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Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFire 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 Killing House by Claire McGowan]()
The Killing House by Claire McGowan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLong-buried secrets are being unearthed. And they're very close to home...Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns yet again to her hometown to investigate a spine-chilling case in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. The Paula Maguire series is the perfect read for fans of Michael Connelly and Peter May... -
![The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor]()
The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA 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 ratingsFourteen 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... -
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![So We Lie by Willow Rose]()
So We Lie by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEva 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... -
![Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg]()
Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 4-6 (But Not Forever, But Not For Naught, and But Not Forbidden) of the Clint Wolf Mystery Series by award-winning author BJ Bourg now available as a boxed set! BUT NOT FOREVER After a year of working as a tour guide in the swamps of Louisiana--and the day after a man’s body is found in a canal--former Police Chief Clint Wolf realizes he can’t stay away from law enforcement work... -
![Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase]()
Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSmoke 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... -
![Runaway by Martina Cole]()
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![In the Deep by Loreth Anne White]()
In the Deep by Loreth Anne White
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI hope you don’t find him. And if you do, I hope he’s dead and that he suffered… Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter’s devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he’s helped her move as far as possible from the grief, the rage, and the monsters of her past... -
![Maura's Game by Martina Cole]()
Maura's Game by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMaura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off the most audacious gold bullion robbery of all time. Since then she's retired from a life of crime to be with the only man she's ever loved. But enemies from her past are closing in and they're about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan. The dangerous lady is back and she's as lethal as ever . . -
![Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles]()
Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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... -
![The Blind Trust by Colin Conway]()
The Blind Trust by Colin Conway
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA 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... -
![In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter]()
In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow far would you go to save the ones you love? The first book in a gripping new crime series featuring DCI Anna Tate.When nine children are snatched from a nursery school in South London, their distressed parents have no idea if they will ever see them again. The community in the surrounding area in shock... -
![Over The Edge by Lisa Regan]()
Over The Edge by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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... -
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![Deadly Crimes by Michael Hambling]()
Deadly Crimes by Michael Hambling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDetective Sophie Allen faces her toughest challenge in a gripping new mystery by best-selling author Michael Hambling A young man’s mutilated body is found on top of the Agglestone, a well-known local landmark on Studland Heath It seems that he was involved in a human trafficking and prostitution gang... -
![Law of Five by Robin Mahle]()
Law of Five by Robin Mahle
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 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... -
![Little Lost Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Little Lost Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a dead body is found in the walls during a home renovation, detective Georgiana Germaine gets swept into a cold case murder... -
![Consummatum est by César Pérez Gellida]()
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![Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben]()
Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams... -
![Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain]()
Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe slips through the unlocked window. Creeps down the hall. A shadow standing in the bedroom doorway. Will you wake when death comes ripping? A string of brutal home invasion murders terrifies Dade County Florida. The killer strikes in the dead of the night, savages innocent people in their beds, wipes out entire families. Skewering them with his blade. Butchering them beyond recognition. Raw... -
![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 ratingsDetective 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 ratingsDo 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... -
![Ice Into Ashes by John Carson]()
Ice Into Ashes by John Carson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is a healer….unless you’re the one doing the killing…DCI James Craig is heading home to Fife for a family funeral after the discovery of his wife's uncle's lifeless body at home, having fallen down the stairs. The incident was classified as a Sudden Death, attributing it to the man's advanced age and fragility. Case officially closed... -
![No Way Out by Allison Brennan]()
No Way Out by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom 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... -
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![Free to Deceive by Julie Mellon]()
Free to Deceive by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpecial Agent Katie Freeman and her partner, Michael Powell, step in to assist the local authorities after the discovery of thirteen bodies buried in a small park. The chilling pose of each body and the gruesome manner in which they died indicate a particularly sadistic killer... -
![Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister]()
Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNational Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson brings back renowned FBI Profiler Karen Vail in an intelligent thriller that bridges time and space. When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague, Detective Roxxann Dixon... -
![The Dead Man by Joel Goldman]()
The Dead Man by Joel Goldman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIf you like John Grisham's twists and turns and James Patterson's page-turning thrills, you'll love Joel Goldman's The Dead Man, the second book in the Jack Davis Thriller series! "A masterful blend of rock-solid detective work and escalating dread. The Dead Man is both a top-notch thriller and a heart-rendering story of loss, courage and second chances. I loved it... -
![The Jump by Martina Cole]()
The Jump by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDonna Brunos worships her husband and is devastated when he is jailed for armed robbery. Georgio swears he's been set up and persuades Donna to help him escape.Implementing 'the jump' takes Donna into a twilight world she never believed existed - a world of brutal sex and casual violence... -
![Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks]()
Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’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...Categorized as:
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![Warning Signs by G.K. Parks]()
Warning Signs by G.K. Parks
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets 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 ratingsWith 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...Categorized as:
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![The Take by Martina Cole]()
The Take by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFreddie Jackson thinks he owns the underworld when he gets out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections, and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie just wants her husband home, but she's forgotten the rows, the violence, and the girls Freddie can't leave alone... -
![Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs]()
Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly]()
Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHollywood 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... -
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![Missing by Erin Kinsley]()
Missing by Erin Kinsley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA MOTHER WALKS INTO THE SEA . . . AND NEVER COMES BACK. WHY?One perfect summer day, mother of two Alice walks into the sea . . . and never comes back.Her daughters - loyal but fragile Lily, and headstrong, long-absent Marietta - are forcibly reunited by her disappearance.Meanwhile, with retirement looming, DI Fox investigates cold cases long since forgotten... -
![Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks]()
Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHollywood - 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 ratingsInside 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 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala]()
A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo families. One secret. Separated by a river and twenty years of lies. Five minutes changed Poppy Sadler’s life forever. Tick. The hospital called. Her mother’s battle with cancer was finally over. Tock. The police showed up at her door. Her father’s body has just been pulled from the River. Tick. Murdered. Tick, Tock. Five minutes and a secret is coming undone... -
![Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb]()
Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSomeone’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... -
![The Make by Jessie Keane]()
The Make by Jessie Keane
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel. Life is good for Gracie Doyle - running her Manchester casino keeps her busy. Until the police turn up at her door one day and her world is turned upside down. She is given news that her two estranged brothers have been viciously attacked. George is in hospital on a ventilator and worringly, Harry is missing... -
![Dead and Gone to Bell by Jeremy Waldron]()
Dead and Gone to Bell by Jeremy Waldron
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping crime mystery that will make your jaw drop. Investigative reporter, Samantha Bell, knows the end is near. But when young women are suddenly being targeted by a mysterious serial killer who leaves little clues behind, Samantha pushes her way into the biggest murder investigation of her life... -
![Singularity by Kathryn Casey]()
Singularity by Kathryn Casey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsProfiler 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... -
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![The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot]()
The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA swallow flutters its wings into a dimly lit attic as Adele Foyle stumbles across the secret diary of the mother she has never met, and a shocking account of a crime committed over twenty-five years ago... -
![Behind You by Rylie Dark]()
Behind You by Rylie Dark
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDespite being a rising star in the BAU unit, FBI Special Agent Hailey Rock still lives in the shadow of her older sister, who remained in their small Midwestern town to become a police sheriff, and who remains the favorite in their parents’ eyes... -
![Liar Liar by L.G. Davis]()
Liar Liar by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe swore he would always protect me, that he would take my darkest secret to the grave. But I’m starting to think he hasn’t told me his…My husband and I are the dream couple: deeply in love, the envy of all our friends and neighbours. He surprises me with flowers, I make him his favourite meals and prepare picnics to enjoy with our son. It’s little gestures like this that keep our romance alive... -
![Get Even: A dark thriller of murder, mystery and revenge by Martina Cole]()
Get Even: A dark thriller of murder, mystery and revenge by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe twenty-second novel from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, Martina Cole, author of DANGEROUS LADY, THE TAKE, THE GOOD LIFE and many more... Playing grown-ups, the future is theirs for the taking. Sharon Conway and Lenny Scott are childhood sweethearts. Everyone says they are too young, but nothing can keep them apart... -
![The Worm in the Bud by Chris Collett]()
The Worm in the Bud by Chris Collett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA puncture wound in the arm of a local journalist found dead in his home gives testimony to his death by lethal injection, and the cryptic note by his side—“no more”—suggests suicide. To DI Tom Mariner, however, there is something a little too staged about events, especially given that just that evening Mariner had witnessed the journalist—Edward Barham—pick up a prostitute in a bar... -
![The Faithless by Martina Cole]()
The Faithless by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGabby looked at the woman she had hated nearly all her life. Then she sat down on the ladder-backed chair, put her face into her bloodied hands and cried. To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children...
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