Fiction - Crime

When a man's headless body is discovered in Paris' Saint-Martin Canal, Maigret is quick to answer the call. It is in this very neighborhood that he meets a strangely taciturn woman who runs a cafe. Her husband is away on a trip - or...

Pulp fiction. Usually when these words are uttered today, people immediately think of the Quentin Tarantino movie, which, my God, is already twenty years old. To my recollection, though, the movie did little if anything to remind people of, or help bring back, the...

Professional wrestling meets Empire in a trilogy that RollingStone.com called "a one-of a kind literary offering for die-hard wrestling fans." New York City, 1969. Danno Garland is a middling member of the National Wrestling Council, a secretive syndicate of pro-wrestling promoters. He's kept his...

A discovery in his mother's attic leads a painter into the dark world of underground art dealingsSince childhood, Ben Contini has been enchanted by nudes. The first painting ever to move him was a Modigliani, a portrait of a naked and beautiful reclining woman....

This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The Secret of Sarek," the action takes place almost entirely on the fictional Island of Sarek in 1917, in which...

When Michael Decastro gets an email from Tuki, the lady of ten thousand mysteries, he doesn't hesitate a moment. He heads to Bangkok to find. . . what? He doesn't know. To face what dangers? He hasn't imagined. All he knows is that she's...

It was nearly midnight on a Saturday night in early June. Boone received a call from Mazie Tucker, the wife of New York State Police Detective George Tucker, a close personal friend of Boone's.Mazie had returned home from a night out with friends to...

"Silent Hoof: A Charlie Chan Mystery" is a gripping detective novel that follows the renowned detective Charlie Chan and his trusted sidekick, Jimmy, as they delve into the sinister world of horse racing. The story unfolds with a series of mysterious horse killings that...

Wracked with guilt over his failure to prevent the murder of his friend's widow, Mazie Tucker, and convinced it was dangerous for anyone to become close to him, Boone leaves Albany and everyone he knows behind, searching for anonymity and seclusion. He believes he...

Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries. Now with a beautiful new series look.The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot...

'Dead Close' finds Boone and Marianne Bell, who is four months along in her pregnancy, settled in their new office space outside downtown Albany. Representing the owner of a vintage clothing shop accused of murder, Clive Townsend seeks Boone's help investigating his client's background...

In 'Calling Hours, ' attorney Clive Townsend, Boone's friend and source of business for the office, refers what looks like a garden variety case of insurance fraud. Burglars had raided a local warehouse, and the insurance company suspects inside involvement in the heist. As...

In 1946 Chicago, the Lido Club, a once-notorious speakeasy turned jazz hotspot, finds itself at the center of a dark mystery. The renowned showgirl, "The Canary," holds the club's elite secrets in a small canary-shaped locket. Her power to influence and manipulate the city's...

The endless Texas landscape hides all manner of sins...Special Agent Tucker Snow knows there's big money roaming the fields under the wide Texas sky--and the cattle rustlers committing large-scale thefts on remote ranches know it, too. But when a prominent local rancher dies unexpectedly...

An adrenaline-fueled journey into war-torn Yemen, this novel is the perfect read for fans of fast-paced fiction. Luke Archer, a British Egyptian doctor, runs from his problematic past in the UK and becomes a war surgeon. When he is taken hostage by Western security...

"The Jade Dragon's Curse" is a captivating mystery novel that delves into the dark secrets surrounding a cursed artifact and the sinister forces that seek to control it. Set in the vibrant streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, the story follows Detective Charlie Chan as...

A new novel from the "clever and inventive" (The Washington Post) internationally bestselling author of The Twyford Code and The Appeal about a true crime journalist who revives a long-buried case about a cult--and finds herself too close to the story. Everyone knows the...

Poirot becomes involved in investigating the brutal murder of American heiress Ruth Kettering and the disappearance of her fabulous ruby known as the 'Heart of Fire' while he is on the Blue Train traveling between Calais and Nice. Who is to blame for this?...

ONE BODY FOUND, ONE POLICEMAN KILLED, ONE BAD WEEK. Chief Inspector Robert Napoleon faces his toughest investigation after a body is found on the golf course of the English riverside town of Wellesley.But the inspector will need luck, inspiration and a touch of his...

Michael Moorcock's triumphant return to Britain's adventuring detective, Sexton Blake! His first published novel restored, revised, expanded... and presented with a brand new prequel story!A deep sea mission...A baffling murder...Beneath a sky of limpid sapphire blue, the research ship Gorgon rolls gently on the...

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...

As the reader peruses these pages, he or she will note pertinent information regarding accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, disgraced former Suffolk County Chief of Police James Burke, disgraced former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, and his disgraced former Anti-corruption Bureau Chief Christopher...

To what lengths will a woman go to save her family? Web-radio personality Bo Riccardi is pushed beyond her mental and physical limits when her husband, Oscar, is kidnapped by a man from her dark past. The abductor commands her to interview him live...

Gentleman sleuth Albert Campion tries to solve the murder of a prominent publisher in this "vivid and witty" British mystery (The New York Times).Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar. All...

"Wonderfully plotted . . . A marvelous mixture of witchcraft, sacred relics and ancient oaths. [Allingham was a] rare and precious talent." --The Washington Post Estranged from his father, young Percival St. John Wykes Gyrth wanders the streets of London, penniless and homeless, until...

When Mushie, the popular street hustler of counterfeit watches, sneakers, and kitchen gadgets, comes into Duffy's bar bleeding from a gunshot wound to the stomach, Duffy and the gang are baffled. Everyone loved Mush who didn't have a mean bone in his body, Sure,...

Inner city murder crosses two continents. Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman from Istanbul are sent to a policing conference in Detroit, but little can prepare them for the corruption that lies at its heart. When Ezekial Goins, an elderly man of Turkish descent...

As Skookum Summer begins, the year is 1981, and reporter Tom Dawson slinks back to his tiny Puget Sound hometown after making a disastrous mistake at the LA Times. Working reluctantly at the local weekly, the Big Skookum Echo, Tom is drawn into investigating...

Welcome to Eldey, an island in Wales with deadly secrets. Mona is a carefree artist staying at the island's upscale hotel to work on her illustrations. Beth is the harried mother of a toddler, on the island for a weekend escape with her family....

It is almost Christmas and yards glow with twinkling lights.But more than chestnuts are roasting.A raging fire sweeps through the decorated landscape of Sled Run, destroying the home of Chief Deputy Oren Rosenberg and killing two. An accident? Or did something toxic fuel the...

The BRAND NEW instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series!A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise!An old friend in need...Despite being retired from the police, Dan Armstrong is always on hand to help...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Murder most swank . . . required reading."--Vanity Fair When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the...

Jack Doherty is a walking mid-life crisis. Overweight and lonely, newly-divorced after a spectacular act of infidelity on the part of his wife and close to losing his job as a hotshot newspaper columnist, he joins a gym hoping for an existential do-over, if...

An indomitable man uncovers his dying mother's explosive secrets as he battles dispassionate doctors who are reluctant to waste resources on her terminal condition.Author: Mike NemethISBN-10: 1683506979ISBN-13: 9781683506973Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2018Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d

This brand-new novel by bestselling author Anya Mora will take you take you on an emotional rollercoaster.It's as if my heart is bursting out of my chest. I turn around, looking at the little girl behind me. Nine-year-old Jubilee, our new adopted daughter, is...

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Maybe that's good advice, but the heart wants what the heart wants and sometimes that means doing whatever it takes no matter the cost.Rebecca Brant (Bex) has secured the position of editor-in-chief of the cammpus newspaper...

The year is 1925. In the borderlands of a newly partitioned Ireland, a doctor new to Northern Ireland begins a search for a missing patient, a young girl who has fallen pregnant. Meeting a wall of silence, she enlists the help of a local,...

Behind the Veneer of Success Lies a Sinister Secret in Such a Good Man, a Detective Joe Burgess Murder Mystery Thriller from Kate Flora --Portland, Maine-- When Dr. Eliot Spence is found dead in his pristine condo, Detective Joe Burgess and his team must...

People feared him. They respected him. But most of all, they obeyed him. And now he's gone.Danielle Lewis has just inherited the top spot in the Lewis crime family, following her uncle Ged's death.The reluctant heiress has no interest in fighting for territory with...

Crawford and Ott are accused of cold-blooded murder...Crawford's brother, Cam, comes to town and makes a royal mess of things...Dominica's steppin' out on Charlie...And just who is this new sheriff in town? Is she trying to help Crawford and Ott or hang 'em?Author: Tom...

Jack Doherty is a walking mid-life crisis. Overweight and lonely, newly-divorced after a spectacular act of infidelity on the part of his wife and close to losing his job as a hotshot newspaper columnist, he joins a gym hoping for an existential do-over, if...

The new DS Knight investigation now!When Alfie Hook settles down to eat his fish and chips by the Hunstanton seaside he hasn't anticipated it is going to be his last meal. DS Ashley Knight and her Major Investigation Team are called to investigate and...

AN ENTHRALLING MURDER MYSTERY FULL OF SHOCKING TWISTS FROM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR.Sometimes you can just murder your ex. But would you?Corrie Dawes is exhausted after a long day catering for the wealthy residents of exclusive, gated Eden Park.She pulls open the back of her...

Is it possible that America's most feared mobster, Anthony Gambino, has one of the most innocent sons, Tony, or does he have a dark side?The Gambino family moves in next door to an ordinary family who has a beautiful teenage daughter, Gabriella Thomas. The...

Deep in the shadows under the Paris Opera House resides Erik the Phantom, mysteriously enduring through the decades as the mastermind behind a strange and secret agency. A revolving door of female agents are charged by wealthy Parisians and the French Government to investigate...

A #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking sequel to the "cerebral, immersive page-turner" (The Washington Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darkness hidden beneath the splendor of 18th-century Stockholm. Stockholm, 1794: A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in a hospital...

Restless ghosts beckon Maeve Carmichael in the summer of 1948.After a complex childhood of solitude and eerie apparitions, the discovery of a body in the nearby woods brings new chaos to her quiet life.A handsome detective, Aldwin Bailey, steps into her uncertain world, while...

Zeke Wilheit lives the type of life others envy. Handsome, accomplished, and career driven, he always focused on the next big thing. Having recently relocated to the small town of Ashtin, Texas, Zeke is living his best life. Being the lead counselor at the...

The dust has not yet settled in the aftermath of the Brooklyn Blitz massacre in New York. In the events that took out part of the New York underworld and a team of undercover police officers, FBI Agent Darby Rice and NYPD Detective Kate...

In 18th century London and Paris, William Wynne Ryland is a brilliant engraver. The British King, George III and Queen Charlotte demand his services. The French have other plans for him. His only choice is to seek his fortune in a shadow world of...