St. Martin's Press / Collection : Minotaur Books

Detroit Breakdown

by D. E. Johnson

Will Anderson and Elizabeth Hume are called to the vast Eloise Insane Asylum outside of Detroit, where Elizabeth’s cousin Robbie is a patient and now a murder suspect. The victim, like three others before...

Murder Most Austen

Elizabeth Parker #4

by Tracy Kiely

A dedicated Anglophile and Janeite, Elizabeth Parker is hoping the trip to the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath will distract her from her lack of a job and her uncertain future with her boyfriend, Peter....

The Beautiful Mystery

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8

Agatha Award for Best Novel 2012

by Louise Penny

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time  No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups,...

The Resistance

Louis Morgon #4

by Peter Steiner

“Literate crime thrillers don’t get much better than this.” —Publishers Weekly (starred) on L’Assassin 

Peter Steiner has thoroughly impressed sophisticated thriller mavens everywhere with his critically...

A Killing in the Hills

by Julia Keller

In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it's too late.

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Simple

by Kathleen George

"If anyone's writing better police thrillers than George, I don't know who it is."

—Entertainment Weekly

Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel for The Odds, Kathleen George has received raves from all...

Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen

Sheriff Dan Rhodes #19

by Bill Crider

Dan Rhodes, sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack, where the young and pretty Lynn Ashton has been found dead, bashed over the head with a hairdryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to...

Last Lawyer Standing

by Douglas Corleone

Defense attorney Kevin Corvelli fled from New York to Hawaii after the sensational death of one of his clients three years ago. Now, in the wake of another client’s death—a client Kevin had fallen in love...

Rock Bottom

Em Hansen #13

by Sarah Andrews

Rivers, oceans, streams, lakes—it doesn’t matter what shape it takes, Em Hansen is terrified of the water. She hasn’t shared her phobia with her new husband, Fritz, and when his best friend, Tiny, organizes...

Escape Artist

by Mark Sullivan

"A compelling, page-turning blend of spy and caper fiction: it's Robin Hood for the twenty-first century.” –Jeff Abbott 

Mark Sullivan, the co-author of James Patterson’s Private Games, has, in Robin...

The Viper

Fredrik Broman #4

by Håkan Östlundh

 "Another Scandinavian star has been born into the world of crime fiction. Don't miss out on Hakan Ostlundh!"

 --Stephen Booth, author of The Devil’s Edge

Published in nine countries worldwide, Håkan Östlundh...

Far North

by Michael Ridpath

"International thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location." --Peter James, #1 international bestselling author of Dead Man’s Grip

In Iceland, revenge...

Bad Little Falls

Mike Bowditch #3

by Paul Doiron

Anthony- and Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron delivers another “masterpiece of high-octane narrative” (Booklist) with his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of...

Kill You Twice

Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell #5

by Chelsea Cain

Nothing makes Portland detective Archie Sheridan happier than knowing that Gretchen Lowell—the serial killer whose stunning beauty is belied by the gruesome murders she’s committed—is locked away in a...

Blind Faith

Caitlyn Tierney #1

by CJ Lyons & C. J. Lyons

Sarah Durandt knows the killer is dead. She watched him die from a lethal injection in the execution chamber. But Sarah finds little comfort in knowing that the deranged psychopath who murdered her husband and...

The Singapore School of Villainy

Inspector Singh Investigates #3

by Shamini Flint

"Inspector Singh is Singapore's answer to Dirty Harry—in a turban."

—Tarquin Hall, author of The Case of the Missing Servant  

Homicide detective Inspector Singh has returned home to Singapore to rest his...

Some Like It Hawk

Meg Langslow #14

by Donna Andrews

Meg helps run Caerphilly's summer arts and crafts festival while trying to smoke out a murderer—turn up the heat, because Some Like it Hawk!         

The hilariously funny Donna Andrews delivers another...

The Trust

by Norb Vonnegut

“Mr. Vonnegut dreams up diabolically elegant business crimes, then sends smart-talking characters to follow the money. He draws upon his own Wall Street experience (with Morgan Stanley, among other employers)...

Fire Season

Franck Coffin #3

by Jon Loomis

Beleaguered Police Detective Frank Coffin is on the trail of a firebug in Fire Season, the third in this sharply witty mystery series set in Provincetown, Massachusetts  Until a replacement can be found, Frank...

Leader of the Pack

Andy Carpenter #10

by David Rosenfelt

Over the course of his legal career, Andy Carpenter has lost a few cases. But that doesn’t mean he forgets his clients. Andy has always been convinced that Joey Desimone, a man convicted of murder nine years...