Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Bishop Rider may be dead but the mission lives on. Jeramiah Abrum, the son of the man who murdered Bishop Rider's mother and sister, picking up the mantle of the man who would not stop and running with it in ways Bishop Rider never...

Two opposites. Undeniable attraction. Three mobsters. An offer they can't refuse. It sounds like trouble as Jackson Jones and Mackenzie Cunningham, reluctant partners and two of the best private investigators in Los Angeles, return to solve their most dangerous case yet. Jackson Jones and...

Author: Elliott GilbertISBN-13: 9798886011364Publisher: Stark House PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2025Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.39d

Sierra Bravo is a brand-new Chief of Police in an upscale California beach town. The cops she works with adore her, but some of the rich and powerful have little use for her. A strange event-an eleven-year-old girl is brought into a men's washroom...

Overflowing with history and charm, Virginia may be for lovers but in this collection of stories, it's home to mayhem, mishap, and murder. From the city streets to small towns to the coast and everywhere in between, these short mysteries will take you on...

A delightfully twisty and darkly comic crime thriller, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and How to Kill Your Family I'm obsessed with true crime. All the podcasts, the documentaries... I can't get enough. And now there's a murderer on the loose...

Tess, a bank manager, is offered a "special project" which requires her to travel to Chapleau, a remote town in Northern Ontario, which will put her on one of the most dangerous roads in the North. Excited for the challenge, Tess and her bank...

Ronnie McMillian always dreamed of being somebody important. He dreamed of being a big shot, even an underachiever in school. He finally gets his opportunity when he meets Raymond Fox, the most powerful man in Hartsburg. Ronnie soon finds himself working at one of...

Step into the shadows of the Scottish Highlands, where no one is as innocent as they seem, and the path to the truth could be the most dangerous journey yet...When a string of fatal accidents on the notorious A9 road catches the attention of...

Starting again isn't easy. Revisiting the past can be deadly... Ana, who now lives in a small Oxfordshire village, came from Liverpool carrying a secret. Her life is now on the straight and narrow and she has a blossoming career as a policewoman. But...

Author: Robert SilverbergISBN-13: 9798886011289Publisher: Stark House PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2025Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d

Six years ago, Hannah Leah Abelard needed a fresh start. She changed her name to Abbey Rhodes and enlisted in the United States Army as a part of the "Ever Vigilant," 18th Military Police Brigade. They taught her how to be a great cop....

The BRAND NEW psychological thriller from international bestseller Gemma RogersIn a split second, your whole world crashes around you...My wedding was the perfect whirlwind of a day. The happiest I'd ever been. That was until I discovered my beloved husband, Ryan, tucked away in...

A contemporary crime thriller perfect for Louise Penny and Robert Dugoni fans, Illusionist presents PI McPherson with an impossible dilemma: kill an author at a writing retreat in the Pacific Northwest, or let a college student die. WHEN AN ILLUSIONIST joins the Pines &...

Halloween night in an upscale suburban neighborhood, two Vietnam vets did not look out of place at the party. Only one would leave alive. What ensues is a story of free-spirited euphoric lust whilst playing cat and mouse with the police; an investigation that...

Going back home again isn't just hard, it's murder.Emotionally adrift, lonely after his wife's death, Boise Montague does the thing no one should ever do: he goes back home again.Boise remembered the Caribbean home of his childhood - in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands -...

Author: Janet EvanovichISBN-10: 1668003155ISBN-13: 9781668003152Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Deep within Texas's power grid lies a hidden cyber weapon, poised to bring the Lone Star State to its knees, and only Cass Callahan can stop it.Teaming up with tech genius Scoots Faraday and his no-nonsense former partner Ray Tucker, Cass races against time...

How far will teen girls go for approval from their peers PI Georgia Davis finds out.When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat. But when Georgia Davis -- former cop and newly-minted PI...

Dominic Petrossi has just opened the bookstore he always dreamt of, when the past comes to haunt his days of joy. A murdered priest twenty years ago. A case of abuse by a priest where his best friend Edmund accused Father Saint Pierre of...

Some secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.Nikolaj "Cai" Strakosha lives in contradictions-ruthless killer and shy artist, calculated criminal and lovesick teenager. Two years ago, he left Denver with a broken heart and a scheme to take down a state senator....

Velocity. Stay Ahead. Stay Alive. In the gritty heart of Brooklyn, bike courier Wren Hubbard lives for the thrill of weaving through traffic on her beloved Argo. But when a routine delivery leads her to a dying woman and a corrupt cop, Wren finds...

"Take a chance on reading the River Bend Chronicles. You won't be disappointed. They are both intriguing with the mystery of the story with a little romance thrown in..."-A Reviewer"Perhaps the best romance/mystery series I have ever read ..." -Pamela Paige, former feature writer,...

"A riveting mystery...Graham takes readers intimately into the setting, his knowledge of the places he writes about apparent at every turn."--DURANGO TELEGRAPHIn Tony Hillerman fashion, this page-turner brings the rugged western landscape, the mysterious past of the Ancestral Puebloan people, and the Southwest's ongoing...

Author: M. J. ArlidgeISBN-10: 1398708259ISBN-13: 9781398708259Publisher: OrionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2025Pages: 464Format: Paperback

Someone is killing women and staging their bodies in strange, evocative scenes in this Greek-mythology-inspired serial killer thriller perfect for fans of Alex Michaelides and Tana French. Cassidy Cantwell has devoted her life to becoming a detective, never forgetting the cold case that has...

Beneath the AshesEmma Dawson thought she had her life figured out. A loving mother, a devoted wife-until the day she discovered that everything was built on a lie. Her husband, the man she trusted with her heart, wasn't who he claimed to be. When...

The balance of destiny could change with simple weight added to it.I had a passion for games.Particularly this one.A man, the prey.An executioner, me.One sentence that would seal our future forever: "1 out of 6, can you guess?"And two possible outcomes: LIFE or DEATHSimple.That...

A Honey Pop November TBR Pick!"The Girl in the Vault is Ledwidge's best."--James PattersonThey stole her dream.Now getting it back will take...The perfect crime.It's summer in New York City and Faye Walker has it all. She's not only scored one of the most highly...

Reed Montgomery would give anything to stop killing. A series of bad choices have led him into a life as an indentured assassin, where his bosses call the shots and he takes them--or else. Only the promise of eventual emancipation keeps him going, but...

IN THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF STRIKE FORCE X THE TEAM IS ON THE HUNT FOR THE GHOST OF PABLO ESCOBAR AND UNVEILS A DARK CORRUPTION ALONG THE WAY. The five-member SFX Corporation is a private military contractor working at various times for government agencies,...

Chastity Riley and her new sidekick Ivo investigate the case of newspaper executives who have been caged and tortured outside their offices ... on a trail that leads them to the hothouse world of boarding schools and some harrowing secrets... You loved Dark ......

From the creator of the hit BBC drama Silent Witness, comes the gripping second instalment in the acclaimed Mark Lapslie series, sees the DCI come under attack from all sides. Perfect for fans of M.J. Arlidge and Angela Marsons. By now he had knifed,...

A visceral thriller from the creator of the hit BBC drama Silent Witness, introducing synaesthetic detective DCI Mark Lapslie. I've looked into the eyes of women who have banged nine-inch nails into the skulls of their victims with hammers ... we evaluate them, trying...

Possibility, love, vigilance, even fear can be captured in a whisper. But what if it's the only clue to solve a crime? Detective Rae Butler inherits a series of assaults that seem to have no connection beyond the suspect. But when she encounters Audrey...

In the captivating fourth Leo Maxwell mystery, Panther's Prey, tragedy once again strikes near the heart for lawyer-detective Leo Maxwell. Now a public defender in San Francisco, Leo has partnered with Jordan Walker, a promising young lawyer on loan from a well-heeled law firm....

Lachlan Smith won widespread critical acclaim for his first novel in the Leo Maxwell series, Bear Is Broken, which won the Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. In the tense and twist-filled third novel, Fox Is Framed, private attorney Leo Maxwell is forced...

See all formats and editionsA highly rated, award-winning, mystery/thriller series takes a bone-chilling jaunt to Scotland in the eighth book.Port Stirling, Oregon, police chief Matt Horning and his special agent wife, Fern, finally get their well-deserved vacation on a getaway to Shetland and the...

"One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time" (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever...

Murder. Music. Company secrets.Soon after journalist Jade returns from abroad to her hometown, Melbourne, her friend Nick is found dead in a dumpster. She turns to their tight-knit circle for answers, only to uncover a web of lies.Mounting evidence suggests her best friend Elena's...

The adrenaline-fueled sequel to Eradicate, a thrilling new chapter in Kyle Quinn's fight for justice. Forged in Fire. Bound by Creed. Relentless in Retribution.After dismantling a child-abduction cult and confronting the horrors of his past, black-ops mercenary Kyle Quinn, known as "The Custodian," emerges...

The cost of wealth and powerValentina Ortiz, the largest political donor in the USA, has made many enemies. That's made her overprotective of her two sons: her youngest, Chuck, is working under a false name as an analyst for the CIA in London, and...

Six years ago, Hannah Leah Abelard needed a fresh start. She changed her name to Abbey Rhodes and enlisted in the United States Army as a part of the "Ever Vigilant," 18th Military Police Brigade. They taught her how to be a great cop....

A serial killer hunts the beautiful streets of Sunnyside Road, an elegant neighborhood in Western Massachusetts. So far, six preteens are dead, and families are devastated. Despite involvement by the FBI, state police, and local authorities, no clues are forthcoming, and citizens hunker down...

What was to be a wonderful honeymoon has turned into a nightmare as people are being murdered, and her husband is the security guard's number one suspect. Join Shelly, Curly, and Tucker in this exciting and fast-paced sequel to A Vengeful Spirit as they...

This is the fourth in Olguin's Buenos Aires thriller series, starring the gutsy, earthy, yet vulnerable investigative reporter Veronica Rosenthal. Two journalists have been executed in cold blood. Is it a burglary gone wrong? Veronica has her doubts.The magazine's investigation of a high-level corruption...

Years ago, two children survived an explosion that killed their parents and older brother. Now, those distant events have far-reaching consequences when Leana Lonergan is killed in a car accident. Leana was the wealthy, beautiful, and brilliant wife of Gar, but due to the...

"A riotous exploration of ambition, passion and greed." -Christopher Smith, theater critic, The Orange County Register"A raucous satire of our times that is also an affecting study of family bonds and an acerbic tribute to the flawed, glorious, once-mighty dinosaur that was daily journalism."...

Babe Ruth's glove, a bloody shirt, a diamond-encrusted bag: the score of a lifetime.Drowning beneath a wave of gentrification, Drew Hackett wants only to support his family and grow his weekend business. When he learns that Boston sports legend Bernie Oakes has a memorabilia...

The BRAND NEW deliciously dark thriller from Sarah Bonner, author of How to Slay at Work You'd kill for a holiday like this one... Chloe has spent months planning the murder of her husband, Scott. Everything is ready, but first she must create the...