Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

An Italian general is found dead in his apartment. Next to his body is a small card inscribed with a salamander in a bed of flames. Is it suicide or murder?Dante Matucci, a captain in the Italian secret service, begins an investigation that leads...

Homicide detective Jake Carrington has an engagement that can't wait-with a killer. Haunted by the murder of his sister, Lieutenant Jake Carrington struggles to control his personal demons as he stands over the brutalized body of a young woman found dead on the railroad...

She will find justice... no matter the cost.The first victim was overlooked. After all, old men die. Then there was a second. Then a third...Someone is killing Amsterdam's war heroes, and Detective Van den Bergen calls in criminologist Georgina McKenzie to try and uncover...

Detective Daniel Hartman lives in a three-story condo in the Montrose section of Houston that he rents from his twin brother, Dr. David Hartman. When Daniel wakes up to discover a woman, naked and recovering from a savage attack, his first instincts are those...

""The Pattern In The Mount"" is a book written by Alvin Boyd Kuhn that delves into the deeper meanings and symbolism found in the biblical story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Kuhn argues that the story is not simply a...

The first two installments of the Supernatural Serial Killer Crime Series includes Book I - Rise of the Serial Savior & Book II - Death of a Superhero. Under a sky gone black as sackcloth, poets wailed soliloquies while the Emerald City burned... In...

Alexi Venice's second novel, "Svea's Sins," is a thriller about a 2018 terrorist plot against the United States with nerve gas and drones, perpetuated by a beautiful Swedish woman who partners with the Russian President Vadik Volkov. Venice amps up the action and sophistication...

AN OFF-THE-WALL ROMP AND OTHER EXHILARATING CRIME STORIES. Recent almost-college-grad Fred Kitchen and his eccentric six-foot-four pal, Wheaty, pay off a poker debt with a prank - showing their stuff in the then-current fad of streaking. Soon they are under arrest and in jail,...

An electrifying novel from a multi-million-copy bestselling author.It was supposed to be a night of fun, pleasure, lust, and pain for Susanne Larsen when she agreed to meet with a stranger from a chatroom. She met him for dinner that later led to casual,...

From critically acclaimed, master thriller author Margaret Mizushima, comes the eighth installment of the award-winning Timber Creek K-9 mysteries."Tense and satisfying" (JA Jance), Standing Dead is the perfect read for fans of CJ Box and Longmire. Deputy Mattie Cobb and her sister, Julia, travel...

Chicago filmmaker Ellie Foreman is back, and she's tackling her most dangerous case yet in this dark amateur sleuth thriller from critically acclaimed crime writer Libby Fischer Hellmann. An Image of Death sees Ellie in the midst of producing another video documentary, financed by...

A reluctant return to the house where he grew up causes Russell Flynn to have second thoughts about his decision to live a life of sin, a pursuit he has mastered. For the first time since it happened, Russell questions his assumption that there...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon...

One missed step, a million regrets...In a world where passion ignites, romance enthralls, and greed corrupts, "Villa Harmony" unravels a web of thrilling twists and shocking betrayals. Gerald Irving, a struggling publisher, finds himself seduced by the alluring Oriole Nader. Little does he know...

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...

A Murderer Stalks Music Row"Go with the flow," Jill always said. "Get swept up in it. Let it take you where it will. That's the excitement of this business."Jill Edgerton's eye for talent and Sarah Ann Boswell's nose for business have made Edgerton Group...

544Wendy Edwards goes on a spur-of-the-moment sail on foggy Galveston Bay with her childhood friend, Bryan McClellan, and witnesses a boater toss a body overboard. As horrified as she is, she could never have guessed where the dreadful act would lead, but Kemah, Texas,...

I am told I've been promised in marriage to Anya. My father was killed before I left Russia, and I became the leader of our Bratva.I have two rules. The family business comes first, and women are never allowed to stay over.I'm obtuse when...

Missing babies in Johannesburg, and nobody cares. Maliha Anderson and her entourage travel to South Africa to return Riette's baby to the father's family on what should be a simple mission of mercy. But they are soon embroiled in race politics and something even...

What if home became a place of dread? Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's as bad as she expected. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front...

1908. Three gruesome deaths in three mysterious tales in a past that never was. In Murder out of the Blue, aboard the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia, Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her...

The struggle between Power and Justice a prostitute, a homeless man, a politician, and murder. The most unlikely of witnesses pull Ransom out of retirement and back to the streets of Las Vegas. The former homicide detective must uncover who's leaking tips about the...

The Gold Coast swelters in record temperatures, and car salesman Gary Braswell's hot under the collar. With sales at rock-bottom, and up to his neck in debt to loan shark Jocko Mackenzie, Gary's sweating on a fat commission from a mysterious Russian couple.If the...

An ex-mercenary and an embattled journalist find themselves unlikely allies against a corrupt defense contractor in this "noir beach read" (New York). Ray Devlin is retired, living a simple life off the grid in Florida, when a visit from an old colleague stirs some...

Richard Hannay returns to action in this new spy thriller set in wartime Paris, as John Buchan's famed hero (from The 39 Steps) races to track down a mysterious figure holding vital war secrets before the Nazis beat him to it . . ....

A NEW MYSTERY TROUBLES THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.After a shocking attack on a catholic cathedral, a priest goes missing, leaving only questions behind. Evidence points to the priest being alive and on the run. But who is trying to kill the man and...

The follow-up to Under Tower Peak is another taut, fast-moving thriller that builds to an explosive, action-filled conclusion. Under Tower Peak was acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Ten Best Mysteries of 2013. In this sequel, Tommy Smith, the Iraq...

Second in the Jess Keeler Thrillers series, this moody installment follows the podcaster's investigation of one brutal, bloody summer in a former mill town and the shocking truths brought to light.Hot on the heels of her podcast debut, Jess Keeler looks for another unsolved...

PI Frank Sanders is "blown away" by the woman who strolls into his office one morning. Not only is she drop-dead gorgeous, she's also rich and willing to pay whatever it takes for him to find her missing father, world-famous geologist Dr. Stephen Jaspers...

The murder of Reb Elijah Lachmann on Pesach Eve shakes his community of believers to the core. Nestled in the isolated mountains of Israel's Carmel Range, Kibbutz Kerem El is the idyllic childhood home of newly divorced psychologist, Rachel Shine. She returns to comfort...

Rocky Scarpati is a young, narcissistic womanizer and theatrical-school dropout who believes in the old Shakespearean adage that the world is a stage and everyone is playing a part. Rocky chooses his parts with wild abandonment and pursues them with vigor. First, he's the...

Hattie Sexton, at well over a hundred years old, is a mountain legend and mistress of the black arts. In her final days, she sends for reporter John March, intending to clear her conscience and tell her multifaceted story of growing up among the...

The thirteenth Jack Taggart Mystery pits Jack against a group of ruthless kidnappers. The thirteenth Jack Taggart Mystery pits Taggart and his team against a group of ruthless kidnappers who have insider knowledge of police investigations within the Major Crimes Unit. He identifies one...

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...

"A Beautiful Mind takes a life-and-death road trip in this battle of wits, maze of psychological suspense, and heartbreaking family drama." --Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of One Wrong WordA road trip to find closure... or a reckless chase that could turn...

Hattie Sexton, at well over a hundred years old, is a mountain legend and mistress of the black arts. In her final days, she sends for reporter John March, intending to clear her conscience and tell her multifaceted story of growing up among the...

Chaffee County Search & Rescue is known for finding lost people in the Rocky Mountain backcountry. But they've never lost one of their own before.Cam Torrens, author of Stable, has written another psychological thriller that will have readers racing to answer the question...what happened...

Is an unholy alliance of terror raining death and destruction on New York City?Newly promoted NYPD Deputy Chief Ellen Tomlinson, Lieutenant Joey Galeno, and FBI Agent Jimmy Craig are forced to battle the potential annihilation of the city. Several ISIS claimed attacks have brought...

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck... Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las...

"The only guys I trust are in this room right now. But I'll tell you this: we're gonna get that airplane money. I don't know how yet, but it's all I can think about. So, for now at least, we gotta make him think...

"The only guys I trust are in this room right now. But I'll tell you this: we're gonna get that airplane money. I don't know how yet, but it's all I can think about. So, for now at least, we gotta make him think...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Detective Sergeant Tomek Bowen - driven, dogged, and haunted by the death of his brother - is called to one of the most shocking crime scenes he has ever seen. A man has been ritualistically murdered and dumped in an allotment near...

It is 5:30 am on Clio's forty-fifth birthday and her hated ex is lying dead on her doorstep. Even worse, this is no accident. Someone's killed him...When single mum Clio's ex Gary turns up dead on the doorstep of her caravan - the one...

Sometimes it's best to let the past stay buried...Thirty years ago, Jess's mother, Nora, disappeared while on a charity hike in the US. The devastating loss has afflicted Jess well into her adult life and even inspired her decision to become an investigative journalist.So...

Peter James, the number one multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Grace series, returns with a thrilling new novel: a Roy Grace story told from a different perspective. Some will know how it begins . . . My name is Sandy.My husband is Detective Superintendent...

In a dark cabin, a young woman sits totally still. Long dark hair hangs over her shoulders and heavy makeup adorns her pale face. Cherry red lips offer a hint of a smile, but she won't ever smile again. Her body is already cold...

"Fantastic...my favorite series ever!" --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next DoorFrom Cara Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family, comes the fourth novel in her DI Fawley detective series, one of Britain's most enduringly...

"Terrific characters and a riviting storyline...couldn't put it down." -Richard Wall, A Reviewer Detective Joe Cheo comes from a family with a history of crime and corruption. Though he has never taken part in any criminal activity, the reputation has been a burden to...

Sicily, 1866. Ten-year-old Giacomo witnesses the brutality of a revolutionary uprising and his family escapes to the vineyards.At sixteen, Giacomo is given a one-way ticket to America. On his journey he faces threats and illness, and discovers a mysterious key, which he hides in...

Sometimes the job can be peaceful. Sometimes it can be downright violent! Hanna Posner is a woman living off the grid, taking delivery jobs that no one else would dare to do. When she takes a job to deliver a package across the country...