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By James Craig. 2014
It's time for confession . . .Inspector Carlyle is burning the candle at both ends. While investigating a priest who…
has engaged in less-than-pious activities, Carlyle comes head-to-head with an old adversary--Christian Holyrod, the Mayor of London. The mayor is hosting an upcoming visit from the pope and is determined to keep any scandals involving the Catholic Church out of the public eye. But Carlyle, never one to let bad behavior go unpunished, faces off against church and state.Throw in an armed robbery at a high-end jewelry store--and a traumatic event involving Carlyle's wife--and the inspector is in way over his head. With so many forces working against him, will Carlyle bring the truth to the surface, or will he drown in the unstoppable current of lies and corruption?By Hubbard. 2005
THE LAST RESORT North Country Academy is where desperate parents send their troubled teenagers when all else has failed. For…
remote Trout Run, New York, the school means good jobs, always scarce in the Adirondacks. But to Police Chief Frank Bennett, the Academy -- with its roster of delinquent students and its unlikable but curiously compelling headmaster, MacArthur Payne -- means an open invitation to trouble. When a teacher leading a survivalist wilderness expedition is mauled by a bear, evidence points to sabotage. As Frank's investigation leads him behind the gated walls of Payne's institution, he finds a place that is more prison than school. Under political pressure to keep the school open at all costs, Frank risks his career and his life to unravel a knot of old scores and new rivalries...before they turn deadly.By Diane Kelly. 2016
The crime-fighting duo of Megan Luz and her K-9 is back—and on the prowl. . . WILL THEY DIG UP…
THE TRUTH? When a rash of college students falls seriously ill after ingesting Molly, a “club drug” also known as ecstasy, Officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner Brigit are tasked with tracking down the dealers. Going undercover at the university leads Megan closer and closer to infiltrating the drug trafficking ring. But when the investigation implicates her former partner and workplace nemesis, Officer Derek Mackey, Megan’s powers of discernment are put to the test. OR ARE THEY BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE? Thwarted when the Feds seize control of the investigation and frustrated by the lack of attention the DEA is putting into the case, Megan continues her own unofficial investigation with Brigit’s help. But when the trail leads them in an unexpected and dangerous direction, Megan and Brigit find their own lives at risk. Can the K-9 team take down those in power? Or are some criminals simply above the law—and paw?Above the Paw is the fifth book in Diane Kelly's series featuring Police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 dog partner Brigit.By Colleen Shannon. 2015
Ranger Proud, Ranger Strong . . . Texas Rangers swear to uphold the law to the letter. But Captain Ross…
Sinclair isn't about to play by the rules to destroy a major human trafficking cartel--especially now that the only chance to break this case just strode into his life with attitude as long as her gorgeous legs. Heiress Emm Rothschild is taking names and raising hell as she searches for her abducted sister and niece. And the evidence this wild-child turns up sets off a lethal chain of events--challenging Ross to keep her reckless determination and seductive daring up close and dangerously personal . . . Now a blindsiding betrayal has Emm heading straight into harm's way. And Ross will have to put his badge and career on the line to get justice--and prove to the woman he loves that a Ranger's word is a forever bond . . .By Peter Bush, Leonardo Padura. 2001
In this fourth novel in Edgar Award nominee Gabriel Cohen's acclaimed crime series, Brooklyn homicide detective Jack Leightner reopens the…
case of his brother's death four decades laterCutting class, young Jack Leightner and his brother, Petey, are playing near the Brooklyn waterfront when they find a hidden case of Scotch. They are carrying it home when two teenagers from outside the neighborhood stop them and demand they hand over the booze. Jack refuses, and one of the muggers draws a knife, changing Jack's life forever.Forty years later, now a veteran of the elite Brooklyn South Homicide Task Force, Leightner still has not come to grips with that fateful day in Red Hook. He is making breakfast one morning when a man appears on his doorstep and introduces himself as Petey's killer. Leightner could arrest him, but the man makes him a deal: Let me go and I'll tell you the real reason I stabbed your brother.As Leightner digs into the hidden causes of his family tragedy, he finds his brother's murder was about much more than a case of Scotch.By Scott Thornley. 2015
In the third novel of Scott Thornley's much-praised MacNeice mystery series, Detective Superintendent MacNeice's life--and heart--are in serious danger. On…
a morning with just a hint of spring in the air, the body of a young woman is found trapped in the ice of Cootes Paradise on Dundurn Bay. She has no piercings or tattoos or nail polish, and is as pristine as if she'd stepped out of a more innocent time. The next day at dawn, in Gage Park in the heart of the city, a homeless man is woken by the sound of squeaking wagon wheels and spots someone abandoning what looks like a bundle of silvery garbage in the middle of a grassy lawn. Then he realizes that the bundle is actually a man, gagged and duct-taped to the wagon but still alive. It turns out that the man is booby-trapped, rigged to blow as soon as the emergency personnel attempt to cut him loose. And MacNeice is faced with the gruesome murder of another apparently innocent victim, a blameless and bland high-school teacher and devoted single father whom it seems, nobody could summon the energy to hate. The investigations lead MacNeice and his team into the bars and rooming houses of Dundurn, where Irish immigrants intersect with mercenaries and criminal gambling racketeers. Soon MacNeice himself is a target, along with the first woman he has allowed himself to touch since his wife died. And then he discovers that the worst crime of all is one hidden in the secret life of that oh-so-normal high school teacher.By Barbara Cleverly. 2009
In Burgundy, France, in 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own....Thus begins CWA…
Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverly's dazzling new mystery novel. And soon aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot will find herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making. Letty's joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniel's violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins to believe that Daniel's death was not a random act. Her investigation into Daniel's murder sends her on a journey into a country's remote history...into the orbit of a privileged French family harboring its own damning secret...into ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern Christianity--and force a killer out of the shadows as a country devastated by one war lays the groundwork for another....From the Trade Paperback edition.By Marlaine Delargy, Helene Tursten. 2016
He watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them; as long as they follow his rules,…
they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death.A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. Just a few days before her death, the victim had received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on the Violent Crimes Unit in Göteborg, Sweden, have neither clue nor motive to pursue, and when similar murders follow, their search for the killer becomes increasingly desperate. Meanwhile, strange things have been going on at home for Irene: first the rose bush in her garden is mangled, then she receives a threatening package with no return address. Is Irene being paranoid, or is she next on the killer's list?By Meredith Bond. 2006
Searching For A Wealthy Husband. . . As the spirited daughter of a famed archeologist, Rose Grace has led a…
life of grand adventure. But in an instant, everything changes. Now it's Rose who must take charge of her unruly younger sisters, and it's Rose who must save her family from financial ruin by snagging a wealthy husband. Yet even as the quick-witted beauty sets her sights on a rich lord, another man waits in the wings. . . a gallant playboy with designs on her heart. . . Looking For A Perfect Love. . . St. John Fotheringay-Phipps, known to all as Fungy, has spent the past fifteen years thinking little more than of his own pleasure. Then he meets the darling Miss Grace, and finds himself yearning to turn over a new leaf. Suddenly, the elegant, dapper, deliciously amusing Fungy is well on his way to becoming a reformed rake. But to win the lady of his dreams, he must do two things: thwart the blackguard who would lead her astray. . . and wait for the moment when she discovers what true love really means.By Michael Harvey. 2007
From the co-creator and executive producer of the television show Cold Case Files, a fast-paced, stylish murder mystery featuring a…
tough-talking Irish cop turned private investigator who does for the city of Chicago what Elmore Leonard did for Detroit and Raymond Chandler did for Los Angeles. Chicago private investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to forget. When Gibbons turns up dead on Navy Pier, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived: Diane Lindsay, a television reporter whose relationship with Kelly is not strictly professional; his best friend from childhood, Nicole Andrews, a forensic DNA expert; Nicole's boyfriend, Vince Rodriguez, a detective with a special interest in rape cases; and Bennett Davis from the DA's office, a friend since Kelly's days on the force. To close the case, Kelly will have to face the mob, a serial killer, his own double-crossing friends, and the mean streets of the city he loves. Ferociously plotted and crackling with wit, The Chicago Way is first-rate suspense steeped in the glorious, gritty atmosphere of a great city: a marvelous debut.By Jo Davis. 2015
The author of On the Run and the Firefighters of Station Five series once again proves that nothing is hotter…
than loving a man in uniform--or more dangerous...Being on the Sugarland P.D. means never backing down, no matter how intense the case--or how dangerous the attraction... Captain Austin Rainey knows all too well that being a good cop sometimes means gaining some bad enemies. After his ex-wife is killed, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law, trying to prove he's innocent of her murder. The last thing he needs is a distraction--especially of the irresistible female kind... Medical examiner Laura Eden has always found Austin more than a little intriguing, but she's kept her feelings under wraps. Now she's determined to do her job and clear his name--but as her investigation brings them into close proximity, she can't deny the attraction between them--or resist the temptation he presents. But Laura and Austin soon realize their budding feelings might be more than emotionally perilous. Someone is coming after everyone Austin holds dear--and Laura might be the next one in the line of fire...By Jennifer Lohmann. 2015
A promise to protect They say money and murder go together like biscuits and gravy, but Julianne Dawson thought her…
family was different. Even if they are the wealthiest family in Durham, North Carolina, she can't believe someone close to her could've killed her beloved Aunt Binnie. Detective Howie Berry is determined to find the murderer. But the more he gets to know Julianne, the more he's drawn to her. She's not just the town's golden girl-she's smart and incredibly tough. Howie can't get involved, though, since the next clue he uncovers could tear her family apart. He'll protect Julianne at any cost...except the truth.By Randall Silvis. 2017
The perfect family. The perfect house. The perfect life. All gone now.What could cause a man, when all the stars…
of fortune are shining upon him, to suddenly snap and destroy everything he has built? This is the question that haunts Sergeant Ryan DeMarco after the wife and children of beloved college professor and bestselling author Thomas Huston are found slaughtered in their home. Huston himself has disappeared and so is immediately cast as the prime suspect.DeMarco knows-or thinks he knows-that Huston couldn't have been capable of murdering his family. But if Huston is innocent, why is he on the run? And does the half-finished manuscript he left behind contain clues to the mystery of his family's killer?A masterful new novel by acclaimed author Randall Silvis, Two Days Gone is a taut, suspenseful story that will break your heart as much as it will haunt your dreams.By Josephine Tey.
What does a great detective do when he's stuck in bed? Inspector Grant is used to prowling the streets, solving…
crimes and unraveling mysteries, so when he finds himself bedridden in the hospital, he needs something to occupy his mind. He turns his attention to the figure of Richard III--generally considered a murderous monster by history. But is the reputation really earned? Soon the inspector has his friends delivering stacks of history books to him, but can any detective, even one of his skill, solve a 400-year-old mystery? In 1990, the UK Crime Writers' Association ranked it at number one on their list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.By Janwillem van de Wetering. 1975
Piet Verboom is found dangling from a beam in the Hindist Society he ran as a restaurant-commune in a quiet…
Amsterdam street. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police force are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide. Outsider in Amsterdam is the first in the Amsterdam Cops series of internationally renowned mysteries.By Lisa Jackson. 2008
Nothing's More Terrifying. . .One by one, the victims are carefully captured, toyed with, then subjected to a slow and…
agonizing death. Piece by piece, his exquisite plan takes shape. The police can't yet see the beauty in his work--but soon, very soon, they will. . .Than Being Left Alone. . .In the lonely woods around Grizzly Point, Montana, four bodies have been discovered. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been hoping for a career-making case, but this is a nightmare. Even with the FBI involved, Selena and Regan have nothing to go on but a killer's cryptic notes, and the unsettling knowledge that there is much worse to come. . .To Die. . .When Jillian Rivers opens her eyes, she's trapped in a mangled car. Then a stranger, claiming to be a trail guide named Zane McGregor, pries her free. Though she's grateful, something about him sets Jillian on edge. And if she knew what lay out there in the woods of Montana, she'd be truly terrified. Because someone is waiting. . .watching. . .poised to strike and make Jillian the next victim. . .By Janwillem van de Wetering. 1997
The fourteenth Amsterdam Cops MysteryRetired policemen Grijpstra and de Gier are being blackmailed. The threat is a serious one: to…
set the income tax authority on them. The blackmailers, a wealthy yacht owner and his son, want them to investigate the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker's entire cargo in the Caribbean. The Amsterdam cops reluctantly agree to take the case. Their rendezvous is in Key West, where they are confronted with a murder.From the Trade Paperback edition.By Jussi Adler-Olsen. 2013
Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series, with more than fourteen million copies sold worldwide, continues with the most chilling cold case…
yet. In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in 1950s Denmark. More than twenty years later, Detective Carl Mørck already has plenty on his mind when he is presented with the case of a brothel owner, a woman named Rita, who went missing in the eighties: New evidence has emerged in the case that destroyed the lives of his two partners--the case that sent Carl to Department Q. But when Carl's assistants, Assad and Rose, learn that numerous other people disappeared around the same weekend as Rita, Carl takes notice. As they sift through the disappearances, they get closer and closer to Curt Wad, who is more determined than ever to see the vision of his youth take hold and whose brutal treatment of Nete and others like her is only one small part of his capacity for evil.By Josephine Tey. 1978
Leslie Searle is the top of the heap when it comes to Hollywood photographers, and any star, from the aspiring…
to the headliner, would kill--figuratively, of course--to have their picture taken by him. But when he goes missing in a little English village, Inspector Grant must step in to determine if someone has taken that saying a little bit too literally. . . Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.