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In this evocative tale of suspense from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, a British diplomat’s wife in Nigeria inadvertently precipitates a senseless tragedy, and six decades later, her son becomes caught up in a maelstrom of violent political corruption Filmmaker Nigel Jackland has...

In World War II–era England, it seems a noblewoman may have come back from the dead Anne Jocelyn and a friend were killed trying to escape the first German assault on France. Before leaving to join the war, it was up to Anne’s husband, Phillip, to bury her body for burial. That was three...

During the war, the British countryside is a refuge from the Blitz—but other lethal dangers lurk there . . . “You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver” (The Observer). It is time for Judy to get out of London. Her sister and brother-in-law have just perished in an air raid, leaving her...

When a suicide seems suspicious, governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver steps in to assist Scotland Yard. Frank Abbott’s vacations never last very long, and his trip to Field End is no exception. He has hardly enjoyed a moment of Jonathan Field’s hospitality before tragedy strikes. A niece...

A woman shipwrecked on a desert island, and believed dead for two decades, returns to civilization—as heiress to an enormous fortune Austin Muir has just landed on a seemingly uninhabited South Seas island when he meets a remarkable young woman. Valentine claims to have lived there for twenty...

The British governess-turned-sleuth continues her witty, inquisitive ways with three mysteries from the “timelessly charming” series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess Maud Silver has discovered an entirely new calling: private detection. And though she may seem an unlikely sleuth,...

A detective with insomnia chases every cop's worst nightmare... When a security guard disappears with a priceless Martian meteorite belonging to the Chinese government,  and surveillance tapes show a commando team of gray aliens making the snatch, a surly security chief turns to the only agency...

A pair of techno-thrillers featuring a special-forces op—from the USA Today–bestselling author and “one of the best all-out action writers in the business” (Los Angeles Review of Books).   “Nobody writes action like Jon Land,” and in his Jared Kimberlain thrillers, the action is truly...

A trio of pulse-pounding thrillers from the USA Today–bestselling author and “one of the best all-out action writers in the business” (Los Angeles Review of Books).   “Nobody writes action like Jon Land,” and in these three edge-of-your-seat international thrillers, the stakes have never...

A thrilling adventure set in the world of underwater diving from acclaimed suspense novelist Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries Deciding on her thirty-ninth birthday that a baby is the best present she could give herself, single Manhattan public relations...

A woman must untangle a dark enigma that dates back to World War II in order to find her kidnapped son in this riveting international thriller from Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries Rachel Monette arrives home to a scene of unspeakable violence: Her...

A chilling and explosive tale of revenge set in the Middle East from acclaimed suspense novelist Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries After his unit is decimated in the Israeli war, Lieutenant Isaac Rehv returns to Haifa to find his family savagely murdered....

No case is too small—or too strange—for the Lunghi family detective agency For the Lunghis of Bath, England, detecting is best discussed around the family dinner table; everyone gets a say. The various members of the Lunghi family are old and cantankerous, young and bolshie, responsible,...

Indianapolis social worker Adele Buffington’s caseload is unusually heavy: Solve a murder, find a missing mother and her young daughters, stay alive   Adele Buffington is working late when she’s startled by an intruder. The next day a man is found murdered. The note pinned to his jacket reads,...