“Entertainment is the very heartbeat of Sanvar, and we are the blood, and as long as it remains that way, whether we live or die is immaterial.”In the Greco-Roman culture of Sanvar, a tale unfolds that follows the story of two orphans: one incredibly important, the other apparently insignificant.Isla Eliseus is the Iram of Sanvar, and among the most powerful people in the entire empire. Despite the honor and influence of her position, Isla wrestles with a p...

Called out on a snowy night, brought back memories of his wife's death. Leaving the scene of a deadly accident, he chanced upon a tour bus driver installing chains. Marveling at the efficient installation with no wasted motion, his casual question unwittingly exposed him to a biting dressing down. Being knocked off balance by the sharp reprimand, he found himself laughing out loud when the bus full of Marines pulled away.After years of no interest in the female of the species, he fo...

Kayla is enjoying her life near the Truckee River, which runs near her apartment in Reno, Nevada. Her life takes a sudden turn when she reports a murder.Explaining that she didn't know it was a murder when she witnessed it on her television; she is written off as a nut case until a body matching the details in her statement is discovered.Detective Cooper must determine if she is an accomplice or a witness and finds himself believing her without solid facts. His cop-radar is p...

"Wild by Nature!" is the county's motto, but even locals are mystified at July's growing body count. Is it coincidence or something more sinister at work? With thousands of visitors arriving for patriotic celebrations, bears sniff out easy plunder creating havoc, but with the county's death rate accelerating -- bears may be the least of the sheriff's problems. Young sheriff Beatty has always been a problem solver, but even his skills are tested as he is thrust into one investigation after ...

Brace yourself for an "Electrifying and thoroughly satisfying" read (Publishers Weekly) from The New York Times #1 bestselling author Sue Grafton, the next installment in t****he award-winning series that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone—and a hot new attitude—to crime fiction...M IS FOR MONEYMalek Construction is a mega-million-dollar company that grew out of modest soil to be...

A gripping tale of hatred, lies, and deadly tradition featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont.The blood at the scene belies any suggestion of an “honorable death.” Yet, to the eyes of the Seattle police, a successful Japanese software magnate died exactly as he wished—and by his own hand, according to the ancient rite of seppuku. Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont can’t dismiss what he sees as an elaborate suicide, however, not when something about it make...

Sometimes the warning signs come too late...The brutal slaying of Boulder’s controversial D.A. strikes deep in the heart of everything clinical psychologist Alan Gregory holds dear: After all, Alan’s wife, Lauren, worked for the dead man.When a new patient walks into Alan’s office—a terrified mother with an explosive secret—he finds himself edging even closer to the darkness. Soon her privileged exchanges convince Alan that a crime is about to be committed. And when he unco...

Eureka. It’s what you say when you strike gold. It’s also a town in California where the truth might be buried forever.In New York Times bestselling author William Diehl’s thrilling, accomplished new novel, the seamy past of America’s most glamorous state lies in this deceptively peaceful area, one hundred miles north of Los Angeles. It was the lawless place from which young, rugged Thomas Culhane escaped to fight World War I. Now it’s a place where, two decades l...

As a veterinarian, she’s more experienced with paw prints than fingerprints. But thanks to her dogged persistence and her knack for landing on her feet, Jessie’s got murder on a very short leash.The sun is barely up and the day is already going to the dogs. Literally. As Dr. Jessica Popper embarks on a house call to a local horse farm, her one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless Westie, Max, stumble upon something unexpected: a corpse half buried in the woods. As Max happily digs...

A dog trainer and his pathologist wife investigate murder when a terrier unearths the hand of a missing woman in this charming mystery.Returning to Maine after a blissful honeymoon in Mexico, kennel owner Jack Field and his smart and sexy bride, chief medical examiner Dr. Jamie Cutter, are ready to fulfill a promise made to a new friend they met there. The daughter of retired general Lamar MacLeary asked dog expert Jack to help her father "rewire" his wired wire-ha...

Colin didn't think getting a job would make him a suspect in a series of robberies.When Colin accepts the job to clean up the graffiti in an upscale neighborhood he worries that he might be targeted by gangs. But every time he is sent to clean up graffiti, the police are nearby investigating a crime. Colin knows he's done nothing wrong, but even he acknowledges his presence at the crime scenes looks suspicious. The only way he can clear his name is to figure out wh...