Fiction - Crime

AT CARDS AND WITH WOMEN, BILL MAYNARD KNEW HOW TO CHEAT On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action - but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill's latest...

Steeplechase jockey Christmas Kit Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.Author: Dick FrancisISBN-10: 0425199932ISBN-13:...

VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are called in to investigate a series of violent deaths that appear unrelated until telltale clues reveal a linkage between them and that all of the deaths are, in fact, murders. However, apart...

In The Granite Coast Murders, the sixth installment of Jean-Luc Bannalec's bestselling mystery series, Commissaire Dupin returns to investigate a murder at a gorgeous Brittany beach resort.Inspector Dupin and Claire are on a two-week vacation, but while Claire seems to enjoy the quiet of...

A favor for an old friendPlaces Jack Noble in the middle again.But it beats an early retirement. Jack Noble is on a plane, heading across the Atlantic to perform one last job. A favor for an old friend, he tells himself. Anything to put...

Sydney Rye and Her Dog Exact Justice With A Vengeance.The dog doesn't die. But the bad guys do. Blue was as tall as a Great Dane but skinnier, with the snout of a collie, the markings of a Siberian husky, the ears and tail...

For one unlucky Member of Parliament, a simple visit to the hospital (the "nursing home" of the title) proves fatal. But as Inspector Alleyn will discover, any number of people had reason to help the gentleman to his just reward, including the sour surgeon,...

An engrossing read in the successful Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon series. Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer - a knight of the realm - disappears while travelling from her husband's manor to Bampton. She and her maid are travelling in an...

Written with intelligence, compassion, and a knowing eye--in the tradition of the fabulous mysteries of Ruth Rendell and P.D. James--award-winning author Susan Hill's The Various Haunts of Men is an enthralling journey into the heart of a wonderfully developed town, and into the very...

When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person--her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this...

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old...

When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker...

Author: Charlotte DuckworthISBN-10: 152940830XISBN-13: 9781529408300Publisher: Quercus BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2021Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d

In bleak midwinter, the people of Shipcott are shocked by the murder of an elderly woman in her bed. As snow cuts off the village, local policeman Jonas Holly is torn between catching a brutal killer and protecting his vulnerable wife, Lucy. When the...

A humorous work of historical fiction that follows the famous Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. Move over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What if Sherlock Holmes were given the chance to write his own story? That is the premise behind A Case of Royal Blackmail. In...

A young man is found lying unconscious on the outskirts of Bucharest. No one knows who he is and everyone has a different theory about how he got there. Within the pages of this charming book, the stories of a variety of characters unfold,...

In "Hi! Howya Doin!" an intrusive jogger meets with an abrupt fate; in "The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza" a young woman's romantic view of her girlhood is devastated by her father's confessions; and in "Valentine, July Heat Wave" a man prepares a gruesome...

A young woman with a foothold in two cultures, Rei Shimura has gone wherever fortune and her unruly passions have led her throughout her chaotic twenties. Now, after the streamers for her thirtieth birthday celebration have been taken down, the Japanese-American antiques dealer and...

Sherlock Holmes has already encountered the evil young hedonist Edward Hyde, and knew he was strangely connected with Henry Jekyll, the respectable young doctor. It was not until the Queen herself requested it, however, that Holmes was officially on the case of the savage...

A reporter for the Bergen News, Chris Turley could never measure up to his father one of the last great investigative reporters and a difficult man to impress but still, he can dream. Stuck covering small-time press conferences and town hall meetings, Chris fantasizes...

'Another delightful and absorbing mystery from Mel Starr, keeping the reader guessing as the corpses pile up in Prince Edward's palace. Hugh de Singleton, of the dry wit and engaging humility, is one of my favourite sleuths.' Penelope Wilcock, British author and bloggerMaster Hugh...

Alex McKnight swore to serve and protect Detroit as a police officer, but a trip to Motown these days is a trip to a past he'd just as soon forget. The city will forever remind him of his partner's death and of the bullet...

Voted greatest mystery novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990, Josephine Tey recreates one of history's most famous-and vicious-crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a...

Award-winning author Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler Mystery The Pure in Heart is a crime novel arising from character and circumstances, about the psychology of crime, something more enthralling than plain thrillers or whodunits. A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel...

Only Detective Michael Bennett stands in the way of two lethal cartels fighting for New York City's multi-million-dollar opioid trade. And they know where he and his family live.An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer...

When Alaskan billionaire Finn Grant is killed after someone sabotages the engine on his Piper plane, the question is not who had the motive, but rather who did not. Grant was not a popular man, but he was a successful one. His latest venture,...

The first book in the crime series featuring Lars Winkler: loner, dad, former squatter, and drug addict -- and the most dedicated detective in Copenhagen. A young prostitute is found murdered at the common in Copenhagen. The woman's body has been preserved and her...

In The Incense Game, Laura Joh Rowland's powerful and evocative thriller, Sano Ichiro and his wife strive to solve the case in a world that is crumbling around them. An RT Book Review Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award Winner In the wake of a terrifying...

In the tradition of The Stranger and The Old Man and the Sea, this masterful novella by critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith explores the human spirit and its capacity for faith and forgiveness in an imperfect world and begs the question: how do...

An accomplished, intricately plotted novel, John Boyne's Crippen brilliantly reimagines the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most notorious killers and marks the outstanding American debut of one of Ireland's best young novelists. July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39...

It's particularly quiet on Martha's Vineyard this summer, since a shadowy figure called "the Silencer" began his covert campaign of destruction -- disabling the audio systems in the homes and vehicles of selfish, music-blasting islanders. A respite from the unwanted noise suits fishing enthusiast,...

The House Without a Key (1925) is a mystery novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The first in a series of novels featuring Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, The House Without a Key is notable for its nuanced depiction of race and class on the...

Books Four, Five and Six in the Harry Starke Series of Mystery Novels. Anyone who is a fan of Harlan Coben, Lee Child, or Tami Hoag will love Harry Starke. And they do. Thousands of copies have been downloaded. More than 200 five and...

A Simon Serrailler Mystery from the award-winning author, "The Comforts of Home displays Susan Hill's trademark talent for the grotesque, the macabre, and the stunning" (CrimeReads). In this gripping thriller, Simon, eager to be back at work after recovering from a near-fatal injury, takes...

A remorseless killer. A string of innocent, clean-cut victims. Detectives M.C. Riggio and Kitt Lundgren must race against a cold-blooded predator who moves at breakneck speed in this heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler. Hot on the heels of their...

Charlie Howard--globe-trotting mystery writer and the most disarming burglar since Cary Grant in It Takes a Thief--is flush with the success of his Paris book reading and a few glasses of wine when he agrees to show a novice how to break into an...

★ BOOK 1 of the QUINT series ★Quint, a jaded crime reporter, uncovers a series of unsolved murders and embarks on a journey to find the killer. As he delves deeper into the case, Quint finds himself in serious danger and soon becomes a...

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins' acclaimed novels - most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin's final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby)....

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own--and their own...

Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde keeps her ability to psychically communicate with furry and feathered critters under wraps. But when a Doberman turns out to be the only witness to a crime, Grace will have to let the cat out of the bag in order...

"Money to Burn takes off like a rocket from page one and never slows down. Highly recommended." -- Christopher Reich, author of Rules of Vengeance In this timely stand-alone thriller ripped from the headlines, bestselling author James Grippando (Lying with Strangers, Intent to Kill,...

"Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell."--Daily Mail (London) One of Great Britain's most adored writers, #1 international bestseller Josephine Cox returns to our shores with Born Bad--a poignant and unforgettable story of hard life, lost love, and enduring hope...

Based on the true story of a modern-day lynching in America, Ravi Howard's widely acclaimed debut novel exposes one of the most tragic chapters in the history of the American South.On the morning of March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was...

WELCOME TO SAFE HAVEN, POPULATION 907... Nestled in the woods of Wisconsin, Safe Haven is miles from everything. With one road in and out, this is a town so peaceful it has never needed a full-time police force. Until now... A helicopter has crashed...

Grab a badge and a gun and strap in for an absolutely gripping ride that's "full of suspense from the beginning to the end..." (Readers Abode) She could feel him watching her... Though every time she turned to look, there was no one there....

The series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective--these tie-in editions feature introductions from the show's creators and actorsSir Arthur Conan Doyle's second...

In 1886, wealthy philathropist Lord Backwater is found beaten to death on the grounds of his estate. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must unravel the mystery by pitting their wits against a ruthless new enemy, taking them across the globe in search of the...

He was supposed to return me-but he chose to keep me instead. Balto and Lucian finally came to terms on their agreement. Balto would finally get what he wants-and Lucian would get back his wife. But at the last moment, Balto listened to my...

Harry Starke, Two for the Money, Hill House. The first three gripping novels in Blair Howard's best selling series: If you love thrillers, mysteries, suspense and non-stop action with a touch of humor and romance, then it's time you met Harry Starke.Harry Starke ""...

When Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover, they botched it. What if they had succeeded?] ]Author: Macqueen AdamISBN-10: 178563173XISBN-13: 9781785631733Publisher: Lightning BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/13/2020Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d