Feyport, Illinois, has never known heroes like the Hardly boys. Polite, stylish, and relentlessly brave, Frank—dark-haired and muscular—and his earnest younger brother Joe return from a European vacation to chaos at home. Their parents, famed detective Fennel P. Hardly and his wife, have been kidnapped. So have six prize poodles from the Lake Merrimen Dog … Read more
In 8th Day, the stakes become incredibly personal and chaotic for Cassidy James. The plot kicks off with the abduction of a troubled child and the simultaneous disappearance of a beloved local teacher. As Cassidy digs into these twin mysteries, she uncovers a far-reaching and deadly conspiracy that threatens the stability of her entire community. … Read more
In A Darker Domain, Val McDermid weaves together two cold cases that converge around the legacy of the 1984-85 miners’ strike in Fife, Scotland. Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case Unit, investigates the disappearance of Mick Prentice, who vanished during the strike, and the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman’s daughter that occurred … Read more
In 2nd Fiddle by Kate Calloway, private investigator Cassidy James returns for her second outing, this time dealing with the fallout of a high-profile kidnapping. When a wealthy local businessman’s daughter is snatched, the police are quick to focus on the obvious leads, but Cassidy suspects there is a more intimate betrayal at play. As … Read more
In 1st Impressions, by Kate Calloway, rookie private investigator Cassidy James trades her quiet life in Cedar Hills, Oregon, for a high-stakes murder case that hits closer to home than she’d like. After the mutilated body of a wealthy local is pulled from a lake, Cassidy is hired to find the killer—by the prime suspect … Read more
Framed for murder after a routine delivery goes wrong, a Brooklyn bike courier and her girlfriend must navigate a dangerous urban landscape to expose a corrupt cop and clear their names.
Set in 1990s Lima during Fujimori’s corrupt presidency, two wealthy married couples become entangled in blackmail, political corruption, and murder after the wives begin a passionate bisexual affair.
Harper Dawkins has spent her entire adult life trying to disappear. A new name, a new state, a new accent
Lies Are Forever | C. Jean Downer | Two dead bodies in her New York City brownstone send PI Sloane West to an island village full of secrets, lost family, and a suspect who steals her he
The Gulf | Rachel Cochran | In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women’s liberation movement, a closeted