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In this eerie thriller, a late night radio host receives a disturbing call that triggers a memory of her childhood escape from a serial killer—and the fear that he's come back to finish what he started. "Chilling and atmospheric." —Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of The...

The United States occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and reality-denial abound, culminating in Washington hailing the mess "a glorious mission accomplished". Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji is a mid-level Iraqi cop who deserted his post back in April. Khafaji has lived long enough in pre- and post-Saddam Iraq to know that clinging on to anything but poetry and his daughter Mrouj is asking for trouble.

The Mystery of Central Park: A Novel is Bly's first venture into fiction. In it, handsome Richard Treadwell lives off a comfortable inheritance yet can't talk Penelope Howard, his beloved heiress, into tying the knot. One day in Central Park, they come upon the form of a lovely, beautifully dressed, and dead young woman. To win her hand, Penelope says Richard must find the victim's murderer. This charming and engrossing mystery reveals sharp contrasts between the lives of New York's rich and poor.

The Akashic Noir series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Angeles’ most recognized neighborhoods.

Molly Murphy braucht dringend einen Partner für ihre Detektei und findet einen neuen Fall... Zum ersten Mal seit die Irin Molly Murphy ihre Detektei in New York gegründet hat, ist sie vollständig mit Arbeit eingedeckt. Obwohl sie sich als echte Unternehmerin erweist und von einigen der hellsten Stars am Broadway und den reichsten Familien auf der Fifth Avenue beauftragt wird, muss sie widerwillig zugeben, dass sie Hilfe bei den vielen Aufträgen benötigt.

Als Holmes an einem drückenden Sommertag mit seinen Bekannten auf Coney Island spazieren geht, hätte er nie vermutet, dass ihn der Fluch von Auburn noch einmal einholen würde. Der ermordete Bankier James Pullman hinterlässt seine attraktive Frau und zwei kleine Kinder, die sich offenbar alle gerne in dieser Affäre an Holmes wenden. Er ist sich bewusst, dass Lady Pullman ein Opfer all dieser Machenschaften ist, da sie offenbar über keinerlei Einzelheiten Bescheid wusste. Aber könnte sie auch Täterin sein? Denn, was hatte ihr Kutscher und Hausdiener im Gefängnis von Auburn zu suchen?

Als Holmes an einem drückenden Sommertag mit seinen Bekannten auf Coney Island spazieren geht, hätte er nie vermutet, dass ihn der Fluch von Auburn noch einmal einholen würde. Der ermordete Bankier James Pullman hinterlässt seine attraktive Frau und zwei kleine Kinder, die sich offenbar alle gerne in dieser Affäre an Holmes wenden. Er ist sich bewusst, dass Lady Pullman ein Opfer all dieser Machenschaften ist, da sie offenbar über keinerlei Einzelheiten Bescheid wusste.

Geht es im Central Park um, genauer gesagt auf Belvedere Castle, der Burg inmitten des Parks? Oder sind die zahlreichen Toten der letzten Zeit auf dem Gelände eher das Resultat diverser Selbstmorde? Geht das Gespenst des Architekten der Burg - Calvert Vaux - dort um und tötet alle, die dessen Ruhe stören? Professor van Dusen glaubt zu keinem Zeitpunkt an solch einen Spuk, lässt sich wiederum aber auch nicht dazu erweichen, Hutchinson Hatch in den Park zu folgen und dem Journalisten zu helfen. Warum nur?

For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first is her repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter the world of New York's wealthiest patrons who have been victims of art fraud.

This inventive, page-turning crime thriller with "palpable emotional depth" (New York Times Book Review) envisions a world in which the Red Scare never ended. USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely‑concealed...

In this "masterly" thriller from the acclaimed author of The Town, the right‑hand man of one of the most infamous mob bosses in American history goes on a dangerous mission (New York Times Book Review). In the late 1970s, The Outfit, led by Tony Accardo, has the entire city of Chicago in its...

Fame and obsession collide in this darkly twisted novel featuring a former Hollywood starlet with a devastating secret in this psychological thriller People magazine praises as "fast-paced and involving", from an incredible new voice in suspense. I've been watched all my life. I'm used to being...

A young woman’s carefully constructed fantasy world implodes in this brilliantly conceived novel that blurs distinctions between right and wrong, comedy and tragedy, imagination and reality: "Surreal . . . leaves you with the creeping certainty that there is a different world lurking just...

In remote Northern California, private investigator Sharon McCone goes undercover to investigate the murders of two indigenous women in this gripping, atmospheric mystery in the New York Times bestselling series. When the bodies of two Indigenous women are found in the wilderness of northern...

In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly scheme that Private Investigator Sharon McCone must unravel—​before they claim her life. San Francisco is home to more than 200 privately owned streets. Most are alleyways, but a select few are...

In New York Times bestselling author Marcia Muller's captivating mystery, private detective Sharon McCone's investigation hits closer to home than ever before?Ķ The Color of Fear When a knock on the door in the middle of the night wakes Sharon, she's wholly unprepared for the horrifying news...

When Judge Calvin Jeffries becomes the first sitting judge to be murdered while serving in office, charismatic criminal defense attorney Joseph Antonelli finds himself smack in the middle of a riveting case. As he works through the intricacies of a homicide audacious enough to strike at the...

A sexy, glamorous romp through the scandals, secrets and even murder in Los Angeles' most exclusive magician's society. Welcome to Club Deception where nothing is what it seems ...and love may be the most dangerous illusion of all. Claire Fredericksson is the beating heart of Club Deception...