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Promoting her latest books brings best-selling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, chat-show appearances, department store shopping...and murder. But it all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition.

Take a crime-filled tour of Manhattan with this collection of all-new mystery stories compiled and edited by Mary Higgins Clark - with contributions by Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, Ben H. Winters, and others.

Inspired by one of the first real-life female columnists at the New Yorker, this enticing historical mystery follows Freddie Archer as she solves crimes while reporting on the glamorous world of the rich and famous in 1920s Manhattan. This writer just found her next scoop . . . and it’s deadly...

The school year has begun at Euterpe Music School. Pregnancy, lesson plans, and a new album have Murder beyond busy. But that's not all...the Mayor and the FBI want her cooperation.

Il n'y a pas pire vengeance que ce qui blesse ceux qu'on aime. À moins qu'on ne les tue. Il n'y a pas pire obsession qu'un fantôme qui vous hante. À moins que ce ne soit celui d'un ami. Il n'y a pas pire crime que de tuer une enfant. À moins de la tuer deux fois. Un New York sombre et violent, avec des rues comme des canyons dans lesquels la vie se perd et la mort s'engouffre. Avec fracas parfois, comme lorsqu'elle vient saisir une petite fille, retrouvée assassinée, le corps mutilé, au milieu d'un amas d'épaves de voitures.

The first subway station blew up while Mark Hardin was still en route from his stronghold in California, piloting a sleek new twin-engine plane. It was fast, but not fast enough to get him there in time to stop the 72nd Street IRT station from caving in, carrying a large section of Broadway with it. New York City is now under siege and being held for ransom. Mark Hardin must find those responsible, and fast. There are 42 subway stations in New York City, and time is running out.

Beginning in 1982, The Adam's Round Table—a group of America's most talented and successful mystery writers—convened every month in New York to discuss their craft. When agent and author Bill Adler suggested they each write a short story located in a different section of Manhattan, their enthusiastic response resulted in Murder in Manhattan.

"Readers of Brooklyn Noir will recall that its contents were labeled by neighborhood - Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Greenpoint, etc. We have chosen the same principle here, and the book's contents do a good job of covering the island, from C.J. Sullivan's Inwood and Charles Ardai's Upper East Side, to Justin Scott's Chelsea and Carol Lea Benjamin's Greenwich Village."

When 21-year-old NYU student Jeff Converse is convicted of a brutal rape and murder that he did not commit, his nightmare has just begun. Jeff is just the latest innocent man to be made a target of the society that controls the underground hell called the Manhattan Hunt Club.

Liv Spyers hits the big time when she lands a photography assignment with Grammy Award-winning pop star, the one and only Bisa. A huge fan, Liv is extra thrilled that her new boyfriend, Harry, will escort her to the glamorous premiere of Bisa’s debut movie. But when Bisa’s estranged sister, Courtney, threatens to turn the photo-op into a PR disaster, Liv goes after her—only to turn the camera lens on herself when Courtney winds up dead. With all eyes on Liv, her star-studded career is suddenly on the verge of being cancelled...

Ein gefährlicher Sniper in New York - und ein ehemaliger Cop und Astrophysiker als sein Widersacher. Hart, packend, ungewöhnlich! Während eines Blizzards wird in New York ein FBI-Mann in seinem SUV erschossen - von einem Dach und von einem offensichtlich äußerst fähigen Scharfschützen. Das FBI steht vor einem Rätsel - und wendet sich an den ehemaligen Polizisten Lucas Page, der nun als Professor an der Universität lehrt und Experte für Ballistik ist. Page weigert sich zunächst zu helfen - bis er erfährt, wer der Tote ist: sein ehemaliger Partner.

From daring heists to the ultimate escape, discover the true story of Punch Stanimirovic, his extraordinary crew, and his high-society family. Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Burl Barer brings to light the remarkable story of four decades and two generations of America's First Family of kind and generous "altruistic outlaws" in Stealing Manhattan: The Untold Story of America's Billion Dollar Gem Heist Masterminds.

A fun, provocative murder mystery about the making of a miniseries in the Hamptons during the summer of 2016 that involves today's streaming TV, #MeToo Hollywood, the rise of Donald Trump, Hamptons parties, the stealing of Native American lands, and a well-known New York newspaper.

A REESE WITHERSPOON HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! “Will keep you up. In a ‘can’t put it down’ way. It’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ with XX chromosomes.” —The Skimm Read The Last Mrs. Parrish before you pick up the...

I work with my hands in the Colorado Rockies, forging metal into massive sculptures. I’m no Renaissance man - I’m simple - all I need is fresh air, solitude, and an honest day’s work. When I’m commissioned to install a piece of art in Central Park, the gig is too good to pass up. But the moment I arrive in Manhattan, where skyscrapers ruin the view, I’m longing for my cabin on the mountain. Then I meet Mia, and the Big Apple changes before my very eyes. This city girl is working the front desk of the Mid-Manhattan Hotel when I check in, and I can’t help but check her out.

Successful TV political commentator Arthur Vandameer—host of WNIN's Speaking Truth to Power—is rich, famous...and miserable. He has risen to the top of the city's glittering media heap only to find nothing. His teenage daughter—privileged, glamorous Allison—is blonde, beautiful, and wants nothing more than to go to film school. Her boyfriend, Joselito Diaz (aka Goonie), is special to her only because she knows her father cannot stand him. When Allison disappears, a madcap cast of characters gets into the act, stirring a citywide web of intrigue, insanity, political values and personal agendas.

Cuando se conocen por azar una noche en un bar de Manhattan, Kay y Franck son dos almas a la deriva. Él, un actor que roza la cincuentena y al que ya le quedan lejos los días de gloria, intenta olvidar a su mujer, que lo ha abandonado por un hombre más joven. Ella, que acaba de perder la habitación que compartía con una amiga, no tiene donde pasar la noche....

Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic, and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties, and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-esteem eroded, and he lined the pockets of Gans and her cult.

Small-town police chief Arly Hanks takes on the New York Police Department to save her mother from a murder rap in this madcap police procedural.

After crossing from England on the SS Celestiana, Lady Eleanor Swift sets up her home-away-from-home in a lavish apartment in New York City. She is soon the toast of the town, with no high-class soirée complete without her presence. Of course, she drags her butler Clifford and Gladstone the bulldog along to every party, too. But when she witnesses the charming doorman of her building, Marty, knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run, she finds fashionable society suddenly closes rank. The only local detective interested in helping her find the culprit is street-smart beat cop, Officer Balowski.