With explosive tension and masterful suspense, A Handful of Kings is a page-turning thriller about what really happens in the world of espionage, by an insider who has lived it. American diplomat Vicky Sorrell learns the hard way that all is fair in love -- and espionage. A Handful of Kings, the latest ... more »

In this richly woven psychological thriller, Rock guitarist Chris Nielson gets a winter job house-sitting at the palatial Maryland beach house of his father's rich friend Ted Harper. An intriguing neighbor, Caroline, shares his love for music -- and more. But Chris soon finds himself in a web of betrayal ... more »

It's been twenty years since Western State Hospital was closed down and the last of its inmates reintegrated into society. Francis Petrel was barely out of his teens when his family committed him to the asylum, after his erratic behavior culminated in a terrifying outburst. Now middle-aged, he leads ... more »

Barmaid Betsy's long quest for recognition seems to be coming true when a center for Celtic Spirituality tests her pyschic powers. And when the center's flamboyant director goes missing, it is Betsy who dreams where he will be found. At first his death seems like a straightforward murder case--he was ... more »

When an eccentric old woman is found dead in her living room, her head beaten in with a hatchet, Gabriel Du Pre feels compelled to look into the matter. Hoping to find answers at the scene of the crime, Du Pre spies two teenagers snooping around the house. Meanwhile it's dry season, and fires blazing ... more »

New Year's Eve, 1945. The assassin steps out of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of a raging nor'easter. Cool and efficient, she's a weapon of war superbly trained in the ancient arts of subterfuge and murder. And even though she's outnumbered, she's got one major advantage: No one knows she's coming ... more »

From the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time, here are fourteen intense, eerie, and compelling stories, including one O. Henry Prize winner, stories from The New Yorker, and Riding the Bullet which, when published as an eBook, attracted over half a million online ... more »

In his critically acclaimed novels The River Sorrow and The Last Sanctuary, Craig Holden forged a powerful, poetic vision of the American heartland. Now the writer The New York Times calls astonishing returns to this haunting landscape in his newest work. At once a suspenseful search for the truth in ... more »

An anthology of the world's best literary espionage, selected by a contemporary master of the genre, Alan Furst. Here is an extraordinary collection of work from some of the finest novelists of the twentieth century. Inspired by the politics of tyranny or war, each of these writers chose the base elements ... more »

This fourth adventure for former Department of Defense research analyst turned magazine columnist Lewis Cole begins when a late night disturbance at a nearby state park catches his attention. A solitary man has been shot in the back of the head in the empty resort area's parking lot. Lewis is curious ... more »

Over the course of twenty years, from 1914 to 1933, Oscar Hartzell conned millions of dollars from tens of thousands of trusting, innocent people. And when he was caught, they gave him more. There are no folk heroes more all-American than con artists. Though we may openly condemn them, deep down we admire ... more »

The last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was to return to work for the Army’s Criminal Investigative Division, an organization that thanked him for his many years of dedicated service by forcing him into early retirement. But when his former boss calls in a career’s worth of favors, Paul finds himself ... more »