Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England’s Lake District, each time on Halloween. Just before the First World War, a young woman’s corpse was found, with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Her ghost...
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- Author:Edwards, MartinSummary:
- Author:Winslow, DonSummary:
Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin...
- Author:Birk, MarySummary:
RMFW COLORADO 2014 GOLD WINNER – MYSTERY Scottish Police Superintendent Terrence Reid’s race to derail the money pipeline fueling a string of deadly terrorist attacks suffers a devastating setback when his informant is brutally murdered...
- Author:Cain, R.D.Summary:
A cinematic, fast-paced, and thrilling crime caper
Whether cops or gang bangers, every organization has its filthy few, the people willing and able to do anything to forward their cause. Rookie police officers David...
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.
- Author:Queen, EllerySummary:
A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified in rural Arroyo, West Virginia. Ellery Queen, amateur sleuth, insists that he and his father take up the case. As victims turn up all over the world--all killed in the same manner--...
- Author:Fulmer, DavidSummary:
On the same night a drunk cop shoots a gambler, a haul of priceless jewels is stolen--setting the stage for a mystery as complex and steeped in the blues as the city of Atlanta itself.
- Author:Whellams, DavidSummary:
In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is called out of retirement once again. His assignment appears simple: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But...
- Author:Fitzgerald, ConorSummary:
On a hot summer morning, Arturo Clemente is sloppily murdered in his Roman apartment by a mysterious slasher. The killing is brutal, amateurish and by all appearances random. But Clemente is no ordinary victim.
- Author:Ford, RhysSummary:
Miki St. John’s life has been turned upside down, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him. His best friend, Damien Mitchell, is back from the dead. He has a dog named Dude. And more importantly, he and his lover, SFPD...
- Author:Kirby, PeterSummary:
Inspector Luc Vanier is drinking his way through Christmas Eve when he is called out to investigate the murder of five homeless people. His investigation takes him into the backrooms of the Catholic Church, the boardrooms of Montreal's...
- Author:Strugat︠s︡kiĭ, Arkadiĭ, Strugat︠s︡kiĭ, BorisSummary:
When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. But he hadn't counted on the discovery of a corpse. Glebsky's vacation is over, and he's...
- Author:Smith, FrankSummary:
This is the new DCI Neil Paget mystery. Holbrook Micro-Engineering Labs is owned jointly by Simon and Laura Holbrook. When Laura Holbrook is brutally murdered one evening while her husband, Simon, a confirmed womanizer, is supposedly...
- Author:Edwards, MartinSummary:
Oxford historian and T.V. personality Daniel Kind and his new lover, Miranda, both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy Tarn Cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic valley in the Lake District that Daniel knew as a boy. He is...
- Author:Edwards, MartinSummary:
Warren Howe is surprised by a hooded visitor while working in a garden in Old Sawrey, a lovely village in England’s Lake District. Soon it is Warren who is dead—murdered with his own scythe. The police identify several suspects, but...
- Author:Queen, EllerySummary:
Debonair detective Ellery Queen is on the case of a topsy-turvy murder. A mysterious visitor is found dead in the anteroom of Mandarin Press and the room has been literally turned upside down. Queen must tread lightly, for walking...
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
The Ellison sisters were proper young Victorian ladies. In the foggy streets outside their peaceful home, five women were found horribly murdered. And Police Inspector Pitt found himself wondering if the Ellisons were in fact too good...
- Author:Sinnett, MarkSummary:
Winner of the 2010 Toronto Book Award
The Carnivore is a historical novel of disaster and betrayal, set in the Toronto of both 1954 and 2004.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Hazel, a young cop, Ray Townes,...
- Author:Penny, LouiseSummary:
When a stranger is found murdered in the Three Pines village bistro and antique store, the beloved owner, Olivier, falls under suspicion. Chief Inspector Gamache is called in to strip back layers of lies and expose the final, brutal...
- Author:Deaver, JefferySummary:
Lincoln Rhyme, ex-head of NYPD forensics, was the nation's foremost criminologist until a job accident left him a quadriplegic who can move just one finger. He no longer wants to live until he sees the crime-scene report of a buried...