Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

On New Year s Day a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It s a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan....

The "unputdownable courtroom drama" (Stephen King) and riveting sequel to the landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent, in which Tommy Molto and Rusty Sabich come head-to-head in a second murder trial. More than twenty years after Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto went head-to-head in the shattering...

A savvy businesswoman and an assassin struggle to outwit the FBI -- and each other -- in this #1 NYT bestselling story of sizzling romance and shocking deception from a masterful storyteller (USA Today). When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a...

There's nothing strange about bodies buried in cemeteries--unless they don't belong there. And when six murdered women are discovered in other people's graves, the hunt for a sadistic serial killer begins before he can claim a seventh victim.Agent Cam Prescott of Iowa's Division of...

Isobel Swan, a sixth form student, has been murdered. First, her ring finger is severed, then her throat is cut.With the investigation going nowhere fast, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is sent undercover as a trainee teacher into Isobel's boarding school.But to find the killer,...

From revered Colombian writer Laura Restrepo comes the smart, thrilling story of a young woman trying to outrun a nightmare.Mar a Paz is a young Latin American woman who, like many others, has come to America chasing a dream. When she is accused of...

As a professional bodyguard, Hilja Ilveskero rarely loses her cool. But one day, she and a client have an argument in a Moscow fur salon, and Hilja quits on the spot. When the client turns up dead, Hilja quickly discovers that she is a...

Richard Marzten thinks he's getting away with the perfect affair--his wife will never suspect, and he'll continue his luxurious lifestyle with the addition of afternoon trysts.But cheaters never prosper, and, in Richard's case, they may not even live. His lies begin to unravel, and...

Whoever says crime doesn't pay isn't doing it right.There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a thing of beauty--so perfectly orchestrated that onlookers believe he and his crew are winning...

"An interesting concept developed into an exciting read" (Kirkus Reviews)--the final novel in a groundbreaking international thriller trilogy about a deadly game that blurs the line between reality and fiction. Henrik "HP" Pettersson could never have imagined he'd become entwined in a chaotic and...

The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, this gripping story follows a retired expat journalist in contemporary China who tries to crack a murder case as he battles his own personal demons. American...

A "gripping thriller" (Publishers Weekly) featuring page-turning tension, psychological twists and turns, and an unforgettable voice, perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn.Jonathan Caine is a true master of the universe--a currency arbitrageur earning millions with a trophy wife, a penthouse condo...

From "a writer to watch," this gripping psychological thriller follows a young woman who uncovers a decades-old secret in her idyllic suburban neighborhood--but who will believe her? THE PERFECT HOUSE . . . THE PERFECT LIFE . . . THE PERFECT TRAP Hannah Riley...

Now in mass market from the New York Times bestselling author--a mesmerizing thriller where life and death are played out against the backdrop of America's favorite pastime. Forced to retire from his job as a scout for the Yankees, Jack Barrett is just getting...

If you loved Gone Girl, then make this page-turning debut next on your reading list: "Sabine Durrant offers more twists than a rollercoaster in her thriller Under Your Skin, which proves you can trust no one" (Good Housekeeping).Gaby Mortimer is the woman who has...

Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the internet. But most people are happy to spend their lives plugged in, and the country is decaying....

Long-buried secrets are being unearthed. And they're very close to home...Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns yet again to her hometown to investigate a spine-chilling case in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. The Paula Maguire series is the perfect read...

This explosive novel of the drug trade takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge.Art Montana is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wrong Man and Eyes on You comes a harrowing new psychological thriller about a successful self-help author who suddenly finds her life spiraling dangerously out of control.What would you do if you realized that your...

Retired detective Ed Traynor returns in the next exciting thriller from Vaughn Hardacker, and this time, the case is personal. When Private Investigator Ed Traynor is summoned to a remote spot in the New Hampshire woods by his old friend County Sheriff Buck Buchanan,...

Danno Garland has it made. After years of planning, backstabbing, and shady handshakes, he controls the world heavyweight champion and just about everywhere he can wrestle. Danno's outmaneuvered the other New York bosses, and he's the first in pro wrestling history to expand beyond...

From the Foreword: Money Talks is a novel with a strange past behind it-and an even stranger present all around it. It's a book that some readers and reviewers have been kind enough to call prophetic. That's a nice word, and very flattering, but...

From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall comes this "action-packed, relentlessly paced thriller" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) featuring US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail...

California homicide detective Vince Magliore returns to his hometown of Hull, Massachusetts for some rest and relaxation. He's on medical leave for wounds sustained in a shootout with a deranged LA cop intent on killing other cops as payback for having been fired.Magliore, hooked...

A young woman's bludgeoned body is found floating in the ocean off Cape Cod. Strikingly attractive with swimsuit model looks, the victim has left behind a string of male admirers, and is suspected of having had ties to a local drug dealer. Because of...

Gabriel is dead. Zooey is missing. Stevenson's war with the Reeves crew was over, or so he thought, but they found out his identity. And so did the police. Stevenson sets out to find Zooey, and the man that killed his family decades ago....

Set in Pacific City, a fictional southern California town nationally recognized for its safety. A promiscuous teenager is murdered: suspects include a respected football coach, family members, an escaped convict and a high school student planning to replicate the Columbine massacre. A white supremacist...

Twenty years after the assassination of his father at the hands of terrorists, Tim Keegan is sworn into the ranks of the NYPD. Keegan not only wears his father's badge on his chest and patrols the same precinct that his father did, but he...

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance.Their first case is a success--the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow--a stabbing on Sunningdale golf...

A gripping new mystery from the author of The Wild Inside, set in the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National ParkIn the darkening days of autumn, a murdered journalist's body is discovered in a remote region near the Canadian border. Before she was...

Jake Crosby has traded in a stockbroker's suit and tie for a standard-issue uniform. As a newly minted Mississippi game warden, he has two tough cases to cut his teeth on--the ongoing robbery of wealthy hunters and the ruthless search for a rumored hidden...

Medical examiner Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman was not meant to be idle, which is why she's back at a murder scene even while reeling from recent chemotherapy treatments. Having undergone a double mastectomy, all she wants to do is dive back into her medical examiner...

To Rebecca it was a brave decision that led to her freedom from domestic abuse. To Solomon it was the ultimate betrayal.It's been ten years since Rebecca's testimony saw Solomon locked away. Enough time for the nightmares to recede, the nerves to relax; enough...

Hunters become the hunted in a pulse-pounding art heist thriller from an international bestselling author.It begins with a tantalizing clue: a recent photograph taken of Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man--one of the most priceless masterworks ever plundered by the Nazis, which disappeared and...

A gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies.It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather forget, she wonders...

A senior American security adviser is missing, presumed kidnapped for his top-level military intelligence. FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein needs to track him down before classified information gets into the wrong hands. She needs Jon Reznick on board.The former black-ops assassin is supposed to...

Bestselling Polish crime by award-winning author Zygmunt Miloszewski.All eyes are on famous prosecutor Teodor Szacki when he investigates a skeleton discovered at a construction site in the idyllic Polish city of Olsztyn. Old bones come as no shock to anyone in this part of...

Con artist Billy Cunningham is no stranger to the casinos of Las Vegas--he's ripped off every single one. But his latest scam--a year in the making--promises his crew their biggest payday yet. Billy has thought of everything down to the last detail...or so he...

A lost world. An ancient code. A deadly chase.Five ancient statues have been unearthed in South America, each containing a mysterious coded message hinting at an origin many thought impossible: the mythical world of Atlantis. As word of their discovery spreads, the prized figurines...

Author: Steven P. ArthurISBN-10: 1503552136ISBN-13: 9781503552135Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2015Pages: 348Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

In 1963, John C Cole, landed a position as a Sanitation Organizer II at the Russell City Dumps located in an unincorporated part of Alameda County next to the city of Hayward. Beyond the dumps lay the small town of Russell City. John worked...

A gripping crime thriller from the bestselling author of Hide and Seek. Three police officer brothers are carrying out their own form of vigilante justice by executing criminals who have escaped prosecution on technicalities. They have managed to keep their actions hidden until an...

When a court ruling once again halts the carrying out of the death sentences of hundreds of condemned murderers, a frustrated vigilante organization decides to take matters into its own hands. In a mysterious and grisly act of horror, San Quentin's entire population of...

How can you ever hope to find normal when your life is anything but? Determined to make amends for his past, and show Columbia he truly is a changed man, Dimitri sets out to right wrongs and decimate those who bring nothing but sorrow...

Special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take on a criminal mastermind in the next captivating thriller in the New York Times bestselling A Brit in the FBI series. "Coulter and Ellison smoothly mix contemporary political issues with eerie historical legend in this fast-paced"...

"A higher level than the standard thriller. Readers will enjoy this book for the suspense... and] love it for the skill and mastery Moretti has for her craft." --New York Journal of Books "Morbid...Moretti pulls some tricky tricks." --The New York Times New York...

From the award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages comes a "gripping read with emotion-charged twists and turns" (Tess Gerritsen) about a professor accused of killing her student in a hit-and-run accident.Nan Lewis--a creative writing professor at a university in upstate New York--is...

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the context of the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. He began writing in his 20s, and...

Ranjit Singh came with high hopes, to England, to study Medicine, he was raised in India a place called Punjab, both his parents were poor belong to a farming community. Ranjit won a scholarship that Oxford University held in India, he was picked from...

NB this book was previously published under the pen-name Tom Macaulay 'This is thriller writing of a rare order' DAILY EXPRESS 'One of the most impressive novels in years' CRIME TIME A son seeks to uncover the secrets of his father's wartime past, but...