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Graves on the Fens by Joy Ellis
18 ratingsIt arrives in the morning. An old-fashioned airmail envelope addressed to Detective Nikki Galena. Inside, on a single sheet of blue airmail paper, are three words:You failed me.The second airmail envelope arrives at Nikki’s home address. The same message. Only this time, it’s followed by four names: Alexandra Cornfield, Ruth Baker, Bethany Lyons, Leanne Delaney.Four missing women... -
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![L'Affaire Alaska Sanders by Joël Dicker]()
L'Affaire Alaska Sanders by Joël Dicker
26 ratingsAvril 1999. Mount Pleasant, une paisible bourgade du New Hampshire, est bouleversée par un meurtre. Le corps d'une jeune femme, Alaska Sanders, est retrouvé au bord d'un lac. L'enquête est rapidement bouclée, la police obtenant les aveux du coupable et de son complice.Onze ans plus tard, l'affaire rebondit... -
![City of The Dead by Jonathan Kellerman]()
City of The Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
24 ratingsThe past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they investigate a grisly double homicide and uncover an even more unspeakable motive in this riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.Los Angeles is a city of sunlight, celebrity, and possibility. The L.A. often experienced by Homicide Lt... -
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![Rough Country by John Sandford]()
Rough Country by John Sandford
27 ratingsVirgil Flowers has always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he's probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking... -
![The Controller by Matt Brolly]()
The Controller by Matt Brolly
16 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the acclaimed DCI Lambert series comes The Controller, a gripping serial killer thriller introducing Sam Lynch and Special Agent Sandra Rose. It is six years since special agent Samuel Lynch left the FBI following the disappearance of his son, Daniel. Lynch believes an underground organisation known as The Railroad is responsible and has never stopped searching... -
![Dead Tomorrow by Peter James]()
Dead Tomorrow by Peter James
20 ratings*Lynn gripped the sides of the armchair, trying to put aside her own inner terror. 'I can't believe I'm thinking this, Ross. I'm not a violent person, even before Caitlin's influence, I never even liked killing flies in my kitchen. Now I'm sitting here actually willing some stranger to die... -
![Suspicion by Eden Winters]()
Suspicion by Eden Winters
6 ratingsLucky “Simon Harrison” Lucklighter left behind his criminal past to become one of the best agents in the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. He’s found a committed partner in fellow agent Bo Schollenberger and built a life. Now, enemies within the SNB and a friend’s betrayal leave him nowhere to turn—not even to his mentor. His boss’s life, the future of the SNB, and Lucky’s career depend on him... -
![The Stark International Trilogy: Jackson Steele: Say My Name, On My Knees, Under My Skin by J. Kenner]()
The Stark International Trilogy: Jackson Steele: Say My Name, On My Knees, Under My Skin by J. Kenner
6 ratingsFeaturing provocative bad boy Jackson Steele alongside Damien Stark’s right-hand woman, Sylvia Brooks, the Stark International Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner is a roller-coaster ride of sinful secrets and sweet seduction... -
![Calem by Christopher Harlan]()
Calem by Christopher Harlan
6 ratingsIn Calem, the first of the New York's Finest series from contemporary romance author Christopher Harlan, a renowned psychologist and an embattled NYPD detective join forces to end the city's reign of terror, finding salvation and love in each other's arms in the process. Dr. Cordelia Summers is a brilliant psychologist... -
![My Aliyah: Heart in Chains by Sable Hunter]()
My Aliyah: Heart in Chains by Sable Hunter
8 ratingsTough Tyler Landon is fit to be tied! He feels he is about to lose his man card. After witnessing a Mexican drug lord commit a murder, Ty finds himself on the cartel's hit list. That's bad enough, but when he finds that the agency has assigned a female Mossad agent to protect him - he decides to seduce her into submission... -
![Rainey Nights by R.E. Bradshaw]()
Rainey Nights by R.E. Bradshaw
8 ratingsWomen are missing and dying in the Triangle area of North Carolina. One woman holds the key to why. With the conclusion of the Y-Man murders nine months ago and her resignation from the FBI, Former Special Agent and Behavioral Analyst, Rainey Bell has finally found peace and contentment she never thought possible, even if she remains a bit paranoid... -
![Pathogen by Jessica L. Webb]()
Pathogen by Jessica L. Webb
8 ratingsWhen a deadly virus surfaces in the small, wealthy town of Hidden Valley, British Columbia, Dr. Kate Morrison and Sergeant Andy Wyles work together to uncover the source of the outbreak. As the two women navigate their new relationship, Kate and Andy are also forced to navigate a highly political and increasingly panicked community... -
![Hysteria by L.J. Ross]()
Hysteria by L.J. Ross
24 ratingsFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES In a beautiful world, murder is always ugly… Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that he can’t ignore... -
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![Mad River by John Sandford]()
Mad River by John Sandford
26 ratingsThey thought they were Bonnie and Clyde. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a woman during a robbery. The second was incidental. Simply in the way... -
![No Way Out by Allison Brennan]()
No Way Out by Allison Brennan
10 ratingsFrom Allison Brennan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cut and Run, comes a new e-novella, No Way Out: FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid faces her worst fear when her husband goes missing Nine years ago, mercenary Kane Rogan and photojournalist Siobhan Walsh risked their lives to rescue Hestia Juarez, a thirteen-year-old girl being forced to marry a much older man to expand her father’s crime family... -
![Waiting by Calle J. Brookes]()
Waiting by Calle J. Brookes
12 ratingsEveryone made mistakes, but some were far more dangerous than others… Fin McLaughlin wanted nothing more than to make a difference in his work with the FBI. Headhunted by the deputy director of the Bureau to head up a new division located in St. Louis, Fin was determined to make amends for the mistakes he’d made six years earlier that had almost cost him his career—and his life... -
![Fire with Fire by Candice Fox]()
Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
12 ratingsA pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop.Four people with everything on the line... -
![Third Watch by Robert Dugoni]()
Third Watch by Robert Dugoni
18 ratingsTracy Crosswhite’s ordinary night patrolling her Seattle beat becomes front page news when she responds to a domestic disturbance call that turns into a hostage crisis... -
![The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride]()
The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride
18 ratingsOne mistake can cost you everything…A little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy coastal town of Macduff, kicking off a major manhunt. Officially, the investigation is out of Sergeant Logan McRae’s hands, but DCI Steel’s Major Investigation Team, drafted in from Aberdeen, is getting nowhere fast.Steel is running out of ideas and time... -
![Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre]()
Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre
18 ratingsThere is no perfect marriage. There is no perfect murder.Diana Jager is clever, strong and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her personal details are released on the internet as revenge for her writing.Then she meets Peter... -
![The Baltimore Boys by Joël Dicker]()
The Baltimore Boys by Joël Dicker
28 ratingsSwiss Sensation Joel Dicker's compulsive follow-up to the phenomenally bestselling The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair... -
!['Nother Sip of Gin: A Sinners Gin Anthology by Rhys Ford]()
'Nother Sip of Gin: A Sinners Gin Anthology by Rhys Ford
6 ratingsFor Crossroads Gin rock stars Miki, Damien, Rafe, and Forest, life is a Möbius strip of music, mayhem, and murder. Through it all, the sweet, hot moments between tours with lovers, friends, and family keep them sane, healthy, and happy. This Sinners collection features short stories spanning the entire series, from before the first note to after the lights go out... -
![Elite Security by Clara Kendrick]()
Elite Security by Clara Kendrick
6 ratingsDive into this sexy SIX-book series that follows security professionals in their quest for both justice and unexpected romance. Lots of suspense, mystery, and romance. Almost 500,000 words. No cliffhangers! Book 1 The man she considered the love of her life has been abducted under strange circumstances... -
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![The List by Velvet Vaughn]()
The List by Velvet Vaughn
8 ratingsFrom the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents... -
![You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas]()
You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas
8 ratingsIt’s a dark, smog-choked New Delhi winter. Indian American single mother Anjali Morgan juggles her job as a psychiatrist with caring for her autistic teenage son. She is in a long-standing affair with ambitious police commissioner Jatin Bhatt – an irresistible attraction that could destroy both their lives... -
![The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs]()
The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs
12 ratingsNo one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service... -
![The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller by Aaron Stander]()
The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller by Aaron Stander
13 ratingsIn the depths of winter, Cedar County is on occasion literally frozen in place. Roads are impassable; the area schools are closed for days at a time. And the bad guys and gals, they’re hunkered down like everyone else until the weather breaks. But this winter isn’t the usual. There’s arson and murder...Categorized as:
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![Vendetta by Lisa Harris]()
Vendetta by Lisa Harris
14 ratingsNo one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Person Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after ten years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to the past... -
![The Girl Who Ran Away: The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series by Susan Lund]()
The Girl Who Ran Away: The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series by Susan Lund
14 ratingsA new missing persons case, a prime suspect and questions about an old friend challenge amateur sleuth and crime reporter Tess McClintock and FBI Special Agent Michael Carter in THE GIRL WHO RAN AWAY, a new book in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series... -
![Bye Bye Baby by Fiona McIntosh]()
Bye Bye Baby by Fiona McIntosh
14 ratingsIt all began in Brighton. Now there is a killer on the loose. Scotland Yard′s brightest talent is chosen to head up the high-profile taskforce, a DCI who must confront his own past as the body count rises.There are few leads and Jack Hawksworth can only fall back on instinct and decades-old cold cases for any clue to the killer′s motive ... and identity... -
![The Shadow Writer by Eliza Maxwell]()
The Shadow Writer by Eliza Maxwell
14 ratingsEvery writer has a story. Some are deadlier than others.Aspiring author Graye Templeton will do anything to escape the horrific childhood crime that haunts her. After a life lived in shadows, she’s accepted a new job as protégé to Laura West, influential book blogger and wife of an acclaimed novelist. Laura’s connections could make Graye’s publishing dreams a reality... -
![Tall Man in Ray-Bans by Joseph Flynn]()
Tall Man in Ray-Bans by Joseph Flynn
15 ratingsOut for a day’s adventure exploring the dry bed of Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, two young boys stumble upon a skeleton. It might be all that remains of a fugitive named Randy Bear Heart. Wanted for robbing three banks and killing three cops, Bear Heart was never brought to justice... -
![The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross]()
The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross
16 ratingsIt’s a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she’s gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away... -
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![The Bone Yard by Jefferson Bass, Tom Stechschulte]()
The Bone Yard by Jefferson Bass, Tom Stechschulte
18 ratingsAt a friend's request, Dr. Bill Brockton is called away from the Body Farm—his human-decomposition research facility at the University of Tennessee—to help prove that a woman's suicide was, in fact, murder... -
![Transient Desires by Donna Leon]()
Transient Desires by Donna Leon
18 ratingsIn his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. Now, in Transient Desires, the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon’s masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction... -
![The Restless Dead: by Simon Beckett]()
The Restless Dead: by Simon Beckett
18 ratings‘Composed of over sixty per cent water itself, a human body isn’t naturally buoyant. It will float only for as long as there is air in its lungs, before gradually sinking to the bottom as the air seeps out. If the water is very cold or deep, it will remain there, undergoing a slow, dark dissolution that can take years... -
![A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart]()
A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart
18 ratingsDismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and Wyatt Hunt return in a compelling and timely legal thriller filled with blackmail, political intrigue, and multiple murder.The first victim is Dylan Vogler, a charming ex-convict who manages the Bay Beans West coffee shop in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. When his body is found, inspectors discover that his knapsack is filled with high-grade marijuana... -
![Dead at First Sight by Peter James]()
Dead at First Sight by Peter James
18 ratingsA man waits at London Airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have—and that neither woman exists... -
![Not Dead Enough by Peter James]()
Not Dead Enough by Peter James
24 ratingsOn the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least, that’s the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is called in to investigate the kinky slaying of beautiful young Brighton socialite, Katie Bishop... -
![Lupa nera by Juan Gómez-Jurado]()
Lupa nera by Juan Gómez-Jurado
24 ratingsRestare viva non è mai stato tanto difficile. Dopo Regina Rossa, che ha incoronato Antonia Scott come la nuova protagonista assoluta del thriller spagnolo, il secondo capitolo della trilogia bestseller di Juan Gómez-Jurado. Antonia Scott e Jon Gutiérrez sono ancora alla ricerca di Sandra Fajardo, quando Mentor li convoca per un altro caso al momento più pressante... -
![Goodnight My Angel by Sue Brown]()
Goodnight My Angel by Sue Brown
6 ratingsCallum Ross has a tough decision to make. After years of working for the covert ops agency in the UK and owning his own security firm in the US, he’s forced to choose between the business he loves, and the new relationship with his partner, Josh Cooper...Categorized as:
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![Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll]()
Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll
6 ratingsA murder investigation uncovers sordid secrets and haunting mistakesThe Darkwater Inn stands tall and proud in the French Quarter, the hub of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is bustling, and general manager Adelaide Fountaine has her hands full with a hotel at capacity. But she is shocked when a body is found: a hotel guest stabbed with a kitchen knife... -
![The Hunter by Tana French]()
The Hunter by Tana French
6 ratingsIt’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace... -
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![Don't Lose Her by Jonathon King]()
Don't Lose Her by Jonathon King
7 ratingsWhen a pregnant federal judge is abducted, Max Freeman pursues an eccentric gang deep into a hidden world he knows better than most: the shadowy waterways of the Florida Everglades US district judge Diane Manchester has looked across the courtroom into the eyes of evil before... -
![Burned Too Hot by Ann Voss Peterson]()
Burned Too Hot by Ann Voss Peterson
8 ratingsA SERIAL ARSONIST Someone is setting fire to the town of Lake Loyal, Wisconsin, one building at a time. And Police Chief Valerie Ryker, and her former love, Assistant Fire Chief David Lund, have a hunch who's behind it. A SPECTER FROM THE PAST Serial Killer Dixon Hess almost destroyed Val's life, along with everyone close to her. He's vowed revenge... -
![Gang Land by A.J. Carella]()
Gang Land by A.J. Carella
8 ratingsWhen Finn discovers that the son he never knew he had was adopted into an abusive environment, he is compelled to find out for himself what has become of him. What he finds is worse than he ever could have imagined--his son is an active member of the most murderous gang in the city... -
![Round and Round by Andrew Grey]()
Round and Round by Andrew Grey
8 ratingsSequel to Backward Bronco's Boys: Book Four When it comes to love, Kevin Foster can’t seem to win. Some consider him a hero, but dousing an arsonist’s attempt to burn Bronco’s to the ground puts Kevin on the vengeful criminal’s radar. Afterward, the arsonist fixates on Kevin, determined to burn away every part of Kevin’s life... -
![Cops and Comix by Rhys Ford]()
Cops and Comix by Rhys Ford
8 ratingsA Murder and Mayhem Short It’s all fun and games until someone leaves a dead body on the floor. Life for comic book store owner Alex Martin usually runs to the mundane. Sure, he has a regular influx of geeks and freaks, but for the most part, it’s a familiar weird. That all changes when he opens up Planet X Comics one morning and finds a corpse in the middle of his shop... -
![Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore]()
Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore
10 ratingsOfficer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it's personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes. Detective Jack O'Reilly isn't ready to return to his homicide duties after losing his wife to a drunk driver...
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