Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural

Truth

by Peter Temple

Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a penthouse apartment, three men butchered in a sadistic rampage, a tattoofaced drug dealer corrupting...

Cold Death

by Michael Fowler

Taking a well-earned break from the 'Dearne Valley Demon' case, Detective Sergeant Hunter Kerr's rest is suddenly shattered when he witnesses a violent argument involving his father, shortly followed by a murderous...

Heart of the Demon

by Michael Fowler

Detective Sergeant Hunter Kerr and his partner DC Grace Marshall are called to the scene of a brutal slaying; the victim is a 14 year-old girl. The killer has been disturbed but he has left behind a puzzle....

Consequences

by R. C. Bridgestock

From the authors of 'Deadly Focus' comes their second book in the 'D.I. Jack Dylan' series. Detective Inspector Jack Dylan's list of things to do is getting out of control. He has two unconnected murders to...

Afterimage

by Kathleen George

In the humid dog days of a Pittsburgh summer weekend, Richard Christie, Head of Homicide, faces not one, but two mysterious murders. The victims---a polite woman and an angelic child---do not seem to be connected...

A Cold and Silent Dying

Marti MacAlister #12

by Eleanor Taylor Bland

Lincoln Prairie Homicide Detective Marti MacAlister does not get along with her new boss. Lieutenant Gail Nicholson disapproves of what she calls Marti's sloppy work habits, and regards her success as a fluke...

Dream Chasers: An Inspector Green Mystery

by Barbara Fradkin

A 17-year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Three days later, her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, Inspector Green suspects a personal...

Watching the Ghosts

by Kate Ellis

DI Joe Plantagenet investigates a house with a disturbing past in the fourth of this popular police procedural series

Boothgate House has a sinister past. Once an asylum for the insane, serial killer Peter Brockmeister...

Dark Matter: A Steve Nastos Mystery

by R. D. Cain

After being recently cleared of murder charges, the disgraced and out-of-work police detective Steve Nastos reluctantly teams with his brash and similarly disgraced lawyer Kevin Carscadden for a paycheck. Nastos—who...

Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery

Wallander #8

by Henning Mankell & Ebba Segerberg

Ystad, Sweden, fall 1997. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. Although they are quickly apprehended, one of them escapes police custody and disappears without a trace. A few days later, a man stops...

The Honeypot

by Stefano di Marino

Nikki Leong, a lethal and sexy Eurasian girl, and Jeff, a Westerner sent to the East to complete a “hit”, meet in Vientiane; surrounded by the exotic and mysterious atmosphere of the Laos capital city, the...

Death Lies Beneath

DI Andy Horton #8

by Pauline Rowson

"Outstanding . . . Deserves mention in the same breath as . . . the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey" Booklist Starred Review - When ex-con Daryl Woodley is found dead on the marshes bordering Langstone...

Angel Among Us

Dead Detective #4

by Katy Munger

In the fourth compelling 'Dead Detective' mystery, Kevin Fahey uncovers disturbing secrets when a schoolteacher disappears. - Following his untimely death, former cop Kevin Fahey roams the streets of his small...

Smoke Alarm

Martha Gunn #4

by Priscilla Masters

A deadly fire reunites coroner Martha Gunn with Detective Inspector Alex Randall in the fourth book in this successful series. - When firemen are called to an intense blaze at the Grange in Melverley, they find...

More Than Meets the Eye

Lambert & Hook #25

by J.M. Gregson

A shocking murder in a garden paradise marks the start of a difficult new case for Lambert and Hook. - Dennis Cooper is one of the few full-time resident National Trust curators in England and lives with his...

Lambs to the Slaughter: DCI Monika Paniatowski 5

by Sally Spencer

A small mining village is rocked by a shocking murder in the latest Monika Paniatowski mystery . . . - Tensions are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further...

Spanish Inquisition

by Elizabeth Darrell

Max Rydal faces a terrible dilemma when one of his own men is accused of a heinous crime . . . - Following the final performance of Carmen by the amateur operatic group on the military base, there's a party...

The Altered Case

by Peter Turnbull

A skeleton-filled grave leads DCI Hennessey's team back to the aftermath of the English Civil War in this gripping mystery - When a deep grave containing five skeletons is found in the corner of a field, DCI...

Least of Evils

Inspector Peach #15

by J.M. Gregson

A shooting on an estate puts DCI Percy Peach on the trail of a brutal ganglord... - When a young man is found with gunshot wounds outside the Thorley Grange estate, DCI Percy Peach is immediately on the case....

Instinct

by Nick Oldham

The thrilling new Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel - Grieving after a huge personal tragedy, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is trying to pull his life back together and thinking seriously...