Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business. In this first installment, Isabel is […]
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College – a career that does not require her to drape her size 12 body in embarrassingly skimpy outfits. She can even cope (sort of) with her rocker ex-boyfriends upcoming nuptials, which the press has dubbed […]
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into 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 is a homicide […]
The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammetts classic tale of murder in Manhattan, became the popular movie series with William Powell and Myrna Loy, and both the movies and the novel continue to captivate new generations of fans. Nick and Nora Charles, accompanied by their schnauzer, Asta, are lounging in their suite at the Normandie in New […]
The members of the Womens Murder Club face an unspeakable menace in the most suspenseful hospital drama since Coma. Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer is shopping with the newest member of the Womens Murder Club, lawyer Yuki Castellano, and Yukis mother, Keiko, when suddenly Keiko collapses. Shes rushed to San Francisco Medical Center where her condition stabilizes. […]
Much like the real-life Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Dr. Susan Chandler, the star of You Belong to Me, is a clinical psychologist who hosts a call-in radio show. Shes bright, sharp-tongued, and even has “shoulder-length dark blonde hair.” Fortunately for Dr. Laura, the similarities end there. During an episode of Ask Dr. Susan, Chandler unwittingly gets […]
To some, the dead are a commodity. For Tempe Brennan, they hold they key to cracking a horrific crime ring. Among the ancient remains in a Native American burial ground, Tempe discovers a fresh skeleton–and what began as an ordinary teaching stint at an archeology field school in Charleston, South Carolina, fast becomes a heated […]
Emily Graham knows what its like to have enemies. The pretty New York attorney–a millionaire due to a lucky stock market break–has been sued by her greedy ex-husband and stalked by a man who thinks she helped his mothers murderer escape punishment. But when she buys her great-great-grandmothers childhood home in the sleepy resort town […]
A desperate woman seeks the aid of Hercule Poirot in a matter of life and death. A near-lethal dose of poison, a blood-stained knife, a revolver, and a family who arent what they seem all figure in an extraordinary case that takes the celebrated Belgian detective from a village estate to the bohemian streets of […]
Newport, Rhode Island: a world of old money, old names, and sinister secrets. Maggie Holloway, a fashion photographer, goes to visit an old friend — but when she arrives, the friend is dead, the victim of a violent robbery. Maggie is stunned when she learns that shes the beneficiary of the will — and even […]
“For Gods sake, come!” The appeal for help arrived too late. M. Renauld lay dead on the golf course just days after Hercule Poirot had received his letter. There was no lack of suspects: Renauld had possessed a plundered fortune, both a wife and a mistress, and an estranged son. But just when police think […]
THE CATERER WHO WHIPPED UP THE MULTIMILLION-COPY MYSTERY SERIES, AS GOLDY SOLVES HER FIRST MURDER! Diane Mott Davidsons winning recipe of first-class suspense and five-star fare has won her and caterer Goldy critical raves and a regular place on major bestseller lists across the country. In Goldys tantalizing debut, she serves up a savory dish […]
A killer turns a young familys dream holiday into an unfathomable nightmare….Menley Nichols and her husband, Adam, a criminal attorney, rent a house on Cape Cod, in the hope of restoring their faltering marriage. The birth of their daughter, Hannah, has revitalized their relationship, but Menley has never stopped blaming herself for the accidental death […]
Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Investigating the death of a young girl, she must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may […]