Crime and mystery fiction

"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.

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.

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

Indefatigable Inspector Ghote - one of the great creations of detective fiction - (Alexander McCall Smith), investigates a young woman's puzzling disappearance in swinging sixties London - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem KhanInspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID is determined not to put a foot wrong when he arrives in England, the land of calm, dignity and order.

"e;Definitely not for the faint of heart but just right for readers who like a gritty crime novel with a labyrinth of plot twists.

The chance discovery of a 30 year old blue movie leads back to the film's maker, Tim Purdom, and the London of the late fifties and early sixties.

Once again Lionel Townsend, Beef's Dr.

In this Golden Age mystery, a bored woman looking for adventure gets entangled in a dangerous plot when she finds a stranger in her apartment.

"e;Like Corinna's earlier adventures, this episode is cleverly written and chock full of charming characters, interesting puzzles and luscious descriptions of food with appended recipes.

Vanessa thought that she was done with love-that is, until she met her soul mate, Eric.

Set in London, A Game of Murder features a young Scotland Yard CIT officer who is on leave when his father dies in a golfing accident.

When informed that the bodies of her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Greg, and his longtime friend Mape, have been discovered at a bizarre crime scene that morning, Capri (Pree) Olindo struggles to find a measure of sympathy for the dead men but finds only relief.

"e;Casey depicts family ties that uplift and support and family ties broken by anger in a poignant, lyrical, authentic novel of early day Oklahoma.

The year is AD 1174.

A whodunit that “presents a good puzzle, and that, according to Mr.

';Bold and ingenious' stories about the dark heart of America by the acclaimed Whiting Awardwinning author (The New York Times Book Review).

Iris Oakley, pregnant and still recovering from her husband's murder, wants only to carry on as a keeper at Finley Memorial Zoo in Vancouver, Washington.

It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin.

"e;Brady's years of experience as a veterinarian supply plenty of amusing stories and helpful hints for animal owners while her complicated heroine investigates a tricky case.

"e;An unusual and challenging puzzle mystery that will keep [you] guessing until the final pages.

The islands of the Caribbean have long been steeped in mystery and danger.

I cadaveri brutalmente mutilati di diverse adolescenti appaiono abbandonati in luoghi remoti della Biscaglia.

The House of Lords will never be the same again.

1892: Busy stitching and bandaging lumberjacks' injuries, young Dr.

"e;An enjoyable addition to the cozy scene.

Too many people loved Kelly Rowland.

A conjoined twin’s disappearance leads a London journalist to a mystery reaching back to the turn of the last century in this “hefty suspense thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

"e;Ghelfi's Russia is a soul-numbing nightmare of corruption, crime, deadly pollution, and lost hope.

Richard Hoysden's body is discovered in his country flat, a revolver beside him, and a bullet through the head, apparently a suicide.