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 »

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 »

John Pellam, Hollywood location scout and former stuntman, is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Hell's Kitchen residents. Suddenly, buildings and lives are going up in flames. The pyromaniac's masterpiece is to be a devastating conflagration, with Hell's Kitchen ... more »

In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman start to make love, trapping Luther Whitney, a career break-in artist, behind a secret wall. Then the passion turns deadly, and Luther is running into the night. Because what he has just seen is a brutal murder involving Alan Richmond ... more »

Future scholars of the simon-pure detective novel will hold that its greatest practitioner . . . has been Agatha Christie. The New York Times Book Review From the Trade Paperback edition. more »

Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never herd of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but decides he prefers to help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it. Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and ... more »

A gripping and explosive new thriller from internationally acclaimed forensic anthropologist and New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, featuring Temperance Brennan and Detective Andrew Ryan on the trail of a modern murder and an ancient biblical mystery... When an Orthodox Jewish man is found ... more »

Hard-luck Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is just itching for the opportunity to sell out. Then good fortune comes knocking at his door in the guise of William Prescott III, a blue-blood attorney from one of the city's most prestigious firms. Prescott wants Victor to represent a councilman's aide who ... more »

Stephanie Plum, the fearless 'bounty hunter' has to haul Kenny Mancuso to court for jumping bail and missing a preliminary hearing. The situation was pretty bad with Kenny shooting a gas attendant in the knee, but when three bullets land in his headthere's no doubt left in Stephanie's mind that she is ... more »

On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger with an incredible secret. Poised against the very heartland of America is a vast and astounding KGB enterprise known as The Charm School. Arrayed against the all-encompassing grip of the Soviet state are three ... more »

Laurie R. Kings bestselling mystery series featuring Mary Russell and her husband and partner, Sherlock Holmes, is beloved by readers and acclaimed by critics the world over. Now the illustrious duo returns for their most dangerous exploit yet, in a rich and atmospheric tale that takes them to India ... more »

St. Petersburg, 1917 -- the glittering capital of the Tsarist empire and a city on the brink of revolution- where the jackals of the secret police maneuver for their own survival and their aristocratic masters indulge in one final moment of hedonism. For Sandro Ruzsky, chief investigator of the St. Petersburg ... more »