Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Step into a world cloaked in darkness, where a horrifying murder hides beneath a web of lies.Christine White lives a pampered life. She's wealthy and beautiful, but easily deceived. One cloudy night, she witnesses a crime that shatters her life. To make matters worse,...

For seven months a serial killer stalked the streets of Lake Side City. He struck at random, targeting victims of all ages and sexes. Because of his mercurial M.O. and use of a scythe, the media dubbed him The Mad Reaper. Too cunning and...

Is Allison Shafer dead or alive? Finding the answer may be the only thing that will save John Standard's life.Standard is a freelance writer who believed he had chronicled the last days of a beautiful woman dying of cancer and determined to end her...

Is there a killer on the Cornish coast?One high-profile case. No leads. No witnesses... And no body.D.I. Rachel Morrison is overworked and under pressure. She needs to get results.Local people have been reported missing and the public, and her bosses, want answers...In an idyllic...

"They tell you, Do not ever find out which crimes your patients have committed. Stay objective, treat the patient, treat the illness. That sounds great in theory. It is almost impossible to do, though. Humans have a curious nature. It got the better of...

In Crook County: Chasing the Alderman Vol.1, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the dark underbelly of a city plagued by corruption. John Thompson, a successful real estate investor, finds himself entangled in a web of deceit when he is approached by...

'Suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric rural crime; a riveting debut.' - Michaela Lobb, Sisters in Crime AustraliaWhat will they risk for answers?Picturesque Daylesford has a darker side. Melbourne writer Georgie Harvey heads to the mineral springs region in central Victoria to look for a missing farmer,...

If you are eager for more of #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen's harrowing and heartrending prose, dig into this thrilling short story that will chill you to the bone . . . They call it the Bone Box. A collection of...

Creighton Mine, where the innocent hide in the shadows and a killer walks free. It's 1951 in a small northern Canadian mining town. Nine-year-old Rose Boyle is convinced this is the summer she'll stop being invisible. The town she lives in, Creighton Mine is...

A killer is playing deadly games with local students... and the only prize is murder. Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker has worked hard to get where she is. A single mother, she joined the police force when she was eighteen and never looked back......

George Price is a retired detective who lives in a quiet, wealthy Long Island community, where the residents jog around the community park to stay in shape. George's instincts are piqued one morning when a beautiful dark-haired woman quickly gets out of her brand-new...

Two dead bodies. Many rumors. One confounding case for C.T. Ferguson. When a prominent Baltimore County councilman is found dead next to the body of a woman who is not his wife, questions abound. The politician's family hires private investigator C.T. Ferguson to figure...

As one of the few survivors of the invasion of her home world, and taken from the conflict as a young girl, Praxis now strands as one of the greatest killers in the galaxy. For service to the Vortigan Family, Praxis has made her...

The smuggling ring is a big case......that got his partner killed.How will Simon go on without her?In 2029 Kansas City, Master Detective John Simon is a tough cop with a disdain for technology. His new movie quoting partner doesn't make him happy. How can...

A classic winter's crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.Victor Harleston awoke with uncharacteristic optimism. Today he would be rich at last. Half an hour later, he gulped down his breakfast coffee and pitched to the floor, gasping...

I crave to kill.I always knew I was different. That there was something dark brewing inside of me from a pretty young age. My life was anything but easy in the beginning. I was angry. I was lonely. With a neglectful mother that cared...

Switching jobs from federal agent to suburban deputy police chief should mean rubber chicken lunches and golf every Friday. But, when a judge and her daughter are gunned down, Harry Cork must hunt their killer...and his investigation leads from the quiet 'burbs to the...

"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" is the third series of stories featuring the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. This particular book is the third story of the third series. Enjoy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's imagination as you read "The Adventure of the Dancing...

In the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau, detectives are typically assigned to lead five to seven homicide cases a year as well as assist with dozens of other cases. Perseverance is key. For Detective Max Hahn, solving a homicide is like solving a puzzle....

Sex Trafficking is big business and those involved show no remorse, have no mercy, only a deadly intent to protect their income. Afina is a young Romanian girl with high expectations when she arrives in Brighton but she has been tricked and there is...

J.D. Scrbacek has just won the biggest trial of his career, but even as he crows to the press, his entire life blows sky-high. Was the bomb meant for him, or for his mobster client? In this seaside casino town where the tables run...

In the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau, detectives are typically assigned to lead five to seven homicide cases a year as well as assist with dozens of other cases. Perseverance is key. For Detective Max Hahn, solving a homicide is like solving a puzzle....

Red City On Edge takes readers on a captivating thrill ride where history intertwines with contemporary anxieties, and citizens grapple not only with the menace of the killer at large, but also with the struggle of carving out space for ambition, love, and desire...

Crime solving and working with the cartel --- will they lead to success or disaster? Private Detective Miles Darien is haunted by the escape of crime boss Jonathan Reese whose loan sharking operation had victimized numerous "clients" who were unable to pay off their...

From America's most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise--and on the run--and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. A new singer arrives in Nashville. She calls herself...

The Hunting Wind continues Steve Hamilton's award-winning and New York Time bestselling Alex McKnight series.Before he became a private investigator, before he served in the Detroit police, and long before he retreated to the wintry reaches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight played ball...

The spellbinding and eerie finale to the #1 internationally bestselling "cerebral, immersive" (The Washington Post) historical trilogy follows two unlikely allies as they struggle to end the reign of a powerful cabal of depraved hedonists in 18th-century Stockholm. For more than a year, Emil...

It's 1982, and everyone is trying to "Escape From New York." Terence Devine, a charismatic Vice cop with one eye on removing his family to Florida, is caught on tape taking money from a pimp. Forced to cooperate with the district attorney's investigation into...

A district of her own, an assistant who reminds her of a Viking crossed with an over-enthusiastic puppy, and cases to work without a boss micro-managing - or plotting to murder her: Everything Agent Sam Rose ever wanted. But a strange explosion at Drenmann...

Fair Game brings Holmes and Watson to the United States as President Theodore Roosevelt's guests at the Saint Louis World's Fair. The year is 1904, and America is at a tipping point in a national debate about the country's future as a Pacific power....

A bottle of whiskey has been stolen.But it's not just any bottle: it's incredibly old and incredibly priceless.And its previous owner isn't just any connoisseur: he's a powerful tech mogul with black-market shopping habits.He'll do anything-anything-to get that bottle back.Retired and enjoying the beach...

Elizabeth, a recent graduate, has an ill-fated love affair with a married Canadian diplomat in Bangkok. She returns to Montreal severely depressed, and resolves never to be taken advantage of again. She becomes a research assistant to a reclusive millionaire living in a mansion...

"This novel is sexy, suspenseful, and boot-spur sharp." --Eli Cranor, Edgar-Award-winning author of Don't Know Tough Set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a struggling musician writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous...

After surviving a gunshot wound to the head, San Francisco homicide detective Kurt Farin is placed in a medically induced coma. In his unconscious state, he can't shake the vivid image of a mysterious woman - Genevieve Lucas - who appears to be summoning...

Medicine Park is a compelling small-town murder mystery that takes place in southwestern Oklahoma in the historically pivotal year of 1963.As the town's high-school history teacher reminds us: "People have lived here all their lives, but they have no idea what goes on beneath...

From the Dagger Award-winning "top notch thriller writer," a new novel of politics, religion, power, and a woman's search for her missing father's secrets (Simon Kernick, bestselling author of Relentless). A man lies bleeding on the roadside. Hidden in his clothing is a message...

As she opens her eyes and takes in the dark, damp earth, her heart races. She tries to move but the rope binding her feet cuts tight-she's trapped underground. Heavy footsteps pace above. A tear falls down her cheek as she stifles a scream....

It's 1993 and the fire is spreading...CHURCHBURNERis a black metal gansta rap metafiction weapon forged in the fire of bad ideas, tempered in ink and blood.A song of sorrow.A song of the street.You will get knocked down. Your heart will receive the knife.Your consent...

Three bodies. One suspect. Zero time. After his girlfriend ditches him at a concert, privateinvestigator Boise Montague makes the latest bad mistake in a long line ofthem. Only this time, instead of waking up with a hangover and some woman hedoesn't know, he wakes...

Ron McCallister's job is to be a hard-ass, to keep unwelcome degenerates out of Starlet's Alley. The strip club is the only locally owned business in Chicago's suburb of Woolrich. The pay beats working anywhere else nearby, and Ron can keep tabs on the...

A sinister private detective agency, a shady shell corporation, and a dead friend-Rick Cahill is on his most dangerous mission yet Private investigator Rick Cahill has been running from his past and chasing the truth his whole life. But his past is relentless-and so...

Author: Jake CrossISBN-10: 1786814412ISBN-13: 9781786814418Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2019Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.67d

Riley Svenson has reluctantly returned to her rural hometown when her brother's fianc馥 is mysteriously murdered, and as her brother becomes the prime suspect, Riley must push aside all of her looming medical symptoms to hunt down the real killer. Author: Kate MichaelsonISBN-10: 0744310156ISBN-13:...

From the author of Final Target and Power Blind comes the fourth book in the high stakes thriller series featuring private investigator Graham Gage.For over thirty years Graham Gage has faced down enemies both near and far, but now he faces one from within.Diagnosed...

JW North and his "big dog" Ares are back.This time North is a U.S. Marshall and member of the Serial Criminal Task Force. North, Ares, and partner, Ben Kellum, trail the Truck Stop Killer who has created a swath of murdered prostitutes across the...

"Black Orchid" is gritty and hard-hitting, a realistic if sometimes profane thrill ride down dark streets and around highly unusual corners in the Big Easy. Cops experience an adrenaline rush that compares only to a combat soldier's. Their camaraderie with prosecutors in the face...

Criminals are on the loose and Lieutenant JW North will do everything in his power to hunt them down. Join the Lieutenant and his K9 partners, specially trained human scent-detecting and man-trailing German Shepherds, as they chase serial killers and hunt down the brutal...

JW North and his "big dog" Ares are back.This time North is a U.S. Marshall and member of the Serial Criminal Task Force. North, Ares, and partner, Ben Kellum, trail the Truck Stop Killer who has created a swath of murdered prostitutes across the...

From the international best-selling author who launched a genre. "Fabulous characters." The New York Times"Davies once again proves expert in crafting absorbing suspense." Publishers Weekly When you marry the wrong man, your death is the most final settlement of all.Orphaned as a child, heiress...

"An 80s romp with big hair and even bigger secrets! Grab your popcorn and settle in for this incredibly fun and twisty read." -- Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of You Shouldn't Have Come Here1985, Rhode Island.A private jet carrying four partners...