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Miranda Trent has set up a sweet life in a scenic corner of Appalachia—until she stumbles across the trail of a killer . . . After inheriting her uncle's Red River Gorge homestead in Eastern Kentucky—smack dab in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest—Miranda comes up with a...

When a bloated body is found floating in international waters, twenty miles out at sea, Lily Dawn is called back to the Caribbean. But this is not a happy homecoming. She hasn’t seen her parents since moving to Miami ten years ago, and now her sister has been declared legally dead.

With compassion and insight, Jess Montgomery weaves a gripping mystery and portrait of community in The Stills, the powerful third novel in the Kinship series. Ohio, 1927: Moonshining is a way of life in rural Bronwyn County, and even the otherwise upstanding Sheriff Lily Ross has been known to...

Shaken by PTSD from a traumatic case, brilliant FBI Agent Sage West recovers in a psychiatric clinic tucked away in the vast Midwest farmlands—when a local case demands his expertise, and local cops need his help before a killer strikes again….Tranquility turns to turmoil when a fellow patient, and friend, is found dead. Dismissed as suicide, Sage senses a sinister plot targeting mental illness. Now he must piece together the clues before the killer strikes again—if his own frail psyche can hold…

Death comes calling in Still County, and it's making a scene. When a stranger turns up on Apex land with a deer's head where his own should be, Rita Jonas, Apex's new Head of Law Enforcement Operations, catches the case. Then, a longtime resident gets killed the same way. Two victims, no...

They took over her town. Now they want her gone. Rita Jonas never planned to return to Still County, Wyoming. But after years with the NYPD, she's back—to care for her ailing father and reluctantly step into his old role as sheriff. She quickly learns that her hometown isn't the place she left...

On a hot July morning on Sweden's idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body, tangled in fishing net, has washed ashore. Police detective Thomas Andreasson is the first to arrive on the scene. Before long, he has identified the deceased as Krister Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All signs point to an accident - until another brutalized corpse is found at the local bed-and-breakfast.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'You've lost someone?' 'My baby sister. You must locate her. I need to know she's safe and sound. This is my dying wish. You have three weeks to get it done.' Frankie Elkin is about to undertake the strangest mission of her career. She has been asked by serial killer...

He died with a secret. Now someone's killing to keep it hidden. Trevor Bachman was a family man with a quiet life—until he turned up dead in the trunk of his own car. No enemies. No warning. But Sheriff Rita Jonas knows better. Trevor was sitting on something big—something Apex Global wanted...

In Still County, some things won't stay buried. Others won't stop burning. When a mild-mannered accountant is found gruesomely murdered in his modest home, Sheriff Rita Jonas knows it’s no random crime. The victim had political ties to powerful men that could unravel what's left of Still...

Some secrets don't stay buried. Some were never meant to be found. Sheriff Rita Jonas has her hands full. Vandalism is on the rise at Apex Global's sites, and tensions between the townspeople and the corporation are heating up. When a construction crew uncovers a shallow grave on the edge of...

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are on the warpath in the village of Balfour, and the local shop owners fear that their financial sins are about to catch up with them. Meanwhile, Abbey Glen’s new Whisky Masterclass is a resounding success...until the latest group of students starts to drop dead in the night and Abi Logan fears that what they are really offering is a Masterclass in Murder. Missing money, dead bodies, and a whistle blower who may not be as virtuous as he appears leave Abi scrambling for clues in the dark. Will Abi find the killer before the inevitable happens?

DCS Fran Harman's relationship with Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner is going well and they are buying a house together. At work, a former protégé, Simon Gates, has just become her new boss. But there are complications with Simon and with Mark's daughter. Even the environment is hostile, the water in Fran's village tainted by something in the local reservoir. Some good old-fashioned detective work seems a useful antidote.

With great power, comes great responsibility. Or, so Jill Gooder is about to find out.

When whispers of environmental scandal turn into murder among the crop circles of experimental farmland, FBI Agent Harley Cole is thrust onto a trail littered with corruption and corpses. With each clue entwining tighter around industry secrets, Cole’s search for justice grows more urgent—as does her need to ensure that no more death blooms.

Revered artist Kim Lord is about to unveil her most shocking show yet: Still Lives, a series of self-portraits in which she impersonates the female victims of America's most famous homicides, from Nicole Brown Simpson to the Black Dahlia. As celebrities and rich patrons pour into LA's Rocque Museum for the opening night, the attendees wait eagerly for Kim's arrival. All except Maggie Richter, museum editor and ex-girlfriend of Greg Shaw Ferguson, Kim's new boyfriend. But Kim never shows up to her party, and the crowd's impatience slowly turns to unease. 

After a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire returns with her daughter to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, hoping for a fresh start. But when the body of a woman is found floating among the reeds in the lake behind her house, she fears she has made a horrible mistake. Neve is hiding secrets, though. Detective Jess Lambert can tell. Recently back after her own personal tragedy, Jess knows what it’s like to live with skeletons in your closet, and she’s sure Neve has a few of her own.

Brought to you by Penguin On a cold, windswept night, Fiona arrives on a tiny, isolated island in Orkney. She accepted her old friend's invitation with some trepidation - her relationship with Madison has never been plain sailing. But as she approaches Madison's cottage, she sees that the...

Running One Woman's Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other.

Spring is here, and romance author Eden Elliott has settled into her new life in the picturesque village of Glenkillen. Love is all around her, but Eden is still searching for her own real-life romance. When Eden is invited to a supper in honor of one of Scotland’s most celebrated literary giants, a guest is murdered, and she puts aside her personal issues to dig into deeply buried secrets. But she better find the killer soon if she wants to be alive to overcome that writer’s block - and write another happy ending.