Fiction - Crime

Melig Petsche, a ruthless, pleasure-driven psychopath, seeks satisfaction not only from torture and killing but through daily, self-administered head stings from honeybees, gathered from the chaparral and stored in glass jars within his pit. He is one of a group of radical terrorists who,...

The Secret House, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

In the vibrant heart of Las Vegas, Detective Hornswoggle, a retired yet revered private investigator, lives a quiet life. However, when a surge of criminal activity rocks the city, Hornswoggle is compelled to re-enter the world of crime-solving. Teaming up with a loyal young...

The gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller from the author of The Flood 2004: Rosalie is walking through the wild wetland behind her mother's home on the isolated Isle of Man when she stumbles across a body. Having strayed from the path and lost her...

Melly's quest to find his father after the sudden death of his mother leaves New York City for the mean streets of Chicago on his journey. He soon crosses paths with his biological brothers and realizes that they're all cut from the same cloth....

A DEADLY MISSION. A SADISTIC CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. A DANGEROUS HUNT FOR REVENGE. When Cam Derringer loses his wife, his law license, and his home, he has some adjusting to do. After settling into a houseboat in Key West, he finds himself unable to let...

Have you ever come across accounts of individuals who are sentenced to death? Have you had the opportunity to listen to their final words or their claims of innocence? This book delves into the lives of each prisoner and their parting messages as they...

The thirteenth in the best-selling Falconer Files by Andrea Frazer. The body of a woman has been discovered in Castle Farthing Woods, and it appears that although she had been dead for years, nobody had ever reported her missing. DI Harry Falconer of the...

A sweeping tale of old loves and festering hatreds, this story will plunge you into the glittering world of Jazz Age Harlem, from the wealthy salons of its movers and shakers to the crowded tenements of its poor.Years earlier, David McKay, an attorney from...

Young Jamel Frederickson is taken down by a bullet fired by a white, rookie Dallas police officer.Jamel's crime? Being black and mentally ill. In the midst of street protests, Detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson are thrust into the investigation of two midnight murders,...

When chasing a brutal adversary across the sea ice, Constable David Maratse loses his dog team and risks losing his mind when he is visited by three ghosts. Haunting Season is a short in five parts featuring Greenland's favourite police constable and a cast...

As Joshua narrowly escapes certain death from rogue CIA hitmen, he is perplexed as to how and why he ended up in the dangerous position he is in. He had taken out many criminal kingpins and discovered unanswered questions about his past. Confused and...

Amber, a 30-year-old widow burdened by recent misfortunes, sought a fresh beginning. In a hurried decision, she relocates to a small, Midwestern town. As she settles into her new surroundings, she can't help but notice the peculiarities that engulf the community. Intrigued, she embarks...

A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETT Choked Off is the second instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely gripping detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds and a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun...

Meet Frank Fischer, a retired tech entrepreneur turned winemaker. There's just one thing, Frank Fischer is really "Gentleman" Jack Burdette, an international jewel thief. Jack's mentor and fixer, Reginald LeGrande, pitches him on the biggest job he's ever seen, a jewelry exhibition on the...

A conflict of good and evil, between saint and sinner buried beneath mountains of feathers, lace, and needlepoint. The Modern Sinner opens with a crime that will haunt the narrative and its characters beyond the last page. Invernizio was among the first to create...

Jack has tried to forget the Great War. The horrors he witnessed haunt his dreams. In the roaring economy of the post war years, he finds himself caught between the chaos of prohibition, and the growth of The Bureau. His first assignment is to...

A woman with a lust for risk taking...She's missing, with more suspects than evidence.While investigating a cold case and juggling family obligations, Detective Luca finds himself at the center of the mysterious disappearance of Beth Wade.As he unravels the young woman's life, the list...

Jeff Rand had a tough, athletic appearance that suggested he may be a good friend or a nasty foe. Women had a gut feeling that he would be a very satisfying lover. Most of all, he appeared to be King Charles II of England...

An ex-mob fixer must find a missing teenager and disrupt a human trafficking operation before she disappears forever.A vigilante justice crime thriller.Connor Harding is the go-to man when it comes to solving problems for those who can't go to the police. Ellie Armstrong is...

He destroyed my world when he corrupted me in his bed. By all means, I'm supposed to hate him.But somewhere along the line, the monster who stole me ended up stealing my heart. He promised me he would do anything to protect me.Anything to...

Pavel Suvorov is the stranger of my dreams who trapped me in a living nightmare.You know how the story goes: you meet a handsome stranger one night, throw caution to the wind, and have a night you won't forget. By morning, you think you'll...

The Painter is a novella that spans a quarter century in just over a hundred pages. Based on his experiences as a federal probation officer and Christian, with an evangelical calling, Lopez creates characters and tells stories rooted in the harsh realities of crime...

One woman broke me, and that was all it took. Hoodrat I learned to be the tough guy over the years, never giving a damn about nobody. It's what was safe and with the way I lived my life it made sense. All it...

I should kill them for what they've done. Maddox Ten years ago, she and her friend vanished into thin air. Today, I found them both holed up in a biker club tucked away in Queens, New York. She's responsible for so much of my...

After a young girl, Zena, turns up dead, Detective Jackson discovers she recently fled from a mysterious cult in fear for her life. But the physical and psychological walls around the anti-technology group derail his investigation. So do the lies told by the victim's...

Sara Mason and love interest, Huxley Keane, follow a trail of clues in an attempt to match a bullet-scarred key found in the Vietnam jungle.An apartment key was given to Rocky, Huxley's brother, by his fiancée. If sweet Emma Ellis kept a matching key...

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Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda.Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing ten years earlier. Something odd is going on at the nearby...

SydneyI'm in love with a criminal, which shouldn't be a problem, the only issue is he's an enemy of my father's club. An enemy he's held captive for ages, and I managed to fall in love with him. I was warned not to talk...

Esther Valentine is called to Canyon, Texas to solve a cold case involving a young college student found in the snow face down, dressed as an Angel. It will soon be the holiday break at the University. All Esther wants to do is decorate...

When the clues have gone cold and the police have all but given up, families hire Esther Valentine. This time Esther is called to Austin, Texas to solve the murder of an ex-rodeo bull rider, Anthony Whitmore. The family needs closure, Esther just needs...

Private investigators Troy and Eva Winters are looking forward to a visit with their old college buddy, Joe, when he invites them over for a barbecue and to talk over details of a case. The night soon turns awkward when Joe's neighbors are overheard...

A casual walk on the beach and a game of Frisbee with her dog lead private investigator Eva Winters and her innkeeper friend, Jasmine Towns, to the discovery of a body washed up on New Haven's idyllic shore. When Eva and her fellow investigator,...

Private Investigators Troy and Eva Winters are thrilled when Troy's sister, Sadie, announces that she and her family are moving to Elk River, only a twenty-five-mile drive from New Haven, where Troy and Eva live. Now, Sadie will be close to her family, and...

A cold case is a crime, or suspected crime that has not yet been resolved. Esther Valentine uses even the smallest clue to solve cold cases. In Book 3 of this crime series, Esther is called to Longview, Texas to solve an old missing...

Abruptly leaving the Baltimore Police Department after finding and arresting one of the city's most notorious murderers, Alex Gershwin begins a new life as a private detective. What Alex did not expect was a call from the mayor of a small Northern Arizona city...

"No one commits a crime, without leaving something behind" is the motto Esther uses to solve cold cases. This one is no different when Esther is called to solve the case of a missing Millionaire father, oil tycoon, and former rancher who has been...

Author: J. R. RipleyISBN-10: 1892339463ISBN-13: 9781892339461Publisher: Beachfront EntertainmentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2020Pages: 406Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Back infoIn the year 2127 on a planet one hundred thousand light years away a race of artificial humans labor to supply Earth with the miracle ore Dycornum. Then an anomalous quirk occurred in the maturation process and sentient artificials were born. Now free...

MAY, 2017 - VABALNINKAS, LITHUANIA"As heartbreaking as would be the revelation that I was the mother of a murder victim, I must now concede the far worse prospect of discovering that I had given birth to a murderer. But where is the truth? Do...

This book has no description at the discretion of the authorAuthor: Derick WrightISBN-10: 8655326402ISBN-13: 9798655326408Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/19/2020Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.12d

Do you want to read Crime and Punishment? If so then keep reading...One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catapulted Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Drawing upon experiences from...

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris Charles Paris is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept drama company. No fan of immersive theatre, he's unimpressed with the director's vision and less than thrilled to be...

In a tough New York of the early 70's, Lilly Jonas forges a new life as a single parent, besieged by muggers, a murdered acquaintance, and a troubling cyst. Through marvelously compact, page-turning scenes, Naomi Chase captures the whole world of New York City...

A bizarre murder, a missing woman, and a pack of online predators. Can Jackson and Dallas stop the disturbing crime spree? A body wrapped in plastic turns up in the middle of the road-with no ID and no viable explanation. The pressure builds when...

The Dark City is a quarterly magazine featuring crime and mystery stories set in America with an emphasis on stories that illuminate character and setting. We prize writing and appreciate humor in our fiction. Recent stories have featured madness, revenge, paranoia, murder-for-hire, and telling...

An eighteen-year-old boy lies dying of leukemia. Kyle's only hope is a bone marrow transplant, but no one in his wealthy Virginia family can safely supply it. His last chance lies in finding his father, a man who disappeared before he was born. Police...

Chloe Decker has never fit in. Her father is considered a coward by the local MC. She's the coward's daughter and public enemy number one. When the president's son, Alfie, and his friends bully her, she knows something bad will happen.Alfie is determined to...

Modern Noir Stories that Cross the Line Sex and violence, always with criminal intent, always with ulterior motives and hidden agendas. Celebrated crime-fiction writer, Shane Simmons, plumbs the depths of human sin and avarice with twenty new tales brimming with tough guys and femme...