homicide

Four fan-girls of The Ruperts, sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed things go from bad to worse.

When a grisly murder occurs on a Scottish island, Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod must confront his past if he is ever going to discover if the killing has a connection to another one that took place on the mainland.

Bailey Ruth Raeburn, always great at solving mysteries, is thrilled to discover in death that she can play an even bigger role in lending a helping hand--especially when she sees that there is a dead man on the porch of Kathleen, a pastor's wife, and that the pastor is sure to become a suspect.

Edwer Thissell must solve a murder on the planet Sirene where everyone wears masks to indicate their social status and communicate by playing instruments for any social situation.

What happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive? Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

"Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She's died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments--the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator--leading a life of ultimate fame, responsible only for entertaining the masses. And though their weapons and armor are digital, the pain is real. Chosen to be the first female captain in RAGE tournament history, Kali Ling is at the top of the world--until one of her teammates overdoses. Now, she must confront the truth about the tournament. Because it is much more than a game--and even in the real world, not everything is as it seems."--Provided by publisher.

In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell, " fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain.

Presents an examination of how and why people murder, and posits the theory that suggests everyone is capable of killing, using evidence from extensive research, personal experience, and the stories of convicted murderers, the author investigates the motivation behind murder.

A young man tries to uncover the truth behind a shocking murder that took place nearly thirty years ealier, looking to the town's residents to rebuild the events of the crime and try to determine why no one stopped the killer when everyone seemed to know his intentions.

While Detective Antoinette Conway and her partner Stephen Moran work a seemingly routine investigation of a lovers' quarrel gone bad, they discover the case isn't as by-the-numbers as they thought.