Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Research scientist Clive Freeman and his wife Lucy are on the brink of divorce when their daughter is kidnapped, but they need to work together to fathom the cryptic words in her exercise book. This leads them to a duplicitous photographer, and Clive's involvement...

She was an angel seeking darkness......he was a demon seeking restWhen they meet, the attraction is undeniableHe's a charismatic, attractive long-haul truck driver balancing his desire to kill with societal rules. She's an investigative journalist hot on his trail.When Curtis becomes entranced by the...

ONE MAN REFUSES TO TESTIFY.The witness assured Mitch Turner he knew the truth about that night but he clammed up when Mitch got him on the stand. Mitch must figure out how to get the truth out of him, otherwise Mitch's client will go...

Dying to Date is a Kristina Truly mystery series. Love, betrayal, and murder, makes for an interesting first date. (A great whodunnit with a bit of humor, romance & mature language) Dying to Date is sold in over 61 countries. Kristina Truly is a...

When a fellow agent inexplicably vanishes during a standard observation assignment in Morocco, the San Martín brothers are pulled, yet again, into a dark underworld of organized crime, drugs, and global intrigue.But in the seventh installment of Bonnie Ridley Kraft's stunning suspense-thriller series, the...

Criminal defense attorney Mitch Turner has just left the courthouse after a long day when he hears a commotion coming from a nearby alley. He follows it and sees a woman getting mugged. He immediately heads down the alley to see what he can...

The Italian Mafia never forgets... Raymond Hunter's dark past has returned and demands one final favor. Now fifteen years later, settled as an accountant and family man, he assumed life would be calm. He thought wrong. The Italian mafia wants him back. The directions...

This novel, set in Victorian London in its heyday, presents a picture, both horrific and authentic, of the 'underside' of life in the first city of the world. It tells of Godfrey Mann, a young painter, who has access to the golden world of...

A delegation of visiting firemen arrives at Southampton, greeted by a stagecoach which carries a reception committee in early 19th century costume. This Old English greeting has been arranged between their president, Foster P. Schelemberger, and George Hamyadis, the flamboyant travel agent who is...

Jack Stallworthy is a bad detective just on the right side of corrupt. But now he's turning criminal... Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. And why not? He's spent thirty years putting villains behind bars, surely he's...

The Omnibus of Adventure V1 is a collection of exciting and thrilling stories written by John Grove. This book is a compilation of some of the best adventure stories that will take readers on a journey filled with action, suspense, and mystery. The stories...

The Omnibus of Adventure V2 is a book written by John Grove. It is a collection of thrilling stories that take the reader on a journey through various adventures. The book is the second volume in a series of omnibuses, and it features a...

Del ganador del premio L'H confidencial, nos llega Habana réquiem, un thriller policiaco que nos arrastra por las calles de La Habana Vieja. Cuba se tensa en medio del panorama de recesión y el Estado intenta maniobrar con un falso aperturismo económico, pero la...

Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod finds herself joining the hunt for a sadistic serial killer when a series of young women are found murdered in Glasgow.Author: Lin AndersonISBN-10: 1529024811ISBN-13: 9781529024814Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2021Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.10d

Her heart stutters as she draws closer. A woman's fingertips curl over the boat's edge. Dark crimson blood clashes with the faded blue peeling paint beneath. They're too late, the beautiful woman within has been dead for some time... Detective Josie Quinn lifts the...

Discover an electrifying crime thriller full of breathtaking twists, set amid the lonely hills of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.Gerren Penrose has waited too long to call on his friend, reclusive old Rob Harris. He takes the twisty road to Rob's secluded cottage, steps inside...

Her eyes snap open and she takes in the snow-covered forest around her. She can't remember how she got here, and a dark figure is running toward her. She doesn't have time to scream before he's upon her...When Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy,...

When he wakes up in a car in a field off the side of the road, he doesn't know where he is or who he is, he just knows someone is trying to kill him. Thus begins the journey of a man who will...

Retired Detective Paul Phillip thought his days of crime-solving were behind him, enjoying a peaceful life on the tranquil island of St. Anne. But when five-year-old Emma Webber is kidnapped, Paul's quiet existence is shattered. With the local police overwhelmed and desperate for help,...

Retired Detective Paul Phillip thought his days of crime-solving were behind him, enjoying a peaceful life on the tranquil island of St. Anne. But when five-year-old Emma Webber is kidnapped, Paul's quiet existence is shattered. With the local police overwhelmed and desperate for help,...

In the hustle and bustle of 1990s Toronto, John Cippione and his older brother Carmine take over their hard-working Italian immigrant father's small heating and air-conditioning company. John is determined to propel the business into the big leagues and finally have the lavish lifestyle...

In the hustle and bustle of 1990s Toronto, John Cippione and his older brother Carmine take over their hard-working Italian immigrant father's small heating and air-conditioning company. John is determined to propel the business into the big leagues and finally have the lavish lifestyle...

There are no silent nights for Alex Cross, star of the Prime series, this Christmas. Someone is targeting Supreme Court justices, and Cross--and his family--are in the crosshairs too.It's time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out...

LAPD Detective Ren?e Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter.Ren?e Ballard and the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between...

The next installment in the popular Kay Scarpetta series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia CornwellSummoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved....

A chilly morning mist blankets the Cornish countryside, shrouding the barn in an eerie silence. Inside, a woman lies motionless, her unseeing eyes fixed on the rafters above. A blood-stained note flutters in the breeze. Her death is only the beginning... Detective Lauren Pengelly...

Her friend is missing. A teen has been murdered. And Leigh will have to put everything on the line in this serene town where secrets simmer below the surface...FBI criminologist Leigh Brody arrives at her friend Elyse's Alabama beachfront vacation home and walks straight...

Most detective stories are located in one city, the Maigret series in Paris, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlow in Los Angeles. These stories, like the television series based on Colin Dexter's Morse novels, are set in Oxford. Unlike Raymond Chandler's and Colin Dexter's novels these...

Jason Colt wakes to find his partner unconscious, a twisted bloody corpse nearby, and his weapon still warm in his hand. With no memory of what happened after entering a dark alcove, he soon becomes the prime suspect. In order to save his partner's...

Chao exudes a mystery and strength radiating a silent power that is strange and beguiling. He is one of the richest men in the world.He discovers he has one year to live, he plans to liquidate his fortune and produces a series of global...

THE STRONGEST WEB introduces the reader to the terror that an organized criminal gang can bestow upon any city. Cork City is besieged by such a gang. Their leader has a propensity for violence, not seen since the Black and Tans, or even Cromwell...

One fateful moment changes the course of a life.The moment seems trivial at first but it seals Joe Rose's destiny. Fresh out of high school, Joe finds himself at a pool hall where he intervenes to help a stranger, Vince DeLuca, fend off some...

When the mysterious appearance of an endangered snake leads to murder, special agent Sam Rivers must solve the case before those responsible can slither away. The appearance of a rattlesnake wouldn't normally be enough to halt construction on Alta Vista, an upscale housing development...

For fans of Jane Harper and true crime, a dark and gripping thriller set in a small town in the Australian Outback, by the author of the international bestseller WAKE.Gemma Guillory has lived in the Australian Outback enclave of Rainier her entire life. She...

Chief Superintendent Philippe Maigret - the most decorated police officer in Paris - has been given an undercover assignment by his friend, Christophe Saint-Val?ry, the Minister of Police. He is to find an ancient grimoire - an 18th Century book about witchcraft - stolen...

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn series - available to pre-order now! Years ago someone got away with murder... But time's up. 2009 During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and...

The New York Times bestselling multitalented artist delivers an electrifying novel--The Accomplice--that combines the imaginative page-turning suspense of S. A. Cosby's books with the high-tension thrills of the Netflix blockbuster series Money Heist.In The Accomplice, Curtis ""50 Cent"" Jackson and award-winning mystery writer Aaron...

A dead man's riddles--and secrets--thrust an FBI codebreaker into a deadly cross-country race for justice in a propulsive thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Cipher.During a recent undercover sting gone bad, hit man Gustavo Toro died in the arms of...

From the master of French noir and winner of the French Voices Prize, a gripping mystery about the blossoming of poisonous passions set in the brooding landscapes of Gironde, FranceWhen Franck gets out after five years in jail, he expects to find the brother...

"Riveting, original, and chillingly plausible, Kill Show is both an urgent reckoning with the ethics of true crime and a tense mystery in its own right. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."--Flynn Berry, Edgar Award-winning author of Northern SpyWhen sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes...

A 1930s murder mystery in the July heat of Atlanta's summer. A drunk and disgraced Detective William Barronson wishes only to die and join his deceased wife and son. Disgusted that his last drunk attempt failed, he heads to work for another day of...

A dark secret. A voodoo curse. An enemy who doesn't play by the rules.While Reid tries to find out who the mole in his department is, Kenzie asks for his help on one of the strangest murders he's ever seen.A man is found to...

The fourth book in the completely gripping & sultry southern Florida Kenzie Gilmore crime thriller series.When an unidentified woman is found partially decomposed in the stomach of a Burmese python, along with a 9mm bullet, the search is on to find out who she...

The Miami heat can be murder...When investigative reporter Kenzie is asked by a teenager to look into her boyfriend's murder, she stumbles upon a secret so great that just knowing about it could get her killed.Unable to turn a blind eye, she starts investigating...

The Arson Murders is the third book in the William Barronson series. This time, William investigates a series of fires that are being set for either insurance or blackmail. As he starts his investigation, German agent, Carl Muller reappears. His mission is to get...

How far would you go to protect a secret? The lifeless body of a woman wearing an evening dress is discovered in the party room of the wax museum. Everything would suggest suicide, but DCI Eric Shaw, team chief at the Forensic Services of...

In The Red Pole of Macau, the fourth installment in the Ava Lee series, Ava's half-brother Michael is desperate to pull out of a multi-million-dollar real estate deal in the territory of Macau. The developers are threatening to halt construction unless Michael and his...

*** LARGE PRINT VERSION ***Some cases hit closer to home than others... FBI agent Nathan Thomas and his team are determined to find and stop a cold-blooded, dispassionate killer whose machinations claim the most innocent of victims - small children. But Nathan's delicate balancing...

Unspeakable acts go on under our noses every single day. If you could do something about them would you? How far would you go? Shane Ahalt's debut thriller will have you questioning your morality and stance on vigilantism.When Chris Caldwell, the chief of police...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama starring Derek Martin, the precursor to the popular TV series and novels. Jack Frost is disheveled, disorganised and disrespectful. His superiors don't like him. He has a habit of doing things his way - and getting results. But...