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A Death Most Monumental by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWe all have our little secrets.When the remains of a brutally murdered young woman are left hanging from the Glenfinnan Monument in the Highlands of Scotland, DCI Jack Logan and his Major Investigations Team are dispatched to investigate.At first, the case appears to be fairly open and shut... -
![Shaved by Gina LaManna]()
Shaved by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a dazzling destination wedding brings the Luzzi Family to Hawaii, Lacey plans to take advantage of the sunshine and relaxation, along with a healthy diet of papaya and shaved ice. However, Lacey has her work cut out for her... -
![Dead Man's Sins by Caimh McDonnell]()
Dead Man's Sins by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHow far would you go to protect a dead man?It’s the year 2000 in Dublin and, following some traumatic events, Detective Bunny McGarry is taking a well-earned break from the force. However, just because you’re not looking for trouble doesn’t mean trouble isn’t looking for you... -
![The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre]()
The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLet us prey …The press tend to talk about bank robberies as being daring, ingenious and audacious. They don’t describe many as Dadaist, even the ones who know what ‘Dadaist’ means... -
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![The Family Jewels by Caimh McDonnell]()
The Family Jewels by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBah Humbug!It’s almost Christmas and Bunny McGarry is not in the festive spirit. His mood is not improved when an old friend becomes the victim of a violent assault and, for reasons he can’t understand, the police force he is a member of has decided not to investigate. Getting to the bottom of the case ends up putting him on the wrong side of some powerful people... -
![The Day That Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell]()
The Day That Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember those people that destroyed the economy and then cruised off on their yachts? Well guess what – someone is killing them. Dublin is in the middle of a heat wave and tempers are running high... -
![All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre]()
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJane Fleming, forty-six and three years a grandmother, has always played by the rules, never hurt anybody, never lied, never even had a parking ticket. But she’s about to put all that right in a very big way…Intrigue. Espionage. Advanced technology. Clinical violence. Hoovering.It’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye... -
![The Coconut Swindle by Matt Abraham]()
The Coconut Swindle by Matt Abraham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this exciting prequel to the critically acclaimed Dane Curse, a pair of black capes are found dead on the floor of Wentorf Hall, mere inches away from the world’s largest diamond. Of course the cops think the pair killed each other over the heist. After all, everyone knows that the Vandenberg Coconut is a one size fits all motivation for murder. Everyone, that is, except for Dane Curse... -
![Dog Gone and Dead by Colleen Mooney]()
Dog Gone and Dead by Colleen Mooney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Much Needed Vacation Turns Deadly A weekend getaway at the beach with Jiff was just what they both needed, but their plans for a relaxing escape are ruined when Brandy discovers a dead body under a pier. ˃˃˃ Does A Dog Holds The Key To Solving The Case? There’s a leash wrapped around the dead woman’s wrist and no dog... -
![You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin]()
You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames Flynn believes he's an expert shot, a black belt in karate, fluent in four languages and irresistible to women. He’s also a heavily medicated patient in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital. Flynn believes his locked ward is the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and that he is a secret agent with a license to kill... -
![The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp]()
The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBringing a fresh duo of cops to the thriller set, The Rabbit Factory is both suspenseful and satiric; a taut mystery wrapped in sharp, comedic prose.The hilarious and suspenseful introduction of Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs. Welcome to Familyland, an offshoot of Lamaar Studios... -
![Cadillac Beach: A Novel by Tim Dorsey]()
Cadillac Beach: A Novel by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnd busting out of Chattahoochee State Hospital ... without his meds! The thrill-killing Floridaphile needs to get to the bottom of his bookie grandad's bizarre 1964 death -- not to mention launch "Serge & Lenny's Florida Experience," the new Miami specialty tour venture he's cooked up with his best brain-dead druggie-buddy. It's all good. For Serge A. Storms, anyway... -
![Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInheriting one hundred thousand dollars and a small hiccup of a house in a dilapidated district is not so bad, and Uncle Chester made a nice gift of it to his nephew Leonard... though the clean-up is intensive, the floor is Rotten, and the neighbors are something from a nightmare. It is one thing to renovate a house to sell it... -
![The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R. Lansdale]()
The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFlorida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished in Klan-infested Grovetown while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's blackguard son. Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do the kind of investigating the good ole boy cops can't - or won't - do... -
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![One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre]()
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe occasion: high school reunion.The place: an oil rig converted into a tourist resort.The outcome: carnage.Gavin is creating a unique ‘holiday experience’; every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig... -
![Casket for Sale by Jeff Strand]()
Casket for Sale by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the new, improved Andrew Mayhem. He has a real job. He's a better father and husband. And he's vowed to quit accepting money from strange women in coffee shops to perform tasks that go terribly, terribly wrong. This time he's just taking a relaxing camping trip with his family and best friend. No shortcuts. The gas tank is full. The sinister warning of the crazy old man is taken seriously... -
![The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King]()
The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job... -
![Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake]()
Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJohn Dortmunder, anti-hero of such comic crime classics as The Hot Rock and Good Behavior , returns home at dawn after another failed burglary. He is horrified to find his apartment occupied by an old cellmate everyone supposed (and hoped) had been locked up for life. Tom Jinson needs Dortmunder's help. Nearly thirty years ago, before his last prison stretch, Tom pulled a big job up near Albany... -
![Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake]()
Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBe careful what you steal . . . A fast-paced crime caper from the Edgar Award–winning author and “funniest man in the world” (The Washington Post Book World).The Byzantine Fire is much more than a ninety-carat ruby. As a stone it’s worth over a million dollars, a value vastly increased by its pure gold band—but its history makes it priceless... -
![What's The Worst That Could Happen? by Donald E. Westlake]()
What's The Worst That Could Happen? by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDortmunder is in the midst of a routine burglary of a Long Island mansion when who shows up toting a gun but the owner, nasty billionaire Max Fairbanks. Worse, Fairbanks takes Dortmunder's supposedly lucky ring. Highly insulted, Dortmunder and his gang execute their own peculiar reign of terror, and although they acquire quite a bit of Fairbanks' swag, they never quite get the ring back... -
![Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg]()
Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAmerica's favorite obsessive-compulsive detective is back in a new original tale in the series based on the popular TV show, in a book by the author of Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop. TV tie-in... -
![A Very Merry Christmas by Geronimo Stilton]()
A Very Merry Christmas by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.'Tis the season to be jolly -- and holey cheese was I trying! But on my way to New York City to meet my family for the holidays, my luggage got switched with another mouse's.. -
![Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt]()
Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt's beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries.Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators... -
![Be My Enemy by Christopher Brookmyre]()
Be My Enemy by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was a junket, a freebie. A 'team-building' weekend in the highlands for lawyers, advertising execs, businessmen, even the head of a charity. Oh, and a journalist, specially solicited for his renowned and voluble scepticism - Jack Parlabane... -
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![Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt, Grover Gardner]()
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt, Grover Gardner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDefense lawyer Andy Carpenter spends as much time as he can working on his true passion, the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs. Lately, Andy has been especially involved in a county prison program where inmates help train dogs the Tara Foundation has rescued to make them more adoptable, benefiting both the dogs and the prisoners... -
![Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt]()
Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe hero of Rosenfelt's previous novels, Edgar-nominated Open and Shut, and First Degree, Andy Carpenter returns to prove the innocence of a reporter accused of being a serial killer. Defense attorney Andy Carpenter has been successfully avoiding taking on new cases until his sometime friend and newspaper owner Vince Sanders, calls and asks him for a favor... -
![A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn]()
A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEveryone’s favorite detective team returns in a new adventure as canine narrator Chet and his human partner P.I. Bernie Little find that Hollywood has gone to the dogs. Hoping to bring some Tinseltown money to the Valley, the mayor lures a movie studio to town to shoot their next production, a big-budget Western in the classic tradition... -
![مردی با چهره آشنا by Caimh McDonnell]()
مردی با چهره آشنا by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident.The second time was deliberate.Now Paul Muchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history……or else they’ll be history... -
![Cold Copper Tears by Glen Cook]()
Cold Copper Tears by Glen Cook
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSlaying beautyShe was tall, blonde, and offering Garrett a fee that was irresistible to take a case that seemed open and shut. But in a town of elves and humans, thugs and swindlers—a place where magic and religion could prove an all-too-potent mix—Garrett had learned to take a long, hard look before nodding yes... -
![Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen]()
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters. A surefire best seller.Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is set among the landed gentry of Palm Beach... -
![A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre]()
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBack when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they'd do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they're having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them... -
![Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews]()
Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEvery year, Yorktown, Virginia, relives its role in the Revolutionary War by celebrating the anniversary of the British surrender in 1781. This year, plans include a re-enactment of the original battle and a colonial craft fair. Meg Langslow has returned to her home town for the festivities--and to sell her wrought-iron works of art... -
![Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis]()
Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan the hero of Silver Pigs satisfy the emperor he works for and the woman he pines for without getting himself killed? With readers and critics hungry for his further adventures, Ancient Roman gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco really has no choice... -
![Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake]()
Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he really means it. He steals the whole thing. With the help of his usual crew, as well as a sophomoric ex-FBI man and a militant safecracker, Dortmunder puts a set of wheels under a trailer that just happens to be the temporary site of the Capitalists' & Immigrants' Trust Corp... -
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![Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith his trademark knack for gut-busting laughter and head-splitting action, Joe R. Lansdale serves up a bubbling cauldron of murder and mayhem that only he could create.Hap Collins has just returned home from a gig working on an off shore oil rig. With a new perspective on life, Hap wants to change the way he's living, and shoot the straight and narrow... -
![Rumble Tumble by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Rumble Tumble by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHap Collins and Leonard Pine are in for an action-packed adventure when they cross paths with a towering Pentecostal preacher, a midget with a giant attitude, and a gang of bikers turned soldiers of fortune... -
![Shot of Tequila by J.A. Konrath]()
Shot of Tequila by J.A. Konrath
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA GUTSY ROBBERYSeveral million bucks, stolen from the mob...A PERFECT FRAMEAll caught on video, with no chance of redemption...A RED HOT RECIPE FOR RAMPAGING REVENGENow one man must face the entire Chicago Outfit, a group of hardened Mafia enforcers, a psychotic bookie, the most dangerous hitman on earth, and Detective Jacqueline Daniels...His name is Tequila. And he likes those odds... -
![Country Of The Blind by Christopher Brookmyre]()
Country Of The Blind by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe murder of a media mogul in his country mansion appears to be the result of his disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape. Back in Edinburgh, a young solicitor reveals to the press that one of the subjects had left a letter with her some time before the break-in which proves his innocence... -
![Muzzled by David Rosenfelt]()
Muzzled by David Rosenfelt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn David Rosenfelt's newest Andy Carpenter mystery, Muzzled, Andy and his beloved golden retriever, Tara, are back on the case as a favor to a friend.Andy Carpenter is a lawyer who would rather not practice law. He'd rather spend his time working with the Tara Foundation, his dog rescue organization, and being with his family and his two dogs, Tara and Sebastian... -
![Bad Guys by Linwood Barclay]()
Bad Guys by Linwood Barclay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent” debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest easy... -
![Florida Straits by Laurence Shames]()
Florida Straits by Laurence Shames
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"People go to Key West for lots of different reasons. Joey Goldman went there to become a gangster..."So begins this classic Key West caper, the hilarious and touching book that launched a much-loved series and introduced the world to Bert the Shirt and his chihuahua Don Giovanni, two of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction... -
![Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There's no bullshit in a Joe Lansdale book. There's everything a good story needs, and nothing it doesn't. Joe pulls up the truck, says, 'Get in the back, we're going for a ride.'You know it might get a little scary and it might get a little crazy, but you get in, because you know in the end, it's going to be a fun ride... -
![The Blurred Man by Anthony Horowitz]()
The Blurred Man by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe man in the photo is so blurry, it's impossible to make out what he really looks like... -
![Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake]()
Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn his latest caper, Dortmunder is hired to steal the femur of a 16-year-old girl who was canonized because, 800 years ago, she was killed and eaten by her family. Now two European countries and the Catholic church are fighting like dogs over the bone. How will this free-for-all end? Don't Ask... -
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![Strawberries by Casey Bartsch]()
Strawberries by Casey Bartsch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrawberries is the name he has been given. When they let him out, they had no way of knowing what he was. A psychopath. A killer. The body count is at twenty already, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Agent Harry Bland can’t see one anyway. He doesn’t have a single clue to go on. It doesn’t help that his mind won’t focus. His heart just isn’t in it anymore... -
![Single White Psychopath Seeks Same by Jeff Strand]()
Single White Psychopath Seeks Same by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second book in the wildly popular series of horror/comedy novels featuring Andrew Mayhem!"Sometimes you wake up in the morning and you just know it’s going to be the kind of day where you end up tied to a chair in a filthy garage while a pair of tooth-deprived lunatics torment you with a chainsaw. So as I struggled against the ropes, I can’t say I was all that surprised... -
![Rescued By A Kiss by Colleen Mooney]()
Rescued By A Kiss by Colleen Mooney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRomantic intrigue at a New Orleans parade goes awry when a harmless kiss turns deadly. The Right Place at the Right Time: Brandy Alexander is watching a Mardi Gras parade with everyone from her Irish Channel neighborhood where a relative or lifelong friend lives in every house on the block. Everything changes in one dramatic moment when she kisses a handsome stranger in a marching group... -
![The Radioactive Redhead by John Zakour, Lawrence Ganem]()
The Radioactive Redhead by John Zakour, Lawrence Ganem
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this final title in a hilarious trilogy--following "The Plutonium Blonde" and "The Doomsday Brunette"--the last freelance private detective has a new case to solve involving androids, future tech wizards, out-of-control artificial intelligence, and futuristic mayhem. Original... -
![The Case of the Kidnapped Collie by John R. Erickson]()
The Case of the Kidnapped Collie by John R. Erickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHank the Cowdog uses his all of his sleuthing skills as head of ranch security when a major theft occurs on the ranch and Miss Beulah is kidnapped... -
![Father Knows Death by Jeffrey Allen]()
Father Knows Death by Jeffrey Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt isn't that stay-at-home dad Deuce Winters wants to be his small town's unofficial sleuth. Between caring for his peppy five year-old-daughter Carly and helping to keep his ten-months-pregnant wife Julianne sane, he's certainly got his hands full. But, well, trouble does seem to find him. .
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