Fiction - Crime

One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in...

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, where the past refuses to stay buried.A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing...

It's every teacher's nightmare. After Gina brings her class to Central Park on a sunny autumn day, she leaves little Rachel behind. And Rachel disappears.Losing her job and her marriage, Gina struggles to stay sane. With the help of her brother, Christopher, she plans...

LITERATURE'S GREATEST DETECTIVE TEAM Travel back in time to 221B Baker Street in Victorian London and join the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson as they engage in extraordinary investigations that have entertained and captivated readers for generations. Originally published...

This book is about an immortal hunter who hunts werewolves after his family was murdered and vowed to kill all of them in the world to protect the human race.Author: Eric GrimaldiISBN-13: 9798889609711Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2024Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Set in beautiful and idyllic Byron Bay, the story centres around two young women whose fates are entwined through drug smuggling. Lucy Lush Box, a member of a cult known as the Movement, witnesses a drug deal on Tyagarah airstrip late one night. The...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the Village Detectives Cozy Mystery Series from Fiona Walker We regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks... When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she's horrified. Not least because...

A software consultant makes his living on the road, providing support to business owners and a shoulder to cry on for employees, but his professionalism will be tested when he uncovers fraud, theft and even murder.A good consultant can be a valuable partner when...

Carrie is just an introverted millennial violin player minding her own business when she's arrested for crimes she didn't commit. Thrown into the world of thievery and mistaken for a dangerous crime boss, Carrie has to adapt to her new surroundings while she manages...

Shay Dunne is a poison pen. Not that she wants to be one. But a recent tragedy in her life has left her hell-bent on dishing out some punishment to the two people she blames. Sending them a letter containing a vague accusation will...

"Unmasking The Liar: Psychological Techniques for Lie Detection" In this groundbreaking book, readers will discover the powerful techniques and strategies needed to uncover the truth and detect deception with confidence. By delving into the psychological dynamics of dishonesty, this comprehensive guide reveals the subtle...

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie...

In the quaint town of Litchfield, a priceless family heirloom goes missing during a grand gala at Mrs. Evelyn Carter's mansion. Enter Detective Jane Harper and her assistant Tom, who are determined to unravel the mystery of the missing necklace. As they delve into...

"An original thriller filled with empathy." --Sarah Bailey, author of The HousemateThe Kelly family has always been troubleWhen a fire in a remote trailer park community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly's mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she...

Love appears when the smoke clears... Brent "Smoke" Patterson's upbringing in heartland America was anything but idyllic. Childhood trauma led him into the underground society of Los Angeles, where he mastered "Pimp-ology" at the "School of Hard Knocks." One of the few Caucasian procurers...

When Jack the Ripper terrorised London in 1888, he would spark a mystery when he disappeared and his string of violent and horrific murders ended as quickly as they began, leaving one of the worlds oldest unsolved crimes in his wake. Now, in 1907,...

Peachtree City is a modern, new town just south of Atlanta. Duncan Robertson, a Scottish detective inspector who is also a world-class bagpiper, goes there to help with a piping workshop and to have a golfing vacation with a friend who is a detective...

It's just another ordinary day for Brett Jacobs. He's spending it in the cemetery with his family like usual. But suddenly, his quiet morning is about to get thrown for a loop. Standing in the crosshairs of a sniper, Jacobs is saved from certain...

Rich Mallette is nothing but a distant memory. But with him out of the picture, it doesn't mean Brett Jacobs is living on easy street. With the city wide open for a new leader for the criminal element, new prospects emerge, hoping to take...

Carmella always knew she would find the love of her life in an exotic foreign country. But there's a deadly catch to it, in "Souvenir". Watching archaeologists unearth a mummified Iron Age corpse from a Danish bog gives a college professor an idea...how to...

Author: B. A. ShapiroISBN-10: 1665159855ISBN-13: 9781665159852Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2012Format: CD

As Jacobs becomes more at ease with his nickname, and starts using his abilities to help others, he finds he is still not done with Mallette's bunch. Or at least what they used to be known as. Lawrence Wiggins, Mallette's lawyer, is found dead,...

Frustrated that his organization is crumbling while he's in prison, Mallette starts getting desperate. Willing to do anything to get the former detective out of his life, and further drive him into a hole he can never recover from, Mallette orders the kidnapping of...

In At the Villa Rose we meet French Inspector Gabriel Hanaud for the first time. Hanaud is a towering figure in the history of genre mystery fiction as he is the obvious inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Whilst on holiday in Aix-les-Bains Inspector Hanaud is...

A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre Edoardo Albinati's The Catholic School, the winner of Italy's most prestigious award, The Strega Prize, is a powerful investigation of the heart and soul of contemporary Italy. Three well-off young men--former students at...

On Deanes Island where peace and quiet reign, the residents do not expect murder, but suddenly, they're right in the middle of one and find themselves surrounded by evil. A neighbor has been brutally murdered, and no one knows how or why. The Island's...

From a death camp to a college. Over thirty years, Schmuel's journey takes him from Auschwitz to New Hampshire. But not all who leave the Holocaust are survivors. Some are criminals. And even a small New Hampshire town, where everybody knows everybody, can have...

The first book in Leighton Gage's critically acclaimed police procedural series set in Brazil, now available in paperback at the special introductory price of $9.99 Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police is a good cop in a bad system--Brazil's justice system is...

Competition can be murder...Will a delicious recipe be the death of the deli?Deli owner and amateur sleuth, Moira Darling, has her hands full, preparing for the county fair - a big deal in her quaint small town. While her daughter, Candice, embarks upon her...

There were three witnesses to swear that only Gregory Drake could have been in the back room with Maysie Grey when she was strangled to death. Even Randolph Lee, Drake's defense counsel, thought that his client was guilty. It took two more murders to...

Author: Adrian EnglishISBN-10: 1453507345ISBN-13: 9781453507346Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2010Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly 20 years. Victor secretly loathes Joan more and more each day. Joan is bored by Victor, and his snoring drives her mad. Their marriage has reached a crisis point. Victor decides there is...

In the early 1960s, Hallowell, Maine was a sleepy small city on the Kennebec River. Dip Barrett ran a beer store where he socialized with local criminals and took bets for horse racing tracks around the state. His business and the community are turned...

Marcus Leoni is in the wrong place at the wrong time. When he witnesses an execution-style mob hit, and is discovered hiding behind a dumpster, he is shot and left for dead. Not even Marcus' family knows the truth. Miraculously, he survived. Marcus was...

They all wanted something. The Colorado Governor wanted another term. The Virginia Governor wanted a seat in the U, S, Senate. A new Yorker wanted to join her fiance to begin a new life in West Virginia. A young lawyer wanted to bring peace...

A murder mystery tied to Mormon polygamists in Montana and Minnesota, Laman's River follows the path of a destructive avenging angel and the two police officers bent on bringing him in.Author: Mark MungerISBN-10: 0979217539ISBN-13: 9780979217531Publisher: Cloquet River PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2014Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.50h...

In far northern Caithness a man has been drowned. But why was his body left in a ruined croft house as carrion for the merciless ravens? When DCI Kelso Strang arrives to investigate, he finds the village of Forsich still in the grip of...

Marnie Bruce has hyperthymesia; she can remember everything she has ever seen. Everything except from one fateful night when she was eleven; she woke up in an isolated cottage with a head injury and her mother gone. Twenty years later Marnie heads back to...

Mark and Kathy are a young couple who were childhood lovers. After college, they got married and are still very much in love. He is a banker, and she is a beautician. Mark has been having trouble sleeping, experiencing out-of-body episodes, and eventually goes...

The sweltering Iowa sun beat down upon me like a heavy blanket as I prepared myself to enter the sanctum of the unknown. With my CI at my side, whom I have to rely on with my life, we enter the garage where I...

Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for those still young at heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siiri and Irma are still just as inquisitive and witty as when they first met...

The moment they met, she saved him and he loved her. Murder couldn't change that. Dawn, bright and alive with love, reached out to Matt for a brief moment before she was gone. The image and the idea that she was trying to tell...

Exquisite forgeries. Espionage. Hidden codes. Doctor Genevieve Lenard's carefully structured life is thrown into disarray when a brutally beaten stranger collapses on her doorstep. The desperate words he mumbles before slipping into unconsciousness spark a torrent of alarming questions. And as his broken hand...

When three bodies are found on a wrecked ship in the Orkney Isles, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is brought in to investigate.Author: Lin AndersonISBN-10: 1529033691ISBN-13: 9781529033694Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2022Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.96d

Trapped on a remote island by a howling storm, nine people sit down to dinner.One of them is about to die.A group of international players has gathered in a tiny village off the coast of Iceland for a diplomatic dinner. There's Kristj?n, the mayor...

Author: Wally LambISBN-10: 1668006391ISBN-13: 9781668006399Publisher: S&s/ Marysue Rucci BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 432Format: HardcoverReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/2024 pg. 1

The insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913) is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu (sometimes "Fu-Manchu") series by Sax Rohmer. It collates various short stories that were published the preceding year.Author: Sax RohmerISBN-10: 1583483276ISBN-13: 9781583483275Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2001Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.16w...

Tommy Spenser, a decorated combat veteran and narcotics cop born into a family of cops, is a functioning addict, hooked on daily cocktails of Oxycontin, whiskey, and self-loathing-and his cancer is back. But everything changes when Tommy is summoned to a domestic call down...

Tommy Spenser, a decorated combat veteran and narcotics cop born into a family of cops, is a functioning addict, hooked on daily cocktails of Oxycontin, whiskey, and self-loathing-and his cancer is back. But everything changes when Tommy is summoned to a domestic call down...

For fans of Tod Goldberg and Tim O'Brien, this debut contemporary noir follows a burned-out tech entrepreneur into the Wild West of California cannabis and the converging worlds of contraband weed and illegal immigration. There are only two reasons to take a left on...