A disgraced Toronto police detective tries to save a missing teenage girl in a novel that " ramps up the suspense to fever pitch" ( Publishers Weekly).He may have been cleared of murder charges, but that doesn't mean Steve Nastos's troubles are over. Some of his former colleagues on the force still think he belongs in prison, and his wife wants him to finally free himself from the darkness that has been fueling his law enforcement career—a...

A police detective is accused of murder in this novel that "delivers on all levels: action, courtroom drama . . . and a show-stopping climax" ( The Hamilton Spectator).Until recently, Steve Nastos was a respected Toronto detective, part of the sexual assault unit. Now he's in custody—accused of killing his young daughter's dentist after learning of the man's unspeakable crimes against children.Freed on bail, he has one hope: to track down the actua...

Whether it's cops or criminals, every organization has its filthy few . . .No longer on the force, Karen Grant is now working as a journalist—and one of her two sources has just been murdered in what police have written off as a drug deal gone bad. When Grant and a witness become hunted themselves, she can think of only one person to turn to: her ex-partner, disgraced Toronto detective Steve Nastos.With help from his friend, lawyer Kevin C...

Disaster cut them off. Now a killer is closing in.After losing her husband and young son in a tragic accident, concert pianist Riley Forte abandoned the stage—and her passion. Years later, as she prepares for a fragile return to music, Mount Rainier erupts in the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.Cut off by flooding and ashfall, Riley's peaceful neighborhood becomes a virtual island. But she's not alone.A detective searching for a serial ki...

**One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which.I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead.I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military.I’m the new mother of a seven-year-old girl.**Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will cause that. But she’s discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self. She f...

In this emotional story of violence and the aftermath of survival, the New York Times bestselling author of Descentdelivers a tour de force about the indelible impact of a crime on the lives of innocent peopleIn the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene—half frozen but alive.What ...

When a murder echoing a fifteen-year-old cold case rocks the Southern town of Savannah, crime reporter Harper McClain risks everything to find the identity of this calculated killer in Christi Daugherty's new novel The Echo Killing.A city of antebellum architecture, picturesque parks, and cobblestone streets, Savannah moves at a graceful pace. But for Harper McClain, the timeless beauty and culture that distinguishes her home's Southern heritage vanishes d...

An FBI analyst hunts for a sadistic serial killer in Washington, DC, in this "dark and mesmerizing" thriller—"equal parts Kathy Reichs and Thomas Harris" (Lisa Gardner).FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair hunts for evil in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Still reeling from the death of her fiancé, she wants nothing more than to focus on her research into the brains of serial killers. But when the Washington, DC, police stumble upon a gruesome murder involving a ...

A teenage girl clashes with her new stepmother in this debut thriller with an unforgettable twist‘A pile-up of devastating plot twists’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other‘Dark, deep, thought-provoking. Go and read it!’ Adele Parks‘Similar in spirit to We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Sunday Times‘Genuinely unputdownable’ Clare Fisher, author of A...

An Irish crime novel featuring ex-cop Jack Taylor from an author "among the most original and innovative noir voices of the last two decades" ( Los Angeles Review of Books) .In The Emerald Lie, the latest terror to be visited upon the dark Galway streets arrives in a most unusual form: a Cambridge graduate who becomes murderous over split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and any other sign of bad grammar. Meanwhile, Jack is approa...

"[A] suspenseful, well-plotted neo-noir set in L.A. . . .[features] a quirky, thoughtful detective with a wry sense of humor and a philosophical bent." — Publishers Weekly, starred reviewLos Angeles Private Detective John Darvelle is a man of specific tastes—simple design, smart women, cheap American beer.He's a man of specific opinions—drive a car nobody can remember, avoid brunch at all costs, and don't live in...

Married sleuths cross paths with married assassins in this "priceless" mystery by the bestselling author of the Jane Whitefield series ( The New York Times).Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both ex-LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a Glock 17, the couples have little in common—until they're hired to do damage control on the same murder. ...