Awp Mystery imprint: 7 books

  A city that never sleeps needs a detective with insomnia... When a nineteen-year-old girl disappears, and the cops won't help, her mother turns to disgraced ex-cop Clarke Lantham. Lantham hates family squabbles, teenagers, and clients who lie. But when the bill collectors scream even...

When it comes to raw-deal Christmas presents, you can't beat being thrown in an out-of-state jail on a trumped up charge—but detective Clarke Lantham can't resist a morbid challenge. So when he calls up his brother for help with bail, he steels himself for the ordeal of spending a holiday weekend...

Good neighbors make good victims... When ten-year-old Teddy Stride opened a junior detective agency, he wanted to impress the professional down the street. He didn't worry about the competition, he just wanted to make sure his detective agency wouldn't cause any problems with the man he idolized....

An early morning phone call from law enforcement? Never a good sign in Clarke Lantham's world—but for a private detective desperate to make ends meet, a government paycheck for a measly three hour delivery job couldn't come at a better time. Playing postman might be a little beneath a PI's pay grade,...

No secret stays buried forever.. When Nya Thales started her basement remodel, she expected a good hard project. But when an accidental exhumation gets her a chance at solving one of the biggest unsolved crimes in California history, her only hope for claiming an FBI reward lies in the fears of her neighbors, the memories of the survivors, and the secrets buried beneath her floorboards.

Along came a spider and killed the insider... According to the official story, Martin Galloway shot himself in front of two cops. But his bereaved fiancee smells a rat, and when the system fails her, she turns to Clarke Lantham Investigations to prove that Martin was murdered. At stake: the...

A detective with insomnia chases every cop's worst nightmare... When a security guard disappears with a priceless Martian meteorite belonging to the Chinese government,  and surveillance tapes show a commando team of gray aliens making the snatch, a surly security chief turns to the only agency...