Barney Godwin, a typical noir Everyman, discovers that a local swamp rat has lucked into the proceeds of an infamous back robbery, and he schemes to make the money his...
Praise for the Aimée Leduc series:
"If you've always wanted to visit Paris, skip the air fare and read Cara Black . . . instead."--Val McDermid
"Fine characters, good suspense, but, best of all, they are transcendentally, seductively,...
Also published as “Jar City”.
When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmyri district of Reykjavik, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur Oli and female colleague...
Celebrated author Laurie R. King dazzles mystery lovers once again in this, her second Kate Martinelli mystery. The story unfolds as a band of homeless people cremate a beloved dog in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. When it comes to incidents...
"Very clever. I really am a fan." – R L Stine
Lord Remnant's eccentric parties on his privately owned Caribbean island of Grenadin are the stuff of legends… but then the 12th Earl suddenly dies in the course of an amateur production of The...
From the Dustjacket
A Peninsula Murder Mystery
A rapist in a police uniform is stalking Inspector Hal Challis's Peninsula beat, a serial armed robber is headed his way, and there is a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar...
First she felt herself being pushed downstairs. Then there was the bowl of poisoned mushroom soup. Finally the tampered-with tablet amongst her sleeping pills was the last straw. Adriana Ford, famous actress and mistress of the house decided to...
This volume brings together the genre’s finest from the past year. With stories from mystery veterans and newly discovered talents, this thrilling collection is sure to appeal to crime fiction fans of all...
When a man’s past threatens his family’s future there’s only one way to turn — to Perry Mason Harlow Bissinger Bancroft, head of a vast corporate empire and a happily married man, had a battery of lawyers — not one of any use to him in his...