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Celebrated author Laurie R. King dazzles mystery lovers once again in To Play the Fool, her second Kate Martinelli mystery. When a band of homeless people cremate a beloved dog in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the authorities are willing to overlook a few broken regulations. But three weeks...

Read the first Kate Martinelli Mystery by New York Times bestselling, Edgar award-winning novelist Laurie R. King. In Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless...

Queerer Küstenkrimi mit Ostseewind, Witz und einem Todesfall, der zu viele Fragen offenlässt. Walter und Willy wollen in Ahrenshoop eigentlich nur Geburtstag feiern – bis am Strand ein Mann tot aufgefunden wird. Walter traut der Sache nicht. Zwischen Dünen, Küstenregen und dem Glanz eines Luxus-Hotels beginnen die beiden auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln.

Devastating secrets shroud the campus of Green Dell Academy, secrets that some think are worth killing for . . . From Lambda Literary Award finalist Alex Myers comes a provocative dark academia novel. There are rules and then there's reality . . . Autumn, 2015. Green Dell Academy is a...

Cassie Mayheim, mystery bookstore owner and self-anointed super sleuth, has solved every fictional case she's ever read. So when her best friend surprises her with an Alaskan WhoDunIt cruise for her fortieth birthday, she's ready to put her skills to the test. But the staged murder begins to...

It's opening night at the theatre and Addison Harper has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy. This might just be his perfect date. The variety show promises spooky Halloween fun, ghoulish drag queens, frightening musical numbers, and the scariest thing of all: audience participation. Of...

The fabulous Oregon coast is a scenic getaway to behold, but for a gay, autistic travel writer and amateur sleuth, there is no such thing as a vacation from murder… Though sparks flew between travel writer Oliver Popp and extroverted photographer Ricky Warner on their last assignment together...

A selection in Parade’s roundup of “25 Hottest Books of Summer 2018” A Paste Magazine’s Most Anticipated 25 books of 2018 pick A Medium’s Books pick for We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018 list Set in a near future Washington, D.C., a clever, incisive, and fresh feminist twist on a classic...

Es ist verrückt. Es ist überhaupt das Verrückteste, was ich je gehört habe... und das Gefährlichste. Amateure gehen auf Verbrecherjagd? Das ist einfach nur lächerlich. Benjamin Walsh und seine neuen Weggefährten müssen sich weiteren Herausforderungen stellen. Denn hinter ihrem letzten Fall steckt möglicherweise mehr als vermutet. Jeffrey Walters lässt sich als neuer Sicherheitschef von Balgreen House auf ein Abenteuer ein, mit dem er im Traum nie gerechnet hätte.

Kerstin Ostheim, a journalist, and P. J. Banner, a freelance photographer, have been together six months after meeting on a dating website. They are getting married in two weeks and as the wedding fast approaches, they question their compatibility while investigating mysterious horse killings that are taking place in Ogweyo's Cove, the Pacific tourist haven where they live.

When Siel unearths the bones of villagers massacred on his fiance's orders, his heart breaks. His fiance: the king. A monster and the man who saved Siel from the depth of melancholia. The man Siel loves. But some loves have to die, and Siel will kill this one. With no army, his only weapon is his secret ability to change into a fox—he's a familiar.

Max has settled nicely into life in Welling. He's got the best boyfriend ever born and a life he never imagined he could have. He's also written his new screenplay, and the hottest director in Hollywood has snapped it up enthusiastically. Things take a turn for the worse when one of the actors is murdered, and the best suspects are Max, his family, and his houseguests. The sheriff is no help at all, so Max needs to discover who the killer is before someone ends up behind bars.

Angus grew up around the strange. With his mother able to see and speak to ghosts, he's grown up knowing there are things most people can't see or understand. When he accidentally catches Lance arguing with a ghost, he knows he has to step in before the man thinks he's going crazy. As Lance adjusts to his new ability, he also realizes seeing ghosts has its advantages. When several women are murdered in the area, it's up to Lance and Angus to work with the ghosts of the victims to catch the killer.

Rien de plus frustrant pour un policier qu'un cold case : une enquête qui, par manque de preuves, reste non résolue. Malgré toute son expérience, Maud Graham a toujours de la difficulté à accepter que ces cas inexpliqués fassent partie du métier. Surtout que, dans une ville paisible comme Québec, les actes criminels ne sont pas légion. Néanmoins, de nouveaux indices viennent remettre à l'avant-plan un meurtre et une disparition survenus des années plus tôt et pour lesquels ni coupables ni motivations n'avaient été trouvés.

Newly retired Jayne Marple and Arnolda "Arnie" Palmer met playing Scrabble, and it was love at first tile. While this is their second chance at love, they're also working together to make the Elsinore Detective Agency a success.

Run. When the body of seventeen-year-old student Melanie Pirt is found, DS Gabe Martin is more than ready to take the lead on her first murder case. Determined to prove herself to the cold and mysterious DI Juliet Stern, Gabe can’t afford any distractions – especially not ones that wake her in the night, reminding her of a past she’d rather forget. Because while Gabe and Juliet have few leads, there are plenty of suspects. And every one of them is lying.

Addison Harper is back, and with another dead body at his feet. Only this time, the entire town saw it happen. Milverton is in the running for the Terrific Town Award, so a dramatic death at the opening ceremony is far from ideal. Addison had only been lending a hand, but now finds himself much more involved than he'd ever hoped. To think his biggest worry before had been his upcoming date with Sergeant Jake Murphy.

Lauren and Kelsey: married, a baby on the way, and now the new owners of the Hudson Valley house they’ve always admired. The timing couldn’t be better, and the leafy, secluded area couldn’t be more beautiful. Everything’s perfect—except for the older gentleman across the street, who seems to be keeping a very close watch on them. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Taking a break from their usual business of helping adoptees find their birth parents, New York private investigatorsand super-sized, ever-so-slightly-paranormal siblingsFran and Ken Stein accept a job to find a missing young woman. Nineteen-year-old college student Eliza Hennessey is transand...

It's steaming August in post-war Philadelphia. Clifford Waterman, dishonorably discharged from the Army for "an indecent act with a native" in Cairo, can't go back to his job as a police detective and is struggling to make a go of it as a private investigator. He's soon hired to help a young man caught in a gay bar raid who can't afford the $500 bribe a corrupt judge demands to make a "morals charge" go away.