Fiction - Crime

Hospital - a place to die.For the second time in his career, Cnut finds himself in battle with a serial killer in a hospital, with hundreds of potential perpetrators. At first, the intimate trophies the killer removes from his victims leads the team to...

When artist Nicole Elliot moves to a small town in Colorado, and becomes friends with Wren Padget, a photographer, first one murder, two, and the three puts them on the deadly trail of a murderer who thinks nothing of making them the next victims....

Fresh out of juvie, eighteen-year-old Frank Moreno returns home to the same problems he'd left -- his older sister's precarious life with her pimping boyfriend, drugs and easy money. In order to protect his sister, Frankie's forced to do a little work for her...

The Marriage...Crista Ferrone is watching her marriage fall apart. Her husband, Nick, has his own agenda and comes and goes as he pleases with no explanation of where he's been. It isn't unusual for him to come home at four o'clock in the morning....

Author: Leonore AshISBN-13: 9798328791779Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/18/2024Pages: 122Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.26d

Set against the grim backdrop of 1888 London, The Scarlet Traces weaves a haunting tale of murder, betrayal, and unrelenting pursuit. Inspector Catherine Langley faces her most challenging case yet: tracking the elusive Scarlet Killer, whose murders are intricately tied to the city's dark...

Author: Aryan VinodISBN-13: 9798301384189Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.13d

A family tragedy is dug and returned to fore. Income ivestigates his own DNA."The Bitter Bloom of the Lemon Tree" by Bootsieb Bonz explores a decades-old murder unearthed by the removal of a lemon tree at a kindergarten in Gimhae. The story begins with...

Time To Be Scared is a 320 page Police Procedural set in Ireland and based on true events. The investigative techniques described in this book are authentic and mirror the ebb and flow of a real police investigation. Author: John O'DonovanISBN-13: 9798230439103Publisher: Castley &...

After the much-anticipated Y2K disaster doesn't happen, freelance writer Kat Addison searches for a story to write.Visiting an abandoned Prohibition speakeasy beneath Prescott, Arizona, she discovers the body of a long-dead woman in a secret cabinet. Intrigued, she decides to write about her efforts...

You think you are just playing a game online; masterminding the perfect crime. But something is not right.A website inviting players to come up with the perfect crime is the façade for billionaire Lawrence Hackett's real-life game of Mastermind: an invitation-only competition for a...

When 19-year-old Julia Jarrett accuses her father Donald of abuse, their relatives and friends are outraged. The problem is, Julia died some months ago from a heroin overdose.Her mother Janet is convinced that the accusing voice, heard during a spiritualist meeting, is that of...

I checked the answering machine, and the only calls were from Rachel, Ella, and surprisingly Herschel who asked me to call him. Still nothing from Charlene. Where the hell are you, girl? Yeah, I didn't feel like talking to anyone, but if I stunk...

Jaclyn Ramsey returns to the small town of Upland, Arizona to exact retribution on her beautiful double-crossing partner, Sherri Denny, but only after she gets her hands on her share of their ill-gotten money. Jaclyn has also sworn vengeance by way of death against...

He thought he'd hit rock bottom-until he found a body.Desperate for a job, drowning in debt, and heartbroken, newly graduated Ethan Poser takes a custodial position at the Carnegie Library. But when he chances upon the body of his predecessor in a nearby city...

In his latest novel, Alan Reynolds has blown the lid off the culture and practices in British Banking that led to the financial crisis of 2008. The book is set in a fictional Bank in 1997 and follows the exploits of Martin Brazier the...

Two mothers have lost their daughters - seventeen years apart. Can Detective Inspector Calladine bring them justice?A teenage girl's body is found in the back of a car on the notorious Hobfield housing estate. No one had reported her missing, but she's been dead...

Staff wanted. Prospects excellent. Death - or worse - a certainty.When fourteen year old Rosie is knocked down one foggy evening, Dr Margaret Demeray suspects she had been escaping procurers masquerading as an employment agency.But the police are more interested in the cold blooded...

A Grifter's Song, Created and Edited by Frank Zafiro. Long time grifters Sam and Rachel love two things: each other and the grift. On the run from the mob, the two lovers move from one con to the next, winning some and losing others,...

A less violent, but equally skillful, Lisbeth Salander, with an inherited drive for justice...on her own terms With a suspended federal prison sentence looming compliments of an ex-boyfriend's betrayal, Fatál Wood accepts an almost-legal request by her new boss to hack the Ohio college...

Western New York is under siege from a serial killer who seems to be following in the footsteps of the most famous fiend of them all - Jack the Ripper. The Niagara Falls Serial Killer Task Force calls in none other than the Watchmaker,...

"Simultaneously a fast-paced crime drama and an engrossing, unsentimental moral tale, H.N.I.C. peers into the dark heart that underpins the codes of loyalty and friendship, betrayal and vengeance." --Brooklyn Daily EaglePappy tries to break out of the game before the head of his crew,...

Has your day ever gone to the dogs?Sometimes a good deed can definitely come back to bite you.Deli owner and amateur sleuth, Moira Darling, is finally able to enjoy some much-needed time off, after making her trusted employee, Darrin, the manager of Darling's DELIcious...

Thérèse Raquin is a novel by Émile Zola, first published in 1867. It was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste. It was published in book format in December of the same year. In 1873, Zola turned Thérèse Raquin into a play....

'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace In the first months of 2020 there was a spate of murders of Black sex workers in northern cities. One of them was Ella Bailey, last seen talking to a punter in an alley in Sheffield city...

"Complex and interesting, you'll be turning the pages as quickly as you can read them, just to see how it ends."FBI Agent Greer is woken up, pulled out of his home, and rushed to the office in the middle of the night.His boss has...

With the haunting, moody prose of Tana French and the compulsive storytelling of Dervla McTiernan or Ann Cleeves, bestselling author Carlene O'Connor lures readers to a remote village on Ireland's southwest coast, where winding windswept roads open to spectacular views of rugged cliffs against...

Author: Ethel Lina WhiteISBN-10: 1471917215ISBN-13: 9781471917219Publisher: Murder RoomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2015Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.49d

Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could be so deadly?Meet the sorority sisters of Theta Gamma Mu: Roxy Callahan Gentry, the ruthless former sorority president and current hostess who has painstakingly choreographed every detail of this weekend--even matching the cocktails to...

Harvey Keill, ex-manager of the Ladykillers, arranges a reunion for his notorious punk band on a remote island off the coast of Seattle. But once the band and their eclectic entourage arrive, a dark secret emerges from their past to haunt them as, one...

FBI Special Agent Kellen Roberts is assigned to assist local law enforcement officials following the assassination of Minneapolis Mayor Jack Sorenson, who was killed with a single gun-shot two weeks after winning a bitter and contentious re-election that left the city almost evenly divided...

A Masterclass in Emotion and Versatility - One Author, Countless Voices.Death of a Dream is a powerful and moving compilation of short stories, memoir, and poetry by acclaimed British author Chris Lewando. From laugh-out-loud moments to deeply poignant reflections on love, loss, and the...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A lifelong beekeeper, Albert Honig is deeply acquainted with the ways and workings of the hives. He knows that bees dislike wool clothing and foul language; that the sweetest honey is made from the blooms of eucalyptus; and that bees are...

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon, it looks like it could be a case of mistaken identity. Until DI Wesley Peterson learns of a legend involving a woman...

Author: Dashiell HammettISBN-10: 1965684548ISBN-13: 9781965684542Publisher: Warbler ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2025Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d

Author: Jose C. Jr. HernandezISBN-10: 1637515405ISBN-13: 9781637515402Publisher: Cadmus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2025Pages: 168Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Author: Scott TurowISBN-10: 1538706385ISBN-13: 9781538706381Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2026Pages: 544Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.36d

A kind-hearted baseball player-turned bartender runs afoul of some dangerous thugs looking for the key to a hidden fortune, in this "frighteningly assured debut novel" (John Ridley, author of "Stray Dogs") by screenwriter Charlie Huston.Author: Charlie HustonISBN-10: 0345464788ISBN-13: 9780345464781Publisher: Ballantine BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2005Pages: 272Format:...

Sarafina was born into a maze of dysfunction, and at the tender age of nineteen, she let her cousin Debbie convince her into taking advantage of her uncanny beauty and become an exotic dancer at a raunchy strip club located in the short north...

The Serpent's Skin is a groundbreaking investigation into the true nature of Mexico's drug cartels-revealing them not as static crime syndicates, but as dynamic, globalized organizations reshaping the 21st-century criminal landscape. From their origins in bootlegging and rural drug cultivation to becoming multi-billion dollar...

America is on edge in November 2025, with protests erupting in D.C. as the presidential inauguration approaches. Tim, a covert operative shaped by his Hampton University's fraternity days, uncovers a dark plot: a high-ranking Capitol insider is using Bitcoin to bankroll a scheme to...

More secrets lurk in the Montana mountains...and the pastPI Samantha Price savors a slow summer at her firm Honor's Edge Investigations, along with Nate Bennet, who recently received his license to join her as an investigator. They make a strong, though still uneasy team....

A shrill scream pierced the night air. She caught the fluttering bedroom curtain and held it aside. Her little sister stared over her shoulder, trembling. A figure they knew, in a dark coat and ski hat, emerged from the bushes and stared at the...

Murder in Mount Vernon: Guns, Gangsters, and Glory is a gripping crime thriller that plunges readers into the dark underbelly of a corrupt city. When a seasoned private investigator takes on what seems like a routine workers' compensation case, he quickly realizes he's stepped...

When a former naval officer returns to his Long Island home to settle his estranged father's affairs, he is forced to deal with greedy developers whose plans will forever change the landscape and way of life that he and his ancestors had always known.Cal...

Author: Nicci FrenchISBN-10: 0063298422ISBN-13: 9780063298422Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 336Format: Paperback

In Impact, Marlene Jeanrenaud delivers a suspense-filled journey through the interwoven lives of characters gripped by crime, power, and the profound search for identity. In the heart of Geneva, a shocking public shooting leaves Marcus, a promising young athlete, dead and his girlfriend, Cynthia,...

In Lake Castor, a town in which the old mill has closed and all the jobs have vanished, the blame for a countywide murder spree lies at the feet of three people broken by life and their own choices: Calvin, a killer; London, a...

The first dream arrived like a rogue wave, crashing over her in the dead of night, dragging her down into a suffocating abyss of fear and fragmented images. It wasn't a gentle drift into slumber, but a violent seizure of the senses, a sudden...

"A gripping thrill ride with razor sharp tension and a whiplash ending I never saw coming. Kubica is a masterful storyteller!" --Jeneva Rose, #1 New York Times bestselling author Two families vacationing at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling...