Crime Mystery category: 11599 books

"I glanced up but he'd already jumped, a dark blur plummeting, wings folded against the drag like some starving hawk out of the noon sun, some angel betrayed. He punched through the cab's roof so hard he sent metal shearing into the petrol tank. All it took was one spark. Boom . . ."Harry...

“David Edge is a Chinese Whisper.” So Constable Carol Porter learns while digging into one of Edge’s cold cases, unsure if she’s investigating the crime, the crim or the ex-cop. But to petty thief Ben Bovell, Edge is his only friend, his hero, and the one person he can trust — to keep the...

• Danny Lopez brings back the memories of John D. MacDonald as Dexter Vega seems to walk in the shoes of Travis McGee • The second in the Dexter Vega series, following The Last Girl • Mystery set on a Florida beach with a Mexican-American protagonist with a fondness for microbrews • Great...

A fearful city lies in wait. Summer is here. The solstice is near. Each time the serial killer strikes there are two more victims. One woman has already disappeared. It’s only a matter of time before another woman is murdered. Homicide Detective Rachel Hood, a psychic empath, feels every...

"Cornelia Read's darkest, most passionate, and most poignant book yet." -Tana French, New York Times Bestselling Author The smart-mouthed but sensitive runaway socialite Madeline Dare is shocked when she discovers the skeleton of a brutalized three-year-old boy in her own weed-ridden family...

The seventh novel in the popular Inspector Bliss series is another action-packed mystery filled with nail-biting adventures involving religious sects, criminal conspiracies, and the world trade in cocoa. When an RCMP officer is murdered in Vancouver, suspicion falls upon Janet Thurgood, a woman...

Place a young man and a young woman together in a cramped apartment. Stir in a pinch of jealousy, a dash of spite, a hint of infidelity. Steep in a broth of alcohol and let simmer before bringing to a slow boil. It's a fast, easy recipe for murder... A short work of crime from our Fingerprints line.

He looked for payback. She looked for closure. Will they find out they look for? This short-story introduces the main character of a new crime series Josh Aldridge – PI. The story is a standalone, as the following novels will be as well. Meet Josh Aldridge, a former Saskatoon police officer, now turned PI in Toronto. Learn about his past and what makes him tick.

Ali Ryan has dreamed of being a hot shot detective that solves high profile cases. Her love for crime novels and police dramas was her inspiration to become a cop, but it was her pushy demeanor and sassy impulsive attitude that earned her the detective promotion she coveted. But is your dream job...

Jack Miller’s been playing a dangerous game and the stakes are about to be raised. A spate of audacious bank robberies leave police frustrated and crime boss Otto smiling, but for ruthless robber Miller it’s simply the means to an end. Wounded while making his escape, Miller has half a...

Dan Balor, a high powered Washington attorney, buys an apartment building in the heart of the city, hoping to create low income housing for good families. Instead he finds the building occupied by squatters: drug dealers, winos, and hookers intent on staying in place. Police and private investigators...

Lehigh Carter fears two things: women and dogs. His fears are about to become very real. Mountain Man Lehigh Carter didn't really mean to adopt the stray dog he found injured on the highway. But his ex-fiancée, Stacy McBride, convinces him to do it, with a promise to help. Their rekindled...

When a girl turns up dead in a Mayfair mews, the police want to write it off as just another murdered prostitute, but Superintendent Manners isn’t quite so sure. He is convinced that the key to the crime lies in 'The Dell' – an affluent suburban housing estate. And in 'The Dell' lives Solomon Grundy. Could he have killed the girl? So Superintendent Manners thinks.

One manuscript worth killing for, two former lovers, six wannabe crime writers, snow, Stockholm and a touch of Scandinavian dark. Shake, stir... serve; murder most cold