Fiction - Crime

Book 2 deals with heightened insurrection in Cape Town in 1985-1986 during an intense period of police brutality, adding to the dangers of those living in the Cape Flats segregated townships. The action results in several deaths during the Pollsmoor march to release Mandela,...

BRAND NEW FROM DANIELLE RAMSAYFive women; pretty, privileged, perfect, and ultimately protected... but not for long...It was 'their' dark secret. For twenty-two-years 'they' kept it buried. Time hasn't healed my wounds. Instead, they've festered. Their actions went unpunished. Until now...Shamed, scarred, and shunned, I...

There are snakes in the post office.Ambitious young reporter Kate Brennan thought she had found a tranquil paradise. Instead, a fateful meeting with Lena Clarke, the spinster postmistress of West Palm Beach, Florida, entangles Kate in Lena's mysterious and delusional life. Clarke's obsession with...

Deadrise House Preceded by a disturbing nightmare, stage actor and former Tangier Island, Virginia resident Holdon Haynes begins a few weeks of down time in Annapolis, Maryland. Soon into his trip, he's informed fellow actor D.H. Walt has disappeared from a movie set in...

AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, THE BODY COUNT RISES.Firefighters race to put out a blaze at a remote farmhouse. They discover two young girls alone in the house.Their mother is gone - and in her place is the dead body of a man, frozen naked...

"I want you to solve my murder," said the woman in white.Rachel Savernake gave a sardonic smile. "Quite a challenge."The woman in white--surreal artist Damaris Gethin--has invited a select group to the opening of her exhibit "Artist in Crime," held in the eerie subterranean...

Detective Daniel Lawson is a man with a singular focus - catching the Red Parchment Killer. The city is in the grip of a series of gruesome murders marked by red parchment paper, and the killer's cryptic messages become increasingly personal, referencing Daniel's past...

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame. 'Beautifully written and a fascinating insight...

Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains...

MEET DETECTIVE ALICE ROSSI IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW BRITISH CRIME SERIES FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS.A brand-new mystery from #1 bestselling author Helen H. Durrant that will have you gripped from start to explosive finish.Day 1. A young woman's body is found in a shallow...

In a world where serial killers are usually isolated and disconnected, The Snuff Syndicate provides an online forum made for them, by them. For members, social media is a tool to share pure, murder-filled ecstasy. Killing is a business of painstaking details, and every...

Having recently joined the snooty Birch Lane Tennis Club, DS Clyde Northcott - DCI Peach's tall, black, powerful protégé - finds that his rusty tennis skills are the least of his concerns. For when a distinguished club member is murdered, how can Northcott and...

A BRAND-NEW CRIME THRILLER SET ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND. A box of treasure. A burned body and an old flame. Detective Inspector Andy Horton arrives at Portsmouth CID to find a rusty, old metal box on his desk. It was found in...

Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn't guarantee a quiet life. An abandoned carpet bag full of mysterious handwritten notes. A body in a marshy lagoon. Matt is intrigued when his partner Liz brings home an old carpet bag...

A brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Robert Littell, A Plague on Both Your Houses is a thrilling tale of love and war.On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with...

Another ideal tale for listeners trying to outthink primary investigator, Fleming Stone, who uses logical deductions to nab greatly unexpected murderers. This follows The Clue: Fleming Stone Mystery #1; The Gold Bag: Fleming Stone Mystery #2; A Chain of Evidence: Fleming Stone Mystery #3;...

Return to the Daniel Byrd Adventures in the third installment, Self-Rescue.As a GBI agent, Daniel Byrd works all kinds of cases north of Atlanta, Georgia-drugs, corrupt officials, and murder to name a few. But what he doesn't expect is to find himself tangled in...

The Dance of Death, is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who is confined in a brothel called Noorgunj. The psychopath who runs this brothel is no less than a devil. It is also the story of a young boy, Sri, who was mocked...

"A thrilling murder mystery that kept me turning the pages. Well worth a read." Bestselling author T.A. Williams.A failing hotel...With its reputation in tatters, Alexi Ellis is determined to save her beloved Hopgood Hall from any more bad press. A writing course for wannbe...

'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesb 'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin'Staalesen's most striking novel' IndependentMORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE September 1995. A phone call takes Verg Veum back 25 years to a case from when he was a working...

Pre-order the BRAND NEW story from Gillian GoddenThe Lambrianus are back, and they are badder than ever.Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Adam Lambrianu understands only too well the fearsome family legacy he's inherited. He only wants to make his family proud,...

Another ideal tale for listeners trying to outthink primary investigator, Fleming Stone, who uses logical deductions to nab greatly unexpected murderers. This follows The Clue: Fleming Stone Mystery #1; The Gold Bag: Fleming Stone Mystery #2; A Chain of Evidence: Fleming Stone Mystery #3;...

A holiday on the picturesque island of Alderney leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for American Anglophile Dorothy Martin.When Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, decide to visit the beautiful island of Alderney in the English Channel, they hope...

Welcome to Shepherds Pass A new town. An alley with multiple dead bodies and partner that needs a babysitter more than anything else. Still Detective Lavon Tyler's biggest fear was whether he could leave behind what caused him to run to this town.Author: Alex...

Two-year-old Abigail is fast asleep in the back of the car, clutching her little red lion. Tony, her father, steps out onto the pavement. The man he's meeting punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Before it all goes black, Tony...

"Seraphim is a thrilling page-turner, as well as a deeply humane investigation into the many forms of justice. It will make you look at the world differently---as much as a book could hope to do." - Jonathan Safran Foer, author, Everything is Illuminated From...

A fateful encounter of two strangers--a man and a woman--twists the direction of their lives and leads to deadly consequences. The man, Eddie Bracchio, is a ruthless killer from a present-day criminal organization out of Brooklyn, New York. He returns to his hometown of...

"Beneath a Buried House is a wonderful book, full of twists and turns and surprises." -Crime-Spree MagazineThings aren't always what they seem. Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot's quest to uncover the truth behind the death of a transient, makes him a target-from whom or...

Porter, Oklahoma holds a dark secret, and troublesome dreams plague Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot, who grew up in the small town. When a bizarre murder catapults Elliot into his past, he's brought face-to-face with the fabric of his nightmares. A shiny necklace dangles...

In 1952, John Taverner, recently discharged from the British army, meets Felix Mole by chance on platform three of the Swindon railway station.Mole is the owner of Sam's, a saloon and gaming establishment in Tangier. Over a British railways breakfast, Felix offers John a...

Taking classic stories from Asia and the West, Pop Lit for Kids reimagines them into easy-to-read stories that provide the perfect introduction to classic tales. The most well-loved stories from around the world have been adapted into a form that will excite and entertain...

Innocent Kimberly Malone, new tenth grade English teacher, is shocked to discover the drama that rules the halls at Franklin Crest High School. Cliques and torrid affairs aren't limited to the student population. Kimberly is wildly unpopular among the other teachers who ignore her...

"A Burglary - or, Unconscious Influence" is an 1883 novel by Elizabeth Amy Dillwyn. A classic Victorian comedy of manners, the story revolves around the burglary of heiress Ethel Carton while she's visiting the welsh town of Llwyn-yr-Allt, the blame for which is unjustly...

A thrilling tale of life in the fast lane. Honkey, and his motorcycle club brothers, ride hard and fast. Living life on the edge. The ruthless life style that they live, reminds some of modern day Viking raiders. Where death and violence are natural...

Millie Henshawe--intrepid, smart-talking, gay ex-GI--is the field agent (hired gun) for Continental Removals, LLC, in Boston, a niche firm catering to very special clients. Millie's well-honed skills are tested when the unexpected happens and the hired gun becomes the target A pitch-black comic novel....

On a bitterly cold night in January 1945, a heavily armored train pulled into the station at Breslau in German occupied Poland. Here, ancient tapestries, priceless masterpieces, and three hundred tons of gold looted from the treasuries of conquered countries were loaded aboard. Just...

They stared at each other, and Maggie felt the tightness in her middle expand as it shifted, burning its way up... Painful sobs rose in her throat as Colin, his face expressionless now, reached for his mobile and tapped 999. When three-year-old Olivia disappears...

Let he who is without sin... COME GET SOME. All his life, Reverend Clyde Hilburn has fought to protect his downtrodden flock in the tiny town of Palestine, West Virginia from the evils of the modern world. To that end, he has held a...

This novel is an introduction to the characters, attitudes, and lifestyles that make up St. Augustine Beach. The tale begins as a love story, becomes a mystery, and then a thriller. There are laughs and tears along the way.This novel is a good read...

This thrilling mystery in the "compelling, passionate, and gritty" (Daily Mail, UK) Captain Carmine Delmonico series finds Carmine swept up in the hunt for not one, but two depraved killers. It's August 1969 in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut, and police Captain...

A TOWN'S TERRIBLE SECRETTwo years ago, a woman was brutally murdered, her body burned until only ash and shattered bone remained. Police Sergeant Valerie Ryker solved that case, putting psychopath Dixon Hess in prison for life, and becoming the first female police chief of...

Author: Uzoma OkoroISBN-10: 1456888013ISBN-13: 9781456888015Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2011Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d

From Simon & Schuster, Bounty Hunter Blues is John Leslie's tale of a bounty hunter's pursuit of revenge. Bounty hunter Craig Chappell had a personal score to settle with a killer named Brown--but the fat boy got in the way. Now the Mob is...

Ars鈩e Lupin is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. He was originally called Ars鈩e Lopin, until a local politician of the same name protested. The character was first introduced in a series of short...

Kai Russell returned from Fresno when her father came back to help save his club. For years, she was the good girl of the club, the one who loved books and majored in English in college. Leaving Fresno meant leaving behind the man she...

Someone even crazier than their own Psycho appears in town... When a man appears in Griffin's Beach who breaks into various Drifter homes and attempts to kidnap the Sergeant at Arms' daughter right in front of her house, the men jump into action. The...

The story is about the Ashbys, an English country-squire family. Their centuries-old family estate is Latchetts, in the fictional village of Clare, near the south coast of England. It takes place in the late 1940s, after World War II. The Ashby family consists of...

American author Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1966) wrote a murder tale titled The Case of Jennie Brice that takes place in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1904. (which since 1907 has been a part of the city of Pittsburgh). It describes the discovery of a blood-stained...

Who would murder people with special needs? A performance of a troupe of young people with disabilities is backing one of their own, the beloved singer Julian Lockhart. As he is about to sing his penultimate note, he pauses ... and a crack is...

'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James 'Murder most enjoyable' Colin DexterBlotto and Twinks are off on another adventure - and this time they're bound for the Alpine village of Luzvimmen in Switzerland, where Blotto participates in racing...