Fiction - Crime

Two grisly murders. A disgraced former mayor. A tranquil town on the verge. This gripping historical crime novel set in the South pulls the past into the present, perfect for fans of Attica Locke and Wiley Cash. Dave Hendricks was once a respected man...

Jeff Frazier is a racehorse trainer whose dream is about to come true. He has a thoroughbred with the talent and the ability to compete in some of the most prestigious races in the country. When the colt becomes the catalyst for murder, however,...

Join Lulu Lewis, a retired detective with a knack for uncovering secrets, and Conrad, her extraordinary talking cat, as they take on their latest case. Hoping for a relaxing break, Lulu sets off with Conrad on her canal boat The Lark to the picturesque...

Based on a real incident and contemporary source material, Forgiveness is the compelling account of the life and murder of a young Victorian woman, Bessie Goodwin, in Victorian England. The story is narrated by Bessie and Samuel Leech, the lawyer representing her killer. Samuel...

In "A Glass to Murder," Mabel Hartwell's keen intellect and unyielding determination are put to the test in a quaint village where secrets run as deep as its historical roots. As she navigates through a web of lies, hidden agendas, and a community gripped...

Macy, a retired librarian, goes through her diary in every chapter of this novel. She explores love's losses and gains. It's an exploration in the depths of heartaches and happiness.In Macy's younger years, when the boy next door and her become best friends, she...

The explosive new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and She's Not Sorry, Mary KubicaTwo families vacationing at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime and mysterious disappearance in this twisty, unputdownable thriller...

In the Name of Our Fathers Exciting and fast-paced, this debut novel by a young Somali writer is set against the fall of a ruling dictatorship in Africa in 1991, and the ensuing panic in the capital city. The first-person narrative tells of a...

A woman is found dead. A single note is left behind. But her husband knows the truth!Owen thought he knew his wife better than anyone. But after her sudden and tragic death, nothing makes sense. Grief consumes him, and in his desperation, he begins...

Rhonda Norris is a ghetto chick that is looking for love! She runs into Jay Morris on her way to the neighborhood store. After they get familiar with one another, a group of Bloods gang members robs them. Jay gets shot during the robbery...

In the quiet mountain town of Deren Falls, wealth is made in the quarry. For generations, two families have fought over control of the marble deposits, each vying for power and prestige.When patriarch Vincent Bancroft announces the heir to the Bancroft dynasty, the race...

October, 1933. Billy Parkin can't catch a break. Overworked and underappreciated as a Homicide Detective with the New Deco Police Department, he is roused out of bed on what is meant to be is day off and called in to investigate the death of...

Listen to Scott Turow's courtroom drama from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, the phenomenon that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+'s most-watched drama series ever.Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in...

If death is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to accept it. But if evil is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to kill it. It's been decades since Rebecca Underhill and her late twin sister, Molly, were...

In the ruthless streets of New Jersey, where betrayal runs deeper than blood and survival is a game of strategy, Dishonorable Deeds introduces a new kind of hood thriller-one that doesn't play by the rules. The first installment in the Street Sweeper Chronicles, this...

What happens when a group of new money upstarts attempt to take over Palm Beach's most venerable, old guard, WASPy club?A battle royale where every rule in the book is thrown out the window. Labeled 'nouveau entertainers, ' 'showbiz bums', 'lowlife wannabes, ' and...

ATF Special Agent Cooper "Coop" Bellamy's rigid adherence to rules has left his relationship with his 11-year-old daughter in ashes. When Charleston's fire chief calls him to investigate a series of mysterious nuisance fires ravaging the city, Coop sees a chance to redeem himself...

From the Crime Writers' Association, a beautiful new anthology of classic crime stories, designed as a perfect gift for the reader of crime and mystery, and a lifetime of reading pleasure. A CWA anthology celebrating members' fiction from over the years, Then There Were...

"A deftly crafted, emotionally engaging novel." -Midwest Book ReviewThe homeless men of the Kelsey Rescue Mission think of Greg Smith as the nice fellow serving meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They don't know that Greg was once one of Washington's most powerful political operatives....

A pitch-black crime comedy from two of the hottest thriller writers on either side of the Atlantic, Supermax is a bloody, bawdy odyssey of drug dealing, adultery, and murder for fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho. When a...

Anything can happen when the super yacht, Boys Night Out, drifts out past the 3-mile limit...The passengers are some of Palm Beach's richest and most libidinous men in town and the "crew" are twenty of the most smoking hot women around. Throw that together...

Find out what happens when Mason Smith enlists the help of two friends in order to perform a heist that'll give him his life back.Author: Linette KingISBN-13: 9798305274660Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2024Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d

Raskolnikov, an impoverished student, determines to kill a pawnbroker whom he detests. He does, and much plot ensues. The first book that Dostoevsky wrote after his exile in Siberia, and widely considered one of the greatest novels of all time, in all of world...

This adaptation of "The Black Mask" by H. Bedford-Jones into a hardboiled / noir Detective Nick Carter story retains the core elements of the original while significantly altering the setting, characters, and plot structure to fit the new genre.It introduces a kidnapping subplot involving...

Simultaneously a high-stakes mystery and an in-depth exploration of grief and loss, The Beltane Massacre is reminiscent of a classic spy novel with a modern twist - Rowan McRae is a different kind of hero for a different age who must learn how to...

In a quiet town, hidden away from the chaos of the world, lies a dark and sinister secret. Jack and Lila thought they had left their nightmares behind when they destroyed the cursed doll, Crimson. But the malevolent spirit that inhabits the doll was...

"A thrilling murder mystery that kept me turning the pages. Well worth a read." Bestselling author T.A. Williams.The high society wedding...Social media influencer Crystabel Hughes is determined her wedding to Giles Preston Smythe will be the talk of the town. No matter the cost...

The discovery of a mutilated body in the British Museum launches DI Marshall's murder investigation into what appears to be the work of a twisted serial killer. With victims butchered as if they'd undergone an ancient Egyptian funeral rite, Marshall struggles to find anything...

Mo and Birdie are back in their element, swimming against the tide.Mo is seriously conflicted about life, love, family and religion. Without Birdie to guide him, Mo would simply be a rudderless canoe drifting aimlessly with the current.After they're summoned to solve a brutal...

Author: Ethel Lina WhiteISBN-10: 1471917231ISBN-13: 9781471917233Publisher: Murder RoomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2015Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.49d

Fifteen years ago, the innocence of the small town of Pleasure, Wisconsin was stolen by a young boy. Now, he is back, leaving a trail of bloody carnage in his wake. The media has dubbed him Strawberries, and the country is mesmerized.Detective Harry Bland...

You would think finding a body in a morgue was easy. The search was just routine, but the result was a complete surprise. His old friend Fate was back with a vengeance. The second story of crime fighting Gary's way.Author: R. D. ScottISBN-10: 1393838685ISBN-13:...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!No one was lookingA missing girl.Her confused family and friends don't know what to think about her disappearance.The police will only put so many resources into the search for a missing teen. They don't have time and money...

Answers. They're hard to come by. The way the Outfit obtained them rocked us to our very core, but we're overcoming the loss and looking ahead. The war is here, and preparations will take Piper and me to Boston and into a meeting with...

With the shitshow in Miami behind us, Piper is finally mine. I'm on the brink of accepting something I never thought possible. I think I'm falling in love, but how would I know? The monster's never allowed such emotion to fester, and he doesn't...

Piper Tate has cast a spell, making me into a man who blurts Italian endearments without thought. One who gives her full thumbprint access to my penthouse. A guy who makes her breakfast and serves it to her in my bed, even though it...

My acts are vicious and cruel, vile and life-taking. My demands are unquestioned no matter how depraved. There's a monster inside me, and the wounds that scar my soul are dark and deep. I'm Dante Simone.Underboss of the Chicago Outfit.She walks into the audition,...

In tis coming of age story, teen Chooka grows up in the weird world of 1950s Aussie pub life. When his alcoholic dad dies, he searches for his identity, and that of his shadowy underage girlfriend, Iris. Captivated by the pub's many crazy customers...

A British soldier storming the Normandy D-Day beachhead, a man whose girlfriend had been deported to Auschwitz four years previously - "Whenever I see a German in black? I see a dead German in SS black." The #1 Amazon charts bestseller - The Long...

On a beautiful fall evening, in the middle of a game of hide-and-seek, five-year-old Bobby Clark is kidnapped by his estranged father, a shiftless man with a history of domestic violence and drug abuse. Bobby's twin brother Ricky watches, terrified, from his hiding place...

An original new series, with heart-pounding suspense and surprising twists. Meet Louie Thorne. They didn't kill her--and they'll soon regret it. When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter...

"Get it how you live it," is the foundation of the street lawmakers. When two well-connected Arabs enter the city limits of Durham, North Carolina, they do so without knowing the rules of the land. Pay close attention to the main character of your...

Spring of 1952. Annie Watson, now widowed, is assisting her daughter Lady Penelope Sheridan with the first formal dinners to be held at the renovated Big House. Even the reputedly troublesome Dowager Lady Edwina cannot cast a shadow over the triumphant success of the...

The building and repair work carried out by dangerously incompetent and unscrupulous builders, often known as "cowboys," is widely reported in newspapers and investigations into their nefarious activities make popular and thought-provoking television documentaries. This publicity helps to warn the unwary of the misery,...

Terrence Allen and Donovan Michaels were best friends, and upon their return home, they encountered various new changes. They were looking forward to reconnecting with a past friend. But this past friend offered new surprises about his life now--the first being that he had...

The Third Murray Whelan Adventure When Murray Whelan, lovelorn political minder and part-time fitness fanatic, is recruited to massage Australia's bid for the Olympics he has no idea how tough the going will get. Not even the sight of the gorgeous Holly Deloite in...

Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor of London, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed library of his house in Prince's Gate. Between his teeth he gripped the stump of a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay beside...

This instant New York Times bestseller and "outstanding" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) thriller features a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army's most notorious--and dangerous--deserter. When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared...

John Littlefeather and his son Timmy are on vacation in the wilderness of Washington State, when John meets the woman he loves. There is a small problem. He has to rescue her after she is kidnapped by one of The People Who Live in...

'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIES Two sisters Just before her wedding day, Morven Murray, queen of daytime TV, is found murdered. All eyes are...