The Chinese police have once more been forced to enlist the services of American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell, this time to investigate a series of four horrific ritual executions in Beijing.Detective Li Yan is determined to...

When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the capital. Here, Li will be working with ...

There are two men on their way to Brussels from the UK: Neil Bannerman, an iconoclastic journalist for Scotland's Daily Standard whose irate editor wants him out of the way, and Kale--a professional assassin.A classic early Peter May ...

THE EVIL WRATHCambodia, 1978: Amid the Khmer Rouge's crazed genocide, soldier-of-fortune Jack Elliott is given the impossible task of rescuing a family from the regime.THE PAINFUL TRUTHEighteen-year-old orphan and budding journalist L...

""A WINNER."" --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY""FIENDISHLY CLEVER."" --THE TIMESIn this heart-stopping installment of Peter May's award-winning China Thrillers, the Beijing Olympics are the setting for fierc...

"A WINNER." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"FIENDISHLY CLEVER." --THE TIMESIn this heart-stopping installment of Peter May's award-winning China Thrillers, the Beijing Olympics are the setting for fierce competition, national ...

Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in another beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the South of France. At the end of The Vintage Caper, Sam had just carried off a staggering feat of derring...

When lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt's last adventure in France ended, he thought it'd be a while before he was back, especially with the beautiful Elena Morales to keep him in Los Angeles. But a job offer from the ...

In this self-published bestselling e-book by a real illusionist—the first thriller in a sensational series—now available in paperback, FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted...

From the Edgar®-nominated author of Hammett Unwritten and Woman with a Blue Pencil comes a startling meta-fiction tale told in the voice of Sherlock Holmes. Set in 1920s' London, Cambridge, and Paris, Holmes's final adventure leads h...

Steve Carella, Cotton Hawes, and the boys of the 87th Precinct know where, when, and how George Lasser died, but they don't have a clue as to who had "given him the ax." And when the mad marauder strikes again, it's time to ...

Eighty-six-year-old George Lasser was the superintendent of a building in the 87th Precinct until just recently. Unfortunately his tenure ended in the building's basement with a sharp, heavy blade of an ax in his head… There are no ...

A crime novel in which the brutal murder of an extraordinary beautiful woman heralds the return of Matthew Hope to investigate.

A killer is out for blood, and it's up to Detective Steve Carella to bring him in — but a shocking surprise awaits when a survivor fingers the suspect in a lineup. "McBain has the ability to make every character believable—wh...

It’s bad enough when a warehouse goes up in flames, but when it leads to multiple murders and a slum redevelopment deal that has deadly ties running through the city’s underbelly, the 87th Precinct is back to work. “The 87th Pre...

The dog days of August are making the 87th Precinct feel like the inside of an oven. But things can always get hotter. With nearly half the squadroom on vacation, Detectives Carella and Hawes look into what appears to be an ordinary w...

Private detective Otto Samalson sees the tail—a black Toronado he can't shake. One dark window rolls down, exposing the barrel of a gun, and the detective is dead.Otto had already known his days were numbered and said as much to his...

Private detective Otto Samalson sees the tail — a black Toronado he can't shake. One dark window rolls down, exposing the barrel of a gun, and the detective is dead. Otto had already known his days were numbered and said as much to ...

When a sniper begins gunning down cops from the 87th Precinct in cold blood, it’s up to Detective Steve Carella to sort out who and why — before he finds himself on the wrong end of the killer’s .45. “McBain has the ability t...

When a sniper begins gunning down cops from the 87th Precinct in cold blood, it's up to Detective Steve Carella to sort out who and why―before he finds himself on the wrong end of the killer's .45."McBain has the ability to mak...

When a Man's Partner is Killed,He's Supposed to Do Something About It. Maybe no one liked Del Gilbert a whole lot, not the men he ruthlessly did business with, not the women who discovered his other lovers, not even his partner in th...

Stan Gifford was America's most beloved comedian. It showed in the ratings--40 million people watched the ever-smiling comedian crack his jokes. And those same 80 million eyes saw him die on camera. It looked like part of the act, but...

It's Christmastime and Detective Carella gets assigned three murders―including a bestselling author of ghost stories―and is soon after ghosts, mediums, and a crazed killer."McBain forces us to think twice about every characte...

As Roger Broome tries to muster the courage to visit the 87th Precinct to talk about Molly, the woman he had met in a bar and took home, but Amelia, a pretty Spanish girl, leads him to forget his intentions, and with his every h...

Murder is in season as a brutal winter grips the city, and the detectives of the 87th Precinct must fight the elements and turn up the heat to find a ruthless killer."Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries...

Jack McKinney is a bright-eyed twenty-year-old in the business of buying a snaean farm with forty grand in cash, and attorney Matthew Hope assists with the deal—until Jack's found dead in his condo, stabbed fourteen times. The ba...

When a client is murdered just before he's due to pay forty grand for a bean farm, lawyer Matthew Hope wanders into a world of shotguns, cowboys, dangerous farm beauties, and vanished cash.Praise for the Matthew Hope Mysteries:"A...

A piece of a torn picture in the hand of a dead man puts the detectives of the 87th Precinct on the trail of $750,000 missing from a six-year-old bank heist. "Imagine your favorite Law Order cast solving fresh mysteries into inf...

When a wealthy businessman is faced with a kidnapping, the ransom could ruin his biggest deal ever―unless Detective Steve Carella can find the culprits before the kidnapping turns to murder."McBain has the ability to make every...

When a bodyguard is hired to protect a successful businessman's wife, the detectives of the 87th Precinct are brought in to investigate why she has two near-fatal accidents on his watch. "The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great ...