Mystery & Detective / English literature

Hour of the Rat

by Lisa Brackmann

Iraq War vet Ellie McEnroe has a pretty good life in Beijing, representing the work of controversial dissident Chinese artist Zhang Jianli. Even though Zhang’s mysterious disappearance of over a year ago has...

Crime of Privilege: A Novel

by Walter Walker

In the tradition of Scott Turow, William Landay, and Nelson DeMille, Crime of Privilege is a stunning thriller about power, corruption, and the law in America—and the dangerous ways they come together.

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Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway

Claire DeWitt #2

by Sara Gran

The second installment in the acclaimed Claire DeWitt mystery series, from an author who "reminds me why I fell in love with the genre" (Laura Lippman)

The Heist

O'Hare and Fox #1

by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg

From Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for Monk, comes the first adventure in an electrifying new...

The Canterbury Murders

Templar Knight Mysteries #7

by Maureen Ash

When a royal servant is murdered, Templar Bascot de Marins is once again called upon to serve justice—and protect a royal secret.  

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

As King Phillip of France leads a devastating...

The 9th Girl

Kovac and Liska #4

by Tami Hoag

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag brings back her fan-favorite Minneapolis investigators Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska in the haunting new thriller The 9th Girl.

"Kovac had seen more dead bodies than...

Killer Ambition

Rachel Knight #3

by Marcia Clark

When the daughter of a billionaire Hollywood director is found murdered after what appears to be a kidnapping gone wrong, Los Angeles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller find...

Her Last Breath

Kate Burkholder #5

by Linda Castillo

An extraordinarily beautiful Amish woman, a dangerous femme fatale, is the central figure in a story that reveals a dark side of Painters Mill and its seemingly perfect Amish world

A rainy night, an Amish father...

Death of a Dyer

by Eleanor Kuhns

Will Rees feels at home. It’s been a long time since he last felt this way—not since before his wife died years ago and he took to the road as a traveling weaver. Now, in 1796, Rees is back on his Maine...

Death Rides Again

Jocelyn Shore #3

by Janice Hamrick

Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore had been looking forward to spending Thanksgiving at her Uncle Kel’s ranch, but her visit takes an unexpected turn when she discovers Uncle Kel threatening his son-in-law...

Loyalty

by Ingrid Thoft

The Ludlows are a hard-charging family, and patriarch Carl Ludlow treats his offspring like employees-which they are. But his daughter, Fina, is a bit of a black sheep. A law school dropout, her father keeps...

Stoker's Manuscript

by Royce Prouty

When rare-manuscript expert Joseph Barkeley is hired to authenticate and purchase the original draft and notes for Bram Stoker's Dracula, little does he know that the reclusive buyer is a member of the oldest...

Until She Comes Home

by Lori Roy

Winner of an Edgar Award for Best First Novel for Bent Road, Lori Roy returns with Until She Comes Home, a tale of spellbinding suspense in which a pair of seemingly unrelated murders crumbles the facade of...

Circle of Shadows: A Westerman/Crowther Mystery

Crowther and Westerman #4

by Imogen Robertson

A grisly murder among the German aristocracy propels this tale of eighteenth century forensics and historical crime solving

The forthright Mrs. Harriet Westerman and her reclusive companion, anatomist Gabriel...

Bad Monkey

by Carl Hiaasen

Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff’s office—has a human arm in his freezer. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and...

Rainbow's End

Richard Jury #13

by Martha Grimes

When three women die of “natural causes” in London and the West Country, there appears to be no connection—or reason to suspect foul play. But Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury has other ideas,...

The Horse You Came in on

Richard Jury #12

by Martha Grimes

The murder is in America, but the call goes out to Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury. Accompanied by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant and by Sargeant Wiggins, Jury arrives in Baltimore, Maryland,...

The Old Contemptibles

Richard Jury #11

by Martha Grimes

Following a passionate and troubled love affair with a pretty widow named Jane Holdsworth, Jury finds himself, unaccountably, a suspect in a murder investigation. Detained in London, Jury sends his friend Melrose...

A Man of Affairs: A Novel

by John D. Macdonald & Dean Koontz

A Man of Affairs, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook.

Beneath the Bahamas sun rages...

More Good Old Stuff: Short Stories

by John D. Macdonald & Dean Koontz

More Good Old Stuff, a classic collection of short fiction from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook.

The companion to...