Mystery/Crime

The Berkeley Brigade is faced with a beautiful and seductive French comtesse, tucked away in her little house in London but looking to ensnare not only Lord Luten, but Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle. Luten's previous knowledge of the comtesse sets his fiancé, Corinne deCoventry, on the alert, but there are more important matters, such as forged paintings, contracts for rockets--and murder. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

WHILE TOKYO DANCES AND MAKES LOVE, UNDERCOVER AGENTS MANEUVER FOR WORLD HEADLINES It started with a crime of sudden, violent passion--an Air Force colonel and his Japanese mistress found in the grisly postures of murder hara-kiri. That was the way it stood in the records, but Major Mark Talbot knew that this death tryst was only one move in the Kremlin's undercover struggle to undermine American policy in Japan. Against the colorful backdrop of Tokyo--army parties to dark sin streets--Talbot t... more info>>

Older and wiser, P.I. Frank Johnson, in his fifth outing, has moved to the Washington, D.C. suburbs where he's lived with his fiancé Dreema Atkins. Times are lean. No new P.I. cases have rolled Frank's way since his return from Ankara, Turkey. His old boss, the flamboyant and wealthy attorney Robert Gatlin is marrying Frank's last client, Lois Mercedes, and Frank has his reasons for giving Lois a wide berth. Finally, a missing person case comes up when Zani Huang hires Frank to search for her h... more info>>

What this Mystery is about-- A Miami fat cat makes an amazing PROPOSITION to a private detective. Police find BEDROOM peopled with lovely nude woman choked to death with her own blue silk nightgown--and an ex-convict with a hole in his head. A long-legged beauty puts 2 and 2 together and they add up to a mess of TROUBLE for a smooth-talking heel. A trigger-happy guy interferes with a very important TELEPHONE CALL and barely lives to regret it. An absinthe-drinking TIGER GIRL who loves to get dru... more info>>

Everyone believes Amanda Stowe killed her husband-except for a mysterious woman who promises her evidence will clear Amanda's name. Amanda has to meet her...even if it means jumping bail and praying she'll reach Alaska before law enforcement closes in.If Chance Walker has learned anything as a bounty hunter, it's that only the guilty run. When he captures Amanda, he's ready to bring her to justice. But attacks against Amanda make Chance reconsider. What if his target really is innocent? Will Cha... more info>>

CSI investigator Shanna Dawson has never forgiven herself for the long-ago disappearance of her little sister, Skylar. For fourteen years there have been no leads-or proof of life. Until now. Until Skylar's fingerprints implicate her in a murder at a fraternity house. Shanna is desperate to find the young woman. And so is handsome campus cop Quinn Murphy-the victim's half brother. But as their team investigation leads to an unexpected closeness and the revelation of family secrets, Shanna prays ... more info>>

Shock is police captain Morgan Wright's first reaction to seeing his former sweetheart, Julie Burns. But concern soon follows. The lovely social worker left Port Whisper behind years ago. Why is she back...and what's got her so scared?Her hometown was the only safe place Julie could turn to after witnessing a kidnapping. She didn't count on trouble following her. And she certainly didn't expect to run into Morgan, or to feel that old love rekindle. Morgan wants to help her, and she wants to let ... more info>>

: Protecting a friend, Detective Shaw turns to social eccentrics to discover who, inside his precinct, is pulling the strings that could get them all killed.

When Penny Olsen's uncle is murdered, she inherits fifteen million dollars, servants and his moldy mausoleum, a ninety-eight-year-old beach house on an environmentally sensitive property. But who, in this town of genteel seniors would kill this beloved man and the editor of EARTH-be-WARE Magazine? Perhaps the same person or persons who are after Penny. What secret do Penny and Cole share that bonds them together--and almost tears them apart?

CHASING PANCHO VILLA is a story of mystery, romance and adventure. In the fall of 1917, Harrison James arrives in New Mexico to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. There he meets the beautiful Maria Washington, notorious gunrunner and revolutionary. Their romance sizzles while his list of suspects grows. James is soon engulfed in subterfuge and drawn into a seamy underworld of gunrunning and sedition. To unravel the mystery of his brother's death, he must outshoot bandits and ou... more info>>

A down-and-out man sleeping under a bridge stumbles upon the body of a murdered young woman stuffed in a trash bag and washed up at his campsite. The killers, seeking to retrieve a telltale item from the corpse, soon arrive at the bridge while following the river in search of the victim. The derelict soon finds himself hiding with the body and wrestling with the need for self-preservation, and the desire to bring the dead woman's murderers to justice. A work of short crime from our Fingerprint... more info>>

Danny has a simple job: he makes people pay for their mistakes. Unfortunately, even hitmen screw up too. When an exhausted Danny escorts an unreliable accountant to his final audit in a run-down hotel, he realizes the moneyman isn't the only one scheduled for termination. And when you need a professional, lightning-quick gunman dead, they don't just send one man-they send all of them. Alone, facing multiple killers, he has to move fast and shoot faster. Worse, Danny knows the leader of the ... more info>>

When Jack, a Philadelphia bounty hunter, goes to Texas to bring back a young bail jumper named Billy, he has no idea he's being trailed by the chief enforcer for a major mobster. Is it because Jack roughed up the mobster's brother, or is it because of what Billy did before he skipped town? In trying to stay alive and do his job, Jack also has no idea he'll get tangled up in a legend of the Old West that turns everything he knows on its ear. A new novella of humor and crime from the author of T... more info>>

When rising politician Karen Dodd pushes through the toughest gun-control bill in Ohio's history, she thinks it's her ticket to the governor's office. But soon after she announces her candidacy, on the day she's slated to receive an award from a gun-control organization, Karen Dodd is found dead in her comfortable suburban home, one bullet through her heart. Suspects abound-her philandering husband, a hard-drinking former beauty queen, a smooth-talking gun lobbyist and his deceptively meek assi... more info>>

Tlingit Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable investigates a serial killer who uses stealth and carbon monoxide to kill alumni from the Chugach High School class of 2000 and their families. So far, all the deaths have been ruled accidental. It appears the killer is exacting revenge for bullying and abuse in high school. The killer leaves minimal evidence, only a tiny smiley face with the number 2000. Since Sable's wife is a 2000 graduate, she may be next on the killer's list. Sable and his team must... more info>>

Rick Sage rides into war against a murderous Tijuana narcotics cartel after they behead his friend and kidnap his friend's wife and two young daughters. Determined to rescue them, Rick encounters unusual allies in a sword-wielding cult of women warriors led by Queen Calafia, the reincarnated mythical Queen of Baja. When Sage accidentally discovers the crystal cave complex where the Calafians have lived and trained for centuries, his warrior allies hold him prisoner because no man has ever been ... more info>>

Set against the backdrop of a historic snowstorm, Snow Escape is the story of one woman's innocent foray into the world of online dating turned deadly. Allegra Maxwell is a 30-year old, single school teacher looking for love. Having chosen to use the Internet to meet the opposite sex, she encounters an articulate, prospective beau on the night the biggest blizzard in history is blanketing the Big Apple. Their pleasant conversation soon turns sinister when she discovers that "Charles" has been... more info>>

In Book Ten of the Face Down series, sixteenth-century gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth Susanna, Lady Appleton travels to Scotland in search of her dear friend Lady Glenelg, who has disappeared after being accused of murder. Not only must Susanna discover who the killer really is, she must cope with the disadvantage of being English in a land that mistrusts anyone from south of the border. Historical Mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Perseverance Press

Former Special Agent Kathrin Night is not adjusting to civilian life. More than a year after her career-ending injury, she still can't get the hang of it. This is wearing thin on her lover, Russian FSB Agent Aleksey Khovechkin, who tricks Kathrin into seeing a psychiatrist specializing in post-military/espionage patients. The therapy doesn't go exactly as Aleksey hopes, but before he can react, Russia recalls him to make him an offer he can't refuse. Before his departure, Aleksey reveals his de... more info>>

Mitch Jacobs is handsome, charismatic, and troubled. He returns for the third sensational time in the corporate thriller series, Business As Usual. Mitch has built one of the largest and most successful technology companies in the world. He has had to face internal corporate strife, takeovers, fraud, death, destruction, and chaos. He has also gained loyalty, trust, and love from many the world over. He is now living in London in the flat of his murdered love, Angela. One evening he gets a ca... more info>>

Lark Dailey faces a weekend at the mountain lodge of her mother's mentor, poet Dai Llewellyn, without enthusiasm, but Lark's detective-lover Jay finds the proximity of a notorious pot-farm interesting. The setting, a remote Sierra lake, is idyllic, perfect for canoeing and wind-surfing, not to mention fireworks. Neither Lark nor Jay expects the Fourth of July to end in murder. Surrounded by old friends, ex-lovers, devoted servants--and someone who does not love him--the poet collapses. He has be... more info>>

When Miranda Lewis and her friend Nate Barnes spend a weekend visiting friends at the Rhode Island coast, things go terribly wrong. Miranda's friend Erin's fiancé is murdered and Nate's friend Jimmy becomes the prime suspect. Tension increases because of the area's long-time cultural bias against Native Americans (which both Nate and Jimmy are). Miranda must sort through the suspects, which include Nate's favorite, Luke, Erin's brother. Third Miranda Lewis mystery. Mystery by Leslie Wheeler; ori... more info>>

The beautiful widow Corinne DeCoventry's young friend Susan Enderton disappears from her estate. The Marquess of Luten feels responsible for her kidnapping (if it was a kidnapping) and the Berkeley Brigade follows him to the country to solve this distressing puzzle. There are mysteries aplenty--a masked highwayman, a surprisingly rundown estate, an assemblage of suspects--and murder. 2nd of the Berkeley Brigade mysteries. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Book #7 in the Roland Longville Mystery Series. Roland Longville goes up against a fanatical militia leader in this latest fast-paced and gritty installment in the Roland Longville series. On the trail of a college graduate who's disappeared, Roland becomes caught up in a web of intrigue, human trafficking, and murder. Aided by a beautiful filmmaker, a renegade sheriff, and a alcoholic war hero, Roland find himself caught in the middle of an Apocalyptic showdown in a lonely Western town at the e... more info>>

Book #2 in The Jenny McNair Cozy Mystery Series. Jenny McNair Campbell, reluctant assistant to her private detective father, moves into the craftsman cottage she has inherited from her beloved bohemian artist great aunt, Winnie. The day she arrives in her new home, located on beautiful Anamcara Island in the Pacific Northwest,she digs up a skeleton in her rose garden. She also discovers that her aunt had enemies. Jenny attributes her unawareness of this to her aunt's ability to see the best in e... more info>>