divIts cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spe...

Olivia Limoges and the Bayside Book Writers are excited about Oyster Bay's newest resident: bestselling novelist Nick Plumley, who's come to work on his next book. But when Olivia stops by Plumley's rental she finds that he's been str...

M.C. BeatonAs the Pig TurnsThis little piggy went to investigate…After a disappointing Christmas season, the touristy Cotswold town of Winter Parva is upping the stakes with an old-fashioned pig roast, complete with music, merriment...

Lily Ivory hopes to score some great vintage fashions when she buys an antique trunk full of old clothes. But she may have gotten more than she bargained for.…  As soon as Lily opens the trunk, she feels strange vibrations emanating...

Divinity Candy Shop owner Abby Shaw is enjoying her sweet life, until her friend is suspected of killing an actor. Now, Abby is determined to clear her name--before her newfound happiness is totally fudged.

When the Charleston Film Festival opens with a bang—the real-life murder of a famous director—Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is pulled into an investigation as perilous as any big-screen thriller.

Vacationing in St. Loo, Hercule Poirot meets a beautiful young woman named Nick Buckley, who tells him about three accidents she's had in the past few days, none of which sound much like accidents to the detective. During a chat, Nick...

Superintendent Battle is often given the most dangerous political cases, though his powerful physique and impassive expression often lead people to underestimate his sleuthing instincts. In The Secret of Chimneys, he is called in to i...

Praised for her vivid characterizations and unique blend of mystery and Indian lore, Margaret Coel has gifted her readers with a glimpse into the law, ethics, and culture of the Arapaho people. Now in The Story Teller she brings back ...

Elvis Cole is just a detective who can't say no, especially to a girl in a terrible fix. And Jennifer Sheridan qualifies: Her fiance, Mark Thurman, is a decorated LA cop with an elite plainclothes unit, but Jennifer's sure he's in tro...

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 EVENT: The next Stephanie Plum novel, in which complications arise, loyalties are tested, cliffhangers are resolved, and donuts are eaten. WHERE: Wherever books are sold across America WHAT TO BRI...

In the 19th mystery in this popular alphabetical series, private detective Kinsey Milhone attempts to discover the truth behind the disappearance of Violet Sullivan, who apparently abandoned her abusive husband and her little daughter...

Human bones lie on a ledge under the top of Shiprock Peak, the remains of a murder victim undisturbed for more than a decade. Three hundred miles across the Navajo reservation, a harmless old canyon guide is felled by a sniper's bulle...

DIV As curator and manager of the Marshfield Manor, Grace Wheaton is delighted to be part of the estate's magnificent history, but no one told her solving murder was in her job description…BRp class="MsoNormal"When Grace'...

Inspector Erlendur Returns In this Award-winning International Bestseller.The Christmas rush is at its peak in a grand Reykjavík hotel when Inspector Erlendur is called in to investigate a murder. The hotel Santa has been stabbed to ...

When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and th...

Colleen McCullough sets this novel in Australia--the locale for her immensely popular THE THORN BIRDS--to tell the story of a happily married family man, a tavern-keeper in England, whose life changes when a young woman leads him astr...

A 10-year-old Glasgow boy has been accused of murdering a smaller child--and in Scotland, legal responsibility for a crime begins at age 8. The boy's adult cousin, Sean Ogilvy, is enlisted by his fianc'e Patricia 'Paddy' Meehan, a new...

Abigail Timberlake Washburn would rather be anywhere else on a muggy Charleston summer evening -- even putting in extra hours at her antiques shop -- than at a seance. But her best friend, 'Calamity Jane,' thinks a spirit -- or 'Appar...

The inimitable Miss Julia is back and ready for a fight in her latest rollicking adventure The sleepy town of Abbotsville is abuzz over the mayor's plans to replace the old courthouse with luxury retirement condos. On top of that, sev...

Lydia Chin, Rozan's sharp, funny and sexy detective who operates out of New York's Chinatown, is back in action in this lively story about the fashion industry -- from the glamorous designer studios to the sweatshops where illegal imm...

New York detectives Bill Smith and Lydia Chin travel to Hong Kong with Lydia's grandfather in order to deliver some precious items to the family of a deceased friend. When they arrive, they find that the friend's grandson has been kid...

The Roman civil war has come to its conclusion – Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome's legions), and for the first time in many years Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. App...

Reeling from the shocking murder that shattered her world, private investigator Kate Shugak has vanished into the vast Alaskan wilderness just when Jim Chopin needs her most. The dauntless Alaska State Trooper is ensnared in an intric...

"Highly recommended—well-rounded, believable characters, a multi-layered plot solidly based on human nature, all authentically set in the England of 1917…an outstanding and riveting read."—New York Times bestselling au...

The award-winning author and acclaimed mistress of suspense delves deeply into the heart of a family to uncover the circumstances that lead to murder more than thirty years ago. The story of a family's long-buried secret past is revea...

What starts out as a normal Florida Keys work-vacation for marine biologist Doc Ford quickly turns into a hurricane of kidnapping, revenge-even murder. And while he can't see through the tropical storm, pieces of his past begin to app...

Some objects just cry out to be stolen, and an obliging ring of international thieves stands ready to heed the cry. Their current target is the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet that the Gyrth family has for centuries held in trust fo...

Accepting a job at the remote Dry Tortugas National Park on the very edge of the Florida Keys, ranger Anna Pigeon spends her spare time--which, on the largely deserted key, is most of the time--reading letters from a long-dead relativ...

With a troubled marriage, and the haunting memories of ghosts, bones, and dead bodies, Grace Marsden needs solace. The invitation from her childhood friend presents Grace with an opportunity for respite on Christian Island. Georg...