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Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring guest-editor contributions by the Edgar Alan Poe Award-winning author of the Joe Pickett series, a latest annual anthology features top-selected short mystery and crime fiction stories from the past year"--
6) True blue
Author
Language
English
Description
A former Washington D.C. police cop out to prove herself and a young lawyer from a prestigious law firm meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital--and what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Kellerman delivers a riveting collection of 14 crime and mystery short stories—plus four bonus tales—compiled for the first time in one volume.
THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS marks the highly anticipated return of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus in three neverbefore- published short mysteries, including "The Garden of Eden," where Peter and Rina investigate the death of a...
THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS marks the highly anticipated return of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus in three neverbefore- published short mysteries, including "The Garden of Eden," where Peter and Rina investigate the death of a...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A mystery with a paranormal twist, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lizzy and Diesel series from Janet Evanovich, and new co-author Phoef Sutton. Lizzy and Diesel are back for more, with a new problem to solve. Ever since Diesel came into Lizzy's life, things have been anything but quiet, and this is no exception--Lizzy must help Diesel protect the Seven Stones of Power, again!"--
"Lizzy and Diesel are back in an all-new wicked adventure...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Otto Penzler Book
The need for love-obsessive, self-destructive, unpredictable-takes us to forbidden places, as in the chilling world of Give Me Your Heart, a new collection of stories by the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates.
In the suspenseful "Strip Poker," a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening young men-Can she "outplay" them? In the award-winning "Smother!" a young woman's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Books
Language
English
Description
A collection of seven stories from bestselling and award-winning mystery writer Walter Mosley come together in a single trade paperback volume.
Now from the bestselling and award-winning writer comes Six Easy Pieces. The beloved Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abiding life...
Now from the bestselling and award-winning writer comes Six Easy Pieces. The beloved Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abiding life...
13) Cross my heart
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 21
Language
English
Description
"James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart--nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses...
14) Dead reckoning
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie Stackhouse witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover, Eric Northman, and his "child" Pam are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn...
15) 10th anniversary
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 10
Language
English
Description
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals, but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her...
Author
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today's top crime writers in this acclaimed collection of suspenseful stories featuring fierce women—including one never-before-published novella.
"A first-rate collection, an obvious must for the legions of Lippman fans, but also great reading for anyone who savors short crime fiction." — Booklist (starred review)
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...17) Manhattan mayhem
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From Wall Street and Greenwich Village to Chinatown, Harlem and beyond, the streets and skyscrapers of Manhattan are brimming with crimes and misdemeanors.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mike Hammer, the toughest PI of all, draws a seemingly routine assignment—playing bodyguard to diva Rita Vance on the eve of her big Broadway comeback. But Rita is an old flame of Hammer's, and when their romance is rekindled, the detective finds the actress facing death threats and himself the target of one hit man after another. When the actress disappears, the show must go on, which with Mike Hammer means swift, violent retaliation. While the...
19) The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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