Open Road Media Mystery Thriller imprint: 1196 books

Three cozy mysteries in the “timelessly charming” historical series featuring a retired English governess who finds a second calling as a detective (Charlotte MacLeod). Meet Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and “little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything”...

Indianapolis’s least employed PI heads downstate in search of a missing woman in this mystery from the “funny and brilliant” Shamus Award–winning author (The Wall Street Journal).   Facing insolvency and imminent eviction, private detective Albert Samson finally catches a break. Elizabeth...

Indianapolis PI Albert Samson takes on a hospital, a pharmaceutical company, and the FBI in this “tough and clever” mystery (The New Republic).   After his slowest summer ever, struggling and desperate private eye Albert Samson places an ad in the local paper, offering his services at a bargain...

An “appealing heroine” and her chef boyfriend take on a case of murder by food processor in this Boston-set culinary mystery. Includes recipes! (Publishers Weekly) After months between gigs, Chloe Carter’s dishy boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, has just landed his dream job: executive chef at...

Sixteen people saw her kill her husband, but Jennifer swears she is innocent The traders call the office “the goldfish bowl” because its walls are all glass. There is no privacy, not even for office manager Gerald Lomax. And so it is that everyone in the office watches him die.   Gerald’s...

Hired to find a missing novelist, Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle gets tangled up in a cutthroat political campaign Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine”...

When a former PI is invited to a gathering of New Orleans chefs, murder is on the menu in this “well written, sharply observed” mystery (The New York Times). Sophisticated Boston Brahmin Michael Spraggue will never forget the flaky strawberry tarts Dora Levoyer made for him when he was...

To save his winery, a successful actor and former PI investigates a Napa Valley slaying in this “expertly written” and “ingenious” mystery (The New York Times Book Review). Shooting on location in Boston for a new film, Michael Spraggue has just tumbled down a flight of stairs when...

The Atlantic City mob has a guy on the ropes in this “gritty novel with integrity and style” from the New York Times–bestselling author (James Patterson). Raised in the Atlantic City Cosa Nostra, Anthony Russo spent his life trying to escape the mob. But his stepfather has dreams for...

**Murder moves into the neighborhood in this witty and suspenseful crossword mystery featuring husband-and-wife sleuth team Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates ** Belle Graham and her canine bodyguards, Kit and Gabby, are enjoying their daily outing in the local dog park with new friends Karen...

**Someone’s trying to write characters out of the script in this suspenseful crossword puzzler featuring PI Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham ** Belle Graham is mired in New England’s snowy, late-January gloom when Hollywood comes calling. Seduced by visions of relaxing...

Searching for mythical beasts, a family ignores the monster in the backyard It all started with the death of an ape. This is not so odd in Monkeyland,the sanctuary that Patrick and Jane founded together in a last-ditch attempt to revive their flagging marriage. But there was something different...

A jittery bride-to-be draws the Boston PI into an “utterly compelling” case of betrayal and dangerous love (Publisher Weekly, starred review). Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American...

The New York Times–bestselling series featuring a renegade California legal eagle that’s “impossible to put down” (Entertainment Weekly). Award-winning filmmaker and author of Against the Wind J. F. Freedman writes thrillers with “plenty of twists and turns” (Chicago Tribune). The...