Fiction - Crime

Cashed out from the NYPD after 24 years, Doak Miller operates as a private eye in steamy small-town Florida, doing jobs for the local police. Like posing as a hit man and wearing a wire to incriminate a local wife who's looking to get...

Edith Pargeter, who also writes under the name Ellis Peters, previously combined her passion for history and storytelling in her creation of the much-loved monk, Brother Cadfael. It was she who paved the way for many others to explore the past through the thriving...

In Falling, Christopher Pike explores the depth and breadth of human emotion through two brilliantly etched characters: Kelly Feinman, who pays a terrible price to understand the nature of true evil; and Matt Connor, a classic anti-hero who captures the reader's sympathy. Kelly Feinman:...

"For novels of international intrigue with gut-wrenching action, twists, and unpredictable developments, no thriller author can beat the high-octane crime writing of Joseph Badal. Suspense is his middle name. Simply put, 'The Motive' is nail-bitingly un-put-downable."-Mark Rubinstein, Award-Winning AuthorIn "The Motive," Joseph Badal presents...

In her latest thriller, New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag takes readers on a suspense-filled ride of shocks and twists leading to an explosive finish. It is the story of an ex-cop, a missing girl, and a killer locked in a race where...

From the dean of Scandinavian noirand the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, comes this moving and profound literary novel about three refugee women and the poet they befriend.Jesper Humlin is a mildly famous author and poet with lackluster book sales. Not...

"[Clark] deftly combines the clue-searching and puzzle-solving fun of mysteries with the action-packed, emotion-driven narrative thrust of thrillers." --Pittsburgh Tribune Review "One of Clark's--and the genre's--best."--Associated Press A very suspicious death and a sprawling mansion with secrets and puzzles built into the very architecture...

Detective Georgiana Germaine is back on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, and once again, the case hits close to home. Twenty-year-old Olivia Spencer sits at her desk in her mother's bookshop, dreaming about her upcoming wedding. The shop may be closed, but Olivia's...

Truth Be Told, part of the bestselling Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series by Agatha, Anthony, Mary Higgins Clark, and Macavity Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan, begins with tragedy: a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home. In digging up the facts on this...

There have been more than three bodies found at the city, there was an unknown serial killer on the loose. When another body was found, Alyssa a Detective assigned to the case wondered if that was her sister as she had gone missing for...

The Earl of Chester is enraged when his hawk is killed by an arrow in the Forest of Delamere. When two poachers are caught nearby, he orders their immediate execution. Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret arrive in Cheshire to settle a series of land...

A serial killer returns to torment the woman once determined to catch him. This time, she's not backing down.Former detective Jill Jacobs is forced to confront the Makeup Artist, an elusive psychopath whose trail of terror left seven dead and whose obsession with her...

The Man with the Clubfoot By Valentine WilliamsAuthor: Valentine WilliamsISBN-10: 1981165754ISBN-13: 9781981165759Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2017Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d

In a shadow world of secrets, lies, and hidden agendas, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces once again in the elusive search for justice. Rebecca is aided in her struggle to uncover a pornography ring and expose its...

Lucian used to be the most terrifying man I'd ever met-but now Balto was. Balto looked him in the eye and stole me-and got away with it. I'm not only a pawn in his revenge, but his private trophy. He said he'll keep me...

Cassidy Hoake was in the wrong place at the wrong time. She witnessed a ghastly murder and now, she runs for her life. Stalked by a relentless mob enforcer, she cowers in a small town under a false identity. Every shadow suggests a menace,...

Ke yoko and Ka yah are identical twins with two totally different personalities. As young girls they formed a bond that could not be broken. It isn t until they become grown women that their loyalty is tested by secrets, deception, and lies. Growing...

A violent robber is loose in River City. Meet the cops that must take him down.Stefan Kopriva, a young hotshot. Katie MacLeod, a woman in what is still mostly a man's world. Karl Winter, about to retire but with one more good bust left...

When Jacob and Megan Brandeis plan to expose a secretive and evil corporation, the fallout threatens to destroy them.Jacob and Megan Brandeis have gotten jobs with the mega-successful, ultra-secretive Store. Seems perfect. Seems safe. But their lives are about to become anything but perfect,...

Ever loved someone more than you loved yourself? Ever discovered that they never loved you back? Tobias was left with no choice but to come clean, but can Strawberry handle all of his secrets? With his "hidden" wife, out to take back what is...

When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, It's been hushed up...

The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies.It's been three months since Uncle's passing, and Ava is finally ready to begin her new life as a partner with May Ling...

Susan Hill--the Man Booker Prize nominee and winner of the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham, and John Llewellyn Rhys awards--presents "an atmospheric page-turner that gets to our nerve endings" (San Francisco Review of Books) with The Soul of Discretion, a Simon Serrailler Mystery. When Simon Serrailler...

FIRST...THERE WAS THE LAST QUARRY. THEN...THERE WAS THE FIRST QUARRY. NOW...LOOK WHO'S CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. The enigmatic hitman Quarry -- star of seven celebrated novels and an award-winning feature film (The Last Lullaby) -- is back in this violent, steamy tale of warring...

Cousins and best friends, Clara and Stephanie Quinn run The Raven's Nest Bookstore, where people go to find their most coveted reads. But they have no idea it's the psychically-gifted Clara who's reading them...The bookstore has made an enemy of the town crier, Ana...

When ex-jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends--and one of the racing world's most beloved figures--is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career.Author: Dick FrancisISBN-10: 0425207188ISBN-13: 9780425207185Publisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

"Constant action and top-notch writing." --New York TimesA Palm Beach playboy who amuses himself with murder finds himself on a collision course with a vacationing Motown cop in Elmore Leonard's Split Images--a gripping and electrifying example of noir gold from "the coolest, hottest writer...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a novel of suspense so terrifying it may make you afraid of the dark . . .Allison Taylor MacKenna feels as though she'sawakened at last from a ten-year-long nightmare.But her darkest hour has yet to come...

" A] richly atmospheric tale. You can imagine Hitchcock curling up with this one."--USA TodayAuthor Hallie Ephron's fast paced and disturbingly creepy Never Tell a Lie is a page-turning thrill ride that maestro Alfred Hitchcock would have been proud to call his own. A...

Luke Mullen, the missing teenage son of a former police officer, was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one knows whether he went willingly or was abducted, whether he's living or dead.Then the videotape arrives . . .On special...

Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Having seriously crossed the line on his last case and depressed over the recent suspicious death of his father, the once ambitious police detective has been reduced to pushing papers . . . and is being encouraged...

"Greenwood pulls many tricks from his writer's satchel...has a quirkiness and energy and snappy/snarky dialogue that keep things moving briskly...A well-handled mystery with the appropriate twist at the end." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS "Newcomers to Pilate will find no barriers to quick immersion in his...

Poachers discovered the bodies. Slaughtered. Mauled. Partially devoured.Carolina McKay has never squared off with a killer this vicious.Sober and a licensed Private Investigator, for the first time in her adult life Carolina has found what she's been missing...Hope.But it's not long before the past...

A Little Bit of Hell on EarthWhen Zach Tully leaves Los Angeles to take over as sheriff of Eternity, a tiny mountain town in northern California, he's expecting to find peace and quiet in his own private Mayberry. But he's in for a surprise....

What will she think when she finds out the lengths I'll go to protect what's mine?Torpedo (Bones MC 7)Ambrosia -- I wasn't surprised when the playboy in the penthouse answered the door stark naked. The gun surprised me, but, hey. It's a job, work...

Inspector Duff works with the Scotland Yard. He is called in to investigate a mysterious murder that occurred at a famous local London hotel. A deaf old man, traveling on pleasure trip from America with his daughter and granddaughter, has been murdered during the...

Nobody tells Lou Belmonte he can't hug his wife of 50 years. When pandemic regulations prevent him from visiting his beloved Cameo in a memory care lockdown, he busts her out, assaulting two employees who try to stop him. The couple flees to a...

Angela Delvecchio has always dreamed of being an LCR field operative. As LCR's main researcher, she's helped rescue victims, but always from the sidelines. Until now. Last Chance Rescue has been asked to assist the authorities in apprehending a serial killer terrorizing London. Angela...

In Dedra L. Stevenson's first work of crime and courtroom drama, Desert Magnolia takes the reader along a turbulent journey with Daniella Pierce, a small town Southern gal who ended up living as a Muslim in Dubai, happy and fulfilled, or at least she...

The title whispers innocence.The story screams suspense.And silence speaks volumes.Yet sometimes, the loudest cries for help are never heard.When a gentle, mute man with a childlike persona wanders into the world from his sheltered home, four strangers unite to protect him from a crazed...

In Biggers' final novel, Charlie Chan is invited to millionaire Dudley Ward's home in Lake Tahoe to try to find his missing son. However the murder of Dudley Ward's ex-wife, the soprano Ellen Landini, soon occupies his complete attention, and potential suspects abound. He...

Beth had never anticipated her life would end up like it did. The last beating she received at the hands of her boyfriend threw her over the edge. She had to escape him, so she fled taking her daughter Lilly with her. She didn't...

An unproven alliance. A broken promise. A mafia boss must shed blood to secure peaceAuthor: Amy TasukadaISBN-10: 1948361094ISBN-13: 9781948361095Publisher: Macarons & Tea PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2018Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d

Stumbling upon a briefcase full of cash on a lonely road in the middle of the night, Jay and Heidi find themselves unable to resist picking it up--and are suddenly in the crosshairs of a ruthless poacher and a corrupt official. The police, meanwhile,...

Inspector Green explores a web of betrayal and deceit. In the dead of night, the phone rings in the missing persons unit of the Ottawa Police. A brutal blizzard is howling, and a wealthy social activist has not heard from his fiance in over...

Butte City, Montana Territory, 1888The chance discovery of a virtual mountain of copper brings incredible wealth and power to two men: Irish immigrant and miner, Marcus Daly, and merchant, banker, and investor, William Andrews Clark. The two men become bitter rivals, employing armies of...

LAWRENCE BLOCK'S FIRST CRIME NOVEL -- LOST FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can...

Cashed out from the NYPD after 24 years, Doak Miller operates as a private eye in steamy small-town Florida, doing jobs for the local police. Like posing as a hit man and wearing a wire to incriminate a local wife who's looking to get...

Welcome to the most spectacular, heart racing, entertaining, and deadliest show you'll ever see.Ever want to see what happens after you leave the circus and the show is over? Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes? Have you ever wanted to see the...

In Lonesome Animals, Arthur Strawl, a tormented former lawman, is called out of retirement to hunt a serial killer with a sense of the macabre who has been leaving elaborately carved bodies of Native Americans across three counties. As the pursuit ensues, Strawl's own...