Paris, 1878: Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby and his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby's mansion on the rue de Grenelle, and a priceless Indian shawl is missing. Police commissioner "Papa" Gauche recovers only one piece of evidence from the crime scene: a golden key shaped like ... more »

Rosie Cox 311 Pelican Court Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, One thing about Cedar Cove -- people sure are interested in what other people are doing. Take me, for instance. Everybody in this town knows that my husband, Zach, and I recently got a divorce. Everybody also knows that Judge Olivia ... more »

A gripping tale of bloodlust and terror from the New York Times bestselling author of Exit Wounds It was a scene from a slasher flick -- a beautiful woman's terrified screams piercing the air, a dead body sprawled at her feet, blood staining the pristine sands of a Washington beach. But the blood is ... more »

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean ... more »

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite ... more »

THE GREATEST THIEF IN THE LITURATURE OF ROGUERY! That's how the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection describes A. J. Raffles, amateur cat burglar and jewel thief.  Read all four thrilling books showcasing Raffles daring exploits in one omnibus ebook - complete and unabridged.  Why did the ... more »

A riveting and explosive novel, The Kill Clause is a brilliantly inventive tour de force by a powerful new master of suspense. Tim Rackley is a dangerous man of honor, a deputy U.S. marshal who is very good at his job -- until everything he believes in is shattered by the brutal murder of his own daughter ... more »

Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #7. 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). New York is a city that seduces dreamers ... then eats their dreams. Matt Scudder understands the ... more »

E-Book Extra: Chuck Logan's extended author biography Headlights off, a panel truck drives by moonlight across an open field, following tracks that have been there for decades ... Nina Pryce and her husband, Phil Broker, couldn't have more opposite views of the military. Broker's loyalty to the men he ... more »

Bestsellerautor Paul Giverney ist für Überraschungen bekannt. Doch nun versetzt er die New Yorker Verlagswelt in Aufruhr. Zum großen Staunen aller kündigt er nämlich eines Tages einen Verlagswechsel an. Seine Beweggründe sind nicht nachvollziehbar, denn sein Verleger hat Giverney zu einem der erfolgreichsten ... more »

From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories--some never before published--that distill dread back down to its essence--and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his ... more »

When two little girls find an abandoned baby, good intentions go awry and three families are ruined. Now, seven years later, another child is missing and rookie homicide detective Nancy Porter must uncover the truth in a world where no one is innocent -- not even the children. Since her debut in 1997 ... more »