mystery and detective stories

When a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his client's past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life.

"Annie Kelty and her father run a bookstore in Edinburgh, Scotland. So why does he go off on 'secret deals'? After he returns this time, a murder in the Royal Park is reported. A witness describes a man who ran from the scene. There is no doubt it is Annie's father. The detective working on the case is Annie's boyfriend, Calum Crail - Calum the Cop, her father calls him. Annie is in a tough spot. If she helps her father escape, she might lose Calum. If she helps Calum, her father may be convicted. What should she do? Annie doesn't want to lose either of them. She decides to solve the murder herself."--back cover.

"Will Knight plans to reopen the old silver mine. But the citizens of Silver Ridge don't want it. The mine would pollute their water and keep tourists away. Tourism is the main source of their income. Stacy Champagne returns to town. She plans to help out at her family's Silver Ridge Hotel. But she didn't plan to find Knight murdered in his room. Stacy and Deputy Ramon Gonzales team up to find the murderer. The town is full of people who wanted Knight dead. Can Stacy and Ramon sift through all these suspects? Can they sort out the many alibis? Is this mystery tied to a 20-year-old unsolved murder in Silver Ridge?"--back cover.

"Janet Barkin wins big in the lottery. This brings her a lot of trouble. Some dangerous men want her lottery money. They warn her not to cross them. They tell her about three immigrant women who are dead. But Janet and her friends are asked to help protect other immigrants. Janet, a high-school dropout, joins forces with a beautician, a teenager, and an old lady. They create the Women's Rescue Company. Together, can they outwit the bad guys? Can they prove who is murdering the immigrant women? Can they take control of their own lives?"--back cover.

"When Lin Hill tells Sam Blessing that she can no longer publish his boring books, Sam goes into a rage. He swears that his twin brother Ben will never publish again either. Lin thinks Sam will calm down. She's also sure the manuscript for Ben's next book will arrive soon. But then strange things happen. Hang-up phone calls come at night. Someone tears up her apartment. And Ben's manuscript never arrives. Finally, Sam tells Lin that his brother has died. The question is, has he died or has he been murdered? If Lin goes to the Blessing farm, will her life be in danger? Will the local sheriff believe that a murder has been committed?"--back cover.

"Old Man Hardy was found clawed to death in his snowbound cabin. But the doors and windows were locked from the inside. How could this be? Was he killed by a bear or a murderer?"--back cover.

Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's daughter, McKenna, bleeding in his arms as she uttered the name of her murderer and ex-boyfriend, Jamal. That was minutes before a blast made everything go black for vince--forever. Now Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck has been called in to save Jamal from the death penalty.

His career derailed by the vengeful billionaire Curtlee family for his part in convicting one of their number for murder, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky learns that the killer has won a retrial at the same time a star witness has been murdered.

Dru Rayne and her uncle fled to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years later, they face a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them want it and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching them. As the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem and that everything he thought he knew about them has been a lie.

When Brenda Riley, a colleague from Ali's old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problems and an unlikely story about a missing fiance, Ali reluctantly agrees to help. The man posing as Brenda's fiance is revealed to be Richard Lowensdale, a cyber-sociopath who has left a trail of broken hearts in his virtual wake. When he is viciously murdered, the police soon focus their investigation on Brenda.