When former cop Phil Broker's naïve ex-wife, Caren, blows the whistle on her feckless second husband, Keith Angland, a St. Paul cop making a cool $2 million moonlighting for the Chicago mob, she unwittingly signs her own death warrant. Unwisely for Caren, she not only shared her troubles with Broker ... more »

Richard North Patterson's masterful portrayals of law and politics at the apex of power have made him one of our most important writers of popular fiction. Combining a compelling narrative, exhaustive research, and a sophisticated grasp of contemporary society, his bestselling novels bring explosive ... more »

Winter Massey is a former U.S. marshal who has made too many enemies on both sides of the law. Lucy Dockery is a judge's daughter who's never had to fight for anything in her life. But now Lucy and her young son have been kidnapped and sentenced to die-unless her father agrees to set a vicious criminal ... more »

Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana.A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case.But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away.He's stepped over the line before.This case threatens to push him over the ... more »

The real-life work of sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein brought riveting authenticity (Vanity Fair) to her bestselling debut novel, Final Jeopardy. Now Fairstein's fictional counterpart -- smart and savvy assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper -- returns in [a] Grisham-esque page turner (Time) that puts ... more »

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A stained legal career spent defending mob enforcers, two-bit hoods, and other dregs of humanity has left Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl jaded and resentful -- until a new client appears to offer him an escape and a big payday. Caroline Shaw, the desperate scion of a prominent Main Line dynasty, wants ... more »

Johanna Brady, young widow, devoted mom, and Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, is a tough cop who gives no ground to lawbreakers. But now she's dealing with some big-time political maneuvering that could let someone get away with murder. When an elderly widow is found dead in the Arizona desert, it ... more »

The scream heard by no one is the deadliest. In the rural parishes of Louisiana's French Triangle, young women are disappearing one by one, only to turn up on the banks of the bayou, strangled and cast aside where they are sure to be found.But there is one trophy the killer prizes above all others, one ... more »

Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, joins his beautiful protégé, Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer -- an ingenious killer who changes his appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims. They have only one clue -- and only forty-eight hours before ... more »

E-Book Extra: On Writing: An Interview with William Lashner Attorney Victor Carl thought his client Joey Cheaps was a lowlife and a money-suck, but when Joey is brutally murdered, Victor sets out to find the killer. When he starts to uncover facts about a 20-year-old murder Victor himself becomes a target ... more »

Gabe James grew up the abused son of Mafia chieftain Liam Tremayne. Having managed to escape his father's sadistic clutches, Gabe has found love and acceptance in the little country town of Kellogg, Iowa. With a wife who adores him, friends who will do anything for him, and neighbors who admire him, ... more »