Fiction - Crime

When janitor Truman Pierce isn't listening to his classical jazz records, he stays under the radar and keeps to himself. Nothing much happens in his world until popular college instructor Danielle Hutchins asks him out. The day after their first date, Pierce finds Danielle...

Gritty, fierce, and unforgettable, Kira, the infamous heroine of urban lit superstar Kiki Swinson's bestselling Wifey novels has survived violence, betrayal, and near-death to fight another day--but as she battles relentless inner demons, her most dangerous enemy may be herself . . . After...

This classic work of 18th century literature tells the story of Jonathan Wild, a notorious criminal who became a legend in his own time. Fielding's picaresque style and satirical wit make this a highly entertaining and memorable work that still resonates with readers today.This...

Peter James, the number one multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Grace series, returns with a thrilling new novel: a Roy Grace story told from a different perspective. Some will know how it begins . . . My name is Sandy.My husband is Detective Superintendent...

In our line of work, there is no such thing as being a victim of success. There is just success.We can't stop what we're doing for fear of emboldening someone any more than we can stop evil men like him from existing. What we...

The riveting new thriller from the bestselling, acclaimed father-son duo who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King). Cut loose from his former life at the coroner's office, Clay Edison has set up shop as a private investigator. It's steady, safe work. Until it isn't....

The mayor of a seaside town is murdered, and a London police detective must sort through motives both political and personal . . . Thanks to its mayor, Sir Gideon Ware, the quiet harbor town of Westcombe has turned into a crowded and rather...

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...

Is Allison Shafer dead or alive? Finding the answer may be the only thing that will save John Standard's life.Standard is a freelance writer who believed he had chronicled the last days of a beautiful woman dying of cancer and determined to end her...

Who killed the Woman in the Wine?It's a question that has haunted the village for over thirty years, but the woman's daughter is convinced I, Julie Belmain, can come up with an answer.No one cares that I have the worst cold ever. And no...

Madison Police Detective Molders has finally retired after a 29 year career and is living his dream, exploring Lake Superior aboard his 31 foot Gozzard sailboat.When his plans are interrupted by engine trouble, Molders sails to the Madeline Island Yacht Club for repairs. There,...

If you love reading about drug cartel wars, corrupt police, and assassins, don't miss SETH, an action-filled book on a Marine's vigilante justice. Staff Sergeant Seth Collins wasn't your typical Marine. A member of the elite Marine Corps Force Recon, he had a Navy...

Dr. Paul Powers is back in Immortal Fear: A Medical Thriller, haunted by a killer that won't stay dead. As the bodies pile up in Seattle, Dr. Powers must warn a disbelieving world, and hunt down a degenerate evil, before high-tech medicine creates an...

"Harrod-Eagles graces her narrative with a quiet wit that makes the book a pleasure to read" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review Another sterling entry in a truly outstanding series" - Booklist Starred Review DCI Bill Slider tackles the coldest of cold cases in this...

A classic winter's crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.Victor Harleston awoke with uncharacteristic optimism. Today he would be rich at last. Half an hour later, he gulped down his breakfast coffee and pitched to the floor, gasping...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An engaging and multi-layered mystery.' Melyssa DISCOVER YOUR NEW FAVOURITE AMATEUR SLEUTH SERIES. A QUIRKY MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE SLEEPY SOMERSET TOWN OF KINGSLEIGHMeet the workers of Kingsleigh Costsave. There's Bea, a maths whizz with a heart of gold. Ant, a hapless...

In the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau, detectives are typically assigned to lead five to seven homicide cases a year as well as assist with dozens of other cases. Perseverance is key. For Detective Max Hahn, solving a homicide is like solving a puzzle....

In the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau, detectives are typically assigned to lead five to seven homicide cases a year as well as assist with dozens of other cases. Perseverance is key. For Detective Max Hahn, solving a homicide is like solving a puzzle....

Fair Game brings Holmes and Watson to the United States as President Theodore Roosevelt's guests at the Saint Louis World's Fair. The year is 1904, and America is at a tipping point in a national debate about the country's future as a Pacific power....

Being a sidepiece is not a role everyone is equipped to play. Some jump in the game thinking it's a position when in actually it's not a position it's a demotion. Don't get me wrong, if material or monetary gain along with some stick...

Sir Roger Parkes is a man of some influence in the West Country. When he loses touch with his youngest daughter, he has a word with the Assistant Chief Constable of the local force. It's not a police matter, he is told, but if...

Elizabeth, a recent graduate, has an ill-fated love affair with a married Canadian diplomat in Bangkok. She returns to Montreal severely depressed, and resolves never to be taken advantage of again. She becomes a research assistant to a reclusive millionaire living in a mansion...

Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in the life of their restaurant, enjoying a loyal cast of diners, and cooking great booze-laced food. All's well until a bad review in a local paper not-so-subtly hints...

Minecraven is a secluded hamlet built originally to house workers employed by the Craven family, whose later members endowed the inhabitants generously. The last of the line died without issue. Consequently, due to changed circumstances, and with a little prompting, a new vibrancy is...

In the heart of London's sprawling underground, DI Ryan McNally and DS Marcia Frost of the British Transport Police Major Investigations Team find themselves unravelling the threads of a cold case two decades old. The skeletal remains unearthed at Lambeth North station set the...

Growing up in the suffocating grip of Detroit's most crime-ridden neighborhood, Sugar Sinclair has always aspired to defy the odds and make something of his life. But on a bitter December night, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and...

A gripping, pulse-pounding medical thriller that will have you holding your breath until the final jaw-dropping twist. Perfect for fans of Valerie Keogh, Freida McFadden and Doctor Foster.Care giver, life saver... or cold-blooded killer?Running away from a past she'd rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson...

From Tropea, Italy to Michigan and Florida, the thieves Molly and April Danser are on the run, trying to escape from an enraged ex-US Marshal. He is hell bent on stopping them once and for all, his twisted black heart fired up for revenge...

Author: Margaret Daly, Judith LucciISBN-10: 8577111113ISBN-13: 9798577111113Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2020Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Author: Jake CrossISBN-10: 1786814412ISBN-13: 9781786814418Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2019Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.67d

Special 30th Anniversary Edition featuring a new foreword from the author. Novice reporter Kate Murray is determined to make a career for herself covering crime for a New York City tabloid. But after she botches a big murder story- writing that the victim was...

Based on the hit Netflix series, this novel delves into the lives of Top Boy's beloved characters. Written by creator and co-producer Ronan Bennett, it promises to be an exciting new chapter of this bona fide TV sensation.I'm gonna tell you the whole story....

Book 11 in the Gabriel Hawke SeriesA church fire.An unconscious woman on Starvation Ridge.Gabriel Hawke, fish and wildlife officer with the Oregon State Police, helps with a fire at the Lighted Path church before heading out to check turkey hunters. He discovers a car...

Chunky was an associate of and soldier for the notorious Mexican Mafia - La Eme. That is, of course, until he was betrayed by those he was most loyal to. Then he vowed to become their worst enemy. Though they've attempted to kill him...

An artist's legacy lives on--through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from "one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists" (The Sunday Telegraph). To vex his rival from the grave, a famous artist has left twelve paintings to be sold after his death. Each...

"Black Orchid" is gritty and hard-hitting, a realistic if sometimes profane thrill ride down dark streets and around highly unusual corners in the Big Easy. Cops experience an adrenaline rush that compares only to a combat soldier's. Their camaraderie with prosecutors in the face...

To all appearances Joanna Emerson is a fully qualified, gold-medalled graduate of the world's finest college of Nursery Nurses...Engaged as a nanny to Benedict, newly born heir to a vast cosmetic fortune, she becomes caught up in a complex kidnap plot. But the enigmatic...

The fifth book in the Jamie Quinn Cozy Mysteries series leads Jamie to La Vida Boca: a posh assisted living facility in Boca Raton where old people are dying at an alarming rate.With its sterling reputation, dedicated staff and top-notch medical care, none of...

Kari Underwood, an investigative reporter, becomes involved in a curious double murder which puts her in a killer's cross-hairs. With Kari's life in danger, Jason Keane leaves his position in the Sutton CID and returns to America to protect her.Kari is thrilled to have...

He's been my friend forever. Until one kiss and my world falls apart ... Reeling from the death of my father I find Ramsey on my doorstep with open arms. He's the one by my side when vow to take over the family business....

The final episode of The Jaded Kiwi Trilogy is an interwoven twisted tale of spying, policing, art curating, and the marijuana growing underworld, all set in an authentic mid-1970's backdrop. Prepare for high tension, breathless action, and to truly root for the good guys...

Written for teen and adult readers. Tommy and Carl, Brothers, ages 13 and 22, get caught up in mystery, intrigue and danger as they try to locate a ruby ring stolen from an elderly, widowed, friend - Lady Hamilton. To find it has been...

Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognizes the...

When he gets out of jail for the seventh time, Yaqub Shah aka Jack King--from Chicago--vows never to go back again. Fed up of running small-time scams for other people, he convinces his law-abiding guardian, Uncle Jalal, that he wants to sort out his...

Detective Inspector Lorna Gunn investigates the sudden death of a flashy Glasgow dentist. 'Brace' yourself for an intriguing murder mystery in which a dead man becomes a prime suspect. Contains a bit of humour, no bad language or gratuitous violence.(Cover image: Rogano restaurant, Glasgow)...

Two childhood friends, one black, one white, whose lives intertwined in segregated East Texas return to Longview when Harley Groves, the man credited with making them the successful men they became, is murdered. They knew Groves, who had lost both feet to the Korean...

★★★★★ "Wonderful and horrible!" - Reader Review___Based on a true human trafficking story, this gripping novella tells the impossible rescue story of a humanitarian organization that receives a call from a mysterious girl named Mya, telling them she had been kidnapped.They don't know who...

Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam. Angry at his family, who shun him, he leaves it in his will as a birthday gift...

Who? Who out of all the men in her past could have hated Frieda enough to kill? With which one had she been the impetuous-and the dangerous-mistress?Author: George Harmon CoxeISBN-10: 1627550453ISBN-13: 9781627550451Publisher: Black Curtain PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2013Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

An irresistible wine country crime caper.Beckett Jensen has lived honorably for the last fifteen years, but the mistakes of his youth are about to overturn his idyllic life as the owner of a successful winery in Paso Robles. Unruly former acquaintances arrive under the...