The Good Old Stuff is a selection of thirteen of John D. MacDonald’s best mystery stories written between 1947 and 1952, at the beginning of his career. While many readers know about MacDonald’s success from recent books such as Cinnamon Skin,...
Recipient of widespread praise for his award-winning crime short stories, Russel McLean's full-length debut has been characterized by key crime authors and critics alike as the emergence of a major talent.
There is something rotten behind the...
Charlie Howard travels the globe writing suspense novels for a living, about an intrepid burglar named Faulks. To supplement his income---and to keep his hand in---Charlie also has a small side business: stealing for a very discreet clientele on...
From the Number One bestselling author of SAFE HOUSE
You can't keep a good thief down. Charlie Howard - mystery writer and professional burglar-for-hire - is back in the saddle, robbing the people of Berlin blind. But his larcenous binge is about to...
The moment I'd scanned the outside of the building, I turned to Bruno and said, 'First impressions, it looks straightforward.' Looking back, I can't help but wonder what I was thinking. I mean, put that line at the opening of a crime novel and it's...
Charlie, a gentleman thief to rival Cary Grant in 'To Catch a Thief,' gallivants around Venice in the next caper in this sparkling series.
After a particularly bad streak of luck in Vegas, Charlie has retreated to Venice, having vowed to give up a...
Meg's paternal grandfather has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. Stanley has found a trail to his long-lost love in a small town a short drive away. He convinces Meg to come with him to meet her, but unfortunately, the woman...
A new short story in our bibliomystery series, from the author of "The Gods of Gotham" and "Seven for a Secret".
A librarian is tormented by a lethal volume of black magic
When A. Davenport Lomax's young daughter asks him whether spirits and faeries...
The Barnes Noble Review
The 18th novel in Martha Grimes's popular Richard Jury series finds the author extending her range, echoing the work of two other masters of mystery – osephine Tey and Dick Francis – while skewering British society...