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The pioneer of romantic suspense, Mary Stewart leads listeners on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence in this tale perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym. It sounds idyllic: a leisurely drive through the sun-drenched landscape of Provence. But Charity's dream...

Kallie Collins, veterinarian and animal communicator, hopes to enjoy a day of riding with friends until a bay mare shows her a vision of a terrified woman. A second horse adds his images of cloaked figures walking through shadow-filled passages. The visions the two horses share lead to the discovery of a shallow grave near the stable, plunging Kallie into a deadly mystery.

A cat-and-mouse game of therapy takes Lily down the backstreets of her traumatic past.... Peeling the layers could drag her into perilous territory. Will she find a way out from the depths of her mind? Professionally thriving yet personally floundering, it’s clear that Lily's mid-30s mark a point where seeking help is essential. The chance arises when an impromptu arrangement begins to carve a path away from stubborn memories. Forget walking the walk, the question is, can Lily talk the talk?

Private investigator Poppy Harmon likes the anonymity of working behind the scenes for the hottest names in Palm Springs. But when solving a case demands dragging her old acting career out of retirement, it's lights...camera...murder!

Kieran Scott brings her distinctive “sharp and stylish” (BookPage, starred review) prose to this breathlessly suspenseful novel that combines Knives Out with Big Little Lies as three women are implicated in a murder after a wedding goes horribly wrong. When the Frank family throws their...

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture.

En un cementerio aparecen los cuerpos de dos adolescentes y un hallazgo espeluznante conecta las muertes con la ejecución de una familia muy conocida de la localidad. Todo apunta a unos asesinatos por encargo y el inspector Cantos se enfrentará a un caso que hurga en viejas heridas y pretende un ojo por ojo con un objetivo oculto. A medida que nuestro detective preferido tira del hilo desenterrará un pasado que sigue gritando desde su tumba.

Nikki Jackson-Ramanathan is struggling to get her pet behaviorist business off the ground, making ends meet as a dog walker while keeping her eyes peeled for greener pastures. An appointment in a rich suburb of Saint Louis seems to be her ticket to success. The wealthy Mrs. Van Meer wants Nikki to help the family’s old hound dog who is grieving the loss of his owner. But then Mrs. Van Meer turns up dead.

When investigative reporter Jan Mason discovers that a young woman found strangled to death in her Chelsea flat is the daughter of a prominent politician, she knows she has a big story on her hands. What she doesn't know yet is that a mystery man has just told a stunned Alcoholics Anonymous meeting nearby that he might have killed his partner in a drunken blackout. And that Jan's old flame, Jim Phillips, the Metropolitan Police's deputy head of counterterrorism and a recovering alcoholic himself, was in that meeting—bound by its confidentiality.

That’s right, Thurston Fine, the egotistical anchor at KWMT-TV is the first person deputies want to talk to when his self-described biggest fan is found dead. What’s Elizabeth Margaret Danniher to do? The station’s in an uproar, heading for a train wreck, and desperately needs her experience and leadership. At the same time, here’s an intriguing puzzle right in front of her…which might free or condemn her greatest enemy. In TV news, cross talk between the anchor and reporter is supposed to elicit new and interesting information.

When I wrote Money Talks back in 2007, neither I nor anyone else imagined that the White House would soon be occupied by a man who bears such a striking and in fact uncanny resemblance to my villain, Robert Maxx. I wasn't trying to write a predictive dystopia; all I wanted to do was to tell an engaging story that would let me think my way into the mind of a real-estate mogul with a bullying manner, a head of hair flamboyant enough to match his ego, and a somewhat childish fixation to see his name on very tall buildings.

It's Mardi Gras, and ace crime reporter Sam Adams has flown to New Orleans to visit her old college roomie, Kitty, whose debutante niece is about to be crowned queen of Comus. At the airport, Sam first glimpses Harry Zack, a songwriter-turned-insurance-investigator, who's way too cute. When death stalks St. Charles Avenue in the wake of Comus' ball, Sam and Harry's paths collide...and sparks fly in more ways than one.

A professional diver is found dead in an underwater cave. Although the death is classified as accidental, Julia isn't as sure and investigates on her own. Will she find a murderer or is she next on the list?

Would you risk everything to save a stranger? Off the coast of Venice lurks Poveglia, the world’s most haunted isle, steeped in centuries of innocent blood. A deranged doctor who took great joy in torturing his patients in life continues to rule his abandoned asylum after death. Few go to Poveglia willingly, but medium Kate Carlsson has no choice. It’s her job. While struggling to retrieve a young girl’s soul, Kate uncovers some shocking truths about the evil on the island that challenges her own convictions and morals - and even her life.