Private investigator Gregg Hunter faces a chilling dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped by unknown assailants. Instead of a ransom, they issue him an ultimatum: solve a baffling murder or lose his daughter forever. Determined to rescue her, Gregg launches dual investigations—one to unravel the murder, another to track down the kidnappers before it's too late.In the enigmatic town of Blackberry Cove, numerous suspects emerge. As Gregg delves deeper into the shadows, he realizes th...

Rella has known the rumors of technology are true ever since she witnessed a spacecraft fall from the skies. But, on Arcadia, speaking that truth can get you hanged as a heretic. Only her collection of blades offer a glimmer of hope against Arcadia's ruthless dictators.Though often lacking in social graces, Rella, a governor’s daughter, suffers no lack of hand-eye coordination or resolve to survive after her father’s wrongful death. When she gets word that the fanatics who executed...

Eleven-year-old Thomas Lemay vanishes from his bedroom in the middle of the night. No struggle. No prints. Just an open window, and his beloved teddy bear missing from the bed.Days later, the bear is found deep in the woods. It's not alone. A trail of abandoned stuffed animals litters the forest like breadcrumbs.Newly appointed as Blackberry Cove’s sheriff, Gregg Hunter had hoped for a fresh start, and a safer place to raise his daughter after tragedy shattered their lives....

A spate of murders has paralyzed this affluent seaside town. How do you catch a killer when everyone’s a suspect?*A twisty thriller by award-winning Canadian author, Tikiri Herath.*FBI Special Agent Tanya Stone has one chance to prove her worth and keep the job she desperately needs.A series of chilling murders has paralyzed the small town of Black Rock. When Tanya stumbles across a dying girl in a ditch an...

Some investigations end when the body is found. This one begins. Aoife Walsh is commissioned to write a national crime series. It feels like the break she's been waiting for. Her first subject: Matt Gallagher, a newly wed who vanished on his honeymoon in Italy. Then Matt's body is found.What should have been a closed case turns into something darker - and into a world that doesn't welcome questions.As Aoife digs deeper, the danger turns dead...

Olympic medalist Anna MacDonald comes home to Namekagon County to emcee the Great Wilderness Race as predators stalk the Northwoods. While occasional interactions with potentially dangerous animals are old hat for most residents, this changes when unpredictable behavior patterns make it unclear who is the hunter and who is the hunted. Sheriff John Cabrelli and the new Musky Falls chief of police work swiftly to keep the community calm as they try to piece together the clues before it is to...

"The surprises keep coming in La Salle's twisting debut thriller, in which good and evil aren't always black and white."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review30 years. 36 priests butchered. His bloodiest masterpiece is yet to come.Every ten years, for the past 30 years, a dozen clergymen are killed, brutally murdered in twisted scenes emulating the deaths of Jesus and his disciples. Now, "The Martyr Maker" has set his mark on New York City. T...

How far would you go to save your best friends life?Standing outside of the courthouse, journalist Andrea Kellner witnesses an apparent carjacking that leaves a judge dead in the middle of downtown Chicago. The victim offers up his vehicle, but the brazen masked shooters kill him anyway and flee. While the police see this as a straightforward crime of greed, Andrea’s instincts urge her to investigate learning the nearly bankrupt judge owed a huge debt to a commerci...

It's hot, remote, desolate and dangerous - and about as deep into the infamous Australian outback as anyone would dare to venture. An eminent neurosurgeon and his family, on the holiday of a lifetime, are shot dead, their shattered bodies left to the ravages of the desert sun and carrion-eating wildlife.Detective Inspector Russell Foley and his best friend, Detective Sergeant Sam Rose, are sent into the heart of the legendary Harold Lasseter, "Lost Reef of Gold" country, to investi...

Det. Apelu Soifua risks losing his career—and his life—in a case that exposes the dark heart of American Samoa, from the author of Pago Pago Tango.Long before he was a cop, Apelu Soifua performed as a fire knife dancer during his teen years in San Francisco. The Polynesian dance troupe was headed by Ezra Strand and his wife, who now live in a secluded house on the cliffs between the ocean and the jungle in Piapiatele. The elderly Ezra has once again been c...

A gruesome murder with a strange twist.Supermarket shelf stacker Regina Steps has been strangled, stripped to her underwear, her body found straddling one of the cannons of Derry's city walls. And why has the killer done that with her thumb? For seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin and the ragtag officers of the Major Investigation Team, it's a homicide they've never seen the likes of before.Middle-aged Regina might have kept herself to herself, but she alw...

**Attorney and LGBTQ+ activist Robyn Gigl breaks the mold with her “thrillingly complex [and] groundbreaking” (The New York Times) legal thrillers featuring ripped-from-the-headlines plots and a singular protagonist who, like the author herself, is a transgender lawyer.Fans of J.A. Jance, Scott Turow, Lisa Unger, and Renee James will devour this edgy page-turner, as a Jersey Shore murder puts Erin McCabe’s own freedom in the crosshairs…Finalist for the Joseph Hanse...