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Blood Rain
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $13.00
Despite his best efforts to please everyone and keep out of trouble, the veteran Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen has made more enemies than friends over the years. Now it's payoff time. After his last case, amid the gentle hills and lush vineyards of Piedmont, Zen finally receives the order he... Read more >
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $13.00
Despite his best efforts to please everyone and keep out of trouble, the veteran Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen has made more enemies than friends over the years. Now it's payoff time. After his last case, amid the gentle hills and lush vineyards of Piedmont, Zen finally receives the order he... Read more >
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A Long Finish
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
Ratking, Vendetta, Cabal, Dead Lagoon, Così Fan Tutti--in each of these masterfully suspenseful and atmospheric novels we have met Michael Dibdin's Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen. Intelligent and urbane (if a little weary), Zen galvanizes us not only with his ability to solve the most intractable crimes but also with his... Read more >
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
Ratking, Vendetta, Cabal, Dead Lagoon, Così Fan Tutti--in each of these masterfully suspenseful and atmospheric novels we have met Michael Dibdin's Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen. Intelligent and urbane (if a little weary), Zen galvanizes us not only with his ability to solve the most intractable crimes but also with his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Locked Room
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $14.00
The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery.
A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart is found... Read more >
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $14.00
The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery.
A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart is found... Read more >
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Badlands
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $7.99
A teenage runaway’s body is found in the basement of a rancid tenement building in the desolate, dangerous North Philly district dubbed the Badlands. The inexplicable cause of death: drowning. Months later, this dormant homicide case stirs back to life. A confession to the bizarre murder sends Philadelphia police detectives Kevin... Read more >
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $7.99
A teenage runaway’s body is found in the basement of a rancid tenement building in the desolate, dangerous North Philly district dubbed the Badlands. The inexplicable cause of death: drowning. Months later, this dormant homicide case stirs back to life. A confession to the bizarre murder sends Philadelphia police detectives Kevin... Read more >
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Still Waters
Written by Nigel McCrery
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Razor-sharp and mesmerizingly eerie—with one of the most clever and ruthless villains to appear in ages—Still Waters is a stunning start to an exciting new crime series.
DCI Mark Lapslie is called in when the decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed. The body provides few clues, beyond the fact that... Read more >
Written by Nigel McCrery
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Razor-sharp and mesmerizingly eerie—with one of the most clever and ruthless villains to appear in ages—Still Waters is a stunning start to an exciting new crime series.
DCI Mark Lapslie is called in when the decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed. The body provides few clues, beyond the fact that... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Fallen Curtain
Stories
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $11.00
A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc??s double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from... Read more >
Stories
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $11.00
A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc??s double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Green Money
Author of The Hoodoo Man
Written by Judith Smith-Levin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $6.50
For homicide detective Lieutenant Starletta Duvall and her partner, Dominic Parisi, the torching of a homeless woman is a random act of unspeakable violence. The autopsy, however, turns up an enigmatic calling card, suggesting that the crime scene's chilling proximity to the exclusive prep school is no coincidence. Before Star and... Read more >
Author of The Hoodoo Man
Written by Judith Smith-Levin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $6.50
For homicide detective Lieutenant Starletta Duvall and her partner, Dominic Parisi, the torching of a homeless woman is a random act of unspeakable violence. The autopsy, however, turns up an enigmatic calling card, suggesting that the crime scene's chilling proximity to the exclusive prep school is no coincidence. Before Star and... Read more >
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Scared to Live
Written by Stephen Booth
Format: Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $7.99
How do you investigate the murder of a woman without a life?
That’s the challenge facing Detective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry when a reclusive agoraphobic is found shot to death in her home. For a woman with no friends, no family, and virtually no contact with the... Read more >
Written by Stephen Booth
Format: Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $7.99
How do you investigate the murder of a woman without a life?
That’s the challenge facing Detective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry when a reclusive agoraphobic is found shot to death in her home. For a woman with no friends, no family, and virtually no contact with the... Read more >
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Bruno, Chief of Police
Written by Martin Walker
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he... Read more >
Written by Martin Walker
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Bruno, Chief of Police
Written by Martin Walker
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he... Read more >
Written by Martin Walker
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Lake of Darkness
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $12.95
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own... Read more >
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $12.95
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Night's Child
A Detective Murdoch Mystery
Written by Maureen Jennings
Format: eBook, 376 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $7.95
After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photograph is... Read more >
A Detective Murdoch Mystery
Written by Maureen Jennings
Format: eBook, 376 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $7.95
After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photograph is... Read more >
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Under the Dragon's Tail
Written by Maureen Jennings
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $6.95
Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and... Read more >
Written by Maureen Jennings
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $6.95
Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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The Laughing Policeman
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck heading a major manhunt in pursuit of a mass-murderer.
On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by a mysterious assassin. The... Read more >
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck heading a major manhunt in pursuit of a mass-murderer.
On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by a mysterious assassin. The... Read more >
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The Man on the Balcony
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.00
The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders.
In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on... Read more >
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.00
The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders.
In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on... Read more >
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Cosi Fan Tutti
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
An Aurelio Zen Novel
Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the rule of law is so lax that a police station may double as a brothel. But this time, having alienated superiors with his impolitic zealousness in every previous posting, Zen is determined not to make... Read more >
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Written by Michael Dibdin
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
An Aurelio Zen Novel
Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the rule of law is so lax that a police station may double as a brothel. But this time, having alienated superiors with his impolitic zealousness in every previous posting, Zen is determined not to make... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Poison Ape: A Shinjuku Shark Novel
Written by Arimasa Osawa
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $15.95
Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work with him. Shunned by his peers, scorned by his superiors, and feared by the yakuza, "The Shark," as he is called, works the dangerous Shinjuku section of Tokyo.
This second installment of the popular Japanese series finds The Shark embroiled in a conflict... Read more >
Written by Arimasa Osawa
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $15.95
Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work with him. Shunned by his peers, scorned by his superiors, and feared by the yakuza, "The Shark," as he is called, works the dangerous Shinjuku section of Tokyo.
This second installment of the popular Japanese series finds The Shark embroiled in a conflict... Read more >
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The Choirboys
Written by Joseph Wambaugh
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.00
Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they’re haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch–shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap–each has his horror story, his bad dream, his night shriek. He is afraid of his friends–he is afraid... Read more >
Written by Joseph Wambaugh
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.00
Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they’re haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch–shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap–each has his horror story, his bad dream, his night shriek. He is afraid of his friends–he is afraid... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck searching for a well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace.
Inspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his summer vacation abruptly terminated when... Read more >
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck searching for a well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace.
Inspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his summer vacation abruptly terminated when... Read more >
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Roseanna
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.
On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck... Read more >
Written by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.
On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck... Read more >
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Badlands
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $26.00
Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are working a new beat: the Special Investigations Unit, aka the cold case squad. Ironic, given that it’s the height of a blazing hot August. But even these hardened homicide veterans are chilled to the bone as a dormant murder case stirs to... Read more >
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $26.00
Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are working a new beat: the Special Investigations Unit, aka the cold case squad. Ironic, given that it’s the height of a blazing hot August. But even these hardened homicide veterans are chilled to the bone as a dormant murder case stirs to... Read more >
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Badlands
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $7.99
Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are working a new beat: the Special Investigations Unit, aka the cold case squad. Ironic, given that it’s the height of a blazing hot August. But even these hardened homicide veterans are chilled to the bone as a dormant murder case stirs to... Read more >
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $7.99
Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are working a new beat: the Special Investigations Unit, aka the cold case squad. Ironic, given that it’s the height of a blazing hot August. But even these hardened homicide veterans are chilled to the bone as a dormant murder case stirs to... Read more >
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The Water's Lovely
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But... Read more >
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Water's Lovely
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But... Read more >
Written by Ruth Rendell
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Merciless
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
On a frigid December night, Karen sits at the edge of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, dressed in a flowing gown, like a visitor from the distant past. A beautiful and shining young woman, she gazes up at a bone-white winter moon like a fairy-tale princess frozen in time. At first glance, one... Read more >
A Novel of Suspense
Written by Richard Montanari
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
On a frigid December night, Karen sits at the edge of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, dressed in a flowing gown, like a visitor from the distant past. A beautiful and shining young woman, she gazes up at a bone-white winter moon like a fairy-tale princess frozen in time. At first glance, one... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
