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In the coastal town of South Cove, June is tourist season-and wedding season. Unfortunately, Jill Gardner's own wedding has been delayed. But that just gives her more time to search for a missing bride-and a killer . . . Things are looking up for the owner of Coffee, Books, and More-Jill's finally getting her MBA, and though her wedding to police detective Greg is postponed a few months, she still has plenty to celebrate. A girls' weekend in Santa...
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With the murder of a celebrity host putting a buzzkill on the annual Bee Festival, Bailey, when her best friend is accused of the crime, and her Granny Bee are determined to find the truth, save the festival and catch the real killer before they sting someone else.
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Also known by its US title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.
A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the...
5) Raveled
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What's a girl to do when her imprisoned brother begs her to delve into their father's sixteen-year-old murder conviction? How about peel back the lies, upend the fairy tales, and roil the populace of Lavitte-a sweet apple of a town with a wormy, festering core? That's what Allison Fennimore chooses. Despite her infamous surname and people's wilted memories, this jaded cynic of a daughter sinks her teeth in and refuses to let go. She can practically...
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This is a story of the challenges of a young man named Jeffrey Hastings as he encounters hardship as he goes about ensuring the survival of his family after the death of his father. It all began in Europe and blossoms in America, namely Atlanta Georgia. With little expectations of the future, only his determination and love of family will drive him towards success. It's a story of friendships, love, hate and unfinished business.
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Exhibition budgerigar breeding, like most hobbies, attracts a diverse range of people with differing backgrounds and aspirations. When a little controversy is added to this hot-pot of personalities, the small island community starts to hum with rumour and innuendo. The stakes are raised considerably when a chain of events leads to the involvement of the local police. Despite the speculation, no one anticipated the eventual outcome and lasting legacy...
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Who killed Polish Lou, the famous Prince of Polka Music? His daughter, musicologist Lottie Kachowski, comes home to the polka heartland of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to find the answer. Lottie has an unbeatable talent for using music to solve crimes, and she does just that on the trail of her father's killer. But the stakes turn deadlier than ever when another polka legend comes to a tragic end. As the danger rises, Lottie recruits her father's wacky...
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August, 1963: Rod Serling is hard at work preparing for the fifth (and ultimately final) season of his television series, Twilight Zone. But production is brought to a halt when a studio employee is found mysteriously murdered on show's soundstage. When it turns out Serling was one of the last people to see the young woman alive, the shadow of suspicion falls squarely on him. Now, in order to clear his name, he must find out for himself what happened,...
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Did Edgar Allan Poe know more about murder than he revealed in his bizarre stories of murder and mayhem? Was he in fact guilty of killing a girlfriend in a fit of rage many years before he became famous?Bruce Wetterau's taut thriller weaves a murder mystery worthy of Poe himself as it follows Poe through actual events in the last months of his life. The year 1849 saw the real-life Poe dealing with his alcoholism, failing health, poverty, and painful...
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Xandra Collins was rich, famous, and missing. After inheriting a fortune, she vanished without a trace, leaving her 100-year-old mansion abandoned. A frightening enemy had been stalking the wealthy heiress. Thirteen-year-old detective Skylar Robbins moves into the deserted estate with her family, and vows to crack the case. Skylar teams up with her BFF Alexa, and Daniel Gannon-the most brilliant boy in middle school-to solve the mystery of Xandra...
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Dick Burton is awoken from a drunken stupor by a phone call from his eccentric friend, Percy Pumpernickel, aka The Minister, aka Dude or Duke. Percy has been arrested along with a local character named Shady Slim. They're both suspects in the murder of Clyde Hankey, a resident of the small mountain town of West Point California.Dick, who has been drunk for the last year mourning for the love of his life Dolores, sobers up and heads for West Point...
13) Obsession
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Attorney Kyle Foster hated his job and was bored with his wife Carol and life in general. One night he fell into the temptations of the forbidden pleasures offered in the Dark Web and started poking around… until the Dark Web poked back.
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When Jack Morgenthau, a Philadelphia lawyer, discovers that he hates his law partners and his life, he quits his law firm and teams up with a contract killer to figure out who is killing people involved with the waste and trash business--and to protect Jack's daughter, who is also targeted for death.A witty page-turner, The Smell of Money is the first in a series featuring Jack and the killer, The Odd Fellows. "A riveting and consistently compelling...
15) Grand Lac
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A small group of investors has purchased lots on a mountain on the outskirts of Grand Lac in northern Idaho. One dark night one of the investors, Jack Ketchum, gets drunk, climbs aboard a large bulldozer he owns and carves a raw and twisting track of destruction down the mountainside though the property of each of the other owners. Days later Ketchum is found dead in a ravine not far from his land. He's been shot through the chest by what appears...
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Lydia Sumeton has plenty of issues in her life . Her brother is now wifeless with a daughter to look after. The Houdini Challenge is coming up fast. And the secret she does not want to tell the world just yet. So, Lydia really does not need Elizabeth coming to her asking for help, but how can Lydia turn her down?All Elizabeth wants is her baby back. The police have taken down a report but have done nothing useful to help her. In her desperation, Elizabeth...
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Eddie Dorvek is a young, semi-aimless, and mostly normal guy. Sure, Eddie has grown up in an slightly odd little community with some unusual dietary restrictions, but otherwise, he has a loving family, a couple of good friends, and a favourite pub. Unfortunately, Eddie also has a nose for blood that is going to land him with a gutload of trouble.
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A Homeowners Association can be a very good and wonderful place to live if run correctly.But when an HOA is not run correctly it can become a very bad place to live. What happens when it becomes so bad that people can get away with murder or even multiple murders?Kimberly is a 35 year old woman who moved out of NYC and unknowingly moved into a bad HOA. And she was about to find out just how bad it could be.Her instincts were working overtime as she...
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Murder. A mummy and her coffin. An unpopular victim.Diane Phipps, P.I., encounters these and more, as she solves another perplexing case, this one in Sandy River, CO, near the unique Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.Irene Albertine had often caused trouble. Hence, her friends list is short. But her father, Maximilian, Egyptology-loving architect, is bent on finding out who murdered his daughter. When Irene falls dead out of Set-Nohr's mummy coffin...
20) Deadly Ice
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American teenager and competitive figure skater, Elizabeth Silverman, is steered by her assertive mother, Leah, into the prestigious British Ice Skating Academy in London. Under the pretext of being in England on a tourist visa her father, Murray, sets about to establish a London office for his unconventional business of making diamonds out of cremated remains. Leah Silverman's abusive determination to force her daughter to excel as a figure skater...
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