Fiction - Crime

A man- a good man.A man- a loving single parent.A man-a friend to the neighbors.A man- by all description somewhat of a loner.Now a man among the missing. A military style gun battle and home invasion and nothing appears to be as it was...

The story of two very different lives...and one Hollywood murder. It's 2019 and Lily Jones is living her dream in L.A....sort of. It hasn't quite turned out as she planned and instead of working as a movie producer, she is cleaning at the prestigious...

Can't Depend on Murder is the latest episode in the continuing Florida Murder Mystery Series saga. Roger Pyles, sleuth extraordinaire, is looking for a murder to solve, but little does he realize he could be the next victim when his past catches up with...

When a local wildlife ranger goes missing in the rugged mountains south of Aspen, Colorado the local sheriff launches a massive manhunt. Buck Taylor volunteers to help in the search and what the searchers uncover will shake this small mountain town to its core.With...

Who's Running the Human Chop Shop Known as Red Market?For bounty hunter Jinx Ballou, work has taken a turn for the macabre. Among the fugitives she's been hired to apprehend is a man wanted for illegally selling cadavers.When the body broker himself turns up...

When a blood-soaked man is discovered with the word Baal-Berith scored into his flesh, the bewildered police call on expert Professor Matt Hunter to assist. Before long, a gruesome discovery is made and Hunter is drawn into a frenzied murder investigation. With a fury...

Oakland, 1984. Skinheads prowl the streets, a serial killer talks to God through the business end of a butcher knife, and Mexican dope runners dump their chained enemies into the river alive. Navigating a blasted landscape of feral dogs, crooked cops, and violent criminals...

Author: Amy AbrahamISBN-10: 1790607329ISBN-13: 9781790607327Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2018Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

After a long hard winter Mac goes on holiday to Cyprus to soak up some sun and becomes involved in a murder investigation. An old man has fallen from the balcony of his holiday apartment and the police believe that he was pushed. Mac...

When the patriarch of a New Orleans crime family dies in a fight-to-the-death with a Chanas Indian chief on the banks of the Mississippi River, little does he know his direct descendant, William Laveaux, will seek revenge 75 years later.In 1923, William (aka the...

"Susan Slater can flat-out write." --Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel It's Christmas in St. Augustine, where Dan and Elaine Mahoney are taking an extended honeymoon. But not all is sunny in Florida when Dan's company sends him to investigate...

The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom...

GIUSEPPE VAZANNO is one of the wealthiest and most beloved landowners in 1911, post-feudal Sicily. His lemon orchards provide work for the Sicilian peasants, a rich life for his brothers and their families, and a peaceful oasis for his wife Maria and their two...

"[A] marvelous blend of history and mystery..." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewIt should have been routine, a simple assignment for PI Sam Blackman and his partner Nakayla Robertson. Follow a history professor who's suing a spinal surgeon for malpractice and catch her in physical activities...

"A wealth of historical detail, an exciting treasure hunt and credible characters distinguish this fresh, adventurous read." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewSam Blackman is an angry man. A Chief Warrant Officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in...

"A tantalizing mystery full of humor and eccentric characters." --BooklistFuneral director and part-time sheriff Barry Clayton finds Archie Donovan's request absurd until he learns the casket will be the centerpiece of the Jaycees' haunted house, with all proceeds going to the children's hospital.But when...

"[A] first-rate installment in an excellent series." --BooklistBarry Clayton has left the Charlotte police force to manage his ailing father's funeral home in the peace and quiet of the Appalachian mountains. But Buryin' Barry is an undertaker with a problem he keeps finding unwanted...

"Another stellar entry in an outstanding series that deserves wider recognition: the family focus and rural North Carolina setting make it a natural for Margaret Maron fans." --Booklist STARRED reviewThe night before a funeral that will thrust the mountain town of Gainesboro, North Carolina,...

Meet Stickman and Maple, homegrown terrorists hell-bent on political upheaval and bringing down the government. They break the mold of terrorists being social misfits, extremists seeking martyrdom. Stickman and Maple are trained and disciplined. They hold down jobs. They blend in. They could be...

In 1931, army veteran Cyprus Gables begins a daring bank robbery spree unlike anything ever seen in Florida before or since. The 29 year old former soldier and hisbbc pregnant, southern belle girlfriend brazenly blast their way to stolen wealth, while freeing poor 'Depression...

When it comes to beating your business rivals, what better than deception?Punches still count in these days of technological advancement. When Matt Hardwicke, owner of Winnibrook, employ's his rival's most ingenious researcher, he finds out that there are consequences. After a near fatal accident...

When her sixty-four-year-old husband, whom she married in secret, dies, Alexa is pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich as she fights her late husband's entire family for control of his fortune. Arthur Bannerman, a controversial and wealthy man...

In this unusual spin on the classic spy novel, murder strikes from our wartime pasts...Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love...

The first Lotte Meerman mystery Amsterdam-based Lotte Meerman is a cold case detective recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. She is angry and mentally scarred - but being a police officer is the only thing she wants to do. A tip-off...

"Golden age fans will appreciate how Sikander works his way through an array of suspects. Once again, Gaind successfully blends detection with history." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewDecember, 1911. All of India is in a tizzy. A vast tent city has sprung up outside the...

2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award nominee"With its strong sense of place, depiction of racial tension that still lingers in the new South, and appealing sleuths, de Castrique's well-plotted mystery is a winner." --Library JournalWhen Asheville, NC, private eyes Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson...

"A good choice for anyone who enjoys small-town mysteries and ghost stories." --BooklistWhen private detective Sam Blackman agrees to help his partner and lover, Nakayla Robertson, conduct a fundraiser for orphaned twin boys, he does so to ease his conscience. The boys' parents were...

"This fascinating mystery, merging past and present, brings some little-known history to light and shows that laws change much faster than attitudes..." --BooklistThings are slow at the Blackman & Robertson Detective Agency. So when Nakayla Robertson suggests a mushroom hunt at the historic, freed-slave...

"The author offers insights into the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of Indian casinos, along with a large cast of believable characters with a wide emotional range." --Publishers WeeklyWhen Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations...

ROWING IN EDENSam is not the only tormented soul in the tiny upstate village of Old Wickham. There's also Peter Quinn, a brilliant, troubled fourteen-year-old with quick fists, no past, and a truckload of attitude. Although a judge found him innocent, Peter knows better....

It's January and winter is biting hard. Mac is asked to investigate the brutal murder of a homeless man in London by his grieving daughter. Meanwhile two of Mac's police colleagues are looking into the suspicious death of a Cambridge history professor. Their paths...

The year is 1987, and outlaw Ray Diamond's mother Lorna is the queenpin of a cesspool of crime and perversion in Mystic, Georgia. When Ray is discharged from the Navy in San Diego, he absconds with a .45, planning to rob and drug deal...

In the third installment of the Do-It-Yourself mystery series, Avery Baker must refurbish her friend's reputation, in a mystery perfect for lovers of HGTV's renovation shows. Ex-New York designer Avery Baker left the bustle of the big city to start her own home renovation...

A Storm in the Blood is a wise and searching historical novel of political intrigue and terrorist action in turn-of-the-century London from Jon Stephen Fink, acclaimed author of Further Adventures. Based on the compelling true story of the Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of...

Author: Anthony FieldsISBN-10: 1965448003ISBN-13: 9781965448007Publisher: Lock Down PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2024Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d

The million-copy international bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club (UK) pick A family vanishes...A terrifying past is revealed When Emily Kane arrives at her sister's house she finds the front door unlocked with no one inside. Dinner is still cooking and the TV...

One day, Amy Snyder disappears. The local sheriff is useless, so Amy's father Wayne begins his own search to find his missing daughter.There are a few suspects: Jason, Amy's boyfriend; Lupo, a middle-aged drug dealer; and the creepy minister, Pastor Stone. Wayne searches all...

Author: Kb JacksonISBN-10: 1964703697ISBN-13: 9781964703695Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2024Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.68d

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063397919ISBN-13: 9780063397910Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2024Pages: 256Format: Paperback

The BRAND NEW psychological thriller from #1 bestseller Rona Halsall He killed my husband. Now I've promised to be his wife. After my first husband died, I thought my heart was completely broken, and that I'd never feel happy again. Until I met Theo....

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063397935ISBN-13: 9780063397934Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 336Format: PaperbackAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.7Point Value: 12Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 8892 / Postern of Fate

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063397927ISBN-13: 9780063397927Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2024Pages: 304Format: Paperback

Author: David BaldacciISBN-10: 1538742055ISBN-13: 9781538742051Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 432Format: HardcoverSize: 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.33d

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC!"Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill." -- ParadeThe next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, New York...

I should hate you. I should want you dead for what you did to my sweet, blue-eyed boy. But you're the only person who can give me the answers I need. What really happened the night you killed him?It's twenty years since my teenage...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series comes a breathtaking thriller about a man whose only chance to rescue his family is to return to the past he thought he'd left behind.Tommy Miller is a man with deadly...

The gripping new thriller in Peter Guttridge's highly acclaimed Brighton series.The truth will out.Thriller writer Victor Tempest is dead and his son, the disgraced ex-Chief Constable Bob Watts, is discovering what really happened in the unsolved Brighton Trunk Murder of 1934. At the same...

Picturesque Alpine is no longer the brawling logging town of yesteryear. So when a drunken fight at the Icicle Creek Tavern leaves a loner named Alvin De Muth dead, the residents feel as if they've gone back to the Bad Old Days. The inquiry...

Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, the charming hamlet of Alpine is preparing for Thanksgiving, while Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, feels her spirits sink. There will be no family or friends to share the day, but a...

An exhilarating installment in Mary Daheim's beloved and long-running small-town murder mystery series set in Alpine, Washington, and featuring unforgettable newspaper editor Emma Lord Winter in the small mountain aerie of Alpine should be as quiet as new-fallen snow on the Cascades, but from...