After visiting the mountain vistas where the murderer posed his dead victims, FBI Special Agent Bowers receives a taunting call from the "Illusionist." Although Bowers gets close, his insidious foe continues to elude him.
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:James, StevenSummary: - Author:Pronzini, BillSummary:
Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana. And that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. Aside from the occasional drunken brawl or minor disturbance out on the reservation, he hasn't had to resort to his fists or...
- Author:Berry, I.S.Summary:
EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker - NPR The Diplomatic Courier - Deadly Pleasures mystery magazine - The Cipher Brief - Spybrary During the Arab Spring, an American spy's final mission...
- Author:Chandlar, L. A.Summary:
Lane Sanders and her fiery boss, Mayor Fiorello "Fio" La Guardia, have managed to contain the explosive underground conspiracies of New York's most sinister schemers. But after a seemingly harmless pinball racket claims the life of a...
- Author:Sims, MichaelSummary:
For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock HolmesA Penguin ClassicFor The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not...
- Author:McFadden, FreidaSummary:
"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night ..." Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front...
- Author:Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief, and intrepid adventurer--is on the trail of a centuries-old stone tablet that will either save his life or bring it to a sudden,...
- Author:Quinn, KateSummary:
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of...
- Author:Otte, KristenSummary:
On a quest for truth, one girl will find more than she bargained for... Sixteen-year-old Rachel Brandt is excited about her six-month anniversary with her boyfriend, Brent, getting her driver's license, and competing for a district...
- Author:Stuart, JuliaSummary:
When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though rumored to be haunted, Alexandrina and her...
- Author:Jaeger, MeredithSummary:
The glitzy days of 1920s New York meet the devastation of those left behind in World War II in a new, delectable historical novel from USA Today bestselling author Meredith Jaeger. In the final months of World War II, San Francisco...
- Author:Erdrich, LouiseSummary:
Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance...
- Author:Connelly, MichaelSummary:
Jack McEvoy specializes in death. As a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, he has seen every kind of murder. But his professional bravado doesn't lessen the brutal shock of learning that his only brother is dead, a suicide...
- Author:Daniel, John M.Summary:
At the annual convention of the American Booksellers Association, everything goes wrong. Julia Child’s cooking demonstration in the Random House aisle catches fire. A top New York editor catches a pie in the face. Invitations to the...
- Author:Pearce, MichaelSummary:
It's World War I. Britain's shadow government, headed by its Agent and Consul General under the nominal authority of Egypt's hereditary ruler the Khedive, has ruled Egypt since 1881. The head of the Secret Police is the...
- Author:Shelton, PaigeSummary:
The Poison Pen, the ninth installment in the Scottish Bookshop series by Paige Shelton, set in a specialty bookstore in Edinburgh called The Cracked Spine. Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller...
- Author:Thornton, NickiSummary:
From the author of The Last Chance Hotel comes a brand new magical mystery ... Is Oakmoss Hornbeam the unluckiest boy in the world? Or has someone cursed him? When a black cat crosses his path, mysteriously blown in by a storm, Oakmoss...
- Author:Abier, GillesSummary:
In The Pool was Empty, 16-year-old Celia’s boyfriend, Alex, is dead after falling into an empty swimming pool—and his mother has accused Celia of his murder. As Celia tries to clear her name and move on from her devastating loss, she...
- Author:Griffiths, EllySummary:
Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur sees nothing out of the ordinary in the death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition. But the woman's caretaker, Natalka, had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out...
- Author:Morrow, BradfordSummary:
In the early days of the new millennium, pages of a worn and weathered original sonata manuscript-the gift of a Czech immigrant living out her final days in Queens-come into the hands of Meta Taverner, a young musicologist whose concert...
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