Mystery & Detective

Above the Law

by Tim Green

Readers last saw Casey Jordan in The Letter of the Law, where she defended her law professor for the grisly murder of a student only to discover he was guilty. After, Casey left her high-powered practice and...

Death of a Dreamer

Hamish Macbeth #22

by M. C. Beaton

Hamish Macbeth is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for poison in this novel of murder in the Scottish Highlands. When Effie Garrand is found poisoned by hemlock, it's up to Macbeth to find her killer...

Put a Lid on It

by Donald E. Westlake

Meehan, a career thief staring at life without parole, is awaiting sentencing at the Manhattan Correctional Center when he is called to a meeting by someone masquerading as his lawyer. The man, it turns out,...

Money for Nothing

by Donald E. Westlake

* Put a Lid on It, Donald E. Westlake's most recent novel, was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 4/02. It will be published in mass market paperback in 3/03 to tie in with the hardcover release of MONEY...

Dead Ringer

by Annie Solomon

The hunt for a dangerous weapon leads Federal Agent Finn Carter to Angelina Mercer with a proposition that could be her salvation or destruction. In order to find her birth mother, Angelina must infiltrate a...

Walkin' the Dog

Socrates Fortlow #2

by Walter Mosley

Socrates Fortlow, an ex-convict forced to define his own morality in a lawless world, confronts wrongs that most people would rather ignore and comes face-to-face with the most dangerous emotion: hope. It has...

The Jupiter Myth

Marcus Didius Falco #14

by Lindsey Davis

Davis' 14th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series is a noir tale of gangsters, gladiators, and love. For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder....

30 Seconds

by Sam Giancana

Marty English, advertising executive, seems to be leading the perfect life-no one knows that he is really the estranged son of Chicago's Mafia Don. When he pulls in a multi-million dollar account with Isaac...

The Legacy

by D. W. Buffa

A young black student is on trial for the murder of a hot-shot California senator. The student claims he is innocent, but all the evidence indicates otherwise. Joseph Antonelli leaves his Oregon law practice...

Last Breath

by Rachel Lee

When popular Father Quinlan is accused of murdering a young parishioner and nailing him to a cross inside the church, private investigator Chloe Ryan knows he's innocent. Soon, Chloe is butting heads--and hearts--with...

The Drowning People

by Richard Mason

It is a cold afternoon in winter. An old man sits in a room high above the sea, watching the sun set. It is twenty-four hours since the death of his wife at Seton Castle, the home they had shared for more than...

Open and Shut

Andy Carpenter #1

by David Rosenfelt

"There is nothing like a golden retriever. I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. Mine is named Tara . . . The only problem she has ever...

While Other People Sleep

Sharon McCone #19

by Marcia Muller

It starts when Sharon McCone's acquaintance tells her that someone was pretending to be the private eye at a party. Sharon investigates further and discovers that the imposter has no qualms about mixing business...

Cyanide Wells

Cape Perdido #2

by Marcia Muller

* Muller's most recent novel, Dead Midnight (Mysterious Press hardcover, 6/02), hit the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. It received rave reviews from the New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle,...

Dead Midnight

Sharon McCone #22

by Marcia Muller

Sharon McCone has decided to throw herself into work so she can get past her brother's suicide, but the wrongful-death suit she is working on hits too close to home. It's a civil case in which the family of...

Long Lost

by David Morrell

Brad Denning is a successful architect living a perfect life in Denver with his loving wife and son. Or so it would be, if not for the haunting memory of his brother Petey who disappeared while under Brad's...

Aphrodite

by Russell Andrews

Bestselling author Russell Andrews returns with a new thriller about a small-town cop who must get to the bottom of one of the greatest conspiracies of his time.

The Rules of Silence

by David Lindsey

Titus Cain, a highly successful businessman with a rock-solid marriage and a loving circle of friends, is being kidnapped.

Fallen Idols

by J. F. Freedman

Prominent archaeologists Walt and Jocelyn Gaines had just completed the latest phase of excavation of a fabulous Mayan ruin when they were waylaid by bandits.

Right as Rain

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn #1

by George Pelecanos

Derek Strange is a black ex-cop in Washington D.C. who now makes a living running his own private detective agency. He is hired to investigate the killing of an off-duty black policeman by a white police officer...