Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Mississippi Library Association 2020 Author Award Winner - Best Fiction"The Prison is an exciting murder mystery led by amateur sleuth Shell Ferguson, who uncovers clues in disarming and lively ways. A brilliant novel " -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue RatShell Ferguson visits...

Jack looked up at the giant, dead body brazenly hung on the quaint Welcome to Darrington sign. He turned to the town's mayor. "Mayor Lewis, when you said people had nothing to fear, it pricked the killer's vanity. He's using this latest victim to...

Now in paperback, Fred Van Lente's brilliant debut is both a savagely funny homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood...

You never know what tomorrow will bring. When 20-year-old Inayah moves to the United States with her family, she hopes that she will discover a new life, away from the savage conflict which has engulfed the Middle East. But what she finds instead, is...

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to serial killers. Some are captured and sentenced to death, while others still lurk in communities throughout the world. Author Michael J. Manley contends that you can't truly write about something unless you experience it...

Seventeen-year-old Marianna Bertagnoli is miserable... Not only did her father abandon her five years ago, now she's being uprooted and forced to move with her mother and new stepdad to a creepy Victorian house they inherited in the even creepier town of Flocksdale. Flocksdale...

Revelation at the Snows is the second of a trilogy, following the first, Murder in the Snows--Snows being a channel in the Les Cheneaux area of eastern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Sheriff George is once again confronted with murder of the worst kind....

"Sam, the intrepid 'danger magnet' heroine of the series, is drawn into a heart-pounding action adventure so intense the reader is left hyperventilating right to the end." Don Stratton, Author of the Hunter McCoy Mystery Series --Present Day-- The only person capable of locating...

"From a Boeing 767 emergency landing to heart-pounding helicopter ops, Menear weaves real-life accuracy into a story like none I've ever read." B?ker, Verified Reviewer --Present Day-- Cleared by the NTSB of any fault when a mid-flight explosion demands a white-knuckle emergency landing of...

Monte Carlo's most lavish casinos have become the targets of an efficient, brutal, and highly successful group of criminal gamblers; a casino dealer has been beaten to death; a German heiress's son has been kidnapped. Who better to connect the crimes, and foil the...

Murder by Health Proxy is a heart-wrenching novel that is based on a true story. It takes you down a road of disbelief and wonder about a murder. The story allows you to draw your own conclusions as to why someone would intentionally murder...

Six years ago, the woman Carter Blake loved disappeared and told him not to ever look for her. For six long years, he kept that promise. She was a woman on the run--a woman with a secret many would kill for. It was better...

Three years ago, Hadley Tate, a prostitute, was murdered in the city of Silverkeep, a quiet oasis of middle- to upper-class families. No one was ever convicted of the murder, and the case was soon forgotten by the authorities.Until now.Two drifters, J and Ben,...

Three years ago, Hadley Tate, a prostitute, was murdered in the city of Silverkeep, a quiet oasis of middle- to upper-class families. No one was ever convicted of the murder, and the case was soon forgotten by the authorities.Until now.Two drifters, J and Ben,...

Greeley, Colorado, calm and peaceful. Just what Detective Meranda Shaw needed. New York, where she currently lived with her husband Robert was putting a strain on their marriage. She worked long tedious hours with no signs of letting up. Meranda soon learned the darkness...

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2019 FINALIST IN THE LEGAL THRILLER CATEGORY A YOUNG FEMALE ATTORNEY TAKES ON A POWERFUL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND UNCOVERS FRAUD, MYSTERY, AND MURDER Champaign, Georgia, Davis County: A young attorney and her husband have relocated to the small, idyllic town...

I used to work as a garbage man, so I decided to write a book that no one else has ever done before. So I hope yall enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. I do appreciate anybody who has worked...

Let me introduce myself. My name is Gore Lyle. I'm a six-foot-two-inch, two-hundred-pound (of mostly muscle) ex-Green Beret, ex-cop, undercover SPUTF (Special Police Undercover Terrorism Force) agent. I also am independently wealthy thanks to a mob chief. Did I mention the mob would probably...

When Alain Delambre lost his job four years ago, he lost everything. Now he's breaking all the rules for one last shot at the life he thinks he deserves."you won't see the final twist coming" The New York Times"A really excellent suspense novelist." Stephen...

A BJ Vinson Mystery B. J. Vinson is a former Marine and ex-Albuquerque PD detective turned confidential investigator. Against his better judgment, BJ agrees to find the gay gigolo who was responsible for his breakup with prominent Albuquerque lawyer Del Dahlman and recover some...

Sexy and determined, Chicago Detective Jennifer Mueller is the perfect bait to catch a satanic killer. But when the covert sting goes wrong, her life is changed forever. As she goes back undercover, she's unaware of the factions that are out for revenge. They've...

A body, wrapped in plastic, is discovered in a ditch along a secluded country road. Detective Jade Monroe, and her partner, Jack Steele, arrive at the scene in minutes. Suspicious looking evidence gives the impression that this young woman has been held captive.As days...

In the weeks following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, thousands of runaways descended on ravaged New Orleans with the hopes of finding jobs to help rebuild one of America's most intriguing city-New Orleans. Young, naive, and ready for adventure, they unknowingly walked into...

With Martin Morton banged up, Dave Carter thinks he's on easy street. But Martin's wife, Babs, has other ideas. She knows she can be just as clever and brutal as a man given a chance, and she is going to grab this opportunity with...

From USA Today Bestselling author K Webster comes a dark psychological thriller A girl was taken.Nadia saw it all...But remembers nothing.One Colorado cop has been hunting for answers regarding the disappearance of his younger sister for years. Every lead is a dead end. Each...

Jack Winchester must rely on his old skills to save a brother and sister smuggled into Los Angeles from Hong Kong. When Jack travels to Skid Row in order to put the past behind him, he is forced to contend with the Triads.Author: Jon...

"A killer is on the loose..."The quiet tourist town of Cabarita Beach has been rocked by a series of grisly murders. 5 women dead, all with the same M.O. - black, strung-out prostitutes. But Detective Jack Creed is thrown for a loop when the...

Ben was just a young boy living in a small town; but, already had a life that was less then perfect. Just a normal boy that wanted to play and be happy; however, he could never find that sanctuary. Between the constant teasing, the...

Award-winning author Brad Parks delivers a tense novel of thrills, twists, and deceit that grabs you and won't let go until the final, satisfying page. Tommy Jump is an out-of-work stage actor approached by the FBI with the role of a lifetime: Go undercover...

"This electrifying novel...[is] a gripping mystery with a timely, unnerving message--you won't be able to look away."--People, "Book of the Week" "A book so good you can't look away." --O Magazine, "Best Books of Summer" Two-time Edgar Award-winning author Lori Roy entangles readers in...

Author: Kevin J. RyanISBN-10: 1499070276ISBN-13: 9781499070279Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/2014Pages: 306Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

"There's so much to love in Susan Bickford's newest novel, Dread of Winter: a profound sense of place, the visceral evocation of a bitter winter's cold, a dead-on depiction of the pit of despair that is the opioid epidemic, and language so beautiful on...

The perfect brother. The perfect boyfriend. The perfect lie.Mags doesn't believe her brother's fall was an accident. In that forty-foot stairwell, he didn't just slip over the edge.But there is only one witness, Jody, the girlfriend grieving at his bedside.Which is another story Mags...

"The Assassins' Game never runs out of ammo-or surprises, as Caleb Frost battles an evil cult of human traffickers and professional killers. If you're looking for action and suspense, Assassins' Game delivers " -Robert C. Yeager, New York Times writer and author of The...

"The Assassins' Game never runs out of ammo-or surprises, as Caleb Frost battles an evil cult of human traffickers and professional killers. If you're looking for action and suspense, Assassins' Game delivers " -Robert C. Yeager, New York Times writer and author of The...

Twenty-eight-year-old Clay Bamford mistakenly thinks he is just bidding his parents farewell for a short time as they depart their Idaho ranch for a vacation. As their RV heads down the road away from home, Clay has no idea that in just a short...

Three young men, best friends, two black one white, are raised in the Church but take to the streets and become street hustlers. The street hustling doesn't go well so they decide to open three Churches, but only as a front so the Mexican...

Set over the course of twenty-four exhilarating hours, Undercard is the story of four childhood friends, now in their early thirties, unexpectedly reunited by a high-profile prizefight in a Las Vegas casino . . . and an even higher-profile murder.When Tyron Shaw returns to...

In the latest installment of the Ava Lee novels, Ava becomes embroiled in a violent war between feuding gangs vying for control of the Wanchai territory in Hong Kong.Ava is in Shanghai visiting her ailing friend, the Mountain Master Xu, when a triad war...

In Tokyo, Charlie Hillier discovers you can't always bank on the truth. Fresh off a harrowing experience in Russia, Charlie is keen to lay low, and his latest posting to Tokyo offers him the chance to immerse himself in a truly foreign culture. Charlie...

Located just north of Boston, Nashua, New Hampshire, is known as a quiet city--until a series of violent murders makes front page news just before Memorial Day weekend. The brutal killings leave citizens terrified, and the NH State Police respond by bringing in an...

D. C. attorney Trevor Mann is about to discover a shocking secret . . . and to uncover the truth, he must solve the most shocking mystery of his life.After a serious professional stumble, attorney Trevor Mann may have finally hit his stride. He's...

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott comes a fast paced thriller that will leave you wondering how far you'll go to forget the worst moment in your life. Everyone has a memory they'd like to forget. For federal witness Miles Kendrick, it's...

State Senator Paul Giannis is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother Cass is newly released from prison, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Dita Kronon. When Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the...

The next thrilling installment in the Annika Bengtzon series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Liza Marklund, who Henning Mankell called "Queen of Scandinavian Crime Fiction."The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, now available on Netflix. In this follow-up...

When a man is murdered and his son abducted, it looks like his wife is guilty...but Annika Bengtzon sets off for the truth in this thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author Liza Marklund.The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter,...

While on her last assignment with British Intelligence in Morocco, the widowed Julia Probyn Jamieson meets and is strongly attracted to an Irish country lawyer, Gerald O'Brien, who is travelling with friends of hers. O'Brien has asked Julia to marry him but she delays...

The Legend Lives On... After Antonio Montero is killed, Gena is left alone, pregnant, and addicted to drugs. Her life turns around when she falls for Dr. Shawn Bomoski. Their married life in Detroit seems to be a fairytale and Shawn is eager to...

THE HOUSE OF LASSENBERRY 1970h is the continuation of the Lassenberry family fighting for independence in the criminal world from the Mafia and the National Agreement. This ongoing battle takes the Lassenberry clan over international waters.Author: Daniel WebbISBN-10: 1480847356ISBN-13: 9781480847354Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2017Pages:...

Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat...