Recommended Mystery & Detective Books

Fresh Disasters

Stuart Woods

With Dark Harbor, Stuart Woods proved yet again that he is the master of the popular crime novel. Now he outdoes himself with the newest addition to the series. Stone Barrington embarks on his most dangerous adventure yet when he t...

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Published: Sep 2007

Unnatural Acts: A Stone Barrington No...

Stuart Woods

In Stuart Woods's bestselling series, Stone Barrington discovers that some jobs don't pay… When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows...

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Published: Dec 2012

Son of Stone: A Stone Barrington Nove...

Stuart Woods

A new addition to the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. After an eventful trip to Bel-Air and a reunion with his sophisticated (and very wealthy) former love, Arrington Calder, Stone Barrington is back in New York, ...

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Published: Mar 2012

Loitering With Intent (Stone Barringt...

Stuart Woods

Key West is a great place to unwind, unless you're Stone Barrington, and you're looking for someone who doesn't want to be found.

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Published: Nov 2009

Gone Girl (Mass Market Movie Tie-In E...

Gillian Flynn

The #1 New York Times BestsellerOn a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wi...

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Published: Aug 2014

Inherit the Dead: A Novel

Lee Child

This New York Times and USA Today bestseller, now in paperback, is a collaboration between twenty bestselling mystery novelists who have joined forces to create a spellbinding story of love, betrayal, and intrigue. "Readers can't...

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Published: Jun 2014

Severe Clear (Stone Barrington)

Stuart Woods

Someone wants to crash Stone Barrington's party in Stuart Woods's bestselling series. Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing the grand opening of the ultra-luxe hotel, The Arrington, built on the grounds of the mansion belonging ...

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Published: Apr 2013

Stranger In Paradise (Jesse Stone)

Robert B. Parker

An Apache hit man arrives in Paradise to find a missing girl and snuff out her mother. But his conscience is getting the best of him. If he doesn't make the hit, he'll pay for it. So might Jesse Stone, who's been enlisted to protect t...

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Published: Feb 2009

Split Image (Jesse Stone)

Robert B. Parker

Family ties prove deadly in the brilliant new Jesse Stone novel from New York Times-bestselling author Robert B. Parker. The body in the trunk was just the beginning. Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggi...

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Published: Feb 2011

Suspect

Robert Crais

One of Booklist's 10 Best Crime Fiction Books of the Year LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Nine months ago, a shocking assault by unidentified men killed his partner, Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ash...

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Published: Jan 2014

Unseen: A Novel

Karin Slaughter

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • First time in print: the bonus story "Busted"Karin Slaughter's novels featuring detective Will Trent are utterly riveting and masterfully drawn. Her latest thriller, Unseen, pits detectives, l...

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Published: Jan 2014

The Best American Mystery Stories 201...

Lee Child

Best-selling novelist Lee Child edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Bo...

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Published: Oct 2010

Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone)

Sue Grafton

Our #1 New York Times bestselling series. Back in 1969, young people were hitting the road. More than one of them wound up dead-including the girl in daisy-patterned pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1, the victim of multip...

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Published: Apr 2011

Chosen Prey

John Sandford

The latest entry in Sandford's series finds detective Lucas Davenport back in Gothic surroundings: this time, it's an abandoned lot in Minneapolis which someone has turned into an impromptu graveyard for murdered young women. Davenpor...

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Published: May 2002

The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladi...

Alexander McCall Smith

Worrying about her upcoming marriage to J. L. B. Matekoni, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a terrifying request from the matron of the Orphan Farm, and a case involving ...

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Published: Jan 2005

The 18th Abduction (Women's Murder Cl...

James Patterson

Detective Lindsay Boxer's investigation into the disappearance of three teachers quickly escalates from missing persons to murder in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller.For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class e...

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Published: Oct 2019

Concealed in Death

J. D. Robb

The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Eve Dallas series. Leading the demolition of a long-empty New York building that once housed a makeshift shelter for tro...

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Published: Jul 2014

Daddy's Gone A Hunting

Mary Higgins Clark

What was Kate Connelly—a tall, glamorous CPA—doing in her family's antique furniture museum when it exploded into flames in the middle of the night? Why was Gus, a disgruntled retired employee, with her? Now Gus is dead, and Kate ...

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Published: Mar 2014

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Joshilyn Jackson

Lauren Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother keep family skeletons in the closet or sewing her acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister, Thalia, is her opposite, an impoverished actress who pri...

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Published: May 2009

Bel-Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Nove...

Stuart Woods

Stone is no stranger to Bel-Air-and to the beautiful and wealthy widow who needs his help to become even wealthier. At stake is the sale of her investment in-and the resulting dissolution of-Hollywood's world-famous Centurion Studios...

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Published: Nov 2011

The Kalahari Typing School for Men (N...

Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyFor All Confidential Matters and InquiriesSatisfaction Guaranteed for all PartiesUnder Personal ManagementThe phenomenal success of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency continues with the bestselling Kal...

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Published: Mar 2004

Killer: An Alex Delaware Novel

Jonathan Kellerman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAfter thirty-five riveting, internationally acclaimed novels of psychological suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman returns with his most stunning thriller to date. Killer is a mesm...

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Published: Dec 2014

Shoot Him If He Runs (Stone Barringto...

Stuart Woods

Stone Barrington embarks on an exotic adventure...Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise that's getting hotter by the minute…

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Published: May 2008

Under Orders

Dick Francis

Sid knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day jockeys didn't usually cross the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest-which is how he found Huw Walker, the winner of a coveted race only a few hours earlier. Now H...

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Published: Aug 2007

Unintended Consequences: A Stone Barr...

Stuart Woods

Stone Barrington finds intrigue abroad in the sensational thriller from New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes-as an attorney for the premier white-sh...

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Published: Dec 2013

Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plu...

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich's #1 New York Times-bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her latest captivating thriller, where mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey.Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professi...

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Published: Oct 2018

Tarnished and Torn: A Witchcraft Myst...

Juliet Blackwell

As the owner of a popular vintage clothing store, Lily Ivory can enjoy a day of antique jewelry shopping and still call it work. But as one of San Francisco's resident witches, searching for hidden treasures can sometimes lead to dang...

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Published: Jul 2013

Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls (Ghost Hunter ...

Victoria Laurie

M.J. Holliday and the crew of her cable TV show, 'Ghoul Getters,' venture to the haunted ruins of Dunlow Castle in Ireland, drawn by the legend of hidden treasure. If they treasure their lives, M.J. and her ghost busters need to get t...

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Published: Dec 2010

Standup Guy: A Stone Barrington Novel...

Stuart Woods

Stone Barrington is back in an edge-of-your-seat adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. After giving legal advice to his latest client, Stone Barrington thinks he's done with the man. But it's soon clear that Stone hasn't...

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Published: Oct 2014

Left for Dead

J. A. Jance

Not even Ali Reynolds is immune to the escalating drug wars just across the border as two ruthless crimes threaten to bring her face-to-face with a cold-blooded killer. When one of Ali's former Arizona Police Academy classmates is gun...

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Published: Dec 2012

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