A double shot of iconic Miami PI Mike Shayne-"one of the best of the tough sleuths" (The New York Times). Dead Man's Diary: Florida private investigator Mike Shayne's in New Orleans at the behest of a distraught wife...
Detective and mystery fiction
- Author:Halliday, BrettSummary:
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
Ariadne Oliver, Queen of Crime Fiction, has been asked to devise a "Murder Hunt" for a f̊te at Nasse House, the home of Sir George Stubbs. But she begins to suspect that someone is manipulating the scenario of her game and fears that...
- Author:Ellis, PetersSummary:
- Author:Kaehler, TammySummary:
Aspiring race car driver Kate Reilly goes looking for a full-time ride in the American Le Mans Series—and stumbles over a dead driver. When she takes that driver’s job just hours later, she also takes pole position on the list of...
- Author:Kaehler, TammySummary:
With an introduction by Tammy Kaehler. Aspiring race car driver Kate Reilly goes looking for a full-time ride in the American Le Mans Series-and stumbles over a dead driver. When she takes that driver's job just hours later, she also...
- Author:Kaminsky, Stuart M.Summary:
The body of a middle-aged man is found in the elevator of a ritzy doorman building on the Upper East Side. Mac Taylor and Aiden Burn's initial investigation yields no bullets, no DNA evidence, and no motive. Could this be the perfect...
- Author:Staub, Wendy CorsiSummary:
Just as a murderer dumps a corpse into the lake, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. But Bella's seen too much, and the murderer vows to return.
- Author:McGarrity, MichaelSummary:
Called out of retirement, Kevin Kerney must take up the hunt for a psychotic killer who's been blazing a path of carnage from Texas to Colorado. Fortunately he'll have help from his half-Indian son, Sgt. Clayton Istee.
- Author:Harris, CharlaineSummary:
Detective Sergeant Jack Burns and Aurora never got along, and now Jack's dead body has been dropped from a plane directly into Aurora's back yard. Murder is personal this time for Aurora--but has she received a mere message, or a...
- Author:Spano, RobinSummary:
The mayor falls down dead in the middle of a speech, and a university secret society promptly claims credit for the murder.
Clare Vengel is given her first undercover assignment: to pose as a student and penetrate the society....
- Author:White, Randy WayneSummary:
Standing outside New York City's Explorers Club, Ford anxiously awaits his newest acquaintance, an attractive U.S. senator. Upon her arrival, she is the victim of a kidnapping attempt. The plot is foiled, but a young man in her company...
- Author:Wallace, KaliSummary:
An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic asteroid mine in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day . Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left...
- Author:Harris, CharlaineSummary:
Driving home from work, barmaid and telepath Sookie Stackhouse discovers vampire and area sheriff Eric on the side of the road missing his shirt, his shoes and his memories.
- Author:James, PeterSummary:
After two teen bodies are found washed ashore and missing vital organs, Superintendent Roy Grace investigates. Thrust into the ghoulish world of black market organ brokers, Grace and his team confront an Eastern European racket and a...
- Author:Harris, CharlaineSummary:
Being telepathic, Miss Sookie has no luck dating the living. It's just too awkward for her to become intimate with a man--let alone sleep with him--when she can hear everything he's thinking about her. But then the alluring vampire Bill...
- Author:Brett, AlexSummary:
It seems like a plum assignment to Morgan O'Brien. A government investigator specializing in science fraud, O'Brien snatches the opportunity to travel to her former home in Vancouver for what appears to be a simple case: the...
- Author:Havill, Steven F.Summary:
A well-seasoned 69-years-old, Sheriff Bill Gastner knows his Posadas, New Mexico, territory as well as he understands the foibles of the human condition. So when a backhoe crushes a man to death, it’s more instinct than fact that leaves...
- Author:Kienzle, William X.Summary:
"Kienzle's sharp knowledge of diocesan politics and the sights, sounds, and stresses of both priestly and lay Catholic life in a changing world enriches his story significantly. His plotting has never been more intricate or suspenseful...
- Author:Flower, AmandaSummary:
Darby Piper is in shock. Samantha Porter-her mentor and business partner at Two Girls Detective Agency-has died in a car crash, and it doesn't look like an accident. In fact, the evidence is pointing toward Darby. Darby had expected to...
- Author:Fox, AngieSummary:
Southern belle Verity Long is back in business—as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her... that is...