Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

At a private showing in the Louvre, Napoleon Bonaparte's great-great-grand niece Margot Steiner admires the painting of her famous ancestor while wearing a precious Ceylon sapphire necklace commissioned by the emperor himself. After getting caught in a commotion on the crowded staircase, however, Mrs....

Author: Maggie GilesISBN-10: 1990253873ISBN-13: 9781990253874Publisher: Rising ActionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2025Pages: 384Format: Paperback

In Atlanta's shadows, where secrets fester and the missing stay buried, one woman's quest for truth threatens to unearth her own haunted past...Jenna Wyatt thought she'd left her demons behind when she traded her GBI badge for a private detective's license. But when a...

In 1950, a missing persons report turned into one of the most suspenseful stories of a double homicide ever recorded. It was the perfect crime: no motive, no clues, and no bodies.Against all odds, investigative reporter Gene McLain put his career on the line...

Secrets. We all have them. Sometimes, merely embarrassing. Sometimes, fatal. See what happens when those secrets come into the light of day, and how lives are changed, and ended, as a result.Thrill Ride Magazine is an ongoing themed anthology of action-adventure fiction, where the...

In a quiet, unassuming town, Billy is just another face in the crowd-an ordinary maintenance worker with an extraordinary secret. While he spends his days tending to the needs of the elderly, a dark ambition simmers beneath the surface, fueled by an insatiable desire...

To rescue the love of his life, legendary conman Gideon Sable must pull off his most impossible heist yet. . . good thing he has some scary, magical friends with some pretty sticky fingers. Retired from his life of crime, these days legendary master...

Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus P?nd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel...

In this third installment of the Lilly DeFranco saga, Lilly continues her employment with Mexico City crime boss Jeronimo Hermosa who is in the process of divesting himself of his criminal enterprises. To this end, Lilly finds herself overseeing an agave harvest when an...

A chilling murder. A masked killer. A detective racing against time.Detective Victor Vega has seen his fair share of brutal crimes, but nothing prepares him for the horrors lurking behind the grand fa?ade of St. Augustine Church. When a high-profile socialite is found dead-her...

A deliciously thrilling new novel about a mysterious threat that puts targets on the backs of a group of roommates, from the author behind the "darkly funny, hilariously twisty, and completely charming" (Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author) Swiped. Kirby Cornell needs a...

"Cowan has combined the best parts of classic legal thrillers, with an unexpected new lead character that brings the genre into a new generation." --JAMES PATTERSON From a writer and executive producer of Suits comes a riveting and gritty legal thriller about murder, cover-ups,...

Remote: The Five--the second book in the groundbreaking Remote series from New York Times and internationally bestselling author Eric Rickstad--is a masterful and ingenious work of suspense that will chill you to the bone. How do you catch a killer who can see your...

Pop's world was shattered when he learned that his mother and stepfather, Joe, were brutally murdered at their Long Island home. Hell bent on revenge, Pop went on the hunt for their killer, so he could kill who sent the contract killer.Retribution isn't going...

I try to forget her.It's impossible.Growing up together, Conor and I shared all our firsts.First love, first kiss, first...Not all our firsts.We were sixteen the night she was violently assaulted while I helplessly watched.I'll never forget the sounds of her suffering.Or my inconsolable agony...

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE DETECTIVE JACKSON DAVIS IS LIVING A LIE.He has the perfect life: married, two children, a home, a promising career.Underneath, however, he battles self-doubt and guilt over the explosion during the pursuit of a suspect that cost his partner her sight and...

Recently promoted to sergeant, Don Barton is back at Newbury where he is placed in charge of a dysfunctional team of young constables.While he strives to knock his shift into shape, darker forces are conspiring against him. The psychopathic terrorist, Irene, has been released...

After representatives from the world's most prestigious art museums are murdered in the Mexican beach town of Zihuatanejo, John Standard gets entangled in a deadly art heist.Standard is hired to transport a package from the airport to a local hotel. Inside is a lost...

Get ready for a wild ride where danger and hilarity intertwine, and where the line between friend and foe blurs under the scorching Florida sun.As the band sets the tropical soundtrack, investment advisor Tom McCall aims to bring some cool to the sizzling scene....

'Fatally addictive!' real reader reviewThe Forrester Detective Agency is going from strength to strength: they've expanded their office space and even hired a new office manager - a qualified and astute woman named Carol.What starts as a simple burglary case soon turns into something...

'Fatally addictive!' real reader reviewThe Forrester Detective Agency is going from strength to strength: they've expanded their office space and even hired a new office manager - a qualified and astute woman named Carol.What starts as a simple burglary case soon turns into something...

Rick Waters, part-time detective and wannabe boat captain, has just solved the biggest case of his life and bought the yacht of his dreams.As he embarks on a journey to start a charter business in Destin and track down a lost treasure supposedly buried...

Police Captain John Iron Hawk's life is a speeding vehicle down a deserted road. A road with his tormented past looming at his back and a future summed up by the black thunder clouds building on the horizon.His relationship with his daughter is nonexistent....

West Berkshire, the 1970s. PC Don Barton is convinced that life has taken a turn for the better when he passes his promotion exam and becomes an acting sergeant.Things take a turn for the worse after a violent altercation with a local thug. Soon...

The quiet village of Brompton is shaken when the body of former sex worker Suzanne Hoskins is discovered in Bluebell Wood. To add to the mystery, her husband Steven has disappeared.PC Don Barton's life seems to be going nowhere. Moved from the coveted motorcycle...

After the discovery of two bodies, Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Detective Sergeant Izzie Drake must lead their team in a race against time to prevent further atrocities.Clues point towards the enigmatic priest, Father Gerald Byrne, who has recently returned to the city of...

Japan, 1989. The era of the sukeban (delinquent girl) is at its peak. What was supposed to be Yumi Mimura's first day at her new high school, turns into the longest day of her life. When a schoolyard fight goes wrong, the girl-boss of...

"If you want to see your daughter alive again, listen carefully."When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong. But Detective Kay Hunter isn't convinced, especially when a man...

No one in tiny Wagon Mound, New Mexico heard a thing on the day of the Bean Day festival, but one of the biggest bank heists in state history happened right under their noses. The crime has never been solved. This much is true....

PREY BECOMES PREDATOR WHEN A HOUSEWIFE FINDS HER MOJO AS A FEMME FATALE When bored housewife, Estelle Vincent, discovers her husband's infidelity, her life is turned upside down. Estelle is stalked by a rapist, seduced by the boy next door, and blackmailed by an...

An action-packed anthology featuring covert operative JJ Stoner, who uses sharp blades, blunt instruments and his innate persuasiveness to discreetly resolve tricky situations for the British government This collection contains the first five Stoner short stories plus an all-new, previously unpublished stand-alone quick thriller...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A razor-sharp, exquisitely paced, madly fun debut thriller that gleefully lampoons Hollywood culture and introduces the highly eccentric yet brilliant ex-detective gone rogue: Charlie Waldo There are run-of-the-mill eccentric Californians, and then there's former detective Charlie Waldo. Waldo, a...

The 1920's were a vastly changing time in America. Prohibition was in its infancy, the first commercial radios were in use, and the economy was booming. For Ellie Grace, a young black maid for a powerful family in Maryville Mississippi, an infatuation with one...

The town of Silver Falls is shaken when Michael, a high school student, is dragged into the woods by three students and severely attacked. The leader of the group, Lionel Bestick, beats Michael with his steel toed boots and a rusted pipe. The two...

A spiraling case of betrayal, corruption, and murder could destroy Eve Ronin if she exposes it in a gripping thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.A fifty-five-gallon drum washes up in the Malibu Lagoon stuffed with the corpse of Gene Dent,...

The Parasite - A Story is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

Unbridled ambition, murder, and a fateful choice.When a friend and colleague is accused of plagiarism, Brad Parker reacts with shocked disbelief. But in his role as director of the Maine Translational Research Institute, he's compelled to investigate. When he uncovers a malicious scheme in...

Mary Kelly was the final victim of the infamous Victorian-era serial killer, Jack The Ripper. The circumstances of her death overshadow her life, and in The Last Dance of Mary Kelly, E. David Brown imagines for her a life and occupation beyond the "prostitute"...

An exhilarating romp through Northern New Mexico with as many twists and turns as a two-lane mountain road.Bob Casey recently resigned from a mundane job teaching art in a small community college. Recovering from a breakup with his long-time love, he heads west in...

The longest day. The deadliest sins. *From the bestselling author of Dark Island* All of Daniel Aubrey's books can be read as standalones. The residents of Orkney can't sleep.Through 18-hour summer days, the islands are drenched in unrelenting sunshine.But a killer with a shadowy...

"A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO COMPLEX CHARACTERS ON BOTH RIGHT AND WRONG SIDES OF THE LAW, BY AUTHOR AND RETIRED JUDGE JACK BILLINGS, WHO UNDOUBTEDLY HAS SEEN BOTH UP-CLOSE." Randi Bjornstad, career journalist, founder, EUGENE SCENE, e-magazine Police always encounter people they never forget. For...

In a small town, the truth can't always set you free...When a second woman from a group of friends known as "the posse" is murdered in the woods near the New England enclave of Kendalton, FBI agent and profiler Gus Wheeler and his partner...

Enthralling, unsettling and darkly comic, this crime thriller is perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Katy Brent and Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient I'm psychologist Dr Emy Rose, but that's not my real name. I work with serial killers who've hidden their victims. My...

The investigation into the disappearance of college students in the North Cascades National Park reveals a chemical weapons facility and a cabal of evil people bent on using them. This act will cause not only chaos but lead to global war. Veteran Special Operator...

When the gods fall, only ashes remain.Seris has spent centuries bound by divine chains, a warrior once chosen to serve the gods-until he turned against them. Now, he walks the ruins of Vael'tharis, a city long abandoned to dust and ghosts, searching for the...

Danny Barrett is caught between a family of criminals and the psychopath who is tracking them in the latest novel of the series the New York Times calls, "Dynamite." The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny...

Greece is burning . . . and Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is determined to save his country from disaster in the new novel in Jeffrey Siger's critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling mystery series Chief Inspector Kaldis is initially dismayed to be asked to investigate a...

The intense action thriller from million copy bestseller Rob Sinclair, perfect for fans of Mark DawsonThe Hunt is on...They've erased his past. Wiped out his very existence. But Carl Logan isn't finished yet.On the run in a harsh Russian winter, Logan - once an...

The aftermath of the Vietnamese liberation of Cambodia sets the stage for a chilling pursuit of justice. In the refugee camps along the Thai border, a ruthless killer is targeting young girls. Decades later, a series of similar crimes in Phnom Penh awakens painful...

When the British arrived in Winnipeg in the 1800s it was convenient for the men to take Metis wives. They were called a la vacon du pays - according to the custom of the country. These women bore the brunt of ensuring survival in...