Crime and mystery fiction

“Artificial Light beats the bejeezus out of the last dozen Thomas Pynchons, the last nineteen Don DeLillos, and the last forty-three Kurt Vonneguts.

A watched clock never movesThe church clock in this unassuming South Midlands village has stopped, and for good reason.

To the well-meaning people of Future World the problem is obvious: too many people.

Beautiful Rose Blacker was a pathetic figure when she came to tell Celia Stone that she was pregnant by Humphrey, Celia's husband.

Forensic criminalist Dub Walker is once again called upon when an old friend enlists his help in finding her 19-year-old daughter.

Robert Amiss, lapsed civil servant, is approached by Lord Papworth, owner of the Wrangler, to step in as business manager for the august journal and do something about its steady drain on his lordship's finances.

“A slow-burning tale of vigilante justice”—first in a the series from the award-winning author of the Virgil Cain mysteries and Cactus Jack (Kirkus Reviews).

A smart debut sends Jackson Oliver, head of online gambling casino VegasVegas, headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, to a New England village where he suspects someone has gotten away with murder-and used VegasVegas as part of the clever con.

Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is assigned his most baffling case yet: preventing the murder .

A murder on Canada’s Sunshine Coast hits close to home for a former city cop in this crime series—the basis for the Fox TV and Hulu series Murder in a Small Town.

The early forties have been a tough time for Jack Chesley.

Park Ranger Molly Tinker and her poodles find more dead bodies at Pond Park.

The debut of Philly Prep English teacher and accidental sleuth, Amanda Pepper, (and of C.

Oso Boyer might be considered a poster boy for good cops, but every man has his breaking point.

"e;A solid mystery with a plethora of suspects and quirky regulars.

This tale of a book-loving tough guy in a decimated Manhattan is “like Motherless Brooklyn dosed with Charlie Huston .

Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is sent to the remote Indian countryside to protect a formidable retired judge who's been receiving death threats in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan.

Kaitlin Singer needs time off-from a philandering husband, from a writing career stalled on a buzzard as a main character, and from the stash of chocolate in her lingerie drawer.

"e;Graves finds new gold in dem hills by setting her tale in Oregon mining country and drawing upon personal experience to create a unique protagonist.

Deadly Diamonds carries forward the adventures (and misadventures) of Massoud Anssari, formerly dean and now professor at a midwestern law school that attracts trouble like a magnet attracts iron filings.

"e;If you can only read one book this year, Hell with the Lid Blown Off should be that one.

Best of the West 2019 - 1st Place in Mystery by True West Magazine2018 - CIPA EVVY Winner for Mystery/Crime/Detective2018 - CIPA EVVY 2nd Place for Historical FictionIn the next book in the Silver Rush mysteries, Inez Stannert struggles to solve the murder of a young musician.

Agatha Christie, pawn or puppet-master?

Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the American Fare, San Francisco's hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage.

Not so long ago in a galaxy of single men .

Two misfit sleuths search for a street hustler’s killer in this mystery series debut first published in 1980 and set in Boston’s gay scene.

What do you get when you cross a bad-boy blues guitarist with a town full of folk bent on revenge?

Walter Bain is the self-appointed dictator of the tenement at 13 Oldberry Road in Glasgow's cosmopolitan west end.

Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), plays an unwitting game of cat and mouse with a cunning killer in the holy city of Benares, in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan.

Nineteen authors share mystery stories set in New York City's largest borough in this anthology.

Considered the first true detective story Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone (1868) is a 19th-century British epistolary novel.

Thirteen friends yet strangers, one manor.

"e;This fascinating mystery, merging past and present, brings some little-known history to light and shows that laws change much faster than attitudes.

Matthew is a tall, slim man that lives in a small one-horse town known as Waystation.

'He had heard the spirits calling his name from the maquis and he had heard their footfalls as they passed by his window in the night.

Chief Superintendent Kenworthy, now retired, is visiting his married daughter in Florida.

From the author of Hidden Agenda, a reporter and amateur sleuth gets wrapped up in a murder case involving a wealthy recluse and international espionage.

The rural town of St.

"e;Axelrod and his protagonist bring an amused, judicious, and ultimately tolerant eye to the foibles large and small of a mixed Santa's bag of characters.

"e;Webb offers fans the profound pleasure of watching Lena mature as she comes one step closer to understanding and accepting her difficult past, while providing new readers with an introduction to this strong and genuinely likable character.

In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth.

“This gorgeously crafted, shudderingly dark novel blends the genres of psychological thriller and murder mystery”—from the Shamus Award-winning author (Naples Florida Weekly).