Genres : Mystery

In post-war Tulsa, prostitute murders, blackmailer murders, and a murky communist conspiracy embroil a cynical PI in noir plots and Cold War intrigues. His investigation intertwines with his ruined baseball career, his WWII code breaking service in Alaska, and his obsession with a suspicious death there.Hired to solve a prostitute’s murder, Wyatt Scott navigates all sections of town, from the infamous May Rooms brothel to the Tulsa Club elite. More murders follow his work, leading him in different directions, while...

Abbeyford, in the West Country of England, is supposed to be a safe and pleasant place to live. But no fewer than four young women have gone missing in the past few years and now another, nineteen-year-old art student Mae Denton, has disappeared.DI Kate Redman is eager to tie up any loose ends before she goes on maternity leave. But as the case unfolds, a straightforward disappearance becomes more complicated. Who was the mysterious man whom Mae was apparently seeing,...

Foreign agents are on Gracie’s trail. A dead man has her picture in his pocket.And teenagers are ruining her life...It’s fall in River Grove, and the air smells like wood smoke, spiced lattes and fresh bread. Out-of-town customers flock to The Laughing Loaf, as local news recommends the bakery as a not-to-be-missed destination in the redwoods.After her maybe-boyfriend Nate takes off for a bird photography gig in the Galapagos Islands, Gracie chases a mysterious prowler from her front porch. The...

In the charming town of Willowberry, Stella Ray’s café is known for good coffee, flaky scones, and community warmth. What the town is not known for? Murder. When a man is found dead at the Sunflower Festival, the idyllic charm of Willowberry cracks. Suddenly, Stella is juggling gossiping townsfolk, suspicious break-ins, and shadowy figures watching her every move. Sheriff Ben Morgan wants to protect her, but he can’t ignore the evidence stacking up against her. With Rex, her loyal bulldog,...

Nora is eight months pregnant when a sociopath escapes from a psychiatric hospital and begins killing doctors. There's still time to close out one little case before going on maternity leave, right?Continue the story of Nora Wexler and Travis Greer in the first book of a new set of adventures! Memories of the past collide with present challenges with big future changes on the horizon.Complicated Delivery is 65,000 words long. The language and content are clean.

IT WAS A SIMPLE CASE . . . until it wasn't. Anna-Claire Carden, M.D. wants to know who she is. Jake isn't interested in a birth parent search, but Scarlett takes the case. As the search ensues, puzzling facts and multiple mysteries emerge, capturing Jake's attention. When the investigators travel to South Carolina for witness interviews, life-threatening situations arise causing Jake to send for backup. Fraud and deception blend as truth is uncovered, a manifest injustice is discovered, and a...

Amy Galanis thinks her worst problem is a messy freeloading housemate, Matt. That's until she comes home and finds a dead stranger in the living room and Matt vanished with no trace. As the police investigate, and as shady figures from her housemate's past start to appear, Amy becomes a target in all the wrong ways. Her quiet life as a librarian descends into chaos, forcing one question to the top: what in blazes was Matt up to, and why...

The puzzling murder of a beloved teacher leaves Detroit homicide detective Sam Roma searching for answers. To her chagrin, not only does Sam have a murder to solve, she's been assigned a new homicide investigator, Tom Green, who comes with his own set of problems and challenges. As Tom makes a series of rookie mistakes, Sam wonders if she's up to mentoring a partner with personal struggles-one who she suspects is involved in departmental politics.To top it off, Sam's personal...

In Queens Hill, nothing stays buried forever.A haunting noir tragedy. Detective Sergeant Frankie Merlot has spent most of his life believing loyalty was the one thing the job could never take from him. The badge changes people. Time changes them more. Not everything survives either.When a young woman is found dead in a roadside motel, what should be a routine case becomes anything but. Frankie begins pulling at loose threads, expecting answers he’s chased a hundred times before. Instead, the...

A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she’s descended from magicians, she’s skeptical. After all,...