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Murder.com (The Reuben Frost Mysteries #8)
by Haughton MurphyA not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a high-tech killer The girl is found lying beside the East River, strangled. She&’s in her late twenties—so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost, legendary retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia, has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is barren for the first time in decades. It&’s the perfect time to find a murderer. The dead girl is Marina Courtland, daughter of millionaire food distributor Daniel Courtland, a treasured client of Frost&’s old firm. Working alongside his dear friend Luis Bautista, the sharpest detective in the NYPD, Frost digs into Marina&’s past. But what he discovers is a tangled web of plagiarism, infidelity, and indiscreet emails that will ultimately put him face to face with Marina&’s killer. Murder.com is the 8th book in the Reuben Frost Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Murder: Mayhem and Murder Book II
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes: Jack the Ripper is vanished, but Dr Thomas Bond is back - and this time the trial of murders leads straight to his front door. Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the events of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. 'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames . . . and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough. Quite, quite brilliant' says John Connolly
Murder: Mayhem and Murder Book II (Mayhem and Murder #2)
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes: Jack the Ripper is vanished, but Dr Thomas Bond is back - and this time the trial of murders leads straight to his front door. Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the events of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. 'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames . . . and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough. Quite, quite brilliant' says John Connolly
Murderabilia: Everyone has a hobby. Some people collect death.
by Craig Robertson'I can't recommend this book highly enough' Martina Cole The first commuter train of the morning slowly rumbles away from platform seven of Queen St station. Everyone on board is sleepy, avoiding eye contact, reluctant to admit the day has begun. And then, as the train emerges from a tunnel, the screaming starts. Hanging from the bridge ahead of them is a body. Placed neatly on the ground below him are the victim's clothes. Why? Detective Inspector Narey is assigned the investigation and then just as quickly taken off it again. Tony Winter, now a journalist, must pursue the case for her. The line of questioning centres around the victim's clothes - why leave them in full view? And what did the killer take with them, and where might it appear again? Murderabilia - the practice of collecting items from crime scenes. Items only available on the dark web. The collector must be prepared to pay a high price. As Narey is about to find out ...
Murdered at 17 (At 17 #3)
by Christine ConradtIn this suspenseful and romantic teen thriller based on the “can’t pull your eyes away” series on Lifetime, one girl discovers that trusting the wrong person could have deadly consequences.Pretty and popular, seventeen-year-old Brooke Emerson is the envy of her classmates—and even some of her closest friends. But while she seems to have it all, Brooke has never felt so lost.Ever since she sustained a head injury during a cheerleading stunt the previous year, she’s suffered from a disorder that causes her to fly into uncontrollable, sometimes violent rages. As hard as she tries to keep it together, she finds herself in danger of jeopardizing her seemingly perfect life.It isn’t until Brooke meets Jake, a handsome and charismatic stranger, that she feels like she’s found someone who not only understands her, but accepts her for who she is. As tempting as it is to get swept up in the romance, she can’t help but feel like something in their relationship isn’t quite right.When her best friend is brutally murdered, Brooke has no choice but to depend on her new love...especially because she's worried that she might be the killer.
Murdered by Nature (The Inspector Alvarez Mysteries #36)
by Roderic JeffriesThe death of a mysterious stranger puts Inspector Alvarez back on the case in “a delightful and entertaining series that never seems to lose a step” (Booklist). Inspector Enrique Alvarez of the Majorca police department is in a good mood, for once. The October sun is shining, no one interrupted his mid-morning nap, and his irascible boss—Superior Chief Salas—is on holiday. But his new-found optimism soon leads to disaster. In no time at all, Alvarez is mired down by a seemingly impossible task—identifying a man drowned in the bay, who it quickly transpires may not have been drowned at all. When the autopsy report reveals that Colin Kerr was poisoned by prussic acid, Inspector Alvarez fears that he has a murder on his hands. The scant clues lead to Laura Ashton, whose fabulously wealthy husband recently drowned in a sailing accident. During his month-long stay on the Spanish resort island, Kerr paid a visit to the Ashtons’ villa, Son Dragó. Inspector Alvarez hates to intrude on a widow’s grief, but he can’t help but notice the almond trees on the grounds of Son Dragó—almonds, Alvarez knows, can be used to make prussic acid. Even more unsettling: Laura Ashton’s palpable anxiety over the disposition of her husband’s will. What’s got her so worried? And what business did Kerr have with Charles Ashton? As one disturbing question leads to another, Inspector Alvarez wishes he were sipping brandy rather than solving a mystery. But the wheels of justice never stop turning, even in paradise.
Murdered in Conard County: The Safest Lies (a Winchester, Tennessee Thriller) / Murdered In Conard County (conard County: The Next Generation) (Conard County: The Next Generation #42)
by Rachel LeeThey can only solve the perfect murderIf they work together.After a shot rings out in the night, park ranger Blaire Afton knows her hard-won serenity is in jeopardy. But when she’s faced with a murder with no motive and no clues, US forest ranger Gus Maddox agrees with her suspicion that this is no random crime. With their shared military past, Blaire and Gus become close. But will their need for each other hinder their quest for justice?
Murderers Anonymous
by Douglas LindsayThe third Barney Thomson novel finds the most infamous barber in the world back behind the chair. Having handed himself in to the police and been rejected as 'just another Barney Thomson amongst many thousands', Barney returns to what he does best: handing out the finest haircuts ever seen in the western hemisphere. However, in trying to come to terms with his murder-ridden past, he joins the local branch of Murderers Anonymous, bringing him once more into contact with the deranged, the criminally insane and the out-and-out sadistically naughty. In no time at all there's a killer reducing the population of Glasgow on a daily basis, and the hapless Barney is soon caught up in this tangled web of death, butchery and Elvis.
Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner Mysteries, Book #1)
by Amanda MatetskyThe year is 1954, and Paige Turner is a feisty young widow with Brenda Starr bravado and a fixation with following in Agatha Christie's footsteps. Trouble is, she works like a dog at Daring Detective magazine and her lousy pun of a name has made her the butt of all office jokes. All she wants is to pen a memorable mystery, but first she needs a good story. Enter the corpse of twenty-four-year-old beauty Babs Comstock who'd had high hopes for the big screen--until she was found with a Hopalong Cassidy jump rope wrapped around her neck. Now, Paige has to find a murderer and tell the tale that could make her writing career--or cut short her life . . .
Murderesses: Two Italian Stories
by Daniela DiBenedettoTwo women, each intelligent, talented, wealthy, beautiful. What could drive them to kill?These stories take us to Rome and Palermo.Two Boyfriends Too Many is the story of Samantha, who seems interested in nothing beyond her all-consuming career as a writer. Twice she ends up with men she loves, and each one is killed in mysterious circumstances. Following the trails of these murders, a police detective encounters every kind of revelation.The Price of Revenge introduces Flora, gifted with an artist's sensibility and a keen awareness of her surroundings. Here is a painter able to draw the profile of the two thugs who killed her boyfriend during a robbery. But both are unknown to the police, and to track them down Flora enters a world that will change her life forever.
Murdering Americans (Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mysteries #0)
by Ruth Dudley Edwards""Academia (n.): a profession filled with bad food, knee-jerk liberalism, and murder... Being a member of the House of Lords and Mistress of St Marthas College in Cambridge might seem enough to keep anyone busy, but Baroness (Jack) Troutbeck likes new challenges. When a combination of weddings, work, and spookery deprives her of five of her closest allies, she leaps at an invitation to become a Distinguished Visiting Professor on an American campus. With her head full of romantic fantasies inspired by 1950s Hollywood, and accompanied by Horace, her loquacious and disconcerting parrot, this intellectually-rigorous right-winger sets off from England blissfully unaware that academia in the United States is dominated by knee-jerk liberalism, contempt for Western civilization, and the institutionalisation of a form of insane political-correctness. Will the bonne viveuse Baroness Troutbeck be able to cope with the culinary and vinous desert that is New Paddington, Indiana? Can this insensitive and tactless human battering-ram defeat the thought-police who run Freeman State University like a gulag? Does she believe the late Provost was murdered? If so, what should she do about it? And will she manage to persuade Robert Amisswho describes himself bitterly as Watson to her Holmes and Goodwin to her Nero Wolfeto abandon his honeymoon and fly to her side?
Murdering Ministers: An Oliver Swithin Mystery (Oliver Swithin Mysteries #2)
by Alan Beechey"Filled with clever repartee, memorable characters, and an ending as satisfying as it is unexpected."—BooklistWhat holy terror spiked the sacraments with strychnine?When a teenage girl disappears from a north London suburb a few days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Effie Strongitharm puts would-be cult leader and reputed exorcist Nigel Tapster on her list of people to be questioned.But when Effie witnesses Tapster's agonizing death during a church service, she needs to ask a different question: What holy terror spiked the sacraments with strychnine?With her mentor Detective Superintendent Mallard battling forced retirement, Effie turns to children's book writer Oliver Swithin to help her in a double quest—to bring the girl home and the murderer to justice in time for Christmas.But is there a connection between the cases? And what does any of this have to do with a Scotland Yard Commissioner's personal hygiene, a six-year-old Hell's Angel, a guide to beastly behavior featuring Finsbury the Ferret, a touch of Shakespeare, and the return of the mysterious, virtually invisible Underwood Tooth?
Murdering Mr. Monti: A Merry Little Tale of Sex and Violence
by Judith Viorst"Highly entertaining...Sit back in the bubbles and enjoy." --The Philadelphia InquirerBrenda Kovner, a newspaper advice columnist and amateur psychologist in 1990s Washington DC, doesn't consider herself intrusive, just extremely interested in helping. If she knows the answer, she can't shut up--even if no one's listening. Since Brenda knows what's best--for everyone--she secretly decides she must murder her son Wally's prospective father-in-law, before he can get to Wally. She has a foolproof plan. In fact, she has a million of them. But first she's got a few kinky desires of her own to satisfy.
Murderland
by Thomas B. CavanaghFantasy meets reality when a deranged killer targets tourists at a major Orlando theme park. Enter Kevin Lonnegan, a former cop turned private investigator, hired to go undercover as a park employee to find the killer before another murder occurs. Along the way, Kevin crosses paths with an old nemesis, finally comes to terms with the demons of his own past, and confronts the killer in a life or death struggle that will leave only one person standing. Your ticket is waiting. Welcome to...Murderland.
Murderland
by Thomas B. CavanaghYou&’ll pay for admission with your life . . . An amusement park hides a killer in this unforgettable thriller from &“a great new talent in crime fiction&” (Lee Irby, author of Bottom Feeders). As Orlando&’s third-largest theme park, Empire Realm, prepares to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, a public relations disaster strikes. In a span of three weeks, two tourists are found dead, victims of strangulation. Enter Kevin Lonnegan, cop-turned-private investigator. Going undercover as a park employee in the brutal Florida summer still has to be better than the seedy workers&’ comp cases and messy divorces usually thrown his way. After all, theme parks are supposed to be the happiest places on earth. But a cold-hearted killer has made this one their hunting ground . . . Praise for Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s Mike Garrity novels, Head Games and Prodigal Son &“An Orlando, Florida, thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it&’ll make you bleed.&” —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author &“Carl Hiaasen fans will be thrilled to know there&’s a new kid on the block. If you liked Basket Case, you&’ll flip over Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s sardonically and outrageously funny lead character.&” —Charlotte Hughes, New York Times–bestselling author &“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, Prodigal Son disturbs and charms at the same time.&” —Booklist
Murderland: A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller (The Manchester Murders #1)
by Pamela MurrayA heart-stopping crime thriller with “a tense, twisty storyline . . . [and] a terrific climax”—first in the Manchester Murders series (Love Books, Read Books).When DI Joe Burton and DS Sally Fielding are called to investigate a suspicious death in a care home, it is just the start of their problems.As further bodies are discovered, with playing cards placed beside their bodies, the Manchester police realise they have their work cut out.With the press closing in on the case, a criminal profiler is called in to help work out what the killer’s motive is.With the clock ticking and more victims uncovered, Fielding and Burton must race to track down a twisted killer before it’s too late.But could the killer be closer to home than anyone ever imagined?“I enjoyed the relationship between Burton and Fielding, the in-depth investigation and the descriptive writing which builds tension slowly until the gripping ending . . . very entertaining.” —White Tulip CandlesAlso available in the Manchester Murders series: Bloodline and Duplicity
Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall (A Honeychurch Hall Mystery)
by Hannah DennisonThis nail-biting addition to Hannah Dennison's Honey Church Hall mystery series, Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall is not to be missed."An enjoyable, lighthearted read, just the thing to chase the blues away." —M.C. BeatonWhen the only copy of Ravished, Iris Stanford’s new manuscript, never arrives at her London publisher’s office, her daughter Kat investigates the tiny local village post office, where it appears the package never left the building. Iris is on tenterhooks—not only is her novel gone with the wind, but she’s deathly afraid that Muriel Jarvis, the postmistress and notorious busybody, will expose her secret identity as the bestselling romance writer Krystalle Storm. Meanwhile, Muriel has her own problems with the sudden death of her husband Fred, which has left her heavily in debt. In the spine-tingling climax, both past and present collide as Kat fights for her life and those she holds most dear, dancing once again with the dark forces lurking behind the grandeur of Honeychurch Hall.
Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall: A Honeychurch Hall Mystery (Honeychurch Hall #4)
by Hannah Dennison'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M.C. BeatonHistory has a habit of repeating itself...When the only copy of Iris Stanford's new manuscript fails to arrive at her publisher's, her daughter Kat tracks the package pack to the tiny local post office, leaving Iris terrified that Muriel Jarvis, the local postmistress and notorious busybody, will expose her secret identity as international bestselling romance author Krystalle Storm.But Muriel has problems of her own. The sudden death of her husband has not only left her heavily in debt but facing the possibility that Lord Rupert Honeychurch will evict her from the cottage her family has lived in for generations. Desperate for money, Muriel recklessly embarks on a disastrous course of action - with fatal consequences.As tales of bizarre thefts, blackmail and infidelity abound, Kat's loyalties are challenged on every front - and then the ancient remains of a civil war victim turn up, reigniting old rivalries...Praise for Hannah Dennison: 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson
Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery (Roger Blanc)
by Cay RademacherInternational Dagger Award shortlisted author of The Murderer in Ruins, Cay Rademacher, delivers a beautifully atmospheric new story with a captivating main character in Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery.Capitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator with the anti-corruption-unit of the French Gendarmerie, was a bit too succesful in his investigations. He finds himself removed from Paris to the south of France, far away from political power. Or so it would seem. The stress is too much for his marriage, and he attempts to manage the break up while trying to settle into his new life in Provence in a 200-year-old, half-ruined house. At the same time, Blanc is tasked with his first murder case: A man with no friends and a lot of enemies, an outsider, was found shot and burned. When a second man dies under suspicious circumstances in the quaint French countryside, the Capitaine from Paris has to dig deep into the hidden, dark undersides of the Provence he never expected to see.
Murderous Mocha Waffle (Book 14 in the Diner of the Dead Series)
by Carolyn Q. HunterMother's Day is a special time in Haunted Falls. The local Knitting Society is putting on a fair at the city's community center where women can share their favorite foods, crafts, and memories of their mothers. Diner owner, Sonja Reed, has prepared another delicious waffle recipe in honor of her own mother. Unfortunately, the festivities turn dark when a body is found shoved into a janitor's closet. At first glance, the homicide seems fairly cut and dried, but when a strange object shows up on the scene, it falls to Sonja and her friend Belinda to figure out how it's connected to the murder. Will this Mother's Day be a permanent stain on the town's psyche? Or will Sonja be able to snag the killer once again?
Murders & Acquisitions (The Reuben Frost Mysteries #3)
by Haughton MurphyDuring a weekend in the country, Reuben Frost investigates the murder of a frozen-food king who got himself into hot water Reuben Frost misses a lot of things about life as a corporate lawyer, but working for Andersen Foods Corporation is not one of them. A vast international enterprise, AFC has made millions pumping out cheap, inoffensive food. But Reuben Frost, a titan of Wall Street, is simply not the TV-dinner type. Unfortunately, even after retiring from the respected law firm Chase & Ward, Frost is still expected to attend the annual Andersen family retreat, a weekend of fun and games as bland as an Andersen frozen meal. This year, however, the retreat will be a bloody good time. A corporate raider has his eyes on the Andersen family fortune, and old Flemming Andersen is determined to fight him to the death—a wish he&’ll get to fulfill all too soon. When Andersen is boiled alive in his hot tub, Frost must find the killer to save the corporation and rescue his long weekend. Murders & Acquisitions is the 3rd book in the Reuben Frost Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Murders and Metaphors: A Magical Bookshop Mystery (A Magical Bookshop Mystery #3)
by Amanda FlowerUSA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower is back with the third in her more-charming-than-ever Magical Bookshop mystery. Fans of Sofie Kelly and Heather Blake, prepare your bookshelves!Niagara region booksellers Violet Waverly and Grandma Daisy sleuth the slaying of a sommelier whose book signing turned into her sayonara.January means ice wine season in the Niagara Falls region, but the festivities leave Charming Books owner Violet Waverly cold, still reeling from a past heartbreak. A past heartbreak who will be present at the annual midnight grape-harvest festival, and no magic in the world or incantation powerful enough could get Violet to attend. But Grandma Daisy, an omniscient force all on her own, informs Violet that she’s already arranged for the mystical Charming Books to host celebrity sommelier Belinda Perkins’s book signing at the party. Little do either Waverly women know, the ice wine festival will turn colder still when Violet finds Belinda in the middle of the frozen vineyard—with a grape harvest knife protruding from her chest. Belinda grew up in Cascade Springs, but she left town years ago after a huge falling-out with her three sisters. One of those sisters, Violet’s high school friend Lacey Dupont, attends the book signing in the hope of making amends with her sister, but Belinda and Lacey end up disrupting the signing with a very public shouting match and Lacey quickly becomes the prime suspect in the sommelier’s murder. Violet is sure Lacey is innocent, and to keep her friend out of prison, Violet asks for guidance from her magical bookshop. The shop’s ethereal essence points her to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, but what have the four March sisters to do with the four Perkins sisters? If she can’t figure it out, Violet, herself, may turn as cold as ice. Violet, Grandma Daisy, Emerson the tuxedo cat, and resident crow Faulkner are back on the case in Murders and Metaphors, USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower’s enchanting third Magical Bookshop mystery.
Murders at the Harmony Hollows Resort (The Prunella Pearce Mysteries)
by Gina KirkhamA sleuthing librarian and her friends embark on a fun-filled trip to a holiday camp—but death isn&’t taking a holiday . . .June 1998: Elodie Marshall has committed a terrible crime. But when she&’s deemed unfit to plead, she is sentenced to living within the confines of a mental health facility . . .Present day: Amateur detective Pru Pearce and her friends from the Winterbottom Women&’s Institute are about to embark on their annual getaway. The 1960s Butlins-style Harmony Hollows Resort has caught their attention for a few reasons, including the northern ballroom championships and the unsolved double murder from 1983. But what the women thought was just a cold case soon steps into the present when a murderer, dubbed The Grim Sleeper, strikes. Soon, Pru and the other WI women are dragged deeper into the mysteries of both the past and present-day murders. But this is no evening entertainment—this is real life, and everyone is in danger . . . Can Pru uncover the truth before another innocent camper is offed? Or are her friends in Chalet 13 destined to meet a grisly end? This killer comedy is the latest in the series of &“warm, cozy crime capers&” by the author of the Constable Mavis Upton novels (Jill&’s Book Café).
Murders at the Montgomery Hall Hotel (The Prunella Pearce Mysteries)
by Gina Kirkham&“Laugh out loud . . . I flew through it . . . I was totally hooked.&” —Goodreads reviewer, five starsA sleuthing librarian and her friends spend Halloween at a generations-old estate where they discover murder runs in the family . . . Prunella Pearce, Bree, and the other ladies of the Winterbottom Women&’s Institute are planning to spend Halloween at the Montgomery Hall Hotel murder-mystery weekend—just as the historical venue&’s past comes back to haunt it. The hotel is now in the incapable hands of Tarragon Montgomery, with its faltering finances overseen by elderly matriarch Cecily. Meanwhile, the local actress hired to play Psychic Selma for the weekend has been replaced by an impostor. But who is she, and what is her agenda? Pru and Bree have some experience solving mysteries, but as Montgomery Hall is engulfed by a storm and the bodies start piling up, they may need a little assistance from Pru&’s delectable detective, Andy Barnes, in order to crack the case . . .
Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat: A brand new unmissable humorous cozy crime mystery (The Prunella Pearce Mysteries)
by Gina KirkhamResidents of a rest home are dying of very unnatural causes, in this new novel in a series of &“warm, cozy crime capers&” (Jill&’s Book Cafe).Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent murder-suicide . . .Today. Librarian Pru Pearce is preparing for her wedding to police detective Andy Barnes. But after one of her Women&’s Institute friends suffers a suspicious accident at Rookery Grange, a home for the elderly and infirm, Pru and the other ladies are on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy . . . With her wedding taking a disastrous turn and a killer on the loose, the part-time detective makes another vow: to investigate and solve the mystery. Will she unravel generations of murderous secrets and find the culprit?