Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

Lester Dukes had everything in the world a man could possibly want. He had good looks, money, popularity and the finer things in life. However his way of obtaining those means were contrary to the law. Now he is wanted for the murder of...

Set mainly in Southern California during the recession of 1992, J. Ladd Zorn Jr.'s Car Trouble is a character-driven odyssey for anyone longing for page-turning action and dark humor to combat the insanity of the rat race.When his car burns to the ground, wallet...

From the Colombian jungle, to Harlem, from Washington D.C. to Hawaii, and eventually from Laos to Armageddon, a constantly endangered David Devine quixotically chases down the roots of the heroin trade. Not from any patriotic fervor but from burning personal rage As sub-text, the...

From the Colombian jungle, to Harlem, from Washington D.C. to Hawaii, and eventually from Laos to Armageddon, a constantly endangered David Devine quixotically chases down the roots of the heroin trade. Not from any patriotic fervor but from burning personal rage As sub-text, the...

This story is a continuation of the story from Alone in the Gulf of Mexico. It begins in Illinois but rapidly moves to Florida and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico and Cozumel. The story follows the sometimes-hectic legal battle with individuals from Homeland...

Nsentip Ukpong Nsentip (Ph.D) American natural scientist, educator, and civil servant. Nsentip contributed immensely through work, scientific publications and lectures in highlighting the marine exploitable fishery resources for development and enhancement of production to boost the national economy of Nigeria. He was involved in...

"I'm Catchin' Hell," chronicles the life of Joshua Townsend after he experiences a life altering event. Joshua reflects on pivotal moments within his life that explain how he ended up in a place that could ultimately lead to his demise. He remembers important moments...

"Bac Si," which is Vietnamese for Doctor, takes the reader on a journey from innocence, into the jungles of Viet Nam, and back to innocence. In 1968, the United States Army conducted tests using LSD on volunteers, to determine how long a subject being...

A young woman name Elijah continuously say that she has come to a big decision. Her heart, mind, and soul are content on getting vengeance on her beloved ones. She has went her entire youth, teenage, and young adult years dealing with an emotional,...

"She's going over onto her back " cried Asa. "Hang on, Asa I've got it " announced John. The airplane was out of control, but John stayed with it, trying desperately to right the ship. The acting captain channeled every one of his four...

Dan Mora, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, is missing. Will Jamie Morgan find him before it is too late? Oblivia introduces the reader to Dan Mora and Jamie Morgan, Peace Corps volunteers in Bolivia. At a crossroad in their lives, they discover the...

Winner of the 2012 Kurd-La witz-Preis They are just children when they first meet: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress's son. One day on the playground, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An idea...

The Saint is on holiday in Naples when a brawl interrupts his lunch; a tweedy English tourist has casually addressed an Italian as Dino Cartelli--provoking the paunchy individual so named to set his hulking henchman on the bewildered Briton. The Saint intervenes, and soon...

Whether in Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Nassau, or Lucerne, the Saint always finds some action to interest him. In these seven stories, Simon faces competition in the jewel-thief business, encounters an unpleasant movie mogul, uncovers a Ponzi scheme that isn't what it seems, deals with sabotage...

In these six stories, the Saint encounters unscrupulous fraudsters in Hamburg; a confrontation with a rhino; perfect murders in Paris; a temperance leader deserving to be taken down a peg or two; a thief duping tourists in Sweden; and the hunt for the most...

Six more classic adventures: there's a murky tale of blackmail at a candy convention; a chance to turn the tables on an unscrupulous real-estate broker; a confidence trickster with a keen grasp of math; a scientific invention that is too good to be true;...

Mexico, Cuba, and Panama--that's where the modern-day Robin Hood engages in somewhat revolutionary activities with ice-cold blondes, bedroom-eyed redheads, con men, and knife men, not to mention stealing pearls from a blind man.Author: Leslie CharterisISBN-10: 1477842926ISBN-13: 9781477842928Publisher: Thomas & MercerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight:...

In these nine tales, Simon has a chance to show off his skills: he matches his wits against confidence tricksters, objects to a hanging, gets the better of a patent-pill millionaire, solves a locked-room murder in a secret laboratory, goes fishing, turns journalist, and...

In these six stories, Simon Templar's uncanny ability to find an adventure wherever he goes leads him into some very strange affairs. In Bermuda, he has to solve the case of a missing husband; in England, he has to stop a husband whose wives...

The Saint is a traditionalist. He knows what a good pirate story needs: gold, hidden treasure, smugglers, dastardly villains, and damsels in distress. From Bimini to Nassau, via Jamaica and Haiti, the Saint travels the Caribbean, interrupting his holidays to settle disputes, solve murders,...

Simon Templar never goes anywhere with the intention of getting into trouble, but trouble seems to like following him.In seven adventures 'round Europe, he discovers dead bodies, missing jewels, kidnappers, and swindlers galore. He was meant to be on holiday--but when push comes to...

Nine classic adventures for the Saint in which he finds out whether the female of the species really is more deadly than the male.Author: Leslie CharterisISBN-10: 147784287XISBN-13: 9781477842874Publisher: Thomas & MercerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d

With the Second World War underway, the Saint has turned respectable, working for a secret branch of the government to take on a case nobody else can touch. In Washington, a young woman asks for his help--her father, a noted scientist, has created a...

When the Saint visits Arizona, he battles a Nazi scientist whose interest in ranching is prompted by the mercury deposits underneath the ranch. In Palm Springs, an alcoholic millionaire hires him after a series of near-fatal accidents. And real danger ensues in Hollywood when...

The Saint and Patricia are invited to stay with friends in Miami, but when they arrive, the friends are nowhere to be seen. After a tanker explodes off the coast and a dead sailor gets washed up on shore, the Saint suspects a link...

Nine classic short stories in which the Saint tackles a clever detective who isn't actually all that smart, a well-meaning mayor, a French count, a man who likes ants, and a producer who, much to the Saint's surprise, turns out to be quite smart....

Three more classic adventures for the Saint in which he discovers some truly miraculous tea, agrees to meet a woman with some information on a major swindle--but finds her dead--and, in the last story, decides to take the self-appointed guardian of the nation's morality...

In Tenerife, the Saint discovers three thugs beating up an old man and a young, attractive woman, so he and Hoppy Uniatz have to intervene. But when the old man reveals himself to be a diamond cutter who's just a lost a lottery ticket...

Diving deep into trouble, the Saint takes part in an underwater treasure hunt fraught with unforeseen danger. Can he successfully raid Davy Jones's locker and salvage his reputation as well as the sunken treasure?Author: Leslie CharterisISBN-10: 1477842756ISBN-13: 9781477842751Publisher: Thomas & MercerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/24/2014Pages: 306Format:...

Three more buccaneering adventures: When Rayt Marius bequeaths a book to Simon, it lands him in a whole lot of trouble, but it could generate a lot of money if he can survive to tell the tale. Then Simon battles the police, a reclusive...

The Saint is back - 50 audiobooks are now available starring the debonair classic crime hero. Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand...

Whether battling an adrenaline junkie who says he can cheat death, starting a revolution in a Central American country, or putting a drug smuggler and human trafficker out of business, the Saint seems to be having fun. Author: Leslie CharterisISBN-10: 1477842640ISBN-13: 9781477842645Publisher: Thomas &...

A shocking death exposes dangerous forces of seduction, obsession, and vengeance lurking beneath the idyllic surface of a prestigious New England university.It is more than just the late November weather that has cast a chill over the campus of Atherton University. When the wife...

Richard Marzten thinks he's getting away with the perfect affair--his wife will never suspect, and he'll continue his luxurious lifestyle with the addition of afternoon trysts.But cheaters never prosper, and, in Richard's case, they may not even live. His lies begin to unravel, and...

Whoever says crime doesn't pay isn't doing it right.There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a thing of beauty--so perfectly orchestrated that onlookers believe he and his crew are winning...

From Steve McHugh, the bestselling author of The Hellequin Chronicles, comes a new urban fantasy series packed with mystery, action, and, above all, magic.Layla Cassidy has always wanted a normal life, and the chance to put her father's brutal legacy behind her. And in...

They are back, that delightful bunch of folks from coastal North Carolina, in this, the last of the series of Beryl's Cove mysteries. Steve and Suzanne Thomas are in their mountain retreat, when someone is killing the choir master and choir members of the...

The Corporate Chameleon is a novel of an Italian immigrant family from 1920 to today. The family experiences the historical events over three generations. The principle characters of each generation exposes their strengths and weaknesses, but one mantra is the very DNA that runs...

From the Tom Clancy of a new generation, a debut thriller following two CIA outcasts who must race to stop a secret Chinese weapon that threatens to provoke a world war. After her first assignment in Venezuela goes disastrously awry, rookie case officer Kyra...

New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaugnessy takes readers back to defense attorney Nina Reilly's first murder investigation. This Nina Reilly thriller takes readers back to Nina's first murder investigation, to the case that ignites her passionate commitment to fighting for justice. As a...

In this fast-paced fourth thriller featuring Japanese antiquities expert Jim Brodie, a double-murder at the Kennedy Center forces the PI into a dangerous game of espionage--putting him in the crosshairs of the Chinese, North Korean, and American governments. Jim Brodie is an antiques dealer,...

"An interesting concept developed into an exciting read" (Kirkus Reviews)--the final novel in a groundbreaking international thriller trilogy about a deadly game that blurs the line between reality and fiction. Henrik "HP" Pettersson could never have imagined he'd become entwined in a chaotic and...

The "rock-solid" (Kirkus Reviews) prosecutor Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, return to solve the suspicious murder of a US colonel and battle corruption at the highest levels of the United States government in this novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert...

Together for the first time in a single volume -- the two critically acclaimed Bookman crime novels that helped inspire America's passion for modern first-edition book collecting and that belong on every bookshelf. Includes "The Book Collector," advice and special tips from John Dunning...

New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding tells an unforgettable story of a newly divorced woman attempting to heal her heartache, only to find herself on a desperate search for her daughter. Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart's life is in shambles. Two years ago, her twenty-one-year-old...

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Joy Fielding tells the story of an ambitious journalist whose foray into the mind of a killer puts her own family in jeopardy. Charley Webb is a beautiful single mother who writes a successful and controversial column...

From the author of Pope John Paul II: A Biography comes a chillingly authentic conspiracy thriller based on actual, never-before-revealed facts surrounding the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II. "One moment, the white-clad figure, holding on to the iron bar at the back...

From Allison Leotta, the "highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos) who writes "in a style that's as real as it gets" (USA TODAY), a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a...

Selected as one of "Summer's Best of the Best" books by O, The Oprah Magazine, Allison Leotta's spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister in a case that will bring her to her knees. How...

Hazard, Wyoming, is a quiet mountain town where there's snow on the ground from October until June, the wind blows all the time, and nothing much ever happens. But that's all about to change. Because, just when the wind suddenly stops, a killer comes...