Accused of an unspeakable crime, respected high school teacher Mike Chadwick retreats to the lonely isolation of the north woods, where he attempts to salvage his career, reputation and sanity. There is no rest for the weary, however. Relentless detective, Pat Donegal, locates and questions Chadwick ... more »

... version of the famous Jebb translation, which has been called "the most carefully wrought prose version of Sophocles in English."* *Moses Hadas From the Paperback edition. more »

Sara Tate, a Manhattan assistant DA, is about to lose her job. But the case she nabs to secure her professional future is far more complicated--and deadly--than it first appears. While forces within the DA's office conspire against her, an outside threat looms larger: Win the case or her attorney husband ... more »

An atmospheric thriller set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh, Anthony O'Neill's elegant, darkly masterful novel is full of psychological suspense and first-rate horror. Evelyn is a clever orphan at the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls. Enchanted by a cheerful lamplighter who fires the streetlamp ... more »

Alex Cross is back--and so is a raging and suicidal Gary Soneji. Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, he will get revenge on Cross before he dies. In addition, we are introduced to a new pair of rivals whose paths cross that of Alex and Soneji. Thomas Augustine Pierce has ... more »

When a strange letter signed Thanatos -- the ancient Greek name for death -- lands on Irene Kelly's desk, the intrepid reporter doesn't think much of it; she gets crazy mail all the time. A less cryptic message is sent when a body turns up the next morning. As more letters roll in, the death toll mounts ... more »

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The New York Times bestselling author and renowned former Manhattan prosecutor follows her Nero Award-winning The Deadhouse with a mesmerizing new Alexandra Cooper novel set at the crossroads of big money, high culture, and murder... The Bone Vault begins in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's glorious ... more »

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The past isn't over.... An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty. Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide ... more »

A Washington D.C. crime overlord is fighting for his life in court. Two younger dealers are fighting for territory, prestige, and millions of dollars in future profits. It takes only one slip--a kid going out of control with a rented pistol--to push friction closer to wholesale slaughter. In the midst ... more »

Lawman, manhunter, peacemaker--it takes a hard breed of man to survive as a Texas Ranger, but Chick Bowdrie stands head and shoulder above the rest. The rough trails are his home, from the Big Thicket to the Pecos to the border. He's dried by the desert sun and wind, scarred and toughened by uncounted ... more »