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  • Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fire crawls up the sides of the church. The orange glow thrashes. Blackens the siding. Climbs up onto the steeple. The flames close in on the wedding party trapped inside. When a serial arsonist terrorizes Los Angeles County, FBI profiler Violet Darger heads to California to investigate. The fires keep coming faster. The body count rises, and the threat hangs over the city as thick as the smog...
  • The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A horrific beginning.Ends with the most unexpected twist...Marie was young, beautiful, and vibrant.Her life was cruelly taken from her.Her murderer still roams this world, potentially looking for a new prey...
  • The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pride. Greed. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Wrath. Sloth.The sins that make us our own worst enemy.And at any given time, we all could fall victim to them.Fighting those demons at times seems impossible.Especially when they come to life…FBI agent Emma Griffin has seen her share of dark and twisted murders.When she's called onto a new case, Emma finds herself baffled and horrified by the crime scene...
  • The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was just another ordinary night.And an ordinary meal to accompany it.A glass of wine, a plate of chicken.And the sound of the ticking clock. But then, the unexpected feeling of disorientation seeps in.Cheryl suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous...Then something far more unexpected happened.And in an instant an ordinary night turned into a night full of incomprehensible mysteries...
  • The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love...But only the girls themselves ever knew about him. Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened...
  • Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan

    Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney's killer...
  • The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard...
  • So We Lie by Willow Rose

    So We Lie by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.When the mother of two, Arlene Wood, crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident...
  • Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy

    Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children.A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace...
  • The Spike by Matthew Iden

    The Spike by Matthew Iden

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Retired DC homicide cop Marty Singer witnesses a horrific murder and the family of the victim hires him to find the killer. But when he peels back the cover on the case, Marty discovers a rotten core of corruption, graft, and violence that runs from the lowest city street to the top of the political food chain...
  • Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase

    Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Smoke curls from what’s left of the beautiful family home on the edge of the woods. The heat is unbearable as she descends the stairs to the basement, past a set of bicycles––two big, one small...
  • The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run...
  • The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Catch me.The words that taunted FBI Agent Emma Griffin on the blood-soaked train ride from Sherwood continue to follow her.Drawn to Feathered Nest, she discovers that the horror is far from over and whoever is behind the dare has no intention of his brutal game slowing down any time soon...
  • Never Too Late by Sally Rigby

    Never Too Late by Sally Rigby

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vicious attack. A dirty secret. And a chance for justiceEx-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage...
  • Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles

    Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An abandoned baby. Three girls stolen in the night. Two connected cases?London, Winter, 1999. When an abandoned newborn baby is discovered, DC Jack Rutherford becomes involved.Covering the holiday period almost singlehandedly, resources are at breaking point and he’s pushed to his limit...
  • Purppuraverkko by Carmen Mola

    Purppuraverkko by Carmen Mola

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Satoja tuhansia myynyt Espanjan Varistyttö.Kesän viimeisinä päivinä rikostutkija Elena Blanco ryhmineen tekee rynnäkön Madridin laitamilla sijaitsevaan taloon. He syöksyvät suoraan perheen teinipojan huoneeseen, jossa tietokoneen näytöllä kaksi huppupäistä miestä kiduttaa nuorta tyttöä suorassa lähetyksessä. Poliisit joutuvat todistamaan ruudun välityksellä tytön kuolemaa...
  • The Blind Trust by Colin Conway

    The Blind Trust by Colin Conway

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A quiet death in a small town. A double homicide in the big city. Only a murderer knows they’re connected. Whitman County Sheriff Tom Jessup wants a nice, safe county. Unfortunately, things are about to get deadly. A seemingly normal death points Jessup north where he finds Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett investigating a double murder...
  • Over The Edge by Lisa Regan

    Over The Edge by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When retired Philadelphia detective turned private investigator Joselyn Rush is rear-ended, her knee-jerk response is anger, especially when the well-dressed woman driving tries to flee the scene. But as Jocelyn watches in disbelief, the woman jumps off the bridge, plunging to her death in the Schuylkill River one hundred fifty feet below...
  • Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The nationwide manhunt for a killer begins and the media quickly dubs him the “Highway Hunter.” Bodies left roadside on display with horrific markings; a calling card. But this case is miles away from Katie Reid and her life with Detective Marshall Avery.That is, until she gets the call from her old friend and reporter, Marc Aguilar, who believes that the killer could be coming their way...
  • Born in a Burial Gown by M.W. Craven

    Born in a Burial Gown by M.W. Craven

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is a man on the edge. He has committed a crime to get back to work, concealed a debilitating illness and is about to be made homeless. Just as he thinks things can’t get any worse, the body of a young woman is found buried on a wet, Cumbrian building site. Shot once in the back of the head, execution style, it is a cold, calculated murder...
  • Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge

    Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Do you want to play the game?A crimewave sweeps through the city and no-one is safe. An arson at the docks. A carjacking gone wrong. A murder in a country park. What connects all these crimes without causes, which leave no clues?Detective Inspector Helen Grace faces the rising tide of cases which threatens to drown the city. But each crime is just a piece of a puzzle which is falling into place...
  • What She Left by H.K. Christie

    What She Left by H.K. Christie

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s on her last chance. When the bodies start piling up, she’ll need to save more than her job.Martina Monroe is a single bad day away from losing it all. Stuck catching insurance fraudsters and cheating spouses due to a DUI, the despondent PI yearns to return to more fulfilling gigs...
  • Past Crimes by G.K. Parks

    Past Crimes by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight years ago, he covered up a murder. Now Alexis Parker has to prove he didn't do it. Except, she's not convinced he isn't guilty.Ever since Alex went to work for Lucien Cross, nothing's been the same. She's always been wary of him. Now, she finally knows why.The police discovered a body and enough evidence to put Cross in a cell for the rest of his life. He won't offer an explanation...
  • Second Helping by Stephanie Bond

    Second Helping by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sisters are like chubby thighs--they stick together!The Guy sisters are ready to take their place as top-tier private investigators. The problem is, the only thing top-tier about their strip-mall agency is Octavia’s wardrobe…and the cases that come their way are less on the exciting side, and more on the eccentric side...
  • No Way Out by Allison Brennan

    No Way Out by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Allison Brennan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cut and Run, comes a new e-novella, No Way Out: FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid faces her worst fear when her husband goes missing Nine years ago, mercenary Kane Rogan and photojournalist Siobhan Walsh risked their lives to rescue Hestia Juarez, a thirteen-year-old girl being forced to marry a much older man to expand her father’s crime family...
  • The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver

    The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "The Dead Tracks" is the second in the David Raker series from Tim Weaver. A serial killer more terrifying than you could ever imagine...Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight - a student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Six months on, she's never been found. Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it's like to grieve...
  • Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks

    Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s open season on federal agents, and Alexis Parker is the primary target.What happens when allies can't be trusted? Federal agent Alexis Parker is about to find out. After taking some personal time, Alex is back at work and embroiled in an investigation to uncover a traitor inside the Office of International Operations...
  • Warning Signs by G.K. Parks

    Warning Signs by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets prove deadly in Alexis Parker's latest case...Alexis Parker is used to humdrum work assignments. Running background checks and tailing cheating spouses is common place for her and most of the private investigators at Cross Security. But she doesn't particularly enjoy digging up other people's dirt and shining a light on their nastier habits. However, it's a paycheck...
  • Misplaced Trust by G.K. Parks

    Misplaced Trust by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the shake-up at the OIO, Alexis Parker is assigned to assist the DEA on a long-term undercover operation across the country. Being away from home might be just what Alex needs to regain some perspective, especially when Martin's been so distant lately. But this assignment might be more than either of them bargained for since the death toll continues to rise while hard evidence remains zilch...
  • The Long Game by G.K. Parks

    The Long Game by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A con artist. A serial killer. And ten million dollars. This time, everything is at stake. When a man is murdered in front of Alexis Parker, it sends the private investigator into a tailspin that leads to a case of million dollar proportions. In order to get her mind off death, Alex agrees to help Don Klassi, a Martin Technologies board member, with a personal problem...
  • Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen

    Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    McGee tracks killers who brutally murder an ailing millionaire. He renews unfinished adventure with Hollywood actress who leads him into a nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang, porn movies, and mad balloonists. And Mcgee relearns old lesson. Only close to the edge of death does he feel completely alive...
  • The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express?FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her...
  • Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When long-time White Rock resident Mike Donnelly is found dead at his hunting camp, it appears as if the tragic death was by his own hand. But a gut feeling tells Chief of Police Sam Mason otherwise...
  • Treasure State by C.J. Box, Christina Delaine

    Treasure State by C.J. Box, Christina Delaine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    * Running time: 10 hours, 30 minutes *The return of Cassie Dewell 'TREASURE STATE', the latest in the series that inspired ABC hit series 'Big Sky', finds Cassie in Montana on the trail of a con man.C.J. Box's newest Cassie Dewell novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to 'The Bitterroots', is full of more twists and turns than the switchbacks through the Anaconda Range.©2022 C.J...
  • Pressure Point by Ted Tayler

    Pressure Point by Ted Tayler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gus Freeman’s Crime Review Team has two successful cold case investigations behind them. Will it be third time lucky? The victim’s profession might make it hard to find someone to talk. ‘Pressure Point’ has a wide array of characters, and offers action, romance, humour and drama. In their most recent case, DS Neil Davis’s father, Terry, came under the microscope...
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  • Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly

    Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hollywood Jury, the tenth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers, finds Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner Bernie continuing their assignment in Section One, an elite homicide unit that works out of Hollywood Station. Kate’s job quickly becomes more stressful than she could ever imagine when a deranged serial killer begins a murderous spree on college campuses...
  • The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black

    The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thousand people watched. No one saw a thing.Private investigator Thomas Austin is enjoying a relaxing holiday vacation in picturesque Port Townsend, Washington, accompanied by an intriguing new friend. But his tranquility is shattered when the nearby community of Mystery Bay is rocked by the death of a revered musician at an infamous counterculture The Rabbit Hole...
  • Trouble Brewing by G.K. Parks

    Trouble Brewing by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While Alex and Martin prepare to return home, a storm is brewing that threatens to derail everything they’ve built.Private investigator Alexis Parker is ready to say goodbye to the sun, surf, and sand. The West Coast branch of Cross Security is finally getting off the ground, and Martin’s business in Los Angeles is coming to an end...
  • The Night Game by Stacy M. Jones

    The Night Game by Stacy M. Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A series of strange burglaries. The death of a provocative shop owner. The twisted plan that ties them together. PI Riley Sullivan is faced with the daunting task of clearing a young man who has been arrested for the crimes.As Riley and her investigator partner, Cooper Deagnan, work to investigate the burglaries, they come to learn nothing has been stolen...
  • Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks

    Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hollywood - the glitz, the glamour, and a threatening stalker. Is it all just part of the limelight? Working in the private sector has its perks, but boring cases isn't one of them. The most dangerous thing about Alexis Parker's latest P.I. gig is the selection of foods at craft services, or so she's been told...
  • Intended Target by G.K. Parks

    Intended Target by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Inside the federal courthouse, a single gunshot punches a hole through the window, leaving two bodies in its wake. One of the victims is an Assistant United States Attorney. The other is juror number five. Due to the nature of the crime, the OIO is assigned to evaluate the security measures implemented by the U.S. Marshal Service...
  • Dying for a Fix by G.K. Parks

    Dying for a Fix by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back, former federal agent Alexis Parker.Alex always said it'd be a cold day in hell before she'd step foot inside the OIO again, and the blizzard conditions outside prove her declaration true. But clipping on the badge doesn't mean taking a seat behind a desk or investigating a crime scene. It means infiltrating a local drug ring led by the city's most ruthless gang, the KXDs...
  • Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb

    Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone’s found the skeleton in the closet, and it’s not the only one. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Debra Webb presents an emotional new mystery. Crime analyst and newly disgraced deputy police chief Vera Boyett doesn’t visit home often, and she certainly doesn’t venture back into the cave on her family land...
  • Sharko by Franck Thilliez

    Sharko by Franck Thilliez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    " Sharko comparait toujours les premiers jours d'une enquête à une partie de chasse. Ils étaient la meute de chiens stimulés par les cors, qui s'élancent à la poursuite du gibier. À la différence près que, cette fois, le gibier, c'était eux. " Eux, c'est Lucie Henebelle et Franck Sharko, flics aux 36 quai des Orfèvres, unis à la ville comme à la scène, parents de deux petits garçons...
  • Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison

    Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Read book seven in New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison’s heart-racing, fan-favorite Taylor Jackson series! The headshot didn’t kill Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson.But it will crack her psyche and take her to the very edge. In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor’s thoughts and speech...
  • Singularity by Kathryn Casey

    Singularity by Kathryn Casey

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Profiler Sarah Armstrong knows what it's like to be in a sticky situation. As a single mother and one of the few female Rangers in Texas history, she has had to work twice as hard to rank among the best cops in the Lone Star State...
  • The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald

    The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches, strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart--and had been around too long--for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee--to all of him--and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead...
  • The Good Life by Martina Cole

    The Good Life by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The new novel from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole, whose works include DANGEROUS LADY, THE TAKE, THE LIFE and REVENGE...
  • No Way Back by M.J. Arlidge

    No Way Back by M.J. Arlidge

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A treat for fans of DI Helen Grace: an ebook short story from M.J. Arlidge. Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only fifteen.Maybe this time will be different. She'll be safe. Looked after.But the truth is Jodie has no one left to protect her.She must defend herself. She must change...
  • Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce

    Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FBI Agent Rachel Gift, 33, unparalleled for her ability to enter the minds of serial killers, is a rising star in the Behavioral Crimes Unit—until a routine doctor visit reveals she has but a few months left to live.Not wishing to burden others with her pain, Rachel decides, agonizing as it is, not to tell anyone—not even her boss, her partner, her husband, or her seven-year-old daughter...
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