Fiction - Crime

Private investigator Gregg Hunter faces a chilling dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped by unknown assailants. Instead of a ransom, they issue him an ultimatum: solve a baffling murder or lose his daughter forever. Determined to rescue her, Gregg launches dual investigations-one to unravel...

Who can you trust... WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT A group of new friends. But can she trust them? For struggling actress Ava, landing a role with the Chimera Theatre Group could lead to her big break. And relocating to a remote country village...

The electrifying sequel to One For Sorrow, by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Silent Child. Leah Smith has a new name, a new job and a new home. The sleepy seaside town, Clifton-on-Sea, is a refreshing change from the gloomy moors of...

The little dog trembles and whimpers, but refuses to move. Maggie reaches further into the undergrowth, trying to tempt it out. But as she moves closer, she sees something that stops her heart-a tiny, shivering baby, wrapped in a thin, pink blanket, saved only...

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits. As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children...

Three friends' lives are changed forever when they bring Shera into their lives. Shera is a deep space probe that's been programmed to travel the galaxy and predict where life could be found. When Shera's mission is canceled, she is stored in a vault...

In a small southern town, nothing ever changes.The buildings still have the same rough exterior that they had 50 years ago.What happens when something does change? The town is rocked, and lives are altered.Brooke is somewhere she knows she shouldn't be. Even more so,...

A wealthy wanted man attempts to keep a low profile--but an old case may be stirring up new crimes in this British police thriller. After years of exile in St. Lucia, tycoon Kevan de Vries has come back to England's East Midlands and is...

Too good to be true?Just as Detective Cris Steele thinks she has outran her past and finally has something going right in her life, she gets dealt another blow when her best friend and husband, Luke, is killed right in front of her. Chief...

Murdered in cold blood . . . And she wouldn't be the last.When Kirsty Wilson lands a room in a luxury Glasgow flat owned by Swedish student Eva Magnusson, she can't believe her luck. But Kirsty's delight turns to terror when she finds the...

In the fourth book in David P. Warren's Scott Winslow Legal Mysteries Series, attorney Scott Winslow and investigator Lee Henry tackle a high-stakes case in the brokerage industry. A secretive coalition of elite brokers has devised a clever way to trade on insider information...

A classic novel of identity, sexuality, religion, and race by the author of Passing, hailed as "an original and hugely insightful writer" by The New York Times--with an introduction by Asali Solomon, author of The Days of Afrekete "Quicksand . . . open[s] up...

LIGHTS! A killer is targeting TV and Film extras on various productions throughout the South West of England. The murderer leaves a macabre marker at each crime scene-a VHS video nasty, while the murders themselves mimic the killings depicted in the tapes. CAMERA! While...

Why somebody kill that man?The mysterious death of a popular figure at a Caribbean resort has inspector Johnny Cliff wondering why someone might want him dead. He didn't seem to have any enemies, but there's no question it was murder. The resort wants the...

Inspired by one of America's most notorious couples, Bonnie and Clyde, Jennifer L. Wright delivers a riveting tale set during the public enemy era of the Great Depression. Beatrice Carraway has dreams. Although she's aged out of the childhood pageant circuit, she's intent on...

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers take on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.Author: John SandfordISBN-10: 8885790224ISBN-13: 9798885790222Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.75w x 1.10dLarge Print

A man with no name is out to find a labor activist friend who disappeared on the streets of Portland in this noir crime novella. It's 2009, and the economy's falling apart. Formerly homeless, our nameless hero owes what little he has to his...

Author: Jeffery DeaverISBN-10: 8885790267ISBN-13: 9798885790260Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/22/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10dLarge Print

Jeff is off to shepherd his first play through its premiere run in the Midwest. The kids are with their grandmothers. Bryna needs a project. She visits their mutual friends who encourage her to "poke and prod" like Jeff does when a problem arises....

Power. Gold. Prestige. That is all he wants. Young Pawah's life changes when he travels to Waset on his parent's hard earned savings to become a scribe at the temple of Amun. Facing discrimination in Waset for being the son of a farmer among...

"It's time for you to go be who you are, or the next time something happens, you won't be any help to any of us."Two months ago, the unthinkable happened. Ham's family was attacked, pulling her back to the wilds of Idaho from her...

"River Crossing" is a romantic, adventure novel set in New Orleans and rural Mississippi during the early 1990s. Matt Ferguson faces an internal struggle between honor, integrity, and family versus power and materialistic success when he's placed in the middle of a Mafia war...

Copyright date of this translation: 2007.Author: Karin FossumISBN-10: 0156034042ISBN-13: 9780156034043Publisher: HarperviaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2009Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): People Weekly 02/14/2011 pg. 51

Newly minted 25-year-old lawyer Bob Abramson joins the DA's office in San Diego and soon finds himself leading an investigation into the politically charged murder of the mayor's husband, a powerful, wealthy developer with far too many secrets for his wife's political ambitions.Bob's first...

Author: Lisa KleypasISBN-10: 0380773538ISBN-13: 9780380773534Publisher: Avon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1995Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 6.88h x 4.17w x 1.01dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 12/05/1994 pg. 71

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city's skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society continues to enjoy all the glamour and comfort that money can buy during wartime...

Joe Gunther's Vermont Bureau of Investigation team is plenty busy trying to solve the grisly murder of Wayne Castine, a suspected child predator who's got mob ties in the area. But Gunther has other pressing, more personal business to attend to: the old case...

A cultured city scarred by war. . . . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. . . . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. . . . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever....

Jack is a retired cop who knows and respects firearms. A recent victim of gun violence, she is confined to a wheelchair, getting physical therapy in a rehab facility, and teaching handgun safety and Second Amendment history to the elderly residents.A thousand miles away,...

Is evil born in us--or is it bred? That is the question at the heart of this penetrating novel from blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline Bennie Rosato looks exactly like her identical twin, Alice Connelly, but the darkness in Alice's soul...

In the 6th and final book in the mystery series featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, we find our hero in Lake Tahoe, California. Chan has been invited as a house guest. He meets a glamorous Out of Printera singer, Ellen Landini, and she...

The stylish, charming next novel in Ashley Weaver's Edgar-nominated Amory Ames mystery series, set in 1930s England, A Deception at Thornecrest. Thornecrest looked beautiful in the evening light. One would never imagine the turmoil that had just occurred within its walls.Amory Ames is alone...

Jack Noble is dead.A ghost.At least that is what the world believes. Truth is, he's been hiding out on the Greek Island of Crete for six months. Three people know Jack's secret. One is with him. Another needs him back in the U.S. The...

Author: Jamie FordISBN-10: 8564841916ISBN-13: 9798564841917Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/14/2020Pages: 390Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo...

A young David Covington, imprisoned for murder, is forced to visit a prison psychologist. It is during one of these tumultuous sessions that the psychologist, a stern and well-respected Dr. Owen Garrity, inadvertently uncovers a secret kept hidden for over twenty years by David,...

Spirit Pass: Revised and Expanded Edition is the compilation of Jessica Stone Novellas #1-3 plus a bonus chapter of the upcoming installment in the series titled A Soul Darker Than Midnight. More than four out of five indigenous women report they have been victims...

The road to higher ed is paved with good intentions. The desire for relevance--and to save his marriage--is ultimately what pushed Peter Cook to leave his beloved Alaska for the prestigious Parker College. Lured by the chance to work with his childhood political idol...

CAN ANYONE STOP THE BEAUTIFUL VILLAIN? Readers of J.T. Kelly's International Thriller series recall a megalomaniac named Adamis Baum. He and his minions believed the earth couldn't sustain the world's population because of dwindling natural resources. In a secret mystery plot, the terrorists planned...

This town has secrets, and Carly is about to find out who her true friends really are in this cozy murder mystery. Carly Langley, an American born veterinarian, is living the dream. She has the perfect job as a horse vet living in a...

Soon after Chris and Nick Gennaro buy a winning $9 million lottery ticket, Chris' dead body is found floating in the marina near his small boat in South Walton, Rhode Island. A few days later, his older brother, Nick, cashes in the ticket, leading...

Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into...

Detective James Thornton is looking forward to attending a murder mystery weekend with Alexa Wright. As a seasoned detective, Thornton is eager to put his skills to the test, solving a fictional crime, and spending time with his new love interest. But things take...

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up (National Book Foundation). When friend of...

Two Thousand years ago, the Druids of ancient Glastonbury forged a sword of power for their prince. The blade held curses for his enemies, and the pommel, a giant ruby held in a bronze falcon's claw, held their blessings. Armed with his sword, the...

A lifeless body. A string of secret affairs. A silent witness no one knows about.Is it textbook suicide?The NYPD thinks so.But FBI Special Agent Heather Chase has her doubts...She must get to the truth quickly before the case gets closed in a hurry.It soon...

What if you knew the person you loved was murdered, but no one else believed you? Eighteen-year-old Harper Ellis has spent the last three years searching for her aunt's killer, looking for clues, asking questions, gathering every tidbit she can find to explain the...

Thomas Hawk is a gifted young man hardened by misfortune and circumstance, looking for a clean slate and a fresh start. He finds that and more, as he embarks on a career in law enforcement and is quickly drawn into a web of conspiracy,...

FINALIST FOR FICTION/MYSTERY, BRONZE MEDAL, 2023, INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS FINALIST FOR 2023 HISTORICAL MYSTERY, "...ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST", BESTTHRILLERS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST FOR 2023 FICTION/MYSTERY, AMERICAN WRITING AWARDSA murder investigation in a small town zeros in on a young man who returns...

Under the Bluffs is a story that takes place in St. Paul Minnesota in the early 90's. The story begins on an unusually cold and snowy day in April 1983. A local detective receives a strange letter that simply states, "Two will disappear, you...