Private investigators and detectives Books

With her family in fragments and hopes for a relationship with the charming Lord Braedon in peril, death and heartache cling to Lady Ravenna Birchfield like a shadow. Yet, life must go on in her charity work and in providing a home and guidance for her...

Fern Valley, nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is ground zero for all things romance. The town has pulled out all the stops for the first Valentine's Day "Love is in the Air" Book Festival with events like Death by Chocolate, author...

In late September 1948, LA private detective Michael Garrett is hired to find another detective who has apparently gone missing. Garrett soon finds the missing man alone in his office, sitting behind his desk with a bullet hole in his chest...

Bones are found in the lane behind her son's house. Her best friend and one of the owners of her local become persons of interest for a murder she knows they couldn't possibly have committed. And the most incompetent homicide investigator on the planet,...

When lifestyle blogger Emily Dalle comes face-to-face with controversial talk show host Jackie Hunter, she's in for the shock of her life. But this time, it's not Jackie's words that cause a stir-it's her dead body. Emily knows the chance of...

There's a new sheriff in town and local reporter Audrey O'Connell has already gotten off on the wrong foot-er, boot-with him. A recent transplant from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Chattertowne, Washington's handsome new Police Chief Cole Loveland has been...

Where does obligation end when work is the source of pride and fulfillment and family a quagmire of dysfunction and deceit? Tom Morgan has tried to lose himself in the work and rewards of a high-stakes legal career, putting time and distance between him...

Across the LaPlatt Brook is the only small finger of land connected to Katelyn Took's Farm. It's the Gypsy Copse, a place where pleasant memories of her childhood and her grandfather were forged. Now, the secluded area has been stained. A body has been...

In 1973, Imogene Taylor is seventy-five years old, on parole for murder, and works at a store that sells dented canned goods. Twelve years earlier, she went to prison for killing her love-of-her-life-husband, Wayne. She called it an accident. The judge...

Liza Johnson, at loose ends on summer break from teaching fifth grade, is drawn into intrigue when her 84-year-old neighbor, Mrs. Wilkens, insists that Ramona, Liza's former GED student, has been murdered. Everyone assumes Ramona, a recovering addict,...

Undertakers know a lot of things... Carrie Lisbon knows how to dress a body, what kinds of flowers to use in funerary tributes, and which embalming preparations are best. What she doesn't know is how to navigate the social strata of Hope Bridge, the...

Philadelphia, June 1780. George Washington's two least likely spies return, masquerading as husband and wife as they search for traitors in Philadelphia.   Months have passed since young widow Becca Parcell and former printer Daniel...

Who is killing off members of the Falconer family and why? Such is the challenge confronting highly skilled, extraordinarily intuitive Mary Wandwalker when she finds herself single, sixty and jobless. Long ago as an Oxford student with an unplanned...

Murder has no place in Liz Hopewell's perfect suburban life. She left her complicated past behind when she moved from Brooklyn to New Jersey, and she's determined to forget the violence that shadowed her early years. As an English teacher, wife, and...

Excitement mounts as the moment arrives for brilliant young violinist Julia Kogan's debut in the orchestra of the world-renowned Metropolitan Opera. But the high-stakes milieu of this musical mecca is rocked to its core when, during an onstage murder...

It's been five years since Detective Vic Lenoski took early retirement to help raise his granddaughter. But the shooting of an elderly man outside a cemetery reawakens his detective instincts. The victim is famous for a string of brazen armed robberies...

"...a funny, well-written shaggy dog of a crime novel meets resort hi-jinx." –Michael Hartnett, author of The Blue RatFive years into the Federal Witness Security Program, former trucking executive, Bob Deighton, lives a quiet life as Bob...

Was Harold Dumphy killed to cover up something at the nuclear power plant where he was the head of security?This is what Harold's widow asks Goff Langdon, private detective, to find out. Langdon is a laid back, slacker detective, happy with his work,...

Unorthodox PI James Leipfold and his technophile assistant Maile O'Hara are back with a brand new case...The Tower Hill Terror is on the loose, a serial killer with a grisly M.O., and Maile and Leipfold must work fast to take him down before another body...

When famed television producer and celebrated Aspen luminary Conrad Harvey dies in Florida, the assignment gets dumped into the lap of sardonic beat reporter Bernard "Mac" McCaffrey. Only Harvey himself isn't the story. It's his bombshell daughter,...

When health inspector Laura Simonsen begins gathering information on a patient with salmonella poisoning, she has no reason to believe she's dealing with anything out the ordinary. But on the same night the elderly victim dies, the owner of a small meat...

Every murder has a story.Every story begins at home.Tampa newscaster Tori Younger is saddened to learn her childhood friend, Brooke Martin, hung herself from the old water tower in their hometown. Tori hasn’t spoken to Brooke in years and...

Step into the shadowy world of Reverend Daunt, the ingenious detective-clergyman from the legendary pages of Black Mask magazine. For the first time ever, the first six spellbinding stories are collected in one volume, complete with their original...

Journey into the shadowy depths of It's Always Raining Corpses in Chinatown, a compendium edition that brings together captivating tales of Asian intrigue from the classic detective and adventure pulps of the 1920s-40s. Across 700 pages and featuring 17...

Discover the genius of Dashiell Hammett, arguably the finest writer to grace the pages of Black Mask magazine. Now part of the authorized Black Mask Library, Hammett's groundbreaking Continental Op series defined the magazine's style and inspired...

Unveil the gripping world of The Parson, the masterful detective from the legendary Black Mask magazine, penned by Arthur Pincus under the pseudonym James Duncan. For the first time, all five hard-boiled stories are collected in one volume, complete with...

Dive into the gritty world of Border Brand, Raoul Whitfield's gripping serial novel originally serialized in Black Mask magazine. Now, for the first time, all six hard-hitting stories are collected in one volume, complete with the original illustrations...

Embark on a journey through the iconic Jerry Tracy series, crafted by Theodore A. Tinsley, a shining gem from Black Mask magazine's golden era. Follow the sharp-tongued celebrity gossip reporter as he maneuvers the unforgiving streets of New York City,...

Explore the shadowy realm of Tony Key, the hard-boiled private detective navigating the treacherous streets of Hollywood. Written by the author of the classic noir film I Wake Up Screaming, these tales offer a rare glimpse into the gritty glamour of...

"Any reader who loves good fiction, mysteries, or even romance would enjoy The Apple of My Eye." –Readers' FavoriteWhen Brea Cass, a young mother, is awakened in the night by the news that her loving husband, Paul, has been shot...

Last Song on Skye is T.E. Swan's debut novel, the first in a series. In this superbly woven plot, she blends her investigative experience with her love of mystery novels featuring wise women."Take an aging rocker who is Scotland's platinum blonde version...

Karis Booth uses her psychic powers to solve another murder, with help from her friend and neighbour Peggy.On a Sunday afternoon, a child's party is held at the café which Karis owns with her sister. Just before the party commences, Karis experiences a...

My wife's killer finally caught, I was content to leave Myerton to serve in the isolation of the same monastery where I found my call to the priesthood. The temptations of the past still occupy my mind, but behind these walls I'm safe from them. A call...

A love story, a deception, a misinterpretation, and murder.When Marilyn and Scratch play matchmakers for their friends Misty and Roland, they spark an instant love connection. However, Roland and Misty harbor deep family secrets and childhood traumas. As...

Dr. Jim Bob Brady has settled into his new position at Hill Country Medical Center, and despite his best efforts to slow down the pace of his practice, his schedule is approaching the one he left behind in Houston. He's also recovering from the death of...

Three French hens, two elves, and one Santa Claus make for merry mayhem for Charlie Kingsley and the gang.When Charlie and Pat see an injured Santa on the side of the road in the middle of a snowstorm, of course they had to stop and take him to the...

A hard case with large amounts of intrigue gets Samuel's blood moving and his investigative juices flowing along with it. After solving his first big case that put an end to a cattle rustling ring, he is called upon in his next big caper to help uncover...

If the Darwin Award existed as an actual trophy, I'd bet my favorite PS5 controller I'd win it...So here I am, back in Steeltown. I'd wiped the memory of this place from my mind like it was an embarrassing drunk text. There's no happy-family welcome...

The end of WWII ignites a fiery romance in Paris, France. A former stripper's husband suddenly disappears in Miami, Florida. A near tragedy occurs during a Honeymoon at the Grand Canyon.Changing cities to escape a crazed, stalking ex beau is impossible...

Wracked with guilt over his failure to prevent the murder of his friend's widow, Mazie Tucker, and convinced it was dangerous for anyone to become close to him, Boone leaves Albany and everyone he knows behind, searching for anonymity and seclusion. He...

Large print for those whose eyes are as bad as mineCliff Hardy was bored. Here he was, sitting in his sailboat in the Caribbean on a full moon romantic night, alone.He sighed, and read the titles of the books on the little shelf. All about voodoo and...

A litter of puppies. A mysterious craftsman with a beautiful secret. A stubborn, spunky terrier. Can Fiona solve a Mother's Day mystery? Spring means it's time to bloom, but Fiona Milton is stuck in "blah."  Her love life has stalled, her...

Kate Brody wrestles with a hectic, non-stop schedule. Lately, she's burning the witch candle at both ends. Between work and enhancing her magical spell knowledge, she's petering out. As for her social life, it's all but dead, like the body found in a...

Thanksgiving is a time for crime in Cherry Hills, Washington.  Kat Harper expects her biggest Thanksgiving challenge to be coming up with an edible vegan pumpkin pie, but that all changes when a woman is mugged outside her apartment building...

Meet Lilly Tweed. Former Agony Aunt. Purveyor of Fine Teas. Accidental Sleuth.Politics can be Murder!It's election time in Plumpton Mallet and for the first time in years, the mayor has a rival.Lilly and Abigail are hired to provide a luxury high tea for...

In Lt. Josie Facundo's first appointment as an officer in the Salvation Army, they send her to the rural small town of Kayne. It's a picturesque small town where everyone knows each other, but also a town where not everyone gets along. Under the surface,...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. In desperation, she wrote, "Meet me in Paris." He would have said, "Yes." But, he never received her letter.Who did? Bon Voyage! Les grandes vacances, the six-week summer exodus, is about to begin,...