Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

"An enthralling look at murder and the ensuing police investigation, The Dusty Road to Homicide is written with a gripping authenticity, possible only from someone on the inside of law enforcement. Impossible to set aside!" -Chris Amato, author of Peace River VillageDusty Sampson's parents...

Joel Marcus, a young, successful Manhattan DA, stuck in a loveless marriage, is with his beautiful DA girlfriend when he rescues an elderly Haitian woman from muggers. She rewards him with a voodoo ceremony. Now when he dies, his spirit will survive and pass...

Rain hammers the earth and a vicious wind rattles the trees. Then lightning strikes, the flash illuminating a young girl staggering out of the woods, her brown eyes wide with fright, a silent scream on her lips... There's a storm approaching the tiny Maine...

Avery Byrne is bent on revenge and desperate for love.Young tattoo artist Avery Byrne refuses to accept that her friend's death was an accident. Armed with determination and a thirst for justice, Avery dives into Phoenix, Arizona's adrenaline-fueled world of street racing and vintage...

One of the best thrillers of 2022Since 1925, people have been mysteriously disappearing in Waterland, Texas. Waterland is located among several nature reserves nestled in a mountainous chain of valleys and forests that are difficult to access... there are also several abandoned mines dating...

Meet the most irresistible serial killer of the year . . . Award-winning author Julie Mae Cohen's twisty feminist thriller is lethal and wickedly fun. "The feminist serial killer you didn't know you were waiting for. Sensational." --Claire Mackintosh, bestselling author of The Last...

The BRAND NEW gripping gangland thriller from bestselling author Edie Baylis!Samantha Reynold and Seb Stoker are looking forward to the future together. With all the recent trials and tribulations from the past seemingly over, their new life together looks brighter than ever...or does it?Because...

You can't stay dead forever...A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye's remote Coral Beach for a hedonistic night of partying to celebrate the passing of their finals. The new millennium is on the horizon and the future beckons, promising...

Technically, twins are two children born about the same time from the same mother. Twins are more common than you'd think-about once in every ninety births. Twins can be either fraternal or identical. The former develop when two separate eggs are fertilized at about...

A stately mansion sits atop the crest of Hummingbird Hill on the outskirts of Big Spring, Texas. This is the tale of that mansion and the trials and tribulations experienced by its inhabitants over the years, as it goes from the family home of...

It's DCI Warren Jones' coldest case yet... The body of Reginald Williamson had been well concealed under a bush in Middlesbury Common and the murder efficiently carried out - a single stab wound to the chest. Reggie's dog had been killed just as efficiently....

*Large Print Edition*USA Today Best Selling BookFrom the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sloane Monroe novels comes a gripping new series about love, loss, murder, and a broken former detective who's about to be drawn out of hiding.For the...

The highly anticipated twenty-first FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents Agents Savich and Sherlock with two baffling mysteries. Working with Agent Cam Wittier (Insidious) and New York-based former Special Forces agent Jack Cabot, they must race against the...

An anonymous caller makes a late-night report to the police that there is a lifeless body lying on the stage of the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in Santa Fe. Upon arriving, the body of Paul Austin is discovered. He was a beloved and well-regarded counselor,...

Book synopsis: Carlton gets laid off from his job after eleven years with a company that a larger company has purchased. They're calling this layoff, 'downsizing' as if that makes the situation any different. He's still without a job. They offer him a small...

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case--a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound.Riverside Close is a...

An unexpected fate awaits a corrupt and vengeful counterterrorism official as he seeks to destroy three innocent lives. The hunter becomes the hunted in this intricately woven heart-pounding suspense novel. US Attorney Katz and his colleagues have 72 hours on Memorial Day weekend to...

You can't stay dead forever...A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye's remote Coral Beach for a hedonistic night of partying to celebrate the passing of their finals. The new millennium is on the horizon and the future beckons, promising...

'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...

Driving my Obsession is a DARK GRAY hitchhiker romance. All of the Ride or Die romances are STANDALONE and can be read in any order!I've been branded a monster, but some scars run deeper than the eye can see...All it took was one ride,...

In the midst of the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior Federal prosecutor is brutally attacked in her home. Over the next two weeks, U.S. Attorney Mo Katz and his staff assist in bringing the perpetrator to justice. Due to the constraints...

"Turn. Up. The. Heat" (New York Times) with this psychological thriller. New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets. Detective Michael Bennett...

"When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."--New York Times Book Review PLEASE BOX: ] CHAOSFrom the Ancient Greek (χάος or kh os)A vast chasm or void. Anarchy. The science of unpredictability.On a late summer evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Kay...

"The story line is fast-paced: Bao Zheng is a great character; and the supporting cast adds depth to the plot." Strand Magazine 1999. China's transformational decade is coming to a close. A giant clock in Tiananmen Square is ticking away the weeks, days, hours...

A private investigator follows a trail of blood and bodies to find his latest target-or die trying-in this riveting thriller perfect for fans of Jeffery Deaver and Mick Herron. Noland Twice, a star athlete turned private investigator, can find anyone, no matter how far...

"Turn. Up. The. Heat" (New York Times) with this psychological thriller. New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets. Detective Michael Bennett...

Gun oil and sunscreen don't mix.Disgraced ex-cop Carson is working off the huge loans her father failed to pay back to a Russian mafiya godfather. So when the mobster asks her to round up Viktoriya Baranova, the wayward daughter of a Russian cabinet minister,...

"Am I going to die?" Eighteen-year-old Mary Jane Bailey is sprawled on her back in a weed-choked field, bleeding from a cut on her forehead, when she asks that question to the man in a sharkskin suit standing over her holding a straight razor....

"Outstanding plot, unique twists and turns, and the writing style is superb...Highly recommend for crime and mystery fans." -Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ She could feel her life draining from her body, but there was nothing she could do except wait until it was all over...and...

Qué pasaría si una llamada de 29 segundos pudiera cambiar tu vida para siempre?"Dame un nombre. Una persona. Y la haré desaparecer..."Cuando Sarah, una joven profesora de Literatura, ayuda a una niña en problemas, no espera nada a cambio. Pero su acto de valentía...

"It was arterial spray from her roommate Becky that saved Mary Jane's life. There was so much blood he must have thought she was dead too." So begins Crashpad, a story set in the turbulent war year of 1970. Skirts are short, hair is...

Shortly after a corrupt attorney pays a visit to an inmate serving a life sentence in a federal supermax prison, people from the inmate's past start to die. Bryce Chandler, a retired FBI agent eking out a living as a private investigator in the...

Lauren Nossett's artfully written debut, The Resemblance is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of If We Were Villains and The Likeness. Never betray the brotherhood On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk...

For a brilliant forensic linguist, crimes of the past hold clues to new series of murders in a twisting novel of suspense by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A Familiar Sight.The double murder of a married couple in a small Washington town...

Based on the wildly popular 'Sirens' Graphic Novel series, Sirens - Birth of Vengeance is the explosive story of Jeadda Tibbaduax, early 20's struggling stripper, tormented by the memory of her Parent's murder at the hands of T.R.A.P. That is until she is offered...

The sequel picks up where "Massacre of the Innocents" left off . . . the murder of Bishop Rizek. Father John Paziek, once again, is pulled into the police investigation along with Detective Doug Emery. Father Bernard and a scoutmaster were caught by Father...

Dundee, 1860s. Sergeant George Watters and his team investigate the murder of a local banker, found dead on the 13th tee of a local golf course.Illicit prizefighters, merchants and prostitutes all seem to be somehow connected to the murder, and even the toughest of...

California Wildfires have a long history of being started by humans. . . An arsonist and dry brush are a combustible combination. What if simply starting wildfires no longer brings the same thrill? Yes, the power of crackling fire and heat are exciting, but...

Fallen San Francisco homicide detective, Jack Slaughter, closed the door on the home where his perfect family had been brutally snatched from him. Moving across the city, he works as a private investigator to fund his own investigation into what happened to his family-who...

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that spans decades. "This book hits like a sledgehammer. . . . An absolutely must-read novel."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl "Kept...

When two men, recently discharged from the air force, set out for a hunting trip on Kodiak Island in Alaska, they expect the adventure of a lifetime. Instead, they find themselves embroiled in a never-ending nightmare. More than forty years later, biologist Jane Marcus...

A murdered police officer. The thin blue line. One PI will take on the system to get justice.For someone who never got along well with the cops, C.T. Ferguson finds himself in a good place.His relationship with the Baltimore police is as solid as...

In North Carolina, pet shop owner Jackson Frost's life is about to be turned upside-down ... again. He is still recovering from the death of his wife and suspicious suicide of his daughter when he becomes a person of interest to the police. Following...

Private investigator Bryson Wilde lives in a shadowy 1952 world filed with dangerous women, jagged nights and Bokoray drums. In this thrill-packed punch of noir from master word-slinger R.J. Jagger, Wilde is hired by a seductive young attorney to run down a few loose...

A tense, unputdownable thriller from the author of Hangman. Timothy Blake has nothing to lose. He's headed to an isolated house in rural Texas with a hammer in his pocket and murder on his mind. His target is Fred, the ringleader of a criminal...

Criminal defense attorney Mitch Turner is awoken in the middle of the night by a message from his nerdy law school employee, Timothy Cooper, begging Mitch for help. Uncertain about the problem from Timothy's cryptic texts, Mitch Turner slips into his suit and heads...

DS Fielding and her team have quite a case to solve after discovering a series of deaths in Manchester resemble the work of a popular novelist.Newly retired Hannah Sanderson loves reading crime novels, so when her favorite author, Jonas Burke, comes to town for...

The woman's body was propped against the rough bark of the tree. Traces of dried blood streaked her pallid face like brushstrokes. There was a horrifying void in her face where her left eye should have been. When a young woman is found murdered...

Fears of a weaponized blockchain become reality when a software developer races to deactivate the rogue smart contract targeting him for assassination. Life is comfortable for a prominent, if schlubby, developer at a New York City blockchain company. That is, until FBI Special Agent...

Caroline Chandler and her best friend, Abby, spend a Sunday afternoon at their favorite Day Spa. They leave the spa relaxed, refreshed, and rejuvenated, but Carli soon discovers an unexpected result from that spa visit. A microchip capable of two-way communication has been implanted...