Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

At the grisly murder scene of a teen prostitute, Virginia state trooper Riley Tatum's past roars back to haunt her. When she was a teenage runaway, she was kidnapped, drugged, and left unconscious on the streets. She has no memories of what happened, only...

Exiled from his past life and plagued with the responsibility of a broken empire of Pillbillies, Jared Vorcelli dives into the underbelly of an addict's world to avenge the ones he loves and pull them from the wreckage of his choices. Targeting a dangerous...

Agatha Christie--the Queen of Crime--travels to the breathtaking Canary Islands to investigate the mysterious death of a British agent in this riveting and "stellar" (Publishers Weekly) sequel to A Talent for Murder. Two months after the events of A Talent for Murder, during which...

The divorce was just the beginning. . . Kimera Davis had a plan to jump start her life and land on easy street. But a disastrous marriage has her making amends and picking up the pieces. It's a struggle to balance her new responsibilities...

When Voices In The Night Become Whispers. . . In the chill of an Oregon night, a man plunges to his death. Another vanishes without a trace. A third drowns in the murky waters of a quiet lake. Alone in the dark, a ruthless...

The #1 New York Times bestseller of a brilliant investigator facing the shock of her brother's murder arrest . . . and her own exile in the Australian outback.Harry Blue is the top Sex Crimes investigator in her department. But even she didn't see...

On the opening night of New York's biggest Hollywood event, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert -- and they can't afford to make a single mistake.NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and...

Bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardottir is back with the next book in her Th ra Gudmundsd ttir series. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, the fifth installment in the Th ra Gudmundsd ttir series, was named Crime Novel of the Year by...

The Devil's Half Mile by Paddy Hirsch is a riveting historical thriller debut set in 1799 New York City, perfect for the fans of Gangs of New York and the works of Caleb Carr and Erik Larson. Seven years after a financial crisis nearly...

"An electrifying read . . . I haven't read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon." -- Stephen King "Magnificent, thoroughly unnerving . . . I dare you to look away." -- Justin Cronin Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects...

The robbery ended in murder, the killers claimed to be terrorists, and the only cooperative witness feared for his life. Police officer Matt Payne knew the dangers of his profession--but never thought that he himself would be the one who needed protection...In BADGE OF...

From New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes an explosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried--but never forgotten... After his wife's death and the loss of his job, David Harwood moves back into...

A woman's life and love are compromised in this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood. Dr. Ellie Sullivan has witnessed the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of a ruthless modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. The only person to...

Susan Wittig Albert's exciting mysteries have been praised as "unique" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and "fascinating" (Booklist). Now, a dead man's bones are uncovered--and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive... When China's...

From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes the story of a self-imposed outcast who must refresh his detection skills in order to save himself and his family.Author: Dick FrancisISBN-10: 042519681XISBN-13: 9780425196816Publisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 6.78h x 4.28w...

In Sleeping Beauty, Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a...

NYPD Red's finest detectives are about to investigate a brutal crime scene in Central Park . . . but even their training can't prepare them for the biggest case of their careers.When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as...

"Terrifically readable. ... Wildly imaginative." --New York Daily NewsA lawyer with ties to the President must investigate the murder of the Secretary of State under mysterious circumstances, in this first book in Margaret Truman's New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series.In a town where...

"A new and assured talent....Nicola Upson is to be congratulated."--P.D. JamesAuthor Nicola Upson brings legendary mystery writer Josephine Tey back for a third investigation in Two for Sorrow, the spellbinding follow-up to An Expert in Murder and Angel with Two Faces. Fans of P.D....

The unrivaled master of crime's first collection of noir stories. . . . “If you thought you knew all the places Elmore Leonard could take you, think again.”--Mike Lupica In more than 30 books spanning half a century, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination...

From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of Seven Days and The Choice comes a gripping serial killer thriller with a psychological edge you won't want to put down!A serial killer is stalking your home town.He has a type: all his victims look...

"This place..." Tom looks around. "It's always noisy. For me." He swallows and rests his eyes back on Isabella's serene face. "You can't hear it. But I can."Former flame, Abigail Perkins turns up on Tom's doorstep covered in blood. An officer's wife has been...

A woman's seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first husband in this twisty psychological thriller from Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author whom Entertainment Weekly called "impossible to outwit." After losing her husband, Derrick,...

A gunshot. A bloody note. And a relationship that might not survive... Now that the war with the Korean syndicate is behind him, all Nao Murata wants is a vacation and a chance to nurture his new relationship with Aki Hisona. They can punish...

The Times: Crime Books of the Year (BOTY)'I doubt I'll read a better book this year' Val McDermid'Compelling, immersive and brimming with life' Graeme Macrae Burnet Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable. Business...

In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than seventy years...

A gifted reporter for one of Budapest's daily newspapers, she picks up the trail in Palermo--and of course an international gang is soon hot on her heels. When a Hungarian detective is apparently liquidated and the oily Schberg Belmonte begins insinuating his way into...

Jasmine Aimaq's stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-reaching consequences of a young Kochi girl's tragic death. Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating...

The girl's body is curled up like a shell and almost completely buried in sand. Only her fingertips can be seen, reaching helplessly up towards an escape she will never find...Seventeen-year-old Shelby Mayfield sits alone on a bus to Fog Harbor, California. Aside from...

A Nordic thriller in the vein of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Death Wish, in which a female serial killer, who only feels emotion when listening to music, is hell-bent on revenge and must outwit a disgraced detective determined to redeem himself...

From internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer, a new thriller that leads detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido into the treacherous waters of government corruption at the highest level. When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benny Griessel's desk, he and his partner...

"Olgu匤, an acclaimed Argentinian novelist, delivers a layered, gripping story, finely translated by Miranda France." Best New Crime Thrillers, Financial Times THE TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH. "The Foreign Girls is very much a literary novel rather than simply a thriller. More slow-burning tango...

You're safe, Stride. I found the body at the Deeps. I buried him.Jonathan Stride's best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve's yard and find a body with...

From "one of the bonafide rock stars of the thriller genre" (The Real Book Spy) comes another tour de force in the #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series following agents Savich and Sherlock as they stumble into aAuthor: Catherine CoulterISBN-10: 1501193678ISBN-13: 9781501193675Publisher:...

How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace? A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But...

Roxy is a strong woman, a mother, and head of a drug trafficking ring, and she needs to flee with her daughter to save their lives. Roxy Reynolds learned the rules of the street nearly two decades ago as a low- level member of...

Before Blood is the Sky, the Alex McKnight series had already hit bestseller lists and won awards, but this novel took it to a whole new level. Set in the forests of northern Ontario, a land of savage beauty and sudden danger, Blood is...

"The Ryder Creed books are absolutely phenomenal." --Suspense Magazine"A flawed, fierce protagonist whose first and absolute loyalty is to his dogs, plus compelling story lines: a slam-dunk recipe for late-night reading " --The BarkRyder Creed rescues abandoned dogs and turns them into heroes. But...

A Philadelphia narcotics cop is shot dead in his home. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down during an attempted robbery. And in a beautiful mansion, a young woman dies of a heroin overdose. At first the crimes seem unconnected. But these...

Private Investigator Tessa Leoni comes up against a case where even the victim cannot be trusted in this propuslive thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author--with a cameo by her fan-favorite character, Boston Detective D.D. Warren. Nicole Frank shouldn't have survived the...

After turning a film student's directorial debut into a hit movie, New York mobster and movie fanatic Vinnie Callabrese takes off for the bright lights of Hollywood, where he begins a new life as Michael Vincent, Producer. A natural born wheeler-dealer, he lands not...

"The undisputed king of the comic crime novel."--Providence Journal"I guarantee Dorsey will never win the Nobel Prize for Literature--he's far too funny."--Richmond Times-Dispatch"If you've never read Dorsey, you need to start...You won't be disappointed."--Miami HeraldGloriously unrepentant Florida serial killer Serge Storms is back--and he's...

A writer "in the company of Child and Coben" (Connecticut Post), New York Times bestseller Andrew Gross is the acclaimed author of The Blue Zone, Eyes Wide Open, and other exceptional suspense thrillers.With 15 Seconds, he delivers an electrifying, lightning-paced story of a desperate...

A spectacular new novel, complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder and graft--not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and car--well, you get the idea Alexandra Barnaby got the brains in her family. The little gray cells certainly bypassed Barney's younger brother,...

What is your whole life worth, to the nearest dollar?A bag of cash. No owner. Do you take it?Emily Scott was the first girl Chloe Medina ever kissed. Back before she was ready to talk about that kind of thing. Now, two decades later,...

No one roots for the Henchmen-the big, dumb, tough, disposable guys who blindly follow the villains . . . but are they all bad?. . . Or are they just poorly trained, mistreated workers with evil bosses?Recent college grad, Matt, is an insurance salesman...

"Hard to believe this is the 17th Quilters Club cozy mystery by Marjory Sorrell Rockwell. Following the adventures of the denizens of Caruthers Corners, Indiana, as these amateur sleuths solve puzzlers about quilts and crooks and crazies is as addictive as a slice of...

I am thinkin' about Adolf Hitler. I am thinkin' that if it was not for this guy I would probably be kickin' around some swell place in the U.S. takin' things nice an' easy.Cara, Gayda, Pearl: three sizzling dames. Travis, Clemensky, Clansing: three desperate...

'Proceed with caution . . . to Mexico . . .'Or as special agent Lemmy Caution sees it: 'It's hot as hell. Away down the dirt road some guy's playin' one of them wailin' Mexican fandangles which give me that twilight feelin' . ....

The Bone Shrine has been praised as "both intimate and universal--a peek into the raw struggles of teen pregnancy and addiction, injustice and forgiveness." The gripping crime drama sings with the spirit of Mary. Her teen sweetheart, Joe, longs for her, the girl he's...