Speaking Volumes: 953 books

She's an ace reporter. An amateur sleuth. And she's always clued in. But now Cat Marsala is faced with her toughest case, one that could put a friend's job—and life—on the line. A domestic-violence call turns into a case of murder—of one cop by another. The alleged killer is an officer in the...

THE HITThe shooter knew just where Lt. Joe Dante would be and just when to bring him down. But when the gunfire stopped and the blood seeped out onto the Manhattan pavement, Dante was still alive. And now he's bent on revenge.THE HEATA maverick detective who socializes with New York's rich and famous...

Bannister "is as good at creating suspense as she is at creating characters."—San Jose Mercury NewsShad couldn't be guilty of murder. . . could he? Rosie Holland, newspaper’s advice columnist for the Skipley Chronicle, becomes worried when her gardener, Shad, is discovered unconscious...

LIVE BAIT The canal town of Castlemere is the kind of hard-luck place that provides constant challenge to its crack team of detectives. But the skills of Superintendent Frank Shapiro, Inspector Liz Graham and the volatile Sergeant Cal Donovan are put to the test in very personal ways. A...

Desperate Measures The police force of Castlemere loses one of its own to a hit-and-run. Adding stress to the already understaffed force, a young nurse is brutally murdered in her car with her husband as the only witness. Is there a shotgun killer walking the streets, or is her distraught husband...

Fatal Attraction The first victim is a young prostitute—an easy, accessible target for a killer's lust. The second victim is another young girl. The killer is skilled, seasoned, enjoying himself. The combustible detective team of Liz Graham and Cal Donovan is put on the case as suspicion falls on...

OUT OF THE ASHES A pyromaniac hands the police force of Castlemere a case that becomes more personal and more devastating than any other. Chief Inspector Frank Shapiro, respected for his quiet authority and sound judgment, is suspended from the force, pending an inquiry into an arson...

The idyllic peace of a remote Scottish anchorage is shattered by an explosion aboard a luxury cruiser, which kills the woman on board and brings to an abrupt end the restful holiday which Clio Marsh prescribed for her detective husband Harry. Was the wreck of the "Skara Sun" an accident?...

Clio Marsh is enjoying a friendly din­ner with a few neighbors when one of them, David, is shot in the back by an unknown intruder. The group had been celebrating David's upcoming competition in the dangerous sport of horse-eventing, in which he had planned to compete on the fierce and supposedly...

Clio Rees is a doctor who has given up her practice to write murder myster­ies. It never occurred to her that she might become the central figure in one—a very real one that required more imagination to figure out than anything she had concocted for her fictional stories. She is called by...

FALSE CONNECTION Detective Superintendent Frank Shapiro finds himself weaving down a dark and twisted trail of human foibles that begins with his own Sergeant Donovan. After interrupting a robbery and receiving a blow to the head for his efforts, an angry Donovan races after the suspect,...

Light like a great pink chrysanthemum bloomed far away over the distant perimeter, hanging high in the quiet air. Others would describe it as a fireball and speak of the deep booming roar as the fuel tanks, full to capacity at the start of the plane’s long run, exploded. But no sound reached inside...

They've been inseparable partners ever since the day Gil Todd, a renowned British reporter for over thirty-five years, hauled a drunken Mickey Flynn out of a New York City bar and helped him become one of the worlds most respected photo journalists. But their odd-couple relationship—as well as Flynn’s...

I want a quiet life from now on. And I don't want to fall in love…. I think I shall do better to stay away from affairs of the heart. One can be so hurt. I don't want to go through that again. Ninian Whitmead, almost forty years old, has already loved deeply, then lost once in his life. He...