Winner of the 1993 PWA/St. Martin's Press Best First Private Eye Novel contest, The Heaven Stone introduces a fresh voice in author David Daniel and a likable new protagonist in Alex Rasmussen, ex-cop turned private investigator, who is drawn into the world Lowell, Massachusetts's, Cambodian refugee community. The only member of his family to escape the killing fields of Cambodia, Bhuntan Tran wound up in the decaying factory town of Lowell. Working...

"January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency. All is right with the world... and then Amethystine Stoller, his own personal Helen of Troy, arrives. Her ex-husband is missing. A simple enough case. But even as Easy takes his first step in the investigation he trips. He falls into the memory of things...

The third title in Edgar Award-winning author Stuart Kaminsky's Lew Fonesca mystery series, Midnight Pass Lew Fonesca is a guy just trying to get along. When his wife died in a senseless auto wreck, he got up and left his old life--and when his car gave out in sunny Sarasota, Florida, he stayed. He takes small process-serving gigs and various odd jobs helping people out, and he tries, although maybe not as hard as he should, to fix the gaping hole...

"The Premium Collection of Agatha Christie" presents a treasure trove of 40 novels and stories, showcasing the unparalleled talent of the iconic mystery writer. This illustrated anthology features a diverse array of characters, including the legendary Hercule Poirot, the charming Tommy and Tuppence, the enigmatic Mr. Quin & Satterthwaite, the astute Colonel Race, and many others. In "Poirot Investigates," readers are treated to a series of short stories...

Two early stories of daring crime-solving by private detective Boise Montague. "The West Indian Manner" features the murder of a seamen whose wife comes looking for answers and gets more questions. "Horror Set Death" shows the deadly side of show business when a crew member winds up dead on the set of a horror movie, Boise must solve the murder fast to keep the film from shutting down. Both stories feature thrills and island mystery as only Gene Desrochers...

Alexandre Grimbert, détective privé spécialiste des crimes impossibles, est de retour dans cette enquête hivernale !Le plus célèbre des détectives Creusois enquête sur l'assassinat de Pierre Dufresne. Mais comment le suspect le plus crédible, un bonhomme de neige trnant au beau milieu du jardin, a-t-il pu tuer l'agriculteur, en cette matinée enneigée, à quelques jours de Noël ?Un nouveau mystère en apparence insoluble, pour tous les...

Lew Fonesca is a man who does things for people. He makes small problems go away and tries to keep the larger ones from landing his clients in jail. He finds deadbeats, errant spouses, and generally keeps the populace of Sarasota on the up and up. Now Lew is faced with one case that will try his patience...and another that may break his heart. The first involves an elderly woman who swears she's witnessed a murder in her old age home despite the...

Langdon is hired to find a man who answered a classified ad and then disappeared into thin air. And then a second person vanishes. What starts as a couple of simple missing-person cases quickly spirals into a diabolical world of witches, wiccans, and wendigos. "You ever hear of the Church of Satan?" Jewell asked.There was silence around the fire. The flames danced and flickered, casting shadows in the dark May night. Langdon took the bottle from Richam...

A woman is missing, and she was a member of an exclusive club with binding secrets!When a college girl goes missing, P.I. Bich "Jade" Pham is hired to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. Little does she know, the missing woman was part of a clandestine group that orchestrates simulated kidnappings for their own amusement. Before she can uncover all of the details about the missing woman's involvement, Jade becomes a target herself.Will Jade...

In a small Maine town, secrets are buried deep along the shore…Summer. 1978. Private investigator Jake Horn is looking forward to a weekend with his daughter, away from the busy streets of Boston. But when they head out for an early morning jog, the last thing they expect is a murder scene on Goose Rocks Beach. Within less than twenty-four hours, the cops arrest the brother of a local restaurateur who owns a popular eatery on the Kennebunk River....