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A murder trial scandalizes the upper echelons of Long Island society, and the reader is on the jury… The trial of Stephen Bellamy and Susan Ives, accused of murdering Bellamy’s wife Madeleine, lasts eight days. That’s eight days of witnesses (some reliable, some not), eight days of examination...

Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them. Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott discover the body of a young woman in their Ottawa hotel room. Not what they expected on a business trip to Canada’s capital. She’s wearing a black lace teddy....

This Edgar Award finalist from the New York Times–bestselling author is a “suspense mystery of the highest order” (The New Yorker). For London’s Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, it wasn’t an official call. He was just being neighborly when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing...

Practicing Buddhist and retired forensic pathologist Bodhi King seeks peace. But death keeps finding him. After solving a series of unexplained deaths and exposing a sordid political scandal, Bodhi retreated from the limelight. Permanently, he thought. But now he's called out of early retirement...

“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout...

An innocent discovery on the beach in Sea Haven leads to a string of gruesome clues and one chilling conclusion: a long dormant serial killer is poised to strike again. In another fast-paced thrill ride, Danny and Ceepak, the cop with a strict moral code, race against the clock to undercover...

“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout...

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: CAUSE TO FEAR (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4). When...

Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler tells the...

Table of Contents The Complete Sherlock Holmes A STUDY IN SCARLET PART 1 Chapter 1  MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES Chapter 2  THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION Chapter 3  THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY Chapter 4  WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL Chapter 5  OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR Chapter...

"NEXT DOOR is full of completely unexpected twists—you will read it on the edge of your chair. It is Blake Pierce at his best! Another masterpiece of suspense and mystery. I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate an excellent thriller, full of psychological...

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 900 five star reviews), comes BEFORE HE PREYS, book #9 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series. FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White finds herself stumped. Victims are turning up dead, unrecognizable, their...

Book 10 of the Gotcha Detective Agency Mysteries by USA Today bestselling author Jamie Lee Scott Charles and Mimi at it again. On the trail of another killer. Only this time the alleged killer is in jail, and swears he's innocent. A known Mexican gang leader has been arrested for the...

I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus - Book 3 A Harley and Davidson Mystery Agatha and Hank’s holiday mystery rings in new meaning to the 12 Days of Christmas. Maybe there’s a slippery Grinch rewriting Santa Claus’s naughty and nice list. Heading out of their small town, the...