The dramatic historical crime drama of Kate Brady continues as she joins the FBI, falls in love with an agent and goes undercover to bring down a major crime family. Jewish mafia godfather Ben Gold is dead and the file is closed as far as law enforcement is concerned. His widow is attending college and living on the millions of dollars of ill-gotten gain that Ben had left her, and trying to put the life of a moll behind her. But once again, even from beyond the grave, Ben Gold drags her back int...
THE LORD GIVETH, AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY. Since leaving Louisville's homicide division to become the only P.I. in Pigeon Fork, Kentucky, Haskell Blevins regrettably spends more time helping out at his brother's drugstore than solving crimes. So when he's interrupted from shelving deodorant to discuss a "very private matter" with Brother Tallman, the preacher at the Pentecostal Church, Haskell can barely suppress a hallelujah. It seems someone has been making unsolicited deposits into the chur...
A housewife running from years of domestic abuse. A bodyguard hired to escort a smuggled rhinoceros. A group of Islamic terrorists based in a quiet residential street. A secret government agency threatened with amalgamation within a bigger department. A retired policeman trying to get used to his new career in the private sector. Each of these strands of a brilliant narrative is populated with superbly-drawn characters, and woven into a stunningly exciting drama by the undisputed king of South A...
Artist Harriet Burden, consumed by fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment, embarks on an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who exhibit her work as their own. And yet, even after she has unmasked herself, there are those who refuse to believe she is the woman behind the men. Presented as a collection of texts compiled by a scholar years after Burden's death, the story unfolds through extracts from her notebooks, reviews and a...
Bones is back in the second story of The Lieutenant Bones series. A mischievous businessman, Bones seems to have every financial schemer in London coming after him, but somehow he always comes out on top. Humor and romance follow Bones as well, as he makes his way through the underworld of London moneymakers.
Reservations for Death (Duncan Maclain Mysteries, #9)
by Baynard Kendrick
Mazal Bengtson doesn't know what her husband was doing on the night of the storm. His search for a job is still hopeless - his moods even more unpredictable. But she had believed he would never leave her to sleep alone again. Inspector Avraham Avraham doesn't know how to begin his first murder case. The only clue is a witness who saw a policeman walk down the stairs after it happened. But no policeman was sent there that day. What both of them do know is something about the victim's past. Th...
Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, possesses a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford. " -- Elmore Leonard
When the Sutton family is besieged by a secret enemy, will they be able to preserve the only thing that matters most: a future for their children...? WHEN HE LEFT HER BED, RAFE SUTTON DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT.... After seeing the heartache love could cause, Rafe had sworn himself to bachelorhood. But that was before Rhianna McCloud knocked this cowboy for a loop. And though he suspected he'd finally succumbed to love, he still made himself walk awa...