An unexpected inheritance throws reporter Jim Qwilleran into the limelight of the rich and famous--until a missing maid and a shocking murder show him the unsavory side of the upper crust. But it's his Siamese Koko's propensity for cl...

Five years ago David Barney was acquitted of the murder of his rich wife, Isabelle. Now, Isabelle's ex-husband, Ken Voigt—who is suing Barney for her estate—is claiming the jury made a fatal mistake...Enter P.I. Kinsey Millhone, w...

During his first night in Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot overhears a series of ominous words, and when a holiday tour ends abruptly in the murder of a much hated tourist , the words come back to haunt him, but he soon discovers that many o...

While harvesting yucca plants to make paper, China Bayles finds a body-cause of death: unknown. It seems that the simple lives of many residents of Pecan Springs hide complex and dangerous pasts. And now, while also unraveling secrets...

After moving into an old mansion whose previous owner committed suicide, prize-winning reporter Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats are disturbed by strange occurrences and start to investigate when Qwilleran's old girlfriend disappears

In Chinatown to deliver a baby, midwife Sarah Brandt learns that the mother's mixed-race niece is missing, and she enlists Sergeant Malloy's help. But after they find the girl dead in an alley, there are ample suspects—from both sid...

A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible— the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past. Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected —and she ne...

Why did the late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne leave a peach, a pear and an apple to his sisters, April, May and June? And why is the bulk of his estate to go to a woman most definitely not his wife? The able, astute and unscrupu...

Horrified to hear about the blue flu affecting San Francisco's police department, until he discovers that it is part of contract talks with the city, Monk is delighted when the situation gives him the opportunity to get back on the fo...

[W]ill have particular appeal for fans....Peters's knowledge of ancient Egypt and the excavations and desecrations that accompanied early archaeological attempts in the region allow her to dress her melodrama with authentic trappings ...

With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job -- right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell.What's more, it...

A beautiful, but dead, blonde is discovered in the library of Gossington Hall. And only Miss Marple can read the clues to find the killer.

Murder has jarred London's elite. The sons of prominent families have been found at dawn in public places, partially butchered, with strange objects stuffed in their mouths. Once again, the local magistrate turns to Sebastian St. Cyr,...

When Spenser is asked to take a case for his lover's ex-husband, he reluctantly obliges. Brad Sterling has always been a troublemaker, and now he's facing sexual harassment charges while in the midst of planning a huge fundraiser. As ...

When a boorish millionaire and a Mets fan with a phony name show up at his door with a tempting case, Nero Wolf finds himself investigating corporate treachery, domestic intrigue, and worse. Reissue. NYT.

Veteran reporter Jim Qwilleran tackles the supernatural in the latest entry in Lilian Jackson Braun's Edgar Award-nominated series. Are ghosts really haunting the Goodwinter farmhouse museum? Qwill doesn't think so--not until he finds...

It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. But violent death is inescapabl...

In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone who knows abo...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAlan Bradley, author of the most award-winning series debut of any year, returns with another irresistible Flavia de Luce novel In the hamlet of Bishop's Lacey, the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-y...

An important and powerful policeman has been murdered, bludgeoned to death in his own kitchen. Few in suburban Surrey mourn the violent passing of Division Commander Alastair Gilbert, whose arrogance and cruelty were legendary in his...

As Randall Stargill's four sons prepare to bury their late father, Randall's former sweetheart, Nora Bonesteel, brings a small box to be buried with him, a box containing a child's bones, in a mystery complicated by the efforts of a r...

Lillian Jackson Braun never seems to run out of ideas for her popular series of mysteries featuring journalist Jim Qwilleran and his feline cohort, Koko. In this latest, The Cat Who Tailed A Thief, Koko again exhibits his preternatura...

The apparent suicide of a young Arapaho on sacred ground shocks the populace of the Wind River Reservation. But strange events following the death lead Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley to suspect foul play.

Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, schedul...

Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura's Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery is gearing up for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately someone has iced Baxter Malloy on his first date with Mel's mother. Now Mom's a suspect, and Mel and Angie need to find tim...

Blind magistrate Sir John Fielding returns to investigate the mysterious execution of a nobleman -- and the auspicious appearance of his long-lost brother.

Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a breathtaking setting for tedious fire presuppression duty. But Anna's boring routine is shattered when two men die in a plane crash, victims of sabotage.

Local politics get nasty when Rosewood, Georgia, elects a new mayor—and Diane Fallon is replaced with an incompetent crony as head of the crime lab. But just as she's adjusting to life without murder, the newly appointed chief of po...

The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake serie...

When the seemingly safe return of an abducted millionaire ends in his murder in his own home, Nero Wolfe sends Archie Goodwin to do his usual legwork, while Wolfe uncovers corruption and greed among Manhattan’s elite. Reissue. N...