A US marshal and her prisoner are gunned down outside of London's Heathrow Airport just as the prisoner is to testify against the head of a violent animal-rights group. Leeds Detective Sergeant Keen Dunliffe doesn't seem like the right man for the case, except that he has the undercover experience and knowledge of Yorkshire, the terrorists' backyard. He's ordered to head up a sting operation with Rachel Colver, an inexperienced police constable,

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Nicholas Goade, the Scotland Yard detective, takes a well-earned rest after his recent work in arresting single-handed a notorious criminal who had for five years defied the police forces of New York and London. He has been awarded a cheque for 25,000 dollars and six months leave of absence and is enjoying a touring holiday in the West of England in his ancient Ford car with his companion Flip, a small, fat, white dog. But his holiday soon becomes

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It's Christmas week in Aspen, and the beautiful are out party by day on the magnificent slopes of Aspen, by night at whatever exclusive holiday fate is on tap. Among the revelers is Regan Reilly, a bright young private investigator who has come from L. A. to ski and celebrate with her parents and their rich Aspen friends. It ends up being a busman's holiday for Regan, who gets swept up in art theft intrigue after some multimillion-dollar paintings

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These masterful stories reflect the classic railway era in Britain and provide the perfect setting for the perfect murder—or almost perfect. Challenge your own skills of deduction as you match wits with the best. Narrator Patrick Malahide's evocation of time, place, and culture is imbued with moody mystery most fine.

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"The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" by Baroness Orczy: A murder is committed in

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Beginning in 1982, The Adam's Round Table, a group of America's most talented and successful mystery writers, convened every month in New York to discuss their craft. When author/agent Bill Adler suggested they each write a short story located in a different section of Manhattan, their enthusiastic response was Murder in Manhattan, a collection of short stories featuring a suspenseful cast of characters and plots set in the world's greatest

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Savvy management consultant Tucker Sinclair is trying to get her own firm off the ground in Los Angeles. But when you’re mixed up in a private investigator’s business, trouble is always a prospect. . . .

Tucker Sinclair is a free woman. She’s finally escaped corporate life to run her own consulting firm. But with freedom comes unpredictability. What was supposed to be a short stint helping private investigator Charley...

"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, about a Stasi officer investigating the murder of a colleague who is helped by Claire Saylor. Emil Grimm, a Stasi colonel, has decamped to his dacha in the woods outside of Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. On a walk one morning, he discovers the body of a fellow intelligence officer with whom he was involved in a clandestine mission. Now Emil is...

In this rare collaborative effort, more than 20 of today's top authors-including R.L. Stine, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver-team up to create a thrilling crime caper filled with betrayal, vengeance, redemption, greed, and love. Rosemary Thomas was put to death for murdering her husband. Now, 10 years later, a memorial service is held for her-and one who attends is the guilt-ridden detective responsible for Rosemary's sentencing. What happens...

Nero Wolfe packs his silk pajamas and heads West to catch a killer. Wolfe hascome to Lame Horse, Montana, where a city slicker got a country girl pregnantand wound up with two bullets in his back. Now Wolfe must get an innocent man exonerated and find the real murderer in the process.

The Absent Author
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
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