When a talented poet is found dead, a suspected suicide, her biographer asks her ex-husband, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, and Sergeant Gemma Jones to prove a case of murder, but Kincaid and Jones soon discover startlin...

For the third time I went over the final additions and subtractions on the first page of Form 1040, to make good and sure. Then I swiveled my chair to face Nero Wolfe, who was seated behind his desk to the right of mine reading a book...

When a contestant is killed during the final round of the Pour Amour perfume contest, Nero Wolfe must find the person who stole the recipe to the dead contestant's perfume in order to solve the crime. Reissue. NYT.

Attorney Will Lee has returned to his roots to kick off his campaign for the Senate. He has come back to his hometown of Delano, Georgia, to plan his strategies, and to argue a case that has the potential to seriously damage his poli...

Mrs. Jeffries, the housekeeper for Inspector Witherspoon, employs her keen skills of detection to solve the murder of Sir Edmund Leggett, who, after becoming the object of a disturbed young woman's affection, is found dead at his enga...

Investigating the murder of a high school prom queen, Detective Pete Decker encounters the erotic subculture of Southern California's rootless, affluent, and sometimes violent teenagers. Decker, himself is the father of a 19-year-old ...

A picturesque Yorkshire village is dressed in its finest for the upcoming Noel. But one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday.Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal'and secrets were the...

This historical mystery is the second to feature Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer practicing in Tudor England. Shardlake's current client is Elizabeth Wentworth, a young woman charged with murdering her cousin. Because she will...

Anna Pigeon is in Manhattan to look after her hospitalized sister, and explores the Statue of Liberty in her spare time. But when a teenage girl falls to her death from Liberty's ledge, Anna wonders if the suicide was actually a homic...

Just in time for the Winter Festival, a glistening layer of snow has covered the streets of April Springs, North Carolina. Of course, it reminds donut shop owner Suzanne Hart of sweet delicious frosting. But her visions of sugar plums...

The discovery of a white man's body on the Wind River Reservation has Father John O'Malley trying to keep the peace. Meanwhile, the newly opened Great Plains Casino--with Vicky Holden as its in-house counsel--is fighting for its life ...

With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old ...

When one of her guests turns up dead, Judith McMonigle Flynn is stunned to discover that her late roomer "Mr. Smith" was actually "Legs" Benedict, a hit man for the Ronzini family, and that virtually every guest at...

Sometimes you need a sweet tooth to take a bite out of crime . . .Bailey King is living the sweet life as assistant chocolatier at world-famous JP Chocolates in New York City. But just when Bailey's up for a life-changing promotion...

RIZZOLI & ISLES • HIT SERIES ON TNT • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best."—Harlan Coben  Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdere...

This dazzling murder mystery from first-time writer Jonnie Jacobs centers on Kate Austen, an irresistible sleuth. When Kate's fabulously wealthy neighbor dies, Kate becomes deeply involved in a sea of steamy secrets that bring her fac...

Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Cold Dish and As the Crow Flies, the second in the Walt Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit A&E original...

In the latest installment in this critically acclaimed series, McCone is hired to investigate one of San Luis Obispo Countys most puzzling cold cases. A generation ago, Laurel Greenwood, a housewife and artist, inexplicably vanished, ...

'Wilma's in danger! You think I'm going to sit here polishing my claws?' When she first hears the news that convict Cage Jones has escaped from prison, Dulcie's fur stands on end. She knows he's after her human companion, Wilma...

Fire and Ice, the first Liam Camell mystery, was named by Library Journal as Best Mystery of 1998. Now Camell is back to uncover the icy heart of a deadly family secret....'So Sure of Death has the vivid descriptions, rich characteriz...

Nero Wolfe, the 286 pound beer consuming marvel, who wears yellow silk pajamas, loves orchids and rarely leaves home has been a popular character for seventy years in Rex Stoutâ¬'s books, films and recently a successful television s...

Amish quilt shop owner Angie Braddock has a lot on her plate this Christmas. But things only get worse after someone develops a taste for murder…  Angie's parents are visiting Rolling Brook for Christmas-but unfortunately, her ex is...

Ah, spring! The brighter days and singing birds have a way of lifting people's spirits, as well as those of their animal companions. But the season can also bring out the first blossoms of murder. As the redbuds open in Crozet, Virgin...

In his seventh Myron Bolitar thriller, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben brings us his most astonishing—and deeply personal—novel yet. And it all begins when Myron's ex tells him he's a father . . . of a dying thirteen-year-old boy....

Forensic anthropologist Diane Fallon has tried to put the past behind her, establishing herself as head of the River Trail Museum of Natural History. Late one night at the museum, Diane hears terrified cries and finds an injured man-a...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia's recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he...

When the body of a new potter with a mysterious past is found in Carolyn Emerson's raku firing pit, she calls upon her studio's pottery club, The Firing Squad, to dig up evidence and crack the case.

Dr. Mark Sloan and his son investigate the brutal murder of an aspiring actress and a Hollywood producer, a crime that has rocked their Malibu community, and when all clues point to the producer's wife, the case takes on a new twist i...

Adrian Monk is on a roll—solving murders as fast as they come, and not counting his Wheat Chex until they're in the bowl. But when his therapist, Dr. Kroger, leaves for Germany, Monk can't tie his shoes, forgets how to swallow, and ...

In the follow-up to 2005's TILT-A-WHIRL, young police officer Danny Boyle and his friends are mystified by a seemingly random paintball attack that, although it looks like a prank, could have seriously injured someone. Things escalate...