is assigned the unsavory task of protecting a controversial Black conservative, brutal opposing factions, his own personal feelings of revulsion, and a flourishing opioid addiction threaten to bring him to his knees once...

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts--one animal, one human--in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the fiancee of Joe's daughter. At...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families at war.Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family's cabin in...

In Noche Triste ("Sad Night"), Robert Radin explores his struggles with anorexia in the 1980s. He also examines the history of self-starvation -- its roots in rituals of religious purification, its development into an entertainment craze, its use as a tool of resistance --...

On the night that Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974, journalist Roger D. Rapoport, was a short drive away in his El Cerrito home. He quickly became one of the primary reporters covering the saga as it unfolded in real time. His reporting gave...

Life would be very different without coffee.This page-turner will make you smile - or maybe even laugh a bit. Decaf-A-Nation is about a massive shortage in the nation's coffee supply that disrupts the status quo with respect to offshore drilling plans for the Atlantic....

No place left to run...After the shocking events of last Christmas, Jess Croft is determined this festive season will be the one to remember, for all the right reasons.But when a stranger turns up on her doorstep claiming to be her estranged father, Jess...

One wrong choice...Every time Kate Duggan looks in a mirror she's reminded of the night her life changed forever. Kate managed to walk away from the car accident that ruined the lives of her siblings, but questions still remain about what really happened on...

When a woman's mutilated body is discovered in a remote countryside property, Detective Kay Hunter is faced with one of the most challenging investigations of her career.There is nothing in the victim's past to explain her brutal slaying, and no clues as to how...

Josh is an eminent professional in the world of finance, managing ultra-wealthy clients at a hedge fund in Mayfair, London. The stakes are always high. His savvy clients invest millions with his firm in the expectation of lucrative returns. However, a business meeting with...

Dark circumstances arrive in Peter Blauner's New York Times bestselling blockbuster novel, The Intruder, with a foreword by the author exclusive to this new hardcover edition. What would a good man do to protect his family? How far will he go and how far...

A delightfully twisted crime novel with an unreliable narrator, Confessions of an Antichrist tells the tale of the rise and fall of a Norwegian band of wannabe-Satanists embarking on a mission to burn the world down with black metal. Marta Ska is on a...

Some see outsized beauty where others only see bleakness, like the sweeping landscape of Hecla Island, situated two hours north of Winnipeg, Canada. Death at the Point is largely set in this real-life area with Icelandic roots that originally lured Henry Trevellyn and his...

Matt Wild is an ordinary south London driving instructor with an extraordinary plan to win back his estranged wife and child. During a routine driving lesson with a talkative bank clerk, a brilliant idea strikes him like lightning: to orchestrate a daring bank heist,...

In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD's crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality. An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that's brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash...

Lita and Carly were best friends in college and shared all their secrets. Now, Lita is single with a successful career, and Carly is a married stay-at-home mom. Despite their shared past, they're drifting apart. Carly is a gourmet cook and loves to feed...

The Croydon family reside in Hamilton, New Zealand. Their patriarch and matriarch, Winston and Sue Croydon, travel to Australia on holiday and Sue goes missing in mysterious circumstances. The Croydon siblings and their partners, also finish up in Australia to search for their precious...

The nightmares never cease. Ever since I was a child I have struggled to deal with them. Each night a different horror takes shape, and I see it as if I was there.I wake from these terrifying dreams of another world in which I...

After cardiologist John Brown is incarcerated in a private prison in Miami, he and his cellmates learn firsthand how the private prison system works in Florida.Meanwhile, Nicole Rodriguez and her team at the Miami Post start digging into the prison industry, and the leadership...

After pharmaceutical industry executives Martin Cardenas and Justin Palmer step forward to complain about the test results of a soon-to-be-released cancer drug, they are subsequently fired. Soon after, stalking and threats of violence follow.The two have no idea what they are up against. Aligor...