Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe, a series called "gloriously original" by The New York Times Book Review. With gimlet-eyed cool and razor-sharp wit, these spare, stylish stories from a...

Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best.--PeopleWinner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel - Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year - Shortlisted for the Best Swedish Book of the Year Award - One of...

The queen of the sucker-punch twist (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and author of Our House weaves a stunning masterwork of style and suspense (Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author) about a commuter who becomes a suspect in his friend's...

"One of noir's great anti-heroes"--Katherine Dunn, author of Geek LoveFleeing Reykjavik and a cluster of cult murders, punk photographer Cass Neary lands in London to rendezvous with her longtime lover Quinn, a person of interest to both Interpol and the Russian mob.Only Quinn doesn't...

Payback is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and Tin Badges. "Carcaterra's keen eye and deft style bring New York...

You thought your little girl was safe at summer camp. You were wrong.She drags her eyes open, realizing she's starting to fade. Did she imagine the voices, or were they real? She tries calling out-"Daddy?"-using all her remaining strength. But she's too late and...

A horrific double murder in small town Iowa leads to the arrest and trial of the young man who owned the murder weapon. Tony Harrington, a reporter for the local daily paper, doesn't believe the man is guilty. His search for the truth sparks...

A rookie FBI agent joins forces with Park Service rangers to confront a murderous plot by anti-government extremists in Yellowstone National Park.2021 Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book in Fiction (Independent Book Publishers Association) 2021 Best Action/Adventure Novel (Next Generation Indie Book Awards)...

Six-year-old Jaxon Lathan disappeared while playing in a park. Ten years later, he's found wandering a deserted highway.The boy's family races to the hospital to see him, but they are shocked at the sight. The bubbly youngster has been replaced by a scarred and...

Set against a ticking clock, this "haunting" and "atmospheric" thriller pits a ruthless cult against a mother's love, revealing that our darkest secrets are the hardest ones to leave behind (Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister). Four days to...

As a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you.Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he...

After the death of his mother, young Gabriel Green relocates from Chicago to Miami. To move in with his estranged father. Gabriel knows he skipped out on them when Gabriel was just a kid. Wanting nothing to do with either of them after Gabriel...

Tony Dante is on a winning streak. His perfect conviction rate has earned him a reputation as a talented young prosecutor on the rise in New York's crime-ridden Bronx County. But a dark secret he's hiding may destroy it all when Dante takes on...

"Intricate and Ingenious. Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee Child, #1 World-Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up with where Lee Child's "The Hard Way" leaves off in Diane Capri's latest thriller in The Hunt...

The truth was dead and buried...until now. When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone. As the bones are sorted, it becomes clear that the...

"The best living Italian crime writer" immerses readers in a gritty noir novel featuring PI Marco "the Alligator" Buratti (Il Manifesto). This novel, by one of Italy's bestselling crime novelists, provides a unique perspective on the criminal and social dynamics that dominate contemporary Italy.One...

Kiki Swinson delivers startling twists, unforgettable characters--and a stark, unforgettable portrait of life in the South. Now she detonates an explosive tale about a couple who can't get enough--and a risk that will exact a merciless price . . . Nobody will get hurt...

Critics are raving about this deliciously chilling new thriller from Scandanavian crime-writing sensation Camilla L臘kberg.Named by major media outlets, such as USA TODAY, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, as a main successor to Stieg Larsson, Swedish author L臘kberg is on the...

The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander - From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the seventh riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.On Midsummer's Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in eighteenth-century garb are shot...

In the latest addition to the acclaimed Pierce Hunt series, Hunt races across Europe to stop an ever-changing threat to national security before it's too late to save his country or his friends.When the CIA calls on former Army Ranger Pierce Hunt to find...

To kill is one of the greatest crimes against humanity―to kill repeatedly, often accompanied by sexually motivated acts that are also taboo, is beyond comprehension. Why do serial killers and psychopaths do it? What motivates them? Wildly deviant behaviour can sometimes be understood when...

"This inaugural volume in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, featuring the first woman sleuth in a series, is a must for genre buffs."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)From the "mother of detective novel" and the first book unearthed in exclusive partnership with the Library...

Once Alaska's top P.I., Sidney Reed shares a rundown apartment with a cat. When offered a bundle of cash for a simple surveillance job, Sidney sees a chance to put the broken pieces of his life back together. But once the job turns deadly,...

Ever since her best friend Molly was murdered fifteen years before, Blair Butler has returned to her small hometown as seldom as possible. Now she's been summoned back to see her terminally ill sister one last time - only for Celeste to make a...

He looked down at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around a teddy bear. He knew he was the only one who could save her. He could let her sleep forever. An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California...

THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NEXT GIRL She's just the girl he's looking for... A young woman falls from a van speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to...

Winner of the Shamus Award and Lefty Award Would you risk your own soul to avenge the death of a loved one? A phone call thrusts Rick Cahill's past and all its tragic consequences into his present. Krista Landingham, his former partner on the...

"In Hunt Them Down, Gervais has crafted an intelligent and thoughtful thriller that mixes family dynamics with explosive action...The possibilities are endless in this new series, and this will easily find an enthusiastic audience craving Hunt's next adventures." --Associated PressThe dark world he's been...

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** Best of the Year--Seattle Times An elite assassin goes undercover as an unpaid office lackey in The Intern's Handbook, "a sexy, darkly comic thriller with cinematic flourishes" (New York Daily News).Author: Shane KuhnISBN-10: 1476733848ISBN-13: 9781476733845Publisher: Simon & SchusterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2015Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Bronze award winner in the Royal Palm Literary Awards, a semi-finalist in the CLUE (Mystery, Suspense and Thriller) Awards and the Kindle Book Awards, West of Famous is the third book in the Compass Crimes...

Starting with her award-winning debut, French has scored four consecutive "New York Times" bestsellers and established herself as one of the top names in the genre. "Broken Harbor" is quintessential FrenchNa damaged hero, an unspeakable crime, and an intricately plotted mysteryNnestled in a timely...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The suspense novel for all others to beat . . . a] must read."--The Denver Post WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL It is the spring of 1945, and in a dusty, remote community, the world's...

Just as with his remarkable military novels, millions of readers have been captured by the rich characters and vivid realism of W. E. B. Griffin's police dramas. "Griffin has the knack," writes The Philadelphia Inquirer. He "sets his novel before you in short, fierce,...

A brutal crime...A group of urban terrorists...An investigation of dirty cops...The leads in these supposedly unconnected cases have become tangled in some very ugly--and dangerous--knots. Now Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues find themselves fearing not only for their jobs, but also...

From the international bestselling author of Eeny Meeny comes the second thriller in the "truly excellent series"* featuring Detective Helen Grace. A man's body is found in an empty house. A gruesome memento of his murder is sent to his wife and children.He is...

Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for an easy job-but when he tries to protect an American woman, nothing is what it seems in a web of money, betrayal, and murder . . . Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey...

When an alluring blonde with ties to the CIA disappears from a murder scene, Detective Lindsay Boxer turns to the Women's Murder Club to help her track down an elusive suspect: her husband.As she settles into motherhood and a happy marriage, Lindsay Boxer thinks...

New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns as Detective Carl M rck and his Department Q team delve into a cold case that turns into more than they may be able to handle... In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused...

A Best Novel nominee for the 2017 Anthony Award!An African-American man accused of rape by a humiliated girl. A vengeful father. A courageous attorney. A worshipful daughter. Think you know this story? Think again. Laura Lippman, the "extravagantly gifted" (Chicago Tribune) New York Times...

Past and present, truth and memory collide in this searing novel from the award winning, New York Times bestselling author A successful memoirist returns home to Baltimore searching for inspiration for her next book. When she discovers an old classmate is accused of a...

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool Me Twice, shame on me...When the body of a high-profile, semi-retired barrister is found brutally murdered at his Norfolk home, DI Tom Janssen and the team must work to uncover who killed him and why.With a glittering...

Two couples cut to bits near a canyon close to the Nevada border. The police pull over blood-soaked Arlo Ward not far from the site of the grisly murders; he fully cooperates with the officers, grinning through a remorseless confession dripping with gory detail....

A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.She thought she was alone ...True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated to...

Meet Ava Lee -- the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salandar -- in the first installment of the wildly popular Ava Lee novels. Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant, who specializes in recovering massive debts and...

A teenage girl charged with a shocking murder. A female bounty hunter hired to track her down her. And a horrific truth buried for years.Uncover a dark and twisted truth in the pulse-pounding debut of the Jinx Ballou Bounty Hunter series. Jinx, a fiercely...

Singapore, 1939A young Japanese woman is found dead on the dockside, her throat slashedInspector Maximo Betancourt is working a new beat, one he didn't ask for. Following the disappearance of his wife, his life and career have fallen apart.A distinctive tiger tattoo is the...

WINNER OF THE 2022 CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER 'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-is sense of time and space ... a palpable hit' Independent 'Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime...

Nestled in the autumn leaves, her hair tangled in thick brambles, the girl looks like she could be sleeping amongst the wild roses. But the trail of red across her delicate throat means this is a slumber she will never wake from...When a search...

"Please Mommy, can Tessa and I go play on the swing by the creek?" the little girl begs, pushing a blonde curl from her eyes. "We'll stay together, and we promise to be safe." Hours later, their mother waits anxiously for her darling girls...

A convicted killer. A gifted thief. A vicious ganglord. A disillusioned cop. Together they're a missing girl's only hope. Dr. Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected pediatric surgeon, is now an ex-con down on her luck. She's determined to keep her nose clean and...