Cathy’s Key: If Found 650-266-8202

Cathy's Book was literally a word-of-mouth success story, with over 120,000 copies of the groundbreaking, interactive teen novel in print.… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult

Murder Underground

If you were suddenly to be found murdered, would your friends have theories about who had done the deed?,,Well, when… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The Black Echo

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Immoral Certainty

New York. A world of mean streets, where a killer is operating with the "immortal certainty" that he or she… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Love Me Not

A woman's body lies in the road. At first it looks like a tragic accident. But when Helen Grace arrives… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Gosford Park meets "Groundhog Day" by way of Agatha Christie.,,Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed... again.,,It is meant to be… Continue Reading Posted in: Crime, Mystery, Occult Fiction, Supernatural Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense

Stone Cold

Jesse Stone has a problem no officer of the law likes to face: Dead bodies keep appearing, but clues do… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The House of the Red Slayer

In December 1377 a great frost has the city in its icy grip; even the Thames is frozen from bank… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery

Sherlock Bones 1

DEDUCTIVE DOG DETECTIVE,,When Takeru adopts his new pet, he's in for a surprise—the dog is none other than the reincarnation… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Sequential Art

Dead Girls Dancing

In the middle of Cork, in the middle of the day, a fire blazes in a local dance studio. Thirteen… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Chosen Ones

Eva Dunbar wakes in a large metal box. She has no idea who has taken her. She has no way… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Winter’s Child

Fresh. Original. Spell-binding.' Jane Corry,,'…a wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail... There are some brilliant twists.' Wendy Holden, Daily… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Blessed Is The Busybody

Meet the unconventional Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a minister's wife with her own calling: helping troubled  souls in need of justice.  When… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Worse Angels

Ex-Mob enforcer-turned-private investigator Isaiah Coleridge pits himself against a rich and powerful foe when he digs into a possible murder… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Beautiful Lies

Author: Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Psychological Literary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction

The Mask of Fu-Manchu

After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the… Continue Reading Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, Mystery

Vicious Circle

The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Caveman

Only three houses away from the policeman's home, a man has been sitting dead in front of his television set… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Poyson Garden

The letter came in secret, with a pearl eardrop from an aunt long thought dead, resurrecting the forbidden past. Banished… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery

The Long and Faraway Gone

With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael… Continue Reading Posted in: Crime, Murder, Mystery

Searching for Sylvie Lee

A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction

The League of Frightened Men

A summary from the back cover:,,Paul Chapin's college cronies never forgave themselves for the prank that crippled their friend. Yet… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Darkfall

Winter gripped the city...Terror gripped it too -- with four corpses in four days. At first, the cops thought it… Continue Reading Posted in: Genre Fiction, Mystery, Teen & Young Adult, Thriller & Suspense

Deep Pockets

Harvard professor Wilson Chaney's position in life is hanging by a thread; his marriage, his reputation, not to mention his… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Ghost Rider

A classic medieval mystery from the winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize, a writer in the class of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Mystery

The Empty Copper Sea

"The professional's professional of suspense writers.",,THE NEW YORK TIMES,,Van Harder, once a hard drinker, has found religion. But that doesn't… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

A Long Way to Shiloh

THE MENORAH MEN, Lionel Davidson's acclaimed best seller, is set in Israel, the author's adopted country. It is a thriller… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Serpentine

*THE INSTANT NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND TOP TEN NEW YORK TIMES GLOBAL BESTSELLER* THE BOOK THAT WILL DEFINE… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Fake ID

Sixteen-year-old Chastity and her mother have been on the run since Chass was a baby, assuming new identities in every… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Young Adult

Dead Man Walking

The fourth unputdownable book in the DS Mark Heckenburg series. A killer thriller for fans of Stuart MacBride and Luther,… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Pariah

The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton to start their… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Horror, Mystery

A Haunt of Murder

As night sets in, Chaucer’s weary pilgrims find themselves in a Kent copse, rumored to be haunted. Huddling around the… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

Readers love Miss Julia, the proper lady of a certain age with a backbone of iron and perfect Steel Magnolia… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Humor, Mystery

In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

Two bodies are discovered in the middle of an ancient stone circle. Each met death in a different but violent… Continue Reading Posted in: Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store), Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery, Mystery Fiction, Police, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction

Executive Privilege

Private detective Dana Cutler receives a seemingly routine assignment to follow a young girl working on a challenger’s campaign against… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Payback

Do Unto Others...,,,She shot him just above the belt and left him for dead. Then they torched the house with… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

A Piece of Justice

The late, great mathematician Gideon Summerfield ought to be a safe subject for a biography, so why has it been… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Confess, Fletch

Confess, Fletch,,The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn’t exactly. His Italian… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Murder in Clichy

Aimée Leduc, private investigator specializing in computer security, has been introduced to the Cao Dai temple in Paris by her… Continue Reading Posted in: Cultural, Fiction, Mystery

Don’t Look Behind You

How can April give up her name, her friends, her boyfriend Steve, and everything she's ever known?April Corrigan feels like… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult

The Dead

David Blake is back in Newcastle, running three cities. Life is sweet until his bent accountant is arrested for murder.… Continue Reading Posted in: Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery

Rebus: The Lost Years

LET IT BLEED: Rebus finds himself sucked into an investigation that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Police, Short Stories, Thriller & Suspense

The Ghost of Christmas Paws: The No 2 Feline Detective Agency Series

It’s a week before Christmas and Hettie and Tilly set out on a very dangerous case for The No. 2… Continue Reading Posted in: Holiday, Mystery

The Book of Illusions

Six months after losing his wife and two young sons, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in… Continue Reading Posted in: Missing Persons, Motion Picture Actors And Actresses, Mystery, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Literary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction

Code

The Virals are put to the ultimate test when they find a geocache containing an ornate puzzle box. Shelton decodes… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult

Keeper

As it often did since he'd married a cop, murder interrupted more pleasant activities. The again, Roarke supposed, the woman… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Bone Field

Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN,_________________________,A DECADES-OLD COLD CASE TAKES ONE LAST TWIST...,,1990,A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand.,,She… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Fiction, Mystery

Digital Fortress

The National Security Agency (NSA) is one setting for this exciting thriller; the other is Seville, where on page 1… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Flesh House

The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

Her Dark Lies

A kaleidoscopic fictional oral history of the beloved rock 'n' roll duo who shot to fame in 1970s New York,… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The F*ck-it List: Is this the most shocking thriller of the year?

An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best. In a… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Cleaner

Meet John Milton,,He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder.,,Milton is the man the government sends after… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Roman Hat Mystery

A murder in a crowded theater leaves a pack of suspects, but only one clue Despite the dismal Broadway season,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: Death in Sunset Grove

Good detectives come in all manner of guises...,Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove,… Continue Reading Posted in: European Literature, Fiction, Mystery

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Mystery

Hope to Die

When the victim seems perfect, is it the perfect crime? The gripping new serial killer thriller, from the runaway bestselling… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller

The Family

Once you're in the family, you're in it for life...,,Devastatingly powerful, THE FAMILY by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing'… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

How to Marry a Murderer

Mystery novelist and crime reporter Paige Turner is investigating the murder of a television star whose killer is looking to… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery

The Dollhouse

Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women,… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Women, Literary, Mystery

Murder in Pigalle

New York Times Bestseller Cara Black's fashionable Parisian P.I. AimEe Leduc has a new look for he.... Continue Reading Posted in: Cultural, Fiction, Mystery

The Night Hawk

Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to read… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry

Skye Denison has never aspired to culinary excellence. In fact, she can't tell the difference between mousse and meringue. So… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Celtic Ring PB

On a dark night in the Danish harbour of Dragor, Ulf is handed a log book by a sailor who… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Stranger Times: A dark and hilarious escapist read for fans of Terry Pratchett

No. 1 New York Times bestseller "A powerful and important novel." Observer "No one else who writes like Angie. Phenomenal."… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery

If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him…

"Whenever Sharyn McCrumb suits up her amateur detective, Elizabeth MacPherson, it's pretty certain that a trip is in the offing… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Humor, Mystery

The Roanoke Girls

A gripping, provocative thriller about the twisted secrets families keep, perfect for fans of The Girls.,,Beautiful.,Rich.,Mysterious.,Everyone wants to be a… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Deeds of Darkness

June 1916. When a young woman is murdered in a darkened cinema, Detective Inspector Marmion and his partner Sergeant Joe… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Mystery

Daniel Isn’t Talking

Melanie Marsh is an American living in London married to Stephen, the perfect Englishman, who knew the minute he saw… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Twins & Multiples Parenting

Wearing Purple

Newly married to his childhood sweetheart and happily settled in Glasgow, private enquiry agent Oz Blackstone is looking for a… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery

Spider Bones

Kathy Reichs—#1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit Bones—returns with the thirteenth riveting novel… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store), Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Vietnam War (1961 1975)

The Window

Secrets have a way of getting out. . . .,,Anna is everything her identical twin is not. Outgoing and athletic,… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in this collection of of twelve stories from the unique… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Fiction, Mystery

Feint of Art

The first in a new mystery series starring Annie Kincaid.The Brock Museum's new $15,000,000.00 Caravaggio painting is as fake as… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, San Francisco (Calif.), Women Sleuths

Anything Goes

They Have Inherited a Lovely Upstate Mansion. . .,,The crash of 1929 has ended the party for high-living New Yorkers… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery

In Her Wake

A perfect life … until she discovered it wasn’t her own.,,A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Black Hornet

A sniper appears in 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. Five people have been… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Charlie Chan in the Black Camel

On January 24, 1925, 'The Saturday Evening Post' began its serialization of the book that would make Earl Derr Biggers… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Twelve

In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher takes on an Agatha Christie-style mystery when she finds herself… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye

In the series conclusion, Enola searches for missing Lady Blanchefleur while her brother Sherlock seeks her, with a message from… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery, Young Adult

The Lost Village

With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."--The… Continue Reading Posted in: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Atom Bomb Angel

Terrorists are threatening to sabotage Britain's nuclear power plants. One nuclear explosive smuggled inside a reactor would turn the entire… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: 8 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries.,,Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective:… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery

Harm’s Reach

FBI Agent Ren Bryce finds herself entangled in two seemingly unrelated mysteries. But the past has a way of echoing… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery

Fatal Cure

Doctors Angela and David Wilson believe that they have found personal and professional bliss when they leave the stresses of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Cocktail Waitress

Following her husband's death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Deficiency

Trendy dance club The Underground is the hottest place in town. It's where, one night, uptight Paige Thorndyke meets a… Continue Reading Posted in: Genetic Engineering, Medical Fiction (Books), Mystery, Suspense Fiction, Thriller & Suspense (Books)

The Man Who Was Thursday

"A man's brain is a bomb," he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Fiction, Mystery

Jail Bird

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel.,,,Lily King has spent years behind bars,,,Convicted of murdering her… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Own

A Florentine Death

Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara knows that the beautiful surface of his adopted city, Florence, hides dark undercurrents. When called in… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

Blood Will Tell

What happens when someone who’s only ever wanted to be a hero becomes a suspect?,,When a woman’s body is found… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult

Fatal Impact

THE SEVENTH CRIME NOVEL IN THE BRILLIANT ANYA CRICHTON SERIES - A SERIOUS RIVAL TO PATRICIA CORNWELL'S DR KAY SCARPETTA.,,When… Continue Reading Posted in: Cultural, Fiction, Mystery

A Lesson in Secrets

In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs’s career takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Mystery

Forgive Me

The brand-new unforgettable romance saga from the No.1 bestselling author! Taking deep breaths of the cold city air, Katherine whispered,… Continue Reading Posted in: Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery

Shades of Earl Grey

Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is finally invited to a social event that she doesn't have to cater—but there's… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The Threshing Circle

On the Greek island of Crete, traditions run deep and there are often secrets that are best left buried. Weaving… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Mystery, Suspense

A Lesson In Dying

Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe'en Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

The Queen’s Man

Epiphany, 1193. Eleanor of Aquitaine sits upon England's throne. Her beloved son Richard Lionheart is missing, presumed dead - and… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Mystery

The Sun Down Motel

The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years… Continue Reading Posted in: Horror, Mystery, Thriller