A breathtaking story of senseless, brutal death in a desolate terrain from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance What kind of monster would savagely murder a 71-year-old and leave her battered corpse to rot in the Arizona de...

A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Ce...

In this rivetingly creepy suspense novel by Jack Kerley, detectives Nautilus and Ryder are on the case when a young news reporter is brutally murdered in her car. The going gets weird when a string of wildly different crimes turn out ...

Although King writes in the familiar nature-drenched idiom of other Florida writers and sounds the same environmentalist themes, he takes us far deeper into the Everglades and much closer to the hard-core survivalists who live a rough...

Tess Monaghan is willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent—including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl Rock Paxton. But trying to prove her friend's innocence could prove costly to Tess.

'Peter Lovesey tosses off a real brain-banger in Bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. . . . I am mad for these pyrotechnic teasers, and this one had my head spinning.'-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review'A ...

The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans. This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. D...

Secrets lurk under the smooth surface of a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood, until a murder reveals all Sofie and her husband have left Manhattan in search of a more tranquil life in the suburbs. But when a member of Sofie's new neig...

Traveling to Vermont to attend her father-in-law's birthday, caterer Faith Fairchild stumbles upon the dead body of a local lawyer and wonders if his death was accidental or intentional, in a case that is complicated by the disappeara...

Jennie Jerome Churchill calls on Kathryn Ardleigh and her husband, Charles, to clear the family name when allegations arise that her husband was related to Jack the Ripper, a charge that could threaten her son's political ambitions. O...

It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide.  Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Busi...

Anne Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries are perhaps the best loved of all her Victorian bestsellers, luring us into the multilayered richness of London, from the great mansions and secluded drawing rooms to the city's festeri...

In 1922, Amelia Peabody and her family are at an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings when writer Magda Petherick arrives and gives Amelia's Egyptologist husband Radcliffe Emerson a small gold statue. The statue, Magda says, ...

A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family's Welsh fortress...In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord...

Book 3 in the acclaimed scra ooking mystery seriesOld money and tradition are the hallmarks of the St. Louis prep school that Kiki's daughter Anya attends. But the elite academy is stamped with scandal when Anyafinds the dead body of ...

When a Parisian town crier receives anonymous, ominous messages warning of an imminent outbreak of the Black Death, genius detective Commissaire Adamsberg and his straight-edged sidekick, Danglard, begin to suspect that the prediction...

Whenever a celebrity throws a phone, crashes a car, or kills a spouse, celebrity journalist Bailey Weggins is there to cover it for the gossip magazine Buzz. Now, the new television show Morgue is the talk of the town, and just as Bai...

The abduction of Doc Ford's son pulls the former assassin back into business--and into the trap of an avenging politico with a twisted and violent plan of revenge.

On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the towers burn. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: The vast majority will blame th...

In Special Assignments, Erast Fandorin, nineteenth-century Russia’s suavest sleuth, faces two formidable new foes: One steals outrageous sums of money, the other takes lives. “The Jack of Spades” is a civilized swind...

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark ...

Who ever tires of the zany British country house murder? 'But Lavinia, I don't want people staying here,' said the Earl. 'After the last two house parties, we agreed no more.' 'This wouldn't be a house party, George, it's nine guests ...

Clara Benning, a veterinary surgeon in charge of a wildlife hospital in a small English village, is young and intelligent, but nearly a recluse. Disfigured by a childhood accident, she generally prefers the company of animals to peopl...

The heart, style, and intended readership of J.S. Borthwick's latest mystery romp involving Sarah Deane--a teaching fellow and doctoral candidate at Bowmouth College in Maine--and her physician husband, Alex McKenzie, is crystallized ...

When a world-renowned tenor is murdered in Llanfair, Constable Evans must delve into the private life of a public legend-and learn what really lead to his not-so-grand finale.'A charming tale.'-Booklist'Cozily intimate.' -Kirkus Revie...

Blind man's bluff With business going stale at Zydeco Cakes, Rita Lucero has plenty to worry about. But when the blind trumpet player Old Dog Leg Magee asks for a favor, she can't say no. His brother Monroe disappeared forty years ag...

When she rescues her friend, a staunch environmentalist trying to save an endangered species, from a burning boat, homicide detective Hannah Sampson believes that the explosion had not been an accident and dives in to catch a killer b...

This BBC radio drama stars Bill Nighy and features a full cast. Charles Paris's acting career plummets to new depths when he takes the part of a murder victim in a true-crime TV series. But Charles is drawn into an investigation when ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERRita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery starring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, intrepid kitty sleuths Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and Tee Tucker, the ever-faithf...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ripped from the Pages, San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright's latest project is for the birds, but it may have her running for her life. . . .Brooklyn's friend runs th...