Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #10. When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference (The Philadelphia Inquirer). A ruthless, ingenious pair of entrepreneurial monsters is preying on the loved ones of those who ... more »

Frank Quintana was born into a niche between two societies and accepted by neither. His father was Hispanic, his mother Anglo, and in a socially divided town like Halliburton, he would be forever relegated to cutting grass and doing menial jobs. Then he discovered a way out: excel at football, win a ... more »

In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide-but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives came to believe this was in fact a murder. Despite a by-the ... more »

Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #9. A master.... Lawrence Block's estimable private eye Matthew Scudder is one of the most fully developed and credible characters working in the genre today (Chicago Tribune). In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law. Now ... more »

Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's classic tale of suspense featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and his desperate race to track down a twisted killer. Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide ... more »

E-book extras: Martin Amis Interviews 'The Dickens of Detroit'; Elmore Leonard's If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It; All By Elmore: The Crime Novels & The Westerns; Selected Filmography Probation officer Kathy Baker's clients, including psycho Uncle Elvin, want to whack Palm Beach County judge ... more »

The Black Echo (Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel) For Harry Bosch--hero, loner, nighthawk--the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam tunnel rat, fighting the VC and the fear they used to call ... more »

E-book exclusive extras: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Murder on the Orient Express; The Poirots: the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective. Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks in the middle of Yugoslavia. The luxurious ... more »

Andrew Vachss's previous novel, Dead and Gone , prompted the Rocky Mountain News to say, "Starting a Vachss novel is like putting a vial of nitroglycerine into your pocket and going for a jog." With his latest thriller, Vachss turns the heat up a notch by dropping his career criminal and ultimate ... more »

An award-winning journalist delves behind the scenes of a chilling true crime story aired on TV's 48 Hours Mystery -- and uncovers twisting revelations inside an already shattering case of double homicide. Halloween night in idyllic Napa, California: two young women roommates -- a transplanted Southern ... more »

E-book exclusive extras: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ; The Poirots: the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd broke all the rules of detective fiction and made Agatha Christie a household name. There ... more »

Agents, report. McGruder eyed the industrial complex, just north of San Jose outside Silicon Valley, a tilt-up complex, newly built, barely one fifth occupied. He shrugged uncomfortably inside his flak jacket hidden under a dark blue tie-on vest proclaiming FBI in large white letters front and back. ... more »