After losing one of its own, Lindsay Boxer and the Womens Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever–one that could easily be their last. A young girl is killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a […]
Amyas Crale had been famous as a painter??and infamous as a lover. His fiery wife, Caroline, had been as jealous as she was devoted. So naturally it was she who was tried and convicted for his murder. Now their daughter, Carla, presents the brilliant Hercule Poirot with the greatest challenge of his career??to clear her […]
Despite challenges from Ruth Rendell and (more recently) fMinette Walters, P.D. Jamess position as Britains Queen of Crime remains largely unassailable. Although a certain reaction has set in to her reputation (and there are those who claim her poetry-loving copper Adam Dalgliesh doesnt correspond to any of his counterparts in the real world), her detractors […]
Its a minor accident that brings prosecutor Kerry McGrath to the plastic surgeons office with her beloved daughter, Robin. But even as the doctor assures Kerry that her daughters scars will heal, she spies a familiar-looking beautiful woman in the waiting room and is seized by an overpowering sense of deja vu. When, on a […]
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. […]
In the life of Precious Ramotswe??a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build??there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Mate-koni asks […]
Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, “Wild” Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver whos good at revving a womans engine. Engaged in […]
Do the mysteries of an ancient Indian civilization hold the key to solving the baffling disappearance of a noted anthropologist? Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn teams with Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police to try to find out, but the case turns more and more sinister. And a series of mystifying murders??each more bizarre than […]
Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and […]
In her most eagerly anticipated novel yet, Elizabeth George brings back Scotland Yards Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime. After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coastline. But no matter how far he walks, no […]
Murders present meet murders past in P.D. James??s latest harrowing, thought-provoking thriller. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne–a museum dedicated to the interwar years, with a room celebrating the most notorious murders of that time–when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the family trustees. He soon discovers that […]