Mystery/Crime

"As far as I'm concerned, Richard S. Prather was the King of the paperback P.I writers of the 60s. Shell Scott should be in the Top Ten of any readers list of favorite private eyes." --Robert J. Randisi For four decades, Richard S. Prather published over 40 works of detective fiction, most featuring his clever, cad-about-town hero, Shell Scott. Known for their arched humor, punchy dialogue, and sunny Southern California locale, the Shell Scott books represent one of the greatest private ey... more info>>

No matter how hard Kaitlyn Wycroft wishes it, life would never be the same. She was not the girl who wanted to dance the night away at her betrothal party. In one short week, her innocence is shattered by tragedy, death and betrayal. She was a woman now and must deal with a woman's needs and a woman's desires. But first, she must bring a killer to justice.

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>>

It is DI Andy Horton's second day back in Portsmouth CID after being suspended for eight months. Whilst out running in the early morning he trips over the naked battered body of a man on the beach. PC Evans has been stabbed the night before, the DCI is up before a promotion board and Sergeant Cantelli is having trouble with his fifteen-year-old daughter. But Horton's mind is on other things not least of which is trying to prove his innocence after being accused of raping Lucy Richardson. Beset b... more info>>

Dr. Will Stevens, prominent scientist of ancient languages, is hired by EROS Corporation to decipher the hieroglyphic tablets found in the newly discovered ruins. With the help of computer specialist Dr. Sam Smith, they soon learn of the gateway, a time travel portal utilized by an alien race known as the Pakolmeck. Will, Sam, and Will's ex-fiancé Dr.

INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE AND SPIRITUAL CONFLICT COLLIDE! Getting saved always results in a change in lifestyle. For Bill Donley, it could mean the end of his life. Bill Donley is a deep-cover, kill-or-be-killed counter-assassination agent in the days of the Cold War. When the Lord suddenly saves him in the middle of an assignment in the Balkans, he has two problems: his enemies don't believe it, and his employers won't accept it! After successfully rescuing Bible smuggler Carmen Gonsalo, he is for... more info>>

Age and marriage haven't impaired the brains of Carola Szegy and Ned Nackero, crime solvers of Runaway Nudist and Undercover Nudist. In this adventure, in the middle of a mountain pass snowstorm, they encounter a fellow nudist being stalked by a crooked lawman and his corrupt boss; they lock horns with a well-meaning but sick-minded anti-government "militia"; and, of course, while the cold and snow settle in, they also determine who killed whom, and how, and why.

Just out of the mental asylum, no one could blame heavyweight boxer, Barney Mandell, a little overindulgence at a tavern. And when a hot little number wanted to sleep with him, well it had been two years since he was a free man. But Barney remembered his wife, Gale, and thinks he told the cheap floozy that he'd have to pass. But Barney's mind hadn't been working so well lately. So when he finds her later that night in his hotel room naked and dead, he's not really sure if he killed her or not. B... more info>>

Regency ladies are being blackmailed for their most intimate secrets--and for just the amount of money they can be expected to raise quickly. The Berkeley Brigade--Lord Luten, his fianc�, Corinne deCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle, assisted by Lord Byron--are time-after-time outwitted by this mysterious villain. But when a milliner in Brighton is murdered, the pieces start to fall into place? Sixth of the Berkeley Brigade mysteries. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; origina... more info>>

Peter Kidd should have suspected the shaggy dog of something, right away. He got into trouble the first time he saw the animal. It was the first hour of the first day of Peter Kidd's debut as a private investigator. Specifically, ten minutes after nine in the morning...

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>>

Too big to miss--that's Odelia Grey. A never-married, middle-aged, plus-sized woman who makes no excuses for her weight, she's not super woman--just a mere mortal standing on the precipice of menopause, trying to cruise in an ill-fitting bra. She struggles with her relationships, her crazy family, and her crazier boss. And then there's her knack for being in close proximity to dead people .... When her close friend Sophie London commits suicide in front of an online web-cam by putting a gun in h... 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>>

"As far as I'm concerned, Richard S. Prather was the King of the paperback P.I writers of the 60s. Shell Scott should be in the Top Ten of any readers list of favorite private eyes." --Robert J. Randisi For four decades, Richard S. Prather published over 40 works of detective fiction, most featuring his clever, cad-about-town hero, Shell Scott. Known for their arched humor, punchy dialogue, and sunny Southern California locale, the Shell Scott books represent one of the greatest private ey... more info>>

Alex Carlisle is dead and buried in the Carlisle Cabin basement, his head bashed in with a shovel when a private party turned deadly. Two young women swore to keep the secret of what happened one cold January night in 1979--the night a murderer was born in the picturesque mountain community of Pinewood, California. Seventeen years later, three more people died at the Carlisle Cabin, and the Party Killer walked away free. In the year 2000, aspiring writer Melissa Grant rents the Carlisle Cabin. I... more info>>

Olead Baker had opportunity, means, motive, and a record of schizophrenic violence. But Detective Deb Ralston, who was a mother before she was a cop, just can't believe that he is guilty of shotgunning five family members including his beloved four-year-old sister and stomping the cat to death. Things really get out of hand when Deb's daughter Becky falls in love with Olead.

Marianne has long been able to predict the future, but is powerless to alter its course. When her daughter inherits her dreaded power, she decides to make a change and move across the country. To her surprise and delight, she discovers that she is not alone--five new friends have similar abilities. Then Marianne finds one of those friends murdered. With the help of Detective Derek Richards, she must find the murderer before the murderer finds her.

A bisexual hack writer sells a script to Charlie's Angel and is invited to snort cocaine with Robin Doe, the newest angel, when the two-person party crashed by a star-struck lesbian cop. To avoid being busted-they kill the cop, mince and dice the corpse and make it mulch for the actresses garden. The writer flees LA for the Mojave where he hides out from the law as a born-again Christian. Two years later, Robin Doe, emerges from rehab and after given a governor's pardon (she is a celebrity after... more info>>

A police officer's heart attack freed convicted killer Jeddah Close while he was being transported to a maximum security facility. He pledges that neither a tornado, nor April Shauers and her bloodhounds, will force him to relinquish this new found freedom. When the tornado strikes just as April Shauers reaches the Porterfield Mansion that she hoped would be her safe haven, it only gets worse. Jeddah Close, escaped serial killer, is trapped in the same basement of the structure when the tornado... more info>>

Cecce DeLuca is not your typical P.I. Her passion for justice is only surpassed by her passion for food. Lottery money won by her mother, Sophia, provides the opportunity for Cecce, her mother, and Cecce's best friend, Ginny Townsend, to visit a health spa in Arizona, where instead of relaxation, they meet face-to-face with murder and uncover a deadly secret.

Sarsfield Manor, a palatial home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, has seen more than its share of horror and tragedy. It was built by four wealthy brothers in the eighteenth century, who abruptly committed suicide some years after it was constructed. Many years later, John Kenneth Sarsfield was carted away to an insane asylum for reasons no one can ascertain. In 1937 the members of the Sarsfield family have been brought to the manor by the terms of the strange will of John Kenneth Sarsfield, w... more info>>

Single mom Kate Dennison finds her new reporting job at a local paper is not at all what she expected. On her first day, two men die in a fire apparently set by a militant environmentalist group called The Forces of Nature. Kate is assigned to cover the story, including the trial of the young man charged with the crime. As she works to unearth the truth, she begins to fear for her own safety and is faced with the loss of her daughter, her freedom and even her life.

In this coming-of-age mystery set in the Belgrade Lakes of Maine, eleven-year-old Gus LeGarde witnesses a girl being chased through the foggy Maine woods. She's scared. She's hurt. And she disappears. Tremolo is a stirring and nostalgic trip back to summer, 1964, in which Gus faces his deepest fears while solving a baffling mystery.

Photographer Shea McKenna is propelled into a world of fraud and murder. From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Amazon jungles, Shea has faced danger on a global scale. Adventure is the last thing on her mind when she accepts a mundane assignment to photograph American Indian artifacts for the Missouri Westward Museum After the theft of relics, the discovery of a forged war lance, and a brutally murdered museum employee, St. Louis' finest declare Shea and the handsome Native American chieftain w... more info>>

Triplets, a tornado, and twisted lies add up to trouble for Taylor Madison as Perdue's townfolk gather for Hank Barton's funeral. Why do the three identical sisters dislike each other so much? Why did Hank put such an odd codicil in his will? Throw in swaggering new deputy, a citizen's police academy, and an amateur tornado hunter, and Taylor find herself longing for the comparative peace of big city life!