Mystery/Crime

Ewando, South Africa is an enigma. Ex-FBI Agent, now teacher, David Hemingway sees greed and deceit? Do the unexplainable deaths cover the clues he needs? Diamonds, death, deceit, Africa.

Danger mixes with holiday cheer for Jennet Ferguson as a collie is accused of plotting her owner's fatal accident and a ghostly ice skater returns to haunt the lake where she died.

Sam Moore's little brother vanished fifty years ago. No body. No answers. What Sam has is a boatload of guilt, since he failed to accompany Billy on his final, fateful bike ride. While digging in his garden, Sam discovers a green marble with a startling secret--it whisks him back to his childhood, connecting him to Billy. Thrust back and forth through time, Sam struggles to unlock the secret of his brother's fate. When the FBI investigates remains found nearby, Sam learns of a serial killer wi... more info>>

Godgy spent many nights acting as a sentinel for his master, Tom. On the night of an attempted murder by a world famous archer Godgy rushes through the broken window and attacked the villain. The antagonist barely makes it to his vehicle to escape. A female assassin's shot went awry because Godgy knocked Tom down just as the shot was aimed. Godgy charges after the female assassin and she too is barely able to escape with her life. Godgy tracks down Brian Blossom, the man who has long wanted... more info>>

Her cows gone, Ruth Willmarth takes on goats and foster children, including sixteen-year-old Chance. But birth mother Dahlia kidnaps Chance; Dahlia's former lover is stabbed, her current boyfriend shot--and thinking she herself did it, Chance is on the run. And Ruth, whom Publishers Weekly has called "a courageous and resilient amateur sleuth," is in hot pursuit of Chance--and the bad guys. 6th Ruth Willmarth Mystery by Nancy Means Wright; original publication of Belgrave House

Digger is an insurance investigator who drinks, chases women, asks smartass questions and gets help from his part-time hooker girlfriend. A humorous crime adventure series by the author of The Destroyer. In LUCIFER'S WEEKEND, Digger can't convince a crazy widow to take the million dollar settlement for accidental death and ends up uncovering a complicated murder plot involving a baby with a surprising father, a rogue cop and a scheming millionaire with a sexy younger wife.

Digger is an insurance investigator who drinks, chases women, asks smartass questions and gets help from his part-time hooker girlfriend. A humorous crime adventure series by the author of The Destroyer. In DEAD LETTER, Digger's boss's daughter is the next name on a college chain letter that has led to a string of murders--and her daddy is afraid she'll be next.

Digger is an insurance investigator who drinks, chases women, asks smartass questions and gets help from his part-time hooker girlfriend. A humorous crime adventure series by the author of The Destroyer. In FOOL'S FLIGHT, Digger investigates a plane crash that leaves forty pilgrims dead, each of whom has an insurance policy payable to the Reverend whose religious retreat they were traveling to attend.

Digger is an insurance investigator who drinks, chases women, asks smartass questions and gets help from his part-time hooker girlfriend. A humorous crime adventure series by the author of The Destroyer. In SMOKED OUT, Digger crashes a funeral to find out if the death of a doctor's wife was an accident?or murder.

Les-Eyzies-de-Tayac is known for three things: p�t� de fois gras, truffles, and prehistoric remains. The little village, in fact, is the headquarters of the prestigious Institute de Pr�histoire, which studies the abundant local fossils. But when a pet dog emerges from a nearby cave carrying parts of a human skeleton--by no means a fossilized one--Chief Inspector Lucien Anatole Joly puts in a call to his old friend, Gideon Oliver, the famed "Skeleton Detective." Once Gideon arrives, murd... more info>>

The dead man is the manager of Tahiti's Paradise Coffee Plantation, producer of the most expensive coffee bean in the world, the winey, luscious Blue Devil. Nothing tangible points to foul play behind his fall from a cliff, but FBI agent John Lau, a relative of the coffee-growing family, has his suspicions. What he needs is evidence, and who better to provide it than his friend, anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the Skeleton Detective? Gideon is willing to help, but surprisingly--and suspiciously--... more info>>

All cops envision themselves catching a serial killer, rescuing a child from a burning building, or collaring an armed bank robber red-handedly. Detective Jack Helton has done all three. As the most decorated homicide detective on the force, Jack Helton is the lead investigator on all homicides. However, when a security guard is found mortally beaten at the city dump, all of the evidence points to Jack Helton as the person responsible. It's later revealed that the security guard hid a priceless ... more info>>

Well what the heck are you starin' at? It ain't my fault that my crazy mother Nettie decided to take off yet again and drag our sorry asses to that goddamn stupid hometown of hers. And it sure as hell ain't my fault that some stupid kid went missin'. Heck, if you must ask--instead of mindin' your own goddamn business like polite people should--I was only tryin' to be helpful when I told the police I knew where the missing boy was. It weren't exactly a lie, I was just tryin' to get people to li... more info>>

There isn't much left of the irascible Albert Evan Jasper, "dean of American forensic anthropologists," after his demise in a fiery car crash. But in accord with his wishes, his remains--a few charred bits of bone--are installed in an Oregon museum to create a fascinating if macabre exhibit. All agree that it's a fitting end for a great forensic scientist--until what's left of him disappears in the midst of the bi-annual meeting (aka the "bone bash and weenie roast") of the august WAFA--the ... more info>>

Captain Easton's last assignment, as an assessment specialist in Her Majesty's British Intelligence Service, was a bloody nightmare. Along with the embarrassing body count, and just short of a national scandal in bringing down a military ring of deadly smugglers, his nervous superiors sent him home and only wished he didn't make any more trouble. This was when he discovered his manipulative grandfather planning a wedding. His wedding. Making good his escape to the states, the focus was purely on... more info>>

Emaline Banister fancies herself a sleuth because she helped her favorite cop, Harry Jordan, solve a bizarre murder case. But Harry's out of town on special assignment, one so dangerous he can't tell her where, or when he'll be back. When two of her friends lose their beloved dogs to what seems to be an epidemic of canine heart attacks, she starts wondering if more than coincidence is at work. After all, chasing a serial killer, even if the victims are dogs, is better than sitting home and worry... more info>>

Locals in the English coastal town of Blackpool don't take kindly to strangers, but newcomers Michael and Molly Graham have managed to make a few good friends. Dylan Stewart has encouraged them to join him and go native during the town's annual Seafaring Days celebrations. The event makes for lively crowds, colorful costumes—and a perfect cover for murder. Troublemaker Willie Myners is found stabbed in his boat and the police's main suspect is Dylan himself. Michael and Molly can't help but b... more info>>

Gideon Oliver expects to be amicably bored when he takes on the role of "accompanying spouse" at a lodge in the magnificent wild country of Glacier Bay, Alaska, where his forest ranger wife Julie is attending a conference. But it turns out to be exactly his cup of tea. There is another group at the lodge: six scientists on a memorial journey to the site of a thirty-year-old glacial avalanche that killed three of their colleagues. Their leader is TV's most popular science personality, the unc... more info>>

Mayan ruins in the Yucat�n?a secret room in a tomb?age-old skeletons. To anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the renowned Skeleton Detective, the invitation to join the archaeological excavation of Tlaloc promises two months of paradise on earth. That is, until an ancient series of Mayan curses against desecrators of the site is unearthed. When the first one comes to pass ("The bloodsucking kinkajou will come freely among them"), it's taken by all as a practical joke. But by the time the fourth one... more info>>

Ellery Queen finds himself in charge of the young rambunctious lad, Djuna. What better way to spend his time than at the newly opened amusement park called Joyland. But the park's designer pride and joy is his "House of Darkness". A haunted house that reminds Queen of the set of Dr. Caligari. But what terror does the darkness hold? Ellery Queen and Djuna is about to find out!

Every cop in L.A. Robbery-Homicide is trying to find who killed Elizabeth Short, "The Black Dahlia." At the same time private-eye Rick Page is trying to locate a millionaire's missing wife. In the middle of that case, Page is unwillingly drafted to find a young man who wronged the daughter of a crime lord. Soon bodies tortured in the same manner as the Dahlia begin to pile up, and Page learns he is in deadly danger. To survive, he must discover if the murderer is a cunning copycat attempting to ... more info>>

Lucky Pierre, that well-known cat about town, is back! He was all settled down to enjoy his favorite occupations of napping and snacking when his humans, Jeremy and Linda Austin, land him in the middle of another murderous mess. Honeysuckle House Bed and Breakfast, which the Austins own and run on sweat, tears, and a couple of shoestrings, is the site of a writer's salon organized by science fiction enthusiast Angela Griffin. Honeysuckle House has been the site of several other unpleasant lit... more info>>

Gene's father Stan is a detective and is Gene's hero. Father and son are away at Boy Scout camp when Vi, Stan's wife, Gene's mother, is shot dead. She seemingly was an innocent by-stander. Father and son share grief and the determination to find the killer. But the case remains unsolved and finally is shelved. 17 years later Gene is also a detective, father and son are on the same elite squad, and Stan is still Gene's hero. Then Gene learns that before her murder his "saintly" mother had a love ... more info>>

Imagine a middle-aged man with a solid career, beautiful wife and a waterfront home in sunny South Florida. Picture also, a gorgeous ophthalmologist with a beachfront condo, her own thriving practice and a bevy of rich friends sharing her life in the fast lane. You would have thought they had won life's lottery. Wanting for nothing, intoxicated by pleasure and devoid of pain. It's a natural assumption that would be wrong. Ugly intruders, like wantonness and jealousy, infect perfect worlds. Uninv... more info>>

While strolling on the Lion's Gate Bridge on a foggy evening, Vicky Allen meets a handsome Naval Officer named Anderson Ford. They have an instant connection. This results in a sensual affair, cut short by Anderson's strange disappearance. Vicky tries desperately to find him, but hits one dead-end after another in her search. No one has any knowledge of Anderson. Even the waiter in a bar they frequented together has no recollection of him. Vicky is distraught and devastated. It looks as if Ander... more info>>