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The shock that Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless is in for when Chester Garrity, her ex-husband, returns to a city that he swore he'd never see again is nothing compared to Chester's own. After their divorce many years ago, he took off with his inheritance to travel the world, leaving Jane with enough seed money to open her first restaurant, which worked out well for Jane but less so for Chester.

Brought to you by Penguin. The compulsive, glamorous and timely new novel from #1 bestselling author Louise O'Neill 2002. Twin sisters Madeline and Chelsea Stone are joint stars of the AtomicKids sitcom Double Trouble, but everyone knows it’s Maddie who shines most brightly. Until Chelsea...

Lady Darriby-Jones is bursting with joy as her only daughter prepares to wed a cherished member of her household staff—someone who's become like family. But the celebrations take a dark turn when one of the wedding planners is found dead, an arrow piercing their heart.

The community along Oregon’s Deschutes River is one of successful careers and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all - security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie. Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible - except to Liz.

Recovering gambling addict-turned FBI Agent Cassidy Wilde is summoned when a killer leaves a mysterious, single playing card at the scene. Finding herself trapped in the center of a diabolical case that summons her worst memories, Cassidy must keep it together to save the next victim in what is another hand in a deadlier game…. A killer is stalking the ultra-rich, turning their opulence into crime scenes and their diamonds into death sentences. FBI Agent Cassidy Wilde races to stop them before another Jack of Diamonds is played—but in this high-stakes game, even the winner loses everything.

The director idolized Spielberg. It was his debut film, a WWII epic, and his first big shot. Until a Nazi hitman gave him a bigger one. Contessa Helena de San Finzione will use everything at her disposal, including her strange power over the human mind, to find the killer and uncover a secret from the mists of time. Helen will find the truth, and the Nazis will find out why San Finzione's primary export is fear of La Contessa.

Juniper Bean has big plans for her writing career. Swoony kisses, sigh-inducing happily ever afters—she’s going to write them all. There’s just one problem: she can’t seem to stop killing off her main characters. After accepting that a genre change is in order, Juniper sets out to do some research. What’s the best way to carry a dead body? How exactly does one pick a lock? Juniper is going to find out—with the unwilling help of her new roommate, Aiden.

Recovering gambling addict-turned FBI Agent Cassidy Wilde is summoned when a killer leaves a mysterious, single playing card at the scene. Finding herself trapped in the center of a diabolical case that summons her worst memories, Cassidy must keep it together to save the next victim in what is another hand in a deadlier game….

Former FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas returns in Willow Rose’s most nail-biting thriller yet. Ex-agent Eva Rae Thomas is on the run. The past month, she has done things she never knew she was capable of while hunting for her kidnapped daughter. Eva Rae has risked everything: her career, her...

A fake detective agency. A real murder. And some very real sparks between the amateur sleuths attempting to solve it—unravel the clues in this captivating rom-com mystery from the author of Definitely Maybe Not a Detective. Emersyn Gray isn’t convinced she’s cut out to be a private...

Joey Darling’s local movie premiere was supposed to be a win-win for everyone involved. All the proceeds would go to the children’s wing at a local hospital, and the online buzz would create positive press for the area’s tourism. But things go awry when the event is sabotaged and Joey’s stunt double is seriously injured. Suspects seem sparser than quality G-rated movies, and police fear the intended target was actually Joey. To make matters even worse, Joey’s ex shows up right before the release of his tell-all book about his life with the Hollywood sweetheart.

Have you met Joey Darling yet? Books 1-3 in her Worst Detective Ever series are now bundled for your convenience! This bundle contains: Ready to Fumble; Reign of Error; and Safety in Blunders.

Heidi Lucy has a secreta big one. A scary, dangerous, ugly one. Theres just one problem: thanks to a mysterious head wound, she cant seem to remember what that secret is. In order to regain her lost memories, Heidi sets out to retrace her stepsfollowed grudgingly by Soren, a faithful patron of...

Intrigue. Danger. Drama. All in a day’s work for Detroit detective Molly Evers and her partner Jake Kent. Follow their case files of 1949, from one that breaks Molly's heart and sets her on a path of revenge, to the last that draws her back to Hollywood and the biggest leading man in town.

After closing the memorable cases of 1947, private investigator Molly Evers finds that the end of one year and the beginning of the next doesn’t mean a break in the line of desperate clients looking for her help. This year she finds it’s her personal friends, some rolling in dough and others not knowing where their next meal is coming from, who need her skills. The year 1948 brings travel, murder, and mobsters as Molly solves cases from Vegas to Detroit to Hollywood and back again.

After serving during WWII as a WAC armorer, Molly Evers partners with army buddy, Jake Kent, to open a private investigator’s office. Romantically involved with a Detroit police detective and sometimes working with the Detroit mob, she walks a tightrope that won’t give her room for a single wrong move. Follow Molly as she recounts five of her most memorable cases, including one she solves with help from Humphrey Bogart himself, during this most memorable year.

In this gritty, pulse-pounding story of deception and loyalty, Detective Kit Hanover is forced to shed her old identity and infiltrate Las Vegas’s criminal underbelly as an exotic dancer to expose a sprawling money laundering empire. But as she becomes a pawn in a volatile turf war, the question isn’t just whether she can crack the case, but whether she can survive the fallout.

Actress Joey Darling enjoys playing the part of Detective Raven Remington on her TV show Relentless. But for now, she’s enjoying some downtime with her new husband, Jackson Sullivan. Joey’s peace is shattered when a woman comes into town, who not only looks and sounds like Joey, but who claims to actually be Joey. The resemblance is uncanny, but Joey has blundered her way through too many real-life episodes to let some impersonator ruin her life. She sets out to unmask this imposter and put an end to the woman’s charade.

Just when Joey thinks she’s closer to answers about her father’s mysterious disappearance, more questions surface. The starlet is determined to find her dad and to put an end to the crazy stalker fan club trying to manipulate her decisions. But life has plot twists she can’t see coming. Secrets abound - secrets from the most unlikely of people - and Joey’s had enough. She’s tired of flawed theories and abiding by other people’s rules.

Joey Darling, actress and detective by default, is reminded of this point daily. If only problems could be solved in 60 minutes, complete with commercial breaks, closing credits, and a catchy theme song. Joey accompanies Detective Jackson Sullivan to a crime scene, only to discover she knows the victim. After a friend is accused of murder, Joey can’t refuse her help - however bumbling it might be. Unfortunately, she only seems to dig up more questions instead of desperately needed answers.