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In the latest installment in Michael Harvey’s beloved Michael Kelly series, Chicago’s favorite Ovid-reading, gun-toting private investigator takes on Illinois’s first family in a blistering thriller that charts the border where ambition ends and evil begins. It’s been two years since...

You might have heard of THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s homage to a man with money and an impossible dream. The problem with that kind of dream is that it often ends up killing you. Sandra, an old friend of mine, had a gift for nourishment. In Napa Valley’s lush wine country, she put me together...

Fiddler and Fiora: Book 6 Fiora has a lot of good ideas. Turning us into a non-violent “consulting partnership” wasn’t one of them. Especially for a damn bank. Banks are Fiora’s specialty. Guns are mine. But it’s hard to say no to the woman you love. So we found ourselves neck deep in an old...

Some fail. Some never fit in. Some vent a rage against the foulest of humanity. A ten year enquiry into the murders of several young boys has gone cold. No witnesses, no suspect. Or so police believe, until a mysterious phone call leads the police to the remains of a young boy found near the...

This is the 8th Psychic Visions Novel from USA Today Bestselling author Dale Mayer. Energy is the life-force of inherent good…and the vigor of unnatural evil. Which is stronger? When she was young, Tia was forced into a prison, studied and tortured, because of her special talent. The...

IN BOOK 5 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES A nude sunbathing serial killer, a Lord of the Flies 'tween takeover, poison-dart throwing pygmies...... Talk about a fantasy (nightmare?) island! Donna's search for missing NSA scientist takes her toFantasy Island, home of three resorts with...

THE FINAL CRIME NOVEL FROM THE KING OF PULP FICTION! For 20 years, former NYPD cop Jack Stang has lived with the memory of his girlfriend’s death in an attempted abduction. But what if she didn’t actually die? What if she somehow secretly survived, but lost her sight, her memory, and everything...

“If you’ve noted a testosterone deficiency in your life lately, the second Wyatt Storme mystery will have you walkin’ the walk and talkin’ the talk. Ripley knows what he’s doing and does it well,” Booklist  To help a desperate friend, ex-footballer Wyatt Storme and his hard-charging...

“You bring death,” the voice said, “and Hell follows with you.” Relentless bounty hunter Jack Keller returns in Devils and Dust, the long-awaited fourth installment of the critically acclaimed series from award-nominated author J. D. Rhoades. Keller’s been in exile, living a quiet life in...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FAMISHED An idyllic family. A detective with a past. And the sadistic kidnapper hell-bent on destroying them all. "Chilling, suspenseful, and impossible to put down." ~Kristen Mae, bestselling author of Red Water WHERE YOU GO, YOUR...

**The loss of a hero cuts deep… "Fans of crime fiction will be moved and enthralled by* In the Line of Duty*, as much an action-packed mystery as it is a heartfelt tribute to police who give up their lives to protect others." –Publishers Weekly** The headlines hit home...

THE BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER THAT BECAME THE HIT TV SERIES "THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO"  It’s the turbulent 1970s, a time of social upheaval. The generation gap has never seemed so wide and perilous, especially for veteran Santa Monica homicide detective Al Krug and his new partner, university-educated...

QUARRY'S BACK – FOR HIS TOUGHEST JOB EVER. The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement.  But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment.  The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry...

From the annals of Black Mask come the two-fisted adventures of the original hardboiled PI: Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op Jeffrey Main comes home from Los Angeles with $20,000 in his wallet and a target on his back. Two gunmen burst through the door, instigating a scuffle that leaves...