Fiction-Mystery & Crime Books

★★★★★ "A visceral and gut-wrenching trip into the dark side of a nation"★★★★★ "The best of humanity shines when faced with the worst"★★★★★ "A significant piece of Australian literature" Australia, 1963. When a sinister series of murders are covered up by the police, two...

When an investigation threatens his lucrative financial planning business, ex-lacrosse All-American Frank "Halftrack" Racker hires lawyer Joth Proctor, a friend of a friend, to fix it. Taking the case, Joth steps back into the seedy world of petty crime, strip clubs, fraud, and death....

Larry Evans is an innocent man, and the president of the United States keeps tweeting about him.While on a business trip to New Jersey, Larry is having a relaxing drink at the hotel bar. The next day, he stands in front of a judge,...

This is the first collection of stories by Maurice Leblanc recounting the adventures of Arsène Lupin. It contains the first nine stories depicting the character, published in the 1900s: "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", "Arsène Lupin in Prison", "The Escape of Arsène Lupin", "The...

Not all secrets are meant to be kept. After two stressful months, Amber Blackwood is determined to have a few weeks of peace before the Here and Meow Festival descends on her small town of Edgehill, Oregon. That peace doesn't last long; when she...

Why did someone murder a local museum staffer during a theft of seemingly valueless artifacts? A Key West broadcast news boss persuades ex-investigative reporter Milo Bird to find out. The killer is a phantom and facts are few, but Milo slowly joins together pieces...

When Chief Inspector Pel accepts a drinks invitation at the house of a big shot, Deputy Claude Barclay, he doesn't realise how compromised he will become by his acceptance.Shortly afterwards, Barclay is kidnapped; the partially decomposed body of a retired soldier is discovered in...

Can a secret runic message lead to murder?As Lucy and Rafe plan their wedding, everyone wants to get involved. The vampire knitting club are crafting the gown, William's catering, the Miss Watts are making the cake. Everything's under control. Or is it? Just as...

When your only alibi is a dead man, you don't have much of a defense. Brad Morris likes to think of himself as one of the best: an assassin at the top of his game. For years, he's juggled work and family -- attentive...

A historic hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota has a major problem. Brynn Sullivan gets called into help, and this time, she may get more than she bargained for.Join Brynn and Bernie as they race to solve the case before the mysterious portent comes to...

A Sherlock Holmes Book Like No OtherSherlock Holmes of Baking Street contains 37 essays, personal reflections, and short stories that use baking as a springboard, and a springboard only-it is not a cookbook. Subjects range from a progressive dinner mystery to the revelation that...

Roy Stark loved being a homicide detective. He loved everything about the job; the gun, the badge and all the power both brought. Never one to shy away from the rough stuff, Stark made his bones solving the tough cases and putting away the...

Be careful what you touch.My name is Darla, and people think I'm weird. I know this because I'm a telepath.After my second husband bails without a word, I'm moving back to my hometown, San Marcos, Florida, one of the nation's oldest cities. I'm here...

The Secret CircleA Cozy Cat Bookstore Mystery #1A wave of trouble is headed straight for the quaint coastal town of Seaview.When bookstore owner Lucy Patterson awakens stranded on a stolen pirate ship with no clue how she got there, panic sets in. Luckily, handsome...

Most people flee to Hawaii for gorgeous weather, white-sand beaches, and cocktails at sunset. Charlotte Gibson, however, is fleeing for her life after a vengeful mobster leaves a severed finger on her doorstep as a warning. Message very much received.That's how Charlotte-Charlie to everyone...

Jamie Whitehall Olivian has received a mysterious letter from her Uncle James. She is named after him, but she has never seen, met, or heard him mentioned in any way. Until now. And he has died and left her his entire estate. But it...

Let the good times roll?It's Mardi Gras time, and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can't help but wonder what happened. As they start...

Brad Morris isn't the only killer in his family. When his teenage daughter Hadley accidentally kills a friend, Brad knows exactly how to cover it up -- as an assassin, he's been getting rid of bodies for years. But he has no idea how...

What's an innocent assassin to do? Brad Morris was just cleared of murdering one annoying neighbor when another one turns up dead. Luckily, he was at a party with everyone on the block when the body was found, but that doesn't stop fingers from...

The Crude Killer: A Spike Eastman NovelBy: Mick BurkardSpike Eastman is former Air Force finance and intelligence officer and CIA operative for the early years of the war on terror in Afghanistan. Spike now has a comfortable life with his wife Shauntel, a successful...