Dr. Tony Hill must make sense of the perplexing death of a soccer star--but the footballer's demise is only a prelude to greater violence.
Detective and mystery fiction
- Author:McDermid, ValSummary:
- Author:Maberry, JonathanSummary:
This collection of short stories features Sam Hunter, PI. When Sam takes on a client they become part of his "pack," and no one protects their own better than a werewolf. At least, the kind of werewolf like Sam.
- Author:Pennie, RossSummary:
The eagerly anticipated fourth medical thriller in the award-winning series Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the rough times they'...
- Author:Pennie, RossSummary:
The eagerly anticipated fourth medical thriller in the award-winning series
Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the...
- Author:Pennie, RossSummary:
The eagerly anticipated fourth medical thriller in the award-winning series Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the rough times they...
- Author:Miles, KeithSummary:
Alan Saxon is helping to design a golf course at a new hotel in Bermuda. When his daughter, Lynette, agrees to spend a week on the island with him, he envisages an idyllic holiday. He is soon disillusioned. To begin with, Lynette brings...
- Author:Rosenfelt, DavidSummary:
In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in...
- Author:Matthews, JeanneSummary:
A wedding on the lip of a Hawaiian volcano sounds risky to Dinah Pelerin, the bride's best friend and maid of honor. The bride, Claude Ann Kemper, has bet her heart that she's found the right man at last. The groom has gone all in on a...
- Author:Margolin, PhillipSummary:
In Phillip Margolin's Betrayal, attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself defending her old nemesis in a multiple-murder case with too many suspects, where success might cost her own life. Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney...
- Author:Pronzini, BillSummary:
For each of the detectives at the agency, a betrayal becomes not only the driving force behind an investigation, but the source of the kind of resolve that cannot be derailed by threats. For Nameless, trying to find out who is...
- Author:Collins, Max AllanSummary:
It's the early 1950's. Ju McCarthy is campaigning to rid America of the Red Menace. Nate Heller is doing legwork for the senator, though the Chicago detective is disheartened by McCarthy's witch-hunting tactics. He's made friends with a...
- Author:Page, NoraSummary:
When her best hope of saving her storm-damaged library is found murdered, senior librarian Cleo Watkins hits the road in her bookmobile in search of justice.
- Author:Lehane, ConSummary:
Worlds within worlds; enter into a very special culture with unwritten rules. Brian McNulty, veteran bartender at Oscar's on the Upper West Side, respects his customers' privacy and their space. But when one, a tarnished but innocent...
- Author:Abbott, MeganSummary:
An NPR Best Book of the Year By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. Honey, I just...
- Author:Cates, BaileySummary:
As a new witch-not to mention owner of Savannah's most enchanting bakery-Katie Lightfoot is still getting used to casting spells, brewing potions, and mastering her magical powers. But that doesn't mean she can't find time to enjoy a...
- Author:Zaremba, EveSummary:
In a deadly game of multinational terrorism, detective Helen Keremos searches for a long-lost 60s revolutionary who happens to be the daughter of a right-wing U.S. presidential candidate. The Keremos mysteries was one of the first...
- Author:Moriarty, LianeSummary:
Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal... A murder... a tragic accident... or just parents behaving badly' What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? Big Little Lies follows three women,...
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
Jackson "Tres" Navarre returns to San Antonio to seek answers about his father's murder, but all he finds is Mafia corruption and local politicians out to ruin his homecoming. When his girlfriend is kidnapped, Tres must rescue her and...
- Author:Atkinson, KateSummary:
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his teenage son and an aging Labrador. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.
- Author:Bell, NancySummary:
Rex Barnwell's ranch is well known in Job's Crossing, Texas. Covering thousands of acres, it is the last of the big working spreads. But trouble is brewing there. Rex's young wife is turning it into a pricey resort for overweight teens...