Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

"Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap . . ."--GALATIANS 6:7-8 HARLEM HOLIDAY's much-anticipated debut novel takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through the life and mind of 17-year-old Symone Harris, the victim of...

A Tough-As-Nails Bounty Hunter, A Teenage Murder Suspect, And A Deadly SecretAfter she's outed by a newspaper and blackballed by bail bond agents, bounty hunter Jinx Ballou is determined to prove she's still one of the best in the business, even if she's transgender.Jinx...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS From the former Chief Justice of Canada--a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising young defense attorney faced with a case that hits close to home. When everyone has something to hide, the truth is...

Investigative reporter Peter Michaels takes a fresh look at one of Chicago's most heinous crimes of the past century: the brutal rape and murder of an attractive, young female medical student. Four men were originally caught, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison,...

Scientific consultant Penny Yee has barely drawn breath before Detective Inspector Tanner assigns her another suspicious death, with Matiu tagging along for the ride. That's fine as long as he stays outside the crime scene tape, but when one of Matiu's former cronies turns...

Hard as stone gangster, street-named... Boss. Is in too deep to turn back now. He wants to rule the Miami underworld, and then some. Only one rival stands in his way, and Boss has dispatched numerous resources in an attempt to end his life....

Book 1 in a trilogy of dark humor novels, this hilarious series follows the bloody journey of Sarah Killian, a strong female...serial killer for hire. I'm Sarah Killian, and I am a foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, text-book loner. Oh, and I'm a Professional Serial Killer, forced...

CIA officer Karl Baier has been running a highly-placed source in the Communist Party and Hungarian government from his post in Vienna for over a year. When he receives a warning that is source is in danger, Baier knows he will have to return...

From friends ... to lovers ... to murder.Haley Montgomery is chasing a dream she can't quite catch, to become a successful screenwriter. She'd do anything to escape her family's failing vineyard and unrequited love for her best friend Marc Vincetti. Then the opportunity of...

Lewis is a town of secrets.There have long been rumors of something unnatural in the swamp, and more than one person has gone missing. Many blame the Royce family while others believe in a local monster, rising from the dark waters.As a child, Caleb...

1993. Houston. Dr. Wale Olufunmi, lunar rock geologist, has a life most Nigerian immigrants would kill for, but then most Nigerians aren't Wale--a great scientific mind in exile with galactic ambitions. Then comes an outlandish order: steal a piece of the moon. With both...

New short stories of searing white-hot prose starring pulpdom's most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: THE SPIDER! More just than the law, more dangerous than the Underworld...hated, feared and wanted by both! One cloaked, fanged, border-line crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard...

Poker Anyone? Joe Cameron, a Montreal ex-cop turned Private Eye, is hired by a woman to investigate the death of her brother, which occurred within hours of playing in a poker tournament in Las Vegas. The local police have concluded that the death was...

Special Agent Drew Cady has waved goodbye to Washington, D.C., and ten years of chasing violent felons in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Investigative Division (CID). He is on the mend, both physically and emotionally, as he helps run his fianc馥's resort in...

Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an English art student, and semi-retired detective Pino Fratelli. Their investigations lead them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite...

A rambling old house, surrounded by a gorgeous rose garden with an elegant fountain, looks too perfect to be true. But could this beautiful place be the link between a string of peculiar deaths? Sukey Reynolds is photographing the scene of a burglary at...

The sun breaks through the clouds to shine on a little cottage where a mossy path leads to the front door, but inside something terrible has happened... Police photographer Sukey Reynolds is looking forward to a quiet weekend gardening at home, when she gets...

Don't trust your friends. Don't trust your family. Don't trust yourself... When a young mother is found dead in her home with a mysterious symbol drawn on her body, DI Katie Rhodes is shaken to her core; it's a perfect match to the birthmark...

Special Agent Kari Wheeler may have made the worst decision of her life.The deeper she digs into her new assignment, investigating corruption in the Philadelphia strip club industry, the more her work begins to threaten everything she values most--her FBI career, her marriage, even...

Maxy Awards "Best Thriller""Get in on the ground floor of this engrossing small-town crime thriller. Highly recommended for fans of C.J. Box and Craig Johnson." -Best ThrillersPrepare for a heart-pumping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! In book two...

A daughter -- Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behavior, the apparent delight in hurting others . . . Sometimes Beth is scared of her and what she could be capable of.Author:...

A gripping tale of a beautiful flamenco dancer from Spain with an aristocratic pedigree, and the only child to an overbearing famous bullfighter. She journeys to America on a dance tour in New York City, fulfilling a childhood dream to see America the Beautiful...

Kevin life began on the notorious streets of Chicago, Illinois. Where he experienced at a young age the horrors of the world in one of its purest form. After witnessing his childhood best friends lose his life in a drive-by shooting on the playground....

The decade long search for one of the world's most dangerous men, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman led Mexican and U.S., authorities on a bizarre journey that cemented his infamy in history. Mired in violence and lore, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel escaped prison...

Having barely survived a fight for his life with an international terrorist, former covert operative Jon Morton is now plunged into a nerve-wracking quest for a killer who knows everything about him, but whom he knows almost nothing about. Jon can rely on only...

Chaos has descended on the Valducci family. Gina Valducci's grandmother, mentor, and founder of the family's thriving nursery business, has died. Her death sets off a string of seemingly unrelated events, including two horrific murders. Gina's colleague, Jeff, stands out as an obvious suspect,...

The world knows Parisian private investigator Aim e Leduc, heroine of 15 mysteries in this New York Times bestselling series, as a tr s chic, no-nonsense detective--the toughest and most relentless in the City of Lights. Now, author Cara Black dips back in time...

Jennifer Shannon buys an old framed picture at an estate sale, discovering a mysterious map and riddle hidden inside. Flying to Naples, Florida, to rescue her aging mother from a devious criminal preying on seniors, she sits on the plane beside William Early, who...

Jennifer Shannon lives in secure, affluent McLean, Virginia, where she stumbles into danger lurking in places she thought absolutely safe. Her passion for weekend treasure hunting at local garage and estate sales pulls her into a twisted world of crimes, child abuse and murder....

Alexia Lindale knows her new case is a matter of life and death. She doesn't have a clue what it will do to her heart...and soul.From the Christy-award-winning author of The List, The Trial, and The Sacrifice comes this twisting tale of tough decisions,...

The debut from the author of Mouth to Mouth, a novel about obsession that makes for obsessive reading. All Owen Patterson wants is an normal life, a happy marriage, and a stable family. But following the brutal and random murder of his brother-in-law, that...

Meet Jack Reacher's genetic duplicate. And the assassins determined to track him down... Rock Wahlman: Forty-one years old, United States Navy Master at Arms, E-8, retired. DOB 14 October 2057. Grew up in an orphanage, recently discovered that he is the product of a...

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.Former defense attorney Darren Street is desperately trying to put his life back together after spending two years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he didn't commit. He's rebuilding his law practice, reconnecting with his son, and falling more...

It is 1947. Mason is on the hunt for the man behind his worst nightmares, the Gestapo commander who, during the war, executed a little girl Mason had sworn to protect. The image of her lifeless body in the blood-stained snow haunts him nightly.Now...

Whatever you do, DON'T give away that ending... "Terribly addictive" * * * * *Three good friends.One tragic summer.A book that tells it all. "A tremendously compelling page-turner" * * * * * When little Julie goes missing in summer 1986, David and Samuel...

'What a read! I was hooked from the very first chapter! Chilling and terrifying, this is guaranteed to have your heart pounding the whole way through!' Netgalley reviewer, 5*****__I told my daughter a terrible lie...Lorna never told her sixteen-year-old daughter the chilling truth about...

"Buckle up for a full-throttle thriller drawn with full-bodied characters." -Best ThrillersAn hour after Randolph Spiers quits his job as a mechanical engineer, he finally approaches the woman he's eyed at the supermarket, only to watch it explode minutes later with her trapped inside....

When the official investigation into the murder of a respectable local businessman fails to add up, and personal problems start to play havoc with her state of mind, New Zealand's favourite young detective Sam Shephard turns vigilante... 'Fast-moving New Zealand procedural ... the Edinburgh...

A murdered family-man. A young woman tortured and set on fire. A face from the past...DI Nathaniel Caslin is stable, for the first time in years. Now, he can look to the future, or so he thought. Granting a small favour to a friend,...

Two women are dead. They both look like you.The giant stretch of frozen river was melting and the light made the lake glitter like crystals. The women lay side by side on the shore, eyes open and glassy. Their long, dark hair was like...

Plunging under the cold ocean surface, her long blonde hair drags in the current and she frantically kicks towards the light. With her arms and legs tied she is helpless. As water fills her lungs, she has just one regret. She never told anyone...

From James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author: a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is...

Jack Cade returns in this explosive thriller by Lewis Hastings, author of The Seventh Wave trilogy.Twelve women hunted by a deadly enemyA young African woman's body is found slumped in a London side street. Her stomach slashed open, a single diamond hiding within.A shameful...

When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn to?The celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend annually on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI...

She rolls over and reaches for her instinctively: her baby. Her hand hits air and flaps redundantly. She stumbles out of bed and switches on the light. But this only confirms it. The baby is gone. Someone has taken her.Sixteen years ago, Lizzie Armitage...

A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.Clues to a hidden treasure. Clues to a family secret. Both lead to murder in a twisting novel of suspense by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot.A national treasure hunt with a $2 million prize...

The sun sets. The moon takes its place, illuminating the most evil corners of the planet. What twisted fear dwells in that blackness? What legends attach to those of sound mind and make them go crazy in the bright light of day? Only Suspense...

A chilling attack. A missing child. And a twisted killer driven to the very brink.DI Louise Blackwell is still reeling from her brother Paul's murder when she is brought back from enforced leave and tasked with solving a strange new case--the slaughter of wild...

A notorious serial child killer escapes custody and is on the loose.Another girl goes missing, and her family ties to Michael's sister and Tess's old best friend are too close for comfort.In the chilling conclusion of the Girl Who Ran trilogy, Tess McClintock and...

The third time is a charm Jack McCoul is back in the latest installment of the fast, surprising, and witty mystery series featuring a former con man who solves murders."Loaded with one liners. Keeps the plot turning." - Kirkus ReviewsEl Ni o brings more...