mystery and detective stories

As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation--an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer.

Dismas Hardy finds himself on the case as Maya Townshend, a beautiful San Francisco socialite and niece to the mayor, becomes embroiled in conspiracy, cover-ups, and tabloid-fueled controversy after the murder of two acquaintances.

In the wake of a gangland shooting at a popular tourist site in Philadelphia, Matthew Payne pursues a suspicion that the case is related to a murder near the Schuykill River, and follows a hunch to the Texas-Mexico border, where he encounters more danger than anticipated.

Throughout San Francisco, wealthy children and their nannines are disappearing. It's up to the ladies of the Women's Murder club to solve the crime, but with no ransom notes or demands, the trail looks bleak. Throughout the investigation, the club must also deal with the recent shooting of one of their members.

In an alternate world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy.

Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts - a skull buried in the rocky soil - human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder.

First of a series featuring Sir John Fielding, a magistrate who in the 18th Century co-founded London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. The narrator is Jeremy Proctor, a 13-year-old orphan who serves as Fielding's eyes. Fielding is blind. The series opens with the "suicide" of a lord known for his gambling and extra-marital affairs.

"Tom Blake is a likeable but shy high school student who fantasizes about adventure, romance, and discovering 'portholes' to the past. Little does he know that all are about to come his way."--back cover.