Mystery & Detective

Cuts Through Bone

by Alaric Hunt

Winner of the PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition

At first, Rachel Vasquez found her new job working for private detective Clayton Guthrie promising. He got her a gun and a license and took her to target...

Dead Connection

Ellie Hatcher #1

by Alafair Burke

In this electrifying thriller, a rookie detective goes undercover on the

Internet dating scene to draw out a serial killer targeting single women

in Manhattan When two young women are murdered on the streets...

Missing Child

by Patricia MacDonald

Heart-pounding domestic suspense from an internationally-bestselling author - One morning Caitlin Eckhart receives a phone call that changes her life forever - her much-loved six-year-old stepson Geordie has...

Killing Orders

V.I. Warshawski #3

by Sara Paretsky

V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows...

The Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories

by Marcia Talley, Nora Charles & Elaine Viets

Hours of great reading await, with mystery and crime tales from some of the 20th most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Sax Rohmer (creator of Fu Manchu), G.K. Chesterton (famous...

The 7th Month: A Detective D. D. Warren Story, featuring an early look at TOUCH & GO (A Penguin Special from Dutton)

by Lisa Gardner

In Lisa Gardner's first-ever short story following thirteen bestselling novels, The 7th Month takes readers between the books and into a day in the life of Boston Detective D. D. Warren.

In her seventh month...

Shadow of the Serpent

An Inspector McLevy Mystery #1

by David Ashton

McLevy is one of the great psychological creations and Ashton is the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson' - Brian Cox, star of the BBC Radio 4 McLevy play 'David Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters...

Unrevealed: Four Jane Perry Stories

by Laurel Dewey

"Laurel Dewey has definitely earned a place in any discussion of the top mystery authors of the present day."

– Bookreporter

"I don't know if Laurel Dewey is as widely known as Dean Koontz or James Patterson,...

Fall from Grace

An Inspector McLevy Mystery #2

by David Ashton

’David Ashton’s writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing, and his narrative grabs you - I was going to say, by the throat - and doesn’t let you go’ - The Sherlock Holmes Society of...

Wicked Business: A Lizzy and Diesel Novel

Lizzy & Diesel #2

by Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich, mega-bestselling author of the beloved Stephanie Plum series, is back and better than ever. Her novels, hailed by GQ as “among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction,” deliver rollicking...

Hit List

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #20

by Laurell K. Hamilton

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A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect "monsters" are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward,...

Three To Get Deadly

Stephanie Plum #3

by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she's having a bad hair day -- for the whole month of January.

She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most...

Roses Are Red

Alex Cross #6

by James Patterson

In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.

In a series...

Blood in the Water

Alice Rice #1

by Gillian Galbraith

The Edinburgh underworld may have emitted a collective sigh of relief at the departure of Inspector Rebus, but just as they thought it was safe to reclaim the streets of Auld Reekie it seems that a fresh avenger...

This Pen For Hire

by Laura Levine

Smarmy personals ads. Daring declarations of love. Writer-for-hire Jaine Austen has penned them all. But when one of the love connections she made is broken up by murder, Jaine finds herself freelancing free-of-charge--and...

Never Look Back

by Robert Ross

At The Edge Of Town...

Karen Donovan no sooner marries bestselling novelist Philip Kaye when he leaves on a book tour, abandoning her at his Provincetown mansion with his sullen teenage daughter. Black-clad...

The Safe Man: A Ghost Story

by Michael Connelly

Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly

Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty...

Buried Prey

Lucas Davenport #22

by John Sandford

Some secrets just can't stay buried, in the brilliant new Lucas Davenport thriller from the number-one New York Times- bestselling author.

"One of the best," said Kirkus Reviews of Storm Prey. "Razor-sharp...

Guilty Pleasures

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #1

by Laurell K. Hamilton

When St. Louis's most powerful vampire comes to Anita Blake for help, she is faced with her greatest fear-a man capable of arousing in her a hunger strong enough to match his own.

Twice Kissed

by Lisa Jackson

"No one tells a story like Lisa Jackson," raves Debbie Macomber. Ann Major hails her "sizzling passion, fast-paced plots, and heartwarming characters." Now, from the best-selling author of Whispers comes the...