Diversion Books: 923 books

The multigenerational medieval romance series continues with a novel of all-consuming passion from “a superlative writer!” (RT Book Reviews) Gilliane de Lacey’s pride is as fiery as her hair. In the face of a command from the King of England himself, she refused to wed a lord she despises....

The author of Whispers in Time presents “a heavenly story designed to enchant readers with its wondrous message of hope and the great power of faith” (Romantic Times). When a fatal car accident sends Angela Rhodes floating toward heaven, she discovers the hard way that there is, in fact,...

A Bitch Called Hope is the poker term for drawing the queen-eight in Texas Hold ‘Em. There’s not enough luck in the world to build a winning hand with those cards, but it’s so tempting to try. Meet Lennox Cooper. She’s a smart poker player, a smart detective, but she’s got issues....

A PI combs the seedy Chicago streets to untangle a web of old feuds that may have turned fatal: “This series is a small treasure” (Booklist).   Chicago private eye Paul Whelan is hired by an elderly jazz musician to find a missing street hustler named Sam Burwell. As Whelan delves into Burwell’s...

“The mystery fiction that Sara Paretsky fashions from Chicago’s South Side is fully matched in Raleigh’s gritty North Side tales” (Publishers Weekly).   Margaret O’Mara’s brother disappeared decades ago. But now that his last known associate has just been found dead, O’Mara hires PI...

Death on the Chicago waterfront pulls a PI into a twisting case: “An underappreciated, carefully crafted series” (Booklist).   Two years ago, a computer software specialist was found dead in Belmont Harbor, an apparent suicide. Now, the body of a low-rent bookie has been found very close to the...

“The hero is a private eye who is always tailing the wrong people and hitting the wrong guys. The Dada Caper is wild, shrewd, mad and unexpectedly funny” (The New York Times).   Chance Purdue may be better at a lot of things than he is at detecting, but he’s the only man for the job when the...

Two mismatched lovers learn that Christmas is the time for giving . . . and receiving.   Christmas is Hollie Winslow’s favorite holiday. But as a realtor, she has to work when the clients need her, even during the holidays.   Bah Humbug should have been Noel Hawksley’s name, but Noel doesn’t...

“A cast of kooky, dangerous characters worthy of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen . . . A funny, often harrowing crime novel” (Booklist). In this follow-up to the Anthony Award finalist Devil’s Food, fugitive-hunter Loretta Kovacs races to keep one hitman from killing another. The intended...

Classic space opera from one of the first female authors of science fiction, an “exhilarating” tour-de-force from the genre’s golden age (Futurism). The Lens of Death was the most destructive weapon in the history of the cosmos. Now it will decide the fate of the Lyonese, whose galactic...

“Bah! Humbug! An ideal choice for holiday haters and readers who enjoy David Sedaris’s hysterically funny take, Holidays on Ice” (Library Journal). From two alumni of The Onion, this is part of the hilarious series “for former Choose Your Own Adventure fans and devotees of dark, dark...

From the bestselling author of THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. "An expert weaver of suspense."—FRESH FICTION The search for Mr. Right turns into a nightmare. Megan Lester had a miserable separation. She questions whether she’ll ever be able to love again. But she does vow to give it a try, and on Megan Lester's...

A “compelling” novel based on the life of Irish American gangster Owen Madden, from a New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist). Winner of the American Book Award for Fiction His life of crime began at the age of ten, after he crossed the Atlantic with his family and landed...

While investigating his son’s suspicious death, a father descends into darkness in this thriller by “a commanding writer of unusual delicacy and power” (The New Yorker).   The police call on David Hook at his farm in Illinois, telling him his son Chris has committed suicide. But David knows...