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The Devotion of Suspect X

The Devotion of Suspect X


Keigo Higashino



From One of Japan’s best-selling crime novelists makes his American debut in an atmospheric thriller about a desp...
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus)

The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus)


Ian Rankin



From Publishers Weekly James Gale proves an excellent choice to narrate this latest entry to the long-running Inspector R...
The Bone House

The Bone House


Brian Freeman



From Publishers Weekly At the start of this solid stand-alone from Freeman (Immoral and three other titles in his Duluth,...
Last Detective

Last Detective


Peter Lovesey



From Publishers Weekly Irascible, corpulent, cynical Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond of the Avon and Somerset murder s...
The Survivors Club

The Survivors Club


Lisa Gardner



From Publishers Weekly One cannot read this excellent new novel by bestselling author Gardner (The Next Accident) without...
The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble


Michael Mcgarrity



Amazon.com Review Santa Fe Police Chief Kevin Kerney never solved the disappearance of Anna Maria Montoya 11 years ago....
Stalker (The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series - Book 12 - 2000)

Stalker (The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series - Book 12 - 2000)


Faye Kellerman



Amazon.com Review Faye Kellerman's latest thriller features Cynthia Decker, daughter of Peter Decker, familiar to reader...
Burn

Burn


Nevada Barr



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Barr's outstanding 16th Anna Pigeon novel (after Borderline) takes the National Pa...
Coyote Waits (Joe Leaphorn Jim Chee Novels)

Coyote Waits (Joe Leaphorn Jim Chee Novels)


Tony Hillerman



From Publishers Weekly Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee investigate the murder of a fellow Navajo poli...
Lost Light

Lost Light


Michael Connelly



From Publishers Weekly Award-winning former crime reporter Connelly (The Black Echo; City of Bones) hits all the right no...
Strange Affair

Strange Affair


Peter Robinson



Amazon.com Review Without a doubt, the family and friends of fictional sleuths are two of the most endangered species on ...
False Prophet (The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series - Book 05 - 1992)

False Prophet (The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series - Book 05 - 1992)


Faye Kellerman



From Library Journal With typically creative prose and plotting, Kellerman immerses LAPD Detective Decker ( Sacred and Pr...
Close Enough to Kill

Close Enough to Kill


Beverly Barton



From Publishers Weekly Barton (Killing Her Softly) is a veteran of romantic suspense, and it shows in her latest, a well-...
The Black Echo

The Black Echo


Michael Connelly



From Publishers Weekly Connelly transcends the standard L.A. police procedural with this original and eminently authentic...
Color of Justice

Color of Justice


Gary Hardwick



From Publishers Weekly A provocative examination of race fires up this otherwise lukewarm crime drama. Set in Detroit, th...
Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery

Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery


J.A. Jance



Amazon.com Review Rattlesnake Crossing is J.A. Jance's sixth novel in the acclaimed Joanna Brady series (readers may also...
The Fly on the Wall

The Fly on the Wall


Tony Hillerman



Review “Tony Hillerman’s novels are like no others.” (San Diego Union-Tribune ) “Fascinating....
The Midnight Club

The Midnight Club




From Publishers Weekly Edgar-winner Patterson ( The Jericho Commandment )he is also chairman of J. Walter Thompson USAalm...
To the Power of Three

To the Power of Three


Laura Lippman



From The award-winning author of the Tess Monaghan mysteries has written an independent crime thriller and coming-of-age...
Breach of Duty: A J.P. Beaumont Mystery

Breach of Duty: A J.P. Beaumont Mystery


J.A. Jance



Amazon.com Review In Breach of Duty, after a three year hiatus, J.A. Jance resumes her Seattle-based mystery series featu...
Evan and Elle

Evan and Elle


Rhys Bowen



From Publishers Weekly When Madame Yvette, a seductive widow, opens a French restaurant in Llanfair, in northern Wales, h...
Split Images

Split Images


Elmore Leonard



Review "A superb craftsman...his writing is pure pleasure." -- -- Los Angeles Book Review "Brilliant...impressive...super...
The Fallen Man (Joe Leaphorn Novels)

The Fallen Man (Joe Leaphorn Novels)


Tony Hillerman



Amazon.com Review "They sat for a while, engulfed by sunlight, cool air and silence. A raven planed down from the r...
The Traffickers

The Traffickers


W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth Iv



From Publishers Weekly Dope smuggling, prostitution and murder preoccupy Sgt. Matt Payne of the Philadelphia PD in the un...
Vengeance in Death

Vengeance in Death


J. D. Robb



Review Futuristic...and steamy. -- Publishers Weekly About the Author J. D. Robb is the pseudonym of New York T...
Cold Is the Grave: A Novel of Suspense

Cold Is the Grave: A Novel of Suspense


Peter Robinson



From Publishers Weekly This 11th book about Yorkshire police officer Alan Banks is disappointing after 1999's Edgar-nomin...
Jack Frost 2 A Touch of Frost

Jack Frost 2 A Touch of Frost


R.D. Wingfield



From the Back Cover 'A funny, frantic, utterly refreshing brew' Sunday Telegraph Detective Inspector Jack Frost, officia...
The Choirboys

The Choirboys


Joseph Wambaugh



About the Author A former LAPD detective and perennial bestselling author, Joseph Wambaugh is the cops’ poet laurea...
Kindred In Death

Kindred In Death


J.D. Robb



From Publishers Weekly New York City law officers have more technological weapons at their disposal in bestseller Robb's ...
The Shape Shifter

The Shape Shifter


Tony Hillerman



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. A picture cut from a glossy magazine, Luxury Living, draws retired Navajo tribal ...
Night Train

Night Train


Martin Amis



Amazon.com Review On a beautiful night in a second-tier American city, a beautiful astrophysicist with the clichéd ...
Voices

Voices


Arnaldur Indridason



From Publishers Weekly Gold Dagger Award–winner Indridason stumbles in his third Reykjavik thriller to feature Ins...
Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington Novels)

Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington Novels)


Stuart Woods



Amazon.com Review Suave, sophisticated Stone Barrington is a hero destined for the big screen. (Since Cary Grant is dea...
Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel (Detective Inspector Chen Novels)

Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel (Detective Inspector Chen Novels)


Liz Williams



From Publishers Weekly The shade of Charlie Chan hovers over Williams's entertaining supernatural mystery, the first in a...
Hollywood Station

Hollywood Station


Joseph Wambaugh



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Wambaugh's outstanding new novel, his first in a decade, is not only a return to ...
Angels Flight

Angels Flight


Michael Connelly



Amazon.com Review Michael Connelly, whose novel won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as o...
Corpus Christmas

Corpus Christmas


Margaret Maron



Review "It does what a good mystery novel must-keep you guessing to the end." -- -The News and Observer, Raleigh "One ...
Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel

Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel


Martin Cruz Smith



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Moscow-based Senior Investigator Arkady Renko, in his outstanding sixth outing (a...
The Death of an Irish Sinner: A Peter McGarr Mystery (Peter McGarr Mysteries)

The Death of an Irish Sinner: A Peter McGarr Mystery (Peter McGarr Mysteries)


Bartholomew Gill



From Publishers Weekly HChief Superintendent Peter McGarr of the Dublin Police has faced great dangers in 14 previous nov...
Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel

Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel


Peter Robinson



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Robinson tries something different in his excellent 19th novel to feature Det. Chi...
The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday


G. K. Chesterton



Amazon.com Review In an article published the day before his death, G.K. Chesterton called The Man Who Was Thursday "a ve...
Iron Orchid (Holly Barker Novels)

Iron Orchid (Holly Barker Novels)


Stuart Woods



From Publishers Weekly Having ditched her Orchid Beach, Fla., police chief post, returning supersleuth Holly Barker opts ...
Indulgence in Death

Indulgence in Death


J.D. Robb



From Publishers Weekly Lt. Eve Dallas of the New York Police and Security Department returns home from a long overdue Iri...
Body of Evidence (CSI Crime Scene Investigation)

Body of Evidence (CSI Crime Scene Investigation)


Max Allan Collins



Review "No one can twist you through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins." About the Author...
Blood of Angels: A Novel

Blood of Angels: A Novel


Reed Arvin



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Thomas Dennehy, assistant DA of Davidson County, Tenn., is about to become famous....
Blood on the Sand

Blood on the Sand


Pauline Rowson



From In the fifth Marine Mystery, Detective Inspector Andy Horton’s Isle of Wight vacation is cut short when he e...
What the Dead Know: A Novel

What the Dead Know: A Novel


Laura Lippman



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Edgar-winner Lippman, author of the Tess Monaghan mystery series (No Good Deeds, ...
The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct

The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct


Ed Mcbain



Amazon.com Review Penzler Pick, January 2000: When it comes to the novels of big-city cop life revolving around a single ...