Looking out his window, Fiddler can't help thinking that California's Gold Coast is pretty damn close to Paradise, even if that is a cliche. But he's about to catch a glimpse of the shady side of this sun-drenched Eden, thanks to his ...
The Dead of Winter (Winston Crisp Mys...
D. A. CrossmanRetired National Security Agency code breaker Winston Crisp thought his career of delving into dark, unpleasant secrets was long over when he retired to a peaceful Penobscot Bay island. Little did he know he would be called upon to so...
The CIA, the FBI, the KGB, Interpol—not one of the world's premier intelligence organizations knows quite what to make of Evan Michael Tanner. Is he a spy, a mercenary, a footloose adventurer, or simply a screwball sucker for h...
Disillusioned: A Stan Turner Mystery ...
William MancheeAfter being discharged from the United States Marine Corps, Stan ends up in Dallas where he intends to finish law school. In the spring of 1976, while attending SMU, he is recruited into the republican party, elected county chairman, ...
Jim and Otis Rice came to the conclusion that some help in the office was needed. Paperwork on both ends of their law and investigation office was piling up. Little did they know, they were about to embark on one of the most challengi...
When Detective Gene Statton of The Volunteer, and his bride, Jenny, buy the old homestead on the Red Creek Road that used to belong to Gene's family, they make a startling discovery. While renovating the house, Gene finds a letter hid...
Bad Chili (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard...
Joe R. LansdaleHap Collins has just returned home from a gig working on an off shore oil rig. With a new perspective on life, Hap wants to change the way he's living, and shoot the straight and narrow. That is until the man who stole Leonard Pine's ...
Frog and the Scorpion, The (Fiddler &...
A. E. Maxwell'Unlike too many other fictional PI's, Fiddler has aged well. . . . The plots are well-hewn, the dialogue crackling, the bad guys among the very baddest. . . . From the yachty Newport crowd and the oenophiles of Napa to the dream-seek...
Angels Undercover (Mystery and the Mi...
Diane NobleAbout the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series: Escape to the charming town of Copper Mill, Tennessee. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Copper Mill is a place of tradition and tranquility. But when Kate Hanlon ...
Quilter's Knot: A Harriet Truman/Loos...
Arlene SachitanoLong-arm quilter Harriet Truman and her quilt group the Loose Threads set off for what should be an enjoyable week of stitching at the Angel Harbor Folk Art School, where member Lauren Sawyer is attending a two-year program in part to...
You probably haven't ever noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits, the positions of the security guar...
Three seemingly unrelated murders crop up during the investigation of a decade-old chemical dump that plagues a rural community west of Nashville. Sid Chance, a former National Parks ranger whose career as a small town police chief wa...
Fade Away: A Myron Bolitar Novel
Harlan CobenThe home was top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room was Martha Stewart. The basement was Legos—and blood. For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories—...
Prayers for the Dead: A Decker/Lazaru...
Faye KellermanThe brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and pro...
Dream Chasers: An Inspector Green Mys...
Barbara FradkinA seventeen-year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by the cliffs of Ottawa's Hogs Back Falls. Three days later her nude body washes up in the shallows downstream. When no one comes forward and the autopsy reveals she was dead befo...
The Man with the Getaway Face: A Park...
Richard StarkWhen the bandages came off, Parker looked in the mirror at a stranger. He had come in to the doctor with a face that the New York syndicate wanted to put a bullet in. Now he was going back out with a face that they were going to learn...
You probably haven't ever noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits, the positions of the security guar...
Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles. But living around desperate men means life gets complicated sometimes. When an old friend gets in enough trouble ...
Washington D.C.'s professional troubleshooter, Hannibal Jones, is enraged when he is forced to take a case at gunpoint. His client is a Russian assassin who will kill Hannibal's beloved, Cindy Santiago, if Hannibal refuses to help him...
The Snack Thief (Inspector Montalbano...
Andrea CamilleriNever has Inspector Montalbano's signature mix of humor, cynicism, compassion, earthiness, and love of good food been more compelling than in The Snack Thief. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an...
Russell Palmer's adventure in the Yucatan Peninsula continues as he strives to recover the valuable Mayan Key to extend time beyond December 27, 2012. Retrieving the key proves more difficult than he could ever imagine. Multiple obsta...
Aim for the Heart (Missing Mystery, 1...
Wendell McCallGuns and greed lead to grief ... Chris Klick, a guy who traces missing musicians to give himself a trace of the good life, has kicked back to relax over a bird-watching, fly-fishing Idaho summer. Klick's buddy Lyel, a former pro baske...