Detective Sean Duffy investigates the death of an American military veteran in 1982 Ireland and quickly finds himself combatting his romantic instincts, professional misconduct, and powerful men.

Agrand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius. In "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In "The Actress," a great star's shady past becomes the plaything of a blackmailer. . . . In "The...

"Even the best-laid plants can go awry... After solving a murder and getting her organic farm ready to overwinter, Shiloh Bellamy still expects the next few months to be busy with repairs, spring planning, and networking with local businesses. She might even be able to broker a new partnership with Fields Brewery and its organic brewer's association. Well, she could if the owner wasn't found murdered at the county Ice Fishing Derby. Once again, Shiloh...

Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January-and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, become a big-city journalist. But she's always been haunted by the fear that it could've been her. And the worst part is, January's killer has...

Bestselling author Ira Levin's award-winning debut novel set a new standard in the art of psychological suspense and is a modern classic. Published to rave reviews and adapted twice for the big screen, once starring Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward, and once starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young, “A Kiss Before Dying” is a dark and thrilling twisty tale of criminal psychopathy. Known for his looks and charm, a young man obsessed with wealth and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of the Inspector Lynley series, hailed as “queen of the mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), presents an extraordinary collection of short stories that deftly explore the dark side of everyday people—and the lengths to which they will go to get what they want most. . . .
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In a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer has been bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. Before the old woman dies, she utters the word foreign, which may be the only real clue the police have to go on. And they need to work fast. The press has reported the dying word, and white supremacists have threatened a nearby refugee camp, vowing to take justice into their own hands. Recently divorced, overweight, drinking...

A collection of stories that reveal Kinsey's origins-- and Grafton's past. The nine stories that open the book show how fully formed Kinsey was from the beginning. The thirteen stories in the second part, written in the decade following her mother's death, feature Kit Blue, a younger version of Grafton herself, and reflect her troubled family life and the author's journey from anger to understanding and forgiveness.

When Jane Bunker moves back to the sleepy Maine fishing village where she was born, it's to escape the seamy crime scenes and unsavory characters that crossed her path in Miami. Surely, whatever crimes are committed in touristy, idyllic Green Haven will be mild by comparison. So it's a shocker when Nick Dow, the town drunk, turns up dead--and it's no accident. The more Jane digs, the more confused she gets. Nothing is what it seems, and the whole...

"Lana Lee's stake in her family's Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she's been made manager. So when she enters Ho-Lee into Cleveland's Best Noodle Contest, Lana makes it her business to win--at all costs. But when a local food critic receives a threatening note in a fortune cookie and is later found dead, face-down in a bowl of lo mein, all bets are off... Now, along with her sweet-and-sour boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau, Lana decides...