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Eve Dallas is the tough lieutenant hot on his trail, but this is unlike any case she’s ever been assigned - or any killer she’s ever pursued. A police sketch based on eye-witness testimony reveals the killer has green skin, swollen red eyes, goblin ears, and a dislocated jaw-structure that defies the human form. Is it a mask? Is it make-up? Or is the explanation more sinister? Dallas faces off against multiple suspects - all of them students of medicine capable of precisely slicing the ears, noses, and eyes of the three victims.

Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal - whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened. Colt Bertrand has been fighting his attraction to the sexy game warden since he first laid eyes on her.

Ember Rose ist zurück für ein weiteres Rätsel in Starry Hollow. Die ehemalige Einwohnerin aus New Jersey und Nachfahrin der einzigen wahren Hexe erwartet magische Kunstwerke am Balefire Beach für den ersten jährlichen Sandskulpturenwettbewerb – was sie jedoch nicht erwartet, ist eine Leiche.

An Instant USA TODAY Bestseller! In this laugh-out-loud murder mystery, three women dating the same man band together to get revenge, but when they discover his body, they'll need to solve his murder before they go down for it. The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it...

Tasha, Elizabeth, Dawn, and Miranda were the undisputed goddesses of their Southern California liberal arts college. With distinct talents, beauty, and accomplishments, each goddess appeared predestined to be forever traveling on that path called the Charmed Life. But, in a tragic twist of fate, just before graduation, a student is found murdered on campus. Suspicion falls in their midst, and one of them goes missing. Destinies are changed forever.

Ricki James-Diaz gets the best present ever when her parents arrive in New Orleans for the holidays. Not only is it a chance to catch up, it's also an opportunity to jog her mom Josepha's memory about Ricki's adoption. The details have always been shrouded in mystery. And Ricki understands why when she learns her mother was blackmailed for years, simply for not wanting to lose her precious daughter. But digging into the past soon lands the James-Diaz clan in water hotter than a big pot of gumbo!

Aleksandra Daniels is settling into her new home in Bellamy Bay, North Carolina. She loves her apothecary job, and is enjoying getting to know her boyfriend, local detective Jack Frazier. But she’s still trying to figure out her magical powers. Leaves are changing, pumpkins are being picked, and the small coastal town is caught in the excitement of the approaching Oktoberfest. Alex’s friend Pepper is more excited by the anniversary of a cold case she’s helping her boss, Jonah, investigate.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha. “This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with...

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but when one of the new human arrivals on a space shuttle is murdered, she’s back in the game. Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, thank you very much. But no matter what she...

“With Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha has taken a dark moment in Los Angeles’s violent history and cracked it wide open, creating a prism of understanding—of the pull of generational violence and its enduring devastation, but also of the power of human grace against all odds. It’s a...

Normally, spooky season is Bailey Briggs's favorite time of year, and her Halloween-themed small town's time to shine. But between managing Lazy Bones Books, working on her graphic novel-in-progress, and running the Spooky Season Literary Festival, Bailey hardly has a moment to enjoy Elyan Hollow's spot-on seasonal vibes. Not to mention, at every turn she seems to be tripping over the contentious crew of Gone Ghouls, a ghost-hunting reality TV show currently filming around town.

Autumn on the Maine coast is stunning, which brings the tourists out in droves. My restaurant, the Little Dog Diner, is teeming with them, thanks to the locally famous fall festival. Usually that's a great thing...this year, however, the discovery of a dead body puts a damper on business awfully fast. Add to that the fact that the victim had a vendetta against almost every small business owner in town, and now I've landed right in the middle of the very long and tedious suspect list.

Witzig, skurril, spannend und absolut hörenswert: Band 3 der Erfolgsreihe "Kati Blum ermittelt" - die Krimikomödie aus Bayreuth! Kati Blum hat ein Problem. Ihre Schwiegermutter hat Zahnweh und ist noch unausstehlicher als üblich. Blöd nur, dass gerade jetzt ihr Zahnarzt tot aufgefunden wird. Das wiederum ruft den attraktiven Kommissar Lars auf den Plan. Obwohl Kati nicht gerade unglücklich darüber ist, Zeit mit ihm zu verbringen, kann sie an seine Raubmordtheorie nicht so recht glauben. Zeit zu handeln, beschließt sie deshalb und stellt ihre eigenen Ermittlungen an.

Toutes les victimes se croyaient à l'abri du chaos. Exactement comme vous ! Esotérisme, codes secrets, sectes millénaires, complots... Maxime Chattam, le nouveau maître du thriller français, nous entraîne dans une terrifiante course contre la montre, contre la mort, au-delà du miroir.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha. In his introduction, guest editor S. A. Cosby observes that writing short stories is “a special skill that...

Julia’s fears that somebody is trying to kill Barker are confirmed when a dead body with a striking resemblance to him is found on his doorstep the very next day, just as their romance is deepening. Barker might be on temporary suspension from his role as Detective Inspector at the village police station, but that doesn’t mean he’s short of enemies in Peridale, especially when a dark face from his past arrives in the small village to stir up painful memories.

From Florida’s king of mayhem—""compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny"" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey—comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms. No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms...

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and...

กีรตินายตำรวจอนาคตไกลที่ต้องรับหน้าที่ดูแลขนิษฐาน้องสาวที่ชื่นชอบในเรื่องการสืบสวน วันหนึ่งเขาได้รับผิดชอบเกี่ยวกับคดีการฆาตกรรมที่เหี้ยมโหด ซึ่งเป็นการฆ่าคนเลียนแบบเกมในเว็บไซด์หนึ่ง ในวันแรกที่ไปเรียนในมหาวิทยาลัย ขนิษฐาได้เจอกลุ่มเพื่อนใหม่ ซึ่งมีเกวลี (นักศึกษาปี 1 คณะวิทยาศาสตร์สาขาคอมพิวเตอร์) นัดดา (นักศึกษาปี 1 คณะวิทยาศาสตร์สาขาคอมพิวเตอร์) และแน่วแน่ (นักศึกษาปี 1 คณะวิทยาศาสตร์สาขาคอมพิวเตอร์) ซึ่งทั้งสามคนเป็นเพื่อนสนิทกันอยู่ก่อนแล้ว

Beneath the charming exterior of Hemlock Hollow lurks darkness and deception. When wealthy recluse Clara Thompson is murdered and her valuable antiques stolen, amateur sleuth and budding white witch Blue Bell suspects foul play. She teams up with handsome P.I. Ethan Moore to crack the case, using her investigative prowess and discreet witchcraft to uncover clues the police miss.