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In the Woods

Dublin Murder Squad #1

Edgar Allan Poe Best First Novel 2008, Macavity Best First Mystery Novel 2008, Barry Best First Novel 2008

by Tana French

As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police...

Faithful Place

Dublin Murder Squad #3

by Tana French

Watch a Video The "expertly rendered, gripping new novel" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)—from the bestselling author of In the Woods and The Likeness.

Tana French's In the Woods and The Likeness captivated...

Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt Longmire Christmas Stories (A Penguin Special)

by Craig Johnson

It's holiday season in Absaroka County and Sheriff Walt Longmire gets personal in this delightful collection of four short stories from New York Times-bestselling author Craig Johnson.

Full of Longmire's dry...

The Poison Tree: A Novel

by Erin Kelly

"A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of Du Maurier's Rebecca. I wish I had written it."

-Stephen King

With its hip London backdrop and expert pacing, Erin Kelly's masterful debut, The Poison Tree, delivers...

Neighborhood Watch: A Novel

by Cammie McGovern

New from the author of Eye Contact, "a page turner...[that] uncovers a host of dark suburban secrets" (People)

After twelve years in prison, Betsy Treading is released when new DNA evidence irrefutably proves...

The Likeness: A Novel

Dublin Murder Squad #2

by Tana French

The haunting follow up to the Edgar Award-winning debut In the Woods

Tana French astonished critics and readers alike with her mesmerizing debut novel, In the Woods. Now both French and Detective Cassie Maddox...

The Angel Maker

by Stefan Brijs

A literary page-turner about one man's macabre ambition to create life-and secure immortality The village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of...

Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel

by Stefan Kiesbye

Shirley Jackson meets The Twilight Zone in this riveting novel of supernatural horror

A village on the Devil‘s Moor: a place untouched by time and shrouded in superstition. There is the grand manor house...

The Facility: A Novel

by Simon Lelic

"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this."

In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start...

The Other Woman's House: A Novel

by Sophie Hannah

The latest psychological thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Wrong Mother and The Cradle in the Grave

It's past midnight, but Connie Bowskill can't sleep. To pass the time, she logs on...

The Royal Wulff Murders: A Novel

by Keith McCafferty

Fans of C. J. Box, Craig Johnson, and Carl Hiassen will love this witty debut mystery set on the banks of Montana's Madison River

Angling is a multibillion dollar business, and no one knows that better...

The Child Who: A Novel

by Simon Lelic

An unimaginable crime and the man who must defend it-a probing psychological thriller from the author of A Thousand Cuts.

A chance phone call throws the biggest muder case in southern England into the hands of...

Faithful Place: A Novel

by Tana French

The "expertly rendered, gripping new novel" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)-from the bestselling author of In the Woods and The Likeness.

Tana French's In the Woods and The Likeness captivated readers by...

The Cradle in the Grave: A Novel

by Sophie Hannah

This book's triumph is that it is not just a perfectly executed psychological thriller, but a pertinent meditation on society itself." -The Guardian

Television producer Fliss Benson is surprised to discover...