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Do You Love Thrillers? Are you curious how a bestselling author creates a hero? Do you long to know how they develop their stories? Wonder how much is...

(8 RED HOT MYSTERIES STORIES + 3 More MYSTERIES = 11 or 601 words over 430 pages Limited) Make way for 8 IRRESISTIBLE, Private Eye Thrillers… This 8...

After striving (and later stumbling) through an armed personnel security assignment, Timothy Beckon gets a ‘call’ for help from a past unrequited ...

Danny is a hustler, a con man, a grifter, been one most of his adult life and has done quite well at it. One day he gets a call from an old flame, Chr...

Dark. Raw. Gritty. Blond. from USA Today bestselling author V. J. Chambers Ever since blond detective Ivy Stern got herself kicked off the police forc...

During the mid-1950’s, Chief Detective Harvey Halloway was assigned to a murder investigation involving the murder of a man dressed in an expensive ...

If you woke up with a gun in your face, what would you do? In "Loose Ends," a wise-cracking PI is thrust into the center of a deadly—and highly...

Former Navy SEAL and NCIS agent, Jim Slade is now living the good life in the Florida Keys as a private detective. His small firm of two employs himse...

Edgar Rolfe is a private eye who is trying to drop a few pounds. Maybe the local mafia, the Corbucci family, can help him with a new fitness regimen w...

T. K. and Sunny have a conundrum on their hands. A former student haunted by a violent past asked for help from the Ghostcatcher. T. K. doesn't know h...

Edgar Rolfe is a private detective who only wants to eat his lunch in peace. But a frazzled woman ruins that opportunity when she comes in with talks ...

A young boy growing up on the streets of New York City, Tyler is exposed to both the good and bad of urban life. His future is determined by his relat...

Being a private eye means helping the little guy and that is what Benny Cahill does for a living. The problem is: this kind of work can be bad for you...

"Carter's writing is on target." - Publishers Weekly A curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when t...

Battle of Wits was the winner of the October 2012 Raspberry and Vine Short Story Competition in Melbourne Australia. A police detective must solve the...

A mystifying story dealing with a wealthy M. P'. s experiment with a poor young man. The tale pulsates with life and is truly startling in some of its...

The short story companion book to the bestselling psychological thriller, The Admirer's Secret. A husband in love with his wife. A wife willing to do ...

MILO PERETTI is back in Rome to take over the running of his late uncle’s detective agency. When the body of a businessman is found at an office nea...

When computers got smart enough to program themselves, Ritchie Boss left behind his dreams of being a hacker. For a paycheck he now manages sentient p...

An ex-cop with a past. A case police couldn't solve. One chance at redemption... Ex-New York detective Thomas Blume hunts the streets of London for th...

Timothy Beckon goes international, answering a call to provide personnel security for his friend, Barry Epstein, who is negotiating a complex business...

Jeff Resnick wasn't supposed to know about the man hung up to bleed out. After insurance investigator Jeff Resnick is viciously mugged, he discovers t...

Max Rust: Fifth Grade baseball star. Boy Scout. Altar boy. Private Eye. It's that last part Melanie Olive is interested in when she hires Max to track...

A disgraced cop, betrayed by his partner, kicked off the force, separated from his wife, pursued by a woman child bent on losing her virginity to Joe....

Sometimes you know things you’re not supposed to know. Things that you can never un-know. Things that will change the course of your life…and the ...

Edgar Rolfe is a private eye who is ready to enjoy Halloween, but when horror host, Halloween Jack, shows up at his door, those plans take a different...

SAM HILL was a wise-cracking hard-boiled PI from 1950. He starred in his own comic, produced at the time by Archie Comics and Close-up Inc. (toothpast...

Private Detective Randall Stone tackles a case in which a young man allegedly attacked his girlfriend and is suspect in her murder. An angry mob is se...

Retired Detective Jim Nash is headed for a long-awaited vacation in the Florida Keys when he checks his messages and discovers that an old flame needs...

Eddie Griffin, a 23-year-old ex-con, is working to put his life back together. Late one evening he witnesses a local businessman committing a murder. ...

When an old Spokane serial killer cold case becomes red-hot again in the small town of Bellevue, Washington--Chief of Police Howard J. Carter is force...

A 16 year old girl has disappeared. The police believe she is a runaway. Her parents believe she has been taken and is being held against her will. Wh...

The FBI’s best who had specialized in serial killers is back for another investigation. Her work in the past on the “Cross State Cross Dress Kille...

A Nick Valentine short story. Disgraced Great War hero, Nick Valentine returns to France for the first time since the war on what should be a routine ...

An orphan who intended to bring them down to their knees... Everything in my life has been turned upside down. My mom died and I was shipped off to a ...

Nick Gamble es duro (a veces), alcoholico (siempre) e investigador privado (excepto domingos y festivos). NICK GAMBLE es el sabueso mas perro de la ci...

It’s said things come in threes, a run of good luck at cards, a run of bad luck in love. But the penny doesn’t always drop until the third time ar...

When an unknown substance on a public sundial is thought to be evidence of foul play, Detective Wyatt Kask is called in by the police to help determin...

Colored Waters, the first Michael Chamber's crime/mystery novel. Calloused and hardened as he has become, Michael has a difficult time watching the vi...

Scrambled Hard-Boiled is out-of-kilter take of American Noir best described as Mickey Spillane meets the Canterbury Tales. When you need to hire a bas...

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. Max is...

PI Jackson Stone balked at responding to the flashing red light on the office phone. If he doesn't answer the phone, he could completely immerse himse...

Joe is a disgraced cop who has lost his badge and his gun, is separated from his wife, and was betrayed by his partner. One rainy night he runs into a...

This short story introduces the reader to Rider Bradbury. Rider has a lot of interests, reading, martial arts and Asian women...not always in that ord...

Who wants to kill Austin Carr? Everybody. After all, he's a stockbroker. About to be ingeniously murdered — snatched off a private fishing yacht by ...

Komisarz Berg (pseudonim „Proca”) jest oficerem Centralnego Biura Śledczego Policji. Każdego dnia styka się z brutalnym światem przestępczoś...

What line would you cross for a friend? Alison is missing. Sam, her brother comes to see his old friends, Raph and Mac, fearing the worse. After the s...

Who is Q? Not the dead girl. She's just another Gene Genie taken by her addiction – by a plague tearing the world apart. Who is Q? Not Sasha. He's a...

John Oxman, a crusty ex merchant seaman, comes to the aid of a beautiful woman who has been drugged, violated and on the run after having bio engineer...

NO HERO is a short story about the crime that led to an underachieving actor becoming an undercover cop. A struggling actor, Myles Morgan, gets a part...

Benevolent, diplomatic though often harried NYPD homicide detective Antonio Guardini has always separated his role as a police officer from that of a ...

She goes where the law won’t. Does what the law can’t. She is Judge, Jury, and Executioner. > “Fast-paced and action-packed, it takes you on ...

When Death Row inmate Norman Howell drops a tidbit about how he and his father once helped the current Texas Governor get rid of competing Vietnamese ...

Money ain’t nothing if you’ve got a lot of it. But then again, a lot of money won’t necessarily buy happiness either. In this Anthony Carrick my...

She was young, she was blond, and she was beautiful--and she was dead. Crumpled in a pool of her own blood and gore, her stunning looks were gone. She...

This is the highly anticipated sequel to DEATH TIMES TWO. T.K. and Sunny think they've dodged the bullet, but the notorious Boss Lady and her lieutena...

Henry Billingsly, brother of millionaire Frederick Billingsly, is found dead with a gun in his hand. The police are convinced it was suicide, but Fred...

The toast of 1942 Hollywood is the newly crowned Heavyweight Champ, Lucky Lawson. He's got it all, the belt, the babe, and a baffling crime scene in a...

Allie manages to talk Jim into a vacation in the Keys, where trouble finds them once again when they cross paths with a woman and her little girl bein...

Ella está de vuelta otra vez. Jigsaw Jill con el escuadrón de homicidios de Hollywood de Hollywood y los asesinatos que solo ella puede resolver. Ll...

Diabla Meets Big Ju Ju is the third in the Dee Rabow Mystery Series. Dee is a gutsy, tough female detective with more skeletons that one closet can ho...

Charlie Schmidt, a retired assassin, is returning home after completing a flight from Paris. In under forty-eight hours all hell will break loose for ...

This is the sixth installment of "The Ghostcatcher" series. T.K. Fleming is a retired English professor, a reluctant detective, and a boat bum. His la...

«El problema no es el presente, es la pesarosa herencia del pasado y la paupérrima proyección del futuro.» Con esta sentencia contenida en el prim...

A 12 y/o boy is kidnapped - but the ransom price is left to his parents! Before he is returned (safely) another boy is taken. Then another. Rookie det...

Detective Dirk Nickel couldn't care less about clowns, but his is a city without laughs where clowns are a dying breed. Then, one day Nickel is framed...

Second book in the Gary Maddox Series: Sydney private investigator Gary Maddox is asked to find a missing accountant. He doesn't expect any trouble. A...

Timothy Becket is at it again, answering a call to work personnel security. This time in Washington, DC. Maybe it will put away past years of imprison...

Timothy Beckon's 'call' this time differs from previous ones since it deals with child theft. He's assigned a case by MAC Security Consulting on the r...

It is Senior Sergeant Gordon 'Laney' Lane's last day at work before retirement. He has had a full life of watching changes occur with not only the pol...

The year is 1977. A remorseless serial-killer is stalking Bay City. The reason for the murders is unknown, but the dismembered victims are always youn...

A nod -- and a wink -- to Dashiell Hammett. A nameless operative for the Celestial Detective agency investigates a crime scene.

Darren Elmore has it all: beautiful wife, status, profitable vineyards and winery in Sonoma County. But he has always wanted--needed--to know what it ...

Miki Radicci, a 16-year-old famous artist, leads a secluded life in New York City. Not that she wants to dodge the press and celebrity; she wants to a...

Ruthless hitman confronts his destiny in a startling tale of redemption.

Timothy Beckon answers ‘calls,’ searching for a new life after five years of imprisonment for his role in a robbery that led to a store owner’s ...

For fans of Lisa Gardner, J.T. Ellison, and Erica Spindler! #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Stacy Green presents Twisted Minds! Meet great characters, ge...

Blood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved. Fenway Stevenson doesn't want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practi...

Jigsaw John was a real life homicide detective in the LAPD. This story is a homage to him as the goal of every officer with a gold shield is to emulat...

From former Lonely Planet author J.M. Porup comes this gritty South American noir... Rats ate his baby daughter while he partied in a disco. Now Horac...

Another timid schmuck walks in with a problem. Usually these situations get ignored, "Get lost" I would tell them. But this guy has a wad of cash and ...

In this pulse-pounding premiere issue of Victim City Stories you’ll uncover - They thought they could trade in flesh and broken wills. They thought ...

Slow Fall is a mystery in The Wekiwa County series. Set in the pre-Disney torpor of rural central Florida, it tells the story of an ex-Miami-cop who r...

It was just another day for mob boss Giovanni Luciana until he took his car for a drive . On a calm summer evening, Giovanni takes his young son Luca ...

Collection of three samples by #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain, including: MOON DANCE (Vampire for Hire #1) Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon...

Answering a call-to-serve from the American President, detective Johnny O’Brien finds himself embroiled in more mystery, intrigue, and strangeness o...

What do you get when crossing Illuminati with Antifa in Las Vegas? That’s what Timothy Beckon finds while answering a ‘call’ for help from Annie...

Murder On Gold Street Murder Mystery Short Stories Wealthy and successful financial planner James Firth from the wealthy suburb of Carlton turns up mu...

The mind of a psychotic genius and the method of his murders. The splitting of his life between that of a writer of children books and the uncaring bl...

The Handbag's Tale is a highly-stylized murder mystery. Readers will enjoy a rich vein of dark and sardonic humour. Nana the Snake Dancer, poets, pain...

Retired detective Jim Nash is headed for a much-needed vacation with the two favorite women in his life. When he pulls off the highway into a rest sto...

12 May 2010 A war is taking place on the streets of Bangkok as political cliques fire bullets and rockets at each other. Mysterious 'Men in Black' sni...

A compilation of three stories about the circumstances that carve our destinies. The forces that act beyond human comprehension- some working in our f...

Forty years ago, a young female veterinary student was abducted and taken against her will to an isolated bush location, where around a campfire party...

Garrett and Tiffanie Bate had it all—youth, money, and a perfect marriage. Until Tiffanie is killed in a suspicious accident. Neither the police nor...

My dog once took a bullet that was intended for me.  A bullet that ripped through his chest, narrowly missing his heart, and exited through his s...

Jake Legato was a cop. And now he stalks and kills strippers. At least, that's what the police think. Fired for putting a drug dealer's confiscated ca...

Scar Tissue is the first novel in a projected series of detective/mysteries in the spirit of Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker. Robert “Lucky”...

"Hardboiled, but hot as a door knob after a nuclear blast. Tim Bryant's work is blessed not only with originality, but with a kind of madness that mak...

The wife of Kheran Khoury, heroin wholesaler, is killed after he haggles over the price of her ransom. With the help of two computer geniuses, a stree...

Thanks to Elaine Brogan, Giorgio Cattoretti finally finds himself behind bars in one of the worst maximum security penitentiaries in Europe. He’s de...

It’s normal to see bodies on the set of an adult film. But when they’re dead bodies – and the cast and crew discover they’re trapped in a hous...

“John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King With an Introduction by Lee Child When Tra...

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" ( Los Angeles Times ).   Ph...

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the fourth suspenseful and thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edga...

“Any story by Jance is a joy.” — Times Now fans of the enormously popular Sheriff Joanna Brady suspense series by J.A. Jance can discover anothe...

In the eighth installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series that makes “even cat lovers…howl with delight” ( USA TODAY ), Chet an...

Ian Rankin's John Rebus, arguably the most realistic detective in crime fiction, is a brilliant but troubled man. When a young woman goes missing near...

"McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee miss...

When a group of international activists arrive on the Faroe Islands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensions between island...

John D. MacDonald Travis McGee Series collection 7 Book set 3:  - John D. McDonald - Travis McGee 15 - The Turquoise Lament. - John D. McDonald -...

'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' DAILY MAIL A routine assignment transporting two death-row p...

A “genuinely affecting” mystery set in small-town Iowa in the 1950s ( The Wall Street Journal ).   Sam McCain loves Buddy Holly because he’...

Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blac...

The frozen body of a man is discovered in a used car yard on the hottest day of the year, his face contorted by fear and pain. Detective Kay Hunter an...

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to the only friend he can ...

The British governess-turned-sleuth continues her witty, inquisitive ways with three mysteries from the “timelessly charming” series (Charlotte Ma...

A STUNNING  NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME! The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Set in a small-town North Carolina amus...

Ex-mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly simple murde...

In the landmark thirtieth installment of the bestselling series the New Yorker has called “an unusually potent cocktail of atmosphere and event,” ...

Mike Hammer is on the mend after taking two slugs in a shootout. He’s called back into the city to sit by the deathbed of an old war buddy, laid low...

"This stand-alone is easy to read and difficult to put down." - Bookzilla "Fun, fast, fresh!" - BookJunkie    Imagine your favorite teachers...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Quick Red Fox is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on...

For the first time, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling suspense master J.A. Jance brings together her two most beloved creations: Arizon...

“Murder, teenage bullying, sleazy adults, and good police work add up to another fine entry by Jance.” —The Oklahoman Betrayal of Trust is the t...

Ex-mob enforcer-turned-private investigator Isaiah Coleridge pits himself against a rich and powerful foe when he digs into a possible murder and a sk...

I looked after Lara. We both looked after Sophie and her baby. We had to. It’s not like Sophie was going to look after that baby herself. All she wa...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, Pale Gray for Guilt is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives ...

A vivid new cast of characters collide in gritty 1990s Brooklyn, in this latest from acclaimed neo-noir author William Boyle. In City of Margins , the...

Her breath hitches, and her stomach lurches, tossing up bile into the back of her throat. The man holds the revolver to her head and says, "Let's play...

" Taut, tense, crackling with psychological suspense and bursting with authentic detail, On the Count of Three is a tremendous thriller . Fans of Crim...

“Lippman is a writing powerhouse. ” —USA Today “I love her books.” —Harlan Coben New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman—winner ...

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen ...

The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And Spenser has just lost the wom...

The basis for the third season of the new Sundance TV series  Hap and Leonard coming Spring 2018.  Full of savage humor, heart-stopping susp...

Benevent Treasure: As a WWII orphan, Candida Sayle has never considered that she might have a family somewhere. Then she receives a letter from an unh...

“[Robert B.] Parker's brilliance is in his simple dialogue, and in Spenser.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer A bitter divorce is only the beginning. ...

#2 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series . . .  "Slick and tough and plotted to perfection." — Booklist "Fast-paced and smoothly narrated." — ...

“One of the best of the tough sleuths” tangles with blackmail and murder in Miami Beach in this hardboiled detective tale by one of the all-time g...

Spenser has gone to London -- and not to see the Queen. He's gone to track down a bunch of bombers who've blown away his client's wife and kids. His j...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Deep Blue Good-by is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who live...

Is Jack Reacher a serial killer? “Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child, #1 World-Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thriller...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Lonely Silver Rain is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who liv...

J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance’s most acclaimed series characters, join forces for the firs...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, Dress Her in Indigo is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives ...

The first book of the New York Times bestselling Chet and Bernie mystery series, an “enchanting one-of-a-kind novel” (Stephen King) that is “not...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Green Ripper is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on ...

"Her hair was black and fell to her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a dress of white silk. Her eyes were blue, alight...

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller! “Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child Some things are worth dying for. Rescuing...

On the run. Accused of murder. And nowhere to go. Coroner Fenway Stevenson is accused of a homicide she didn't commit—but all the evidence points he...

"To diggers a thousand yeasrs from now...the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen." Kurt Vonnegut, J...

J. P. Beaumont may be an old homicide hand now, but back when he was a rookie working with his first partner, Milton Gurkey—a.k.a. Pickles—things ...

In Dark Drama, the 12th novel in the series set in Portland in 1971, Mike Angel stumbles into his office during a power outage to discover a stunning ...

The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hothe...

"McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER This time out, McGee came close to losing his status as a living legend whe...

Authorized and Recommended by Lee Child! Diane Capri’s Award-winning and Bestselling Hunt for Jack Reacher Series continues! “Make some coffee. Yo...

An e-original novella from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaum...

He came to England to rest. He calls himself Michael Shaeffer, says he's a retired American businessman. He goes to the races, dates a kinky aristocra...

A high-class New York madam hires Spenser to find a missing hooker, But when Spenser tracks down April Kyle, he uncovers the murder of yet another pro...

With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage  and Demolition Angel , Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and c...

The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she is the perfect mat...

Dead Low Tide is an iconic early thriller from John D. MacDonald, the mastermind behind Cape Fear and the Travis McGee novels. On the coast of Florida...

John D. MacDonald Travis McGee Series collection 7 Book set 1:  - John D. McDonald - Travis McGee 01 - The Deep Blue Good-by. - John D. McDonald ...

An electrifying story of vengeance and the sins of a nightmarish past featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. The sky above Puget Sound blazes oran...

The teasing, transparent nighties were so shredded they barely covered the bodies of the murdered beauties. The blonde wore black. The redhead, green....

"While I've found most mystery/thrillers to be rehashes of the same old plot line, this was refreshingly new/original." - Jack Murphy, New York T...

When Travis McGee's friend Meyer lent his boat to his niece Norma, and her new husband Even, the boat exploded out in the waters of the Florida Keys. ...

The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of h...

John D. MacDonald Travis McGee Series collection 7 Book set 2:  - John D. McDonald - Travis McGee 08 - One Fearful Yellow Eye. - John D. McDonald...

The Starfire Breeze steams its way north toward the Gulf of Alaska, buffeted by crisp sea winds blowing down from the Arctic. Those on board are seeki...

With Second Watch, New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance delivers another thought-provoking novel of suspense starring Seattle investigator J....

Detective Georgiana Germaine is back on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, and once again, the case hits close to home . Twenty-year-old Olivia Spenc...

TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange ...

Varg Veum is persuaded to take on the case of a missing teenager, by a half-sister he didn't know he had, in a case that quickly becomes personal ... ...

<b>“Oh my God! I was just taken on a wild ride! I had to hold my breath through most of the book. I didn’t want to put it down, but I had to...

A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortuneóthe elements don't quite ad...

A sniper on the rooftops. Death in the streets. Vengeance he won't see coming. > "Check out this series it's awesome. If you like the Jack Reacher ...

FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child’s “Persuader” leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs...

The murder of an ex-drug dealer ex-con—gunned down on his mother's doorstep—seems just another turf war fatality. Why then has Seattle homicide in...

FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child’s “The Enemy” leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs...

“In the elite company of Sue Grafton and Patricia Cornwell.” — Journal  Injustice For All—riveting crime fiction from J.A. Jance featurin...

LAWRENCE BLOCK'S FIRST CRIME NOVEL -- LOST FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS! To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter...

"McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER Usually women came to take refuge aboard The Busted Flush. But this time a ...

On a freezing night in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a night that wouldn’t feel so unusual if it wasn’t the Fourth of July, an antique wooden boat...

This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams. Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwe...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A family is brutally murdered.  The lone survivor asks former FBI agent Lauren Pauling for help. Soon, Pauling is immersed...

"A captivating thriller about the power of the things we wish we could forget." ~Mary Widdicks, bestselling author of A Mutual Addiction Where...

Before Blood is the Sky, the Alex McKnight series had already hit bestseller lists and won awards, but this novel took it to a whole new level. Set in...

In the seventh installment in the brilliant New York Times bestselling mystery series, canine narrator Chet and PI Bernie Little journey to Washington...

Albuquerque's finest detective and New Mexico/Arizona Book Award-winning series. Everyone has secrets. Some more deadly than others. When the ninth&#x...

When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress —a combustible mixture of Raymon...

A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in Like to Die , the next mystery in David...

The desert air is hot with sex and betrayal, death and madness and only Detective Lew Archer can make sense of a killer who makes murder a work of art...

When a serial killer sweeps through the streets of Cambria, California, Georgiana Germaine gets swept up into a tangled web of deception and lies...

In the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful,” Chet and...

Blond detective Ivy Stern has always had a complicated relationship with Miles Pike. When Miles hears that his younger brother Gilbert has shot five o...

Matthew Scudder investigates a secret, a private club in Manhattan whose members suddenly start dying, when it becomes obvious that someone is trying ...

A shattering tale of corruption and homicide featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. A shocking photo screamed from the front pages of the tabloids...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, Nightmare in Pink is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on...