Fiction-Mystery & Crime Books

Truman gains in confidence and expertise with each book, and this is the best yet. --New York Times Book ReviewA police investigation into the murder of a British Ambassador uncovers a web of international intrigue in this fifth novel in Margaret Truman's bestselling Capital...

With Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigating a young woman's death, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Banks finds himself taking on the coldest of cases: a fifty-year-old assault allegedly perpetrated by beloved celebrity Danny Caxton. Now Caxton stands accused at the center of a media storm,...

A composing competition rises to a murderous crescendo in author Sarah Fox's third Music Lover's MysteryDEADLY OVERTURESThree talented classical music composers have been named finalists in a composing competition hosted by the Point Grey Philharmonic. With money and egos on the line, it doesn't...

A taut, erotically charged literary noir set in Houston about a woman caught up in her friend's shocking murder, and the dark truths she uncovers.Before the drugs, Danielle Reeves was Charlotte Ford's most loyal and vibrant friend. She helped Charlotte through her mother's illness...

When a mission goes awry in Syria, senior CIA officer Bob Oakland is captured by aspiring members of ISIS, who demand the release of one of their own, Arzam Saud, in U.S. captivity. When their hands are tied by Washington's refusal to negotiate, the...

Emma Lee Raines sees dead peopleProprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl--trying to come...

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when she receives a text message with a video link that seems to be from her niece Lucy. But how can it be? It's clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken years...

From the author of Look For Her"Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche." -- Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of Closed CasketMaxwell's fianc e, Imogen, is obsessed with her idyllic childhood in Cambridge,...

From the 2017 winner of the Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction comes a powerful and timely story of race, politics, injustice, and murder as shocking and incendiary as today's headlines. When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the pre-eminent black fraternity at...

Dreama Black is almost famous. The daughter (and granddaughter) of groupies who captivated L.A.'s biggest rock stars, and muse to her own Grammy-winning ex-boyfriend Luke Cutt, Dreama seems doomed to remain on the periphery of stardom. All that changes when Dreama is hired by...

This year's Gone Girl.--Harlan CobenA Boston Globe Best Book of 2018 A Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery Book of 2018 A Crime Reads Best Novel of 2018His ScandalHer SecretFrom New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed...

Can it still be hurricane season? Must be, because here come Serge A. Storms and his perpetually stoned bro, Coleman, in Tim Dorsey's gonzo crime caper." -The New York Times Book ReviewThe "compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) Tim Dorsey returns with an...

Sheriff Joanna Brady's best intentions to stay on maternity leave take a hit when a serial homicide case rocks Cochise County, dragging her into a far-reaching investigation to bring down a relentless killer in this chilling tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling...

From New York Times Bestselling Author Elmore Leonard come two of his early, beloved westerns-now collected in one volumeGUNSIGHTSTogether, Brendan Early and Dana Moon have tracked down Apaches and gunned down scalp hunters to become Arizona legends. But now they find themselves fierce adversaries...

From New York Times Bestselling Author Elmore Leonard comes two of his early, beloved westerns--now collected in one volumeLAST STAND AT SABER RIVERA quiet, haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off, but things...

"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The GuardianInspector Maigret is drawn out of retirement when...

"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The Guardian When an innocent young man is accused...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong introduces the first chilling novel in the Cainsville series. Olivia Taylor-Jones is shattered to learn that she's adopted. Her biological parents? Notorious serial killers. On a quest to learn more about her past, Olivia lands in...

James Crumley is one of the most revered practitioners of post-Chandler crime fiction, praised by the likes of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly as a major influence. C. W. Sughrue is Crumley's most indelible creation. Now Sughrue is back, in a searing thrill ride...

Hidden among her belongings are clues that Lori feels certain Miss Beacham wished to be discovered after her death. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking Feeling a touch world-weary, Lori Shepherd decides...