Joe loves his theater, hates his wife. When he falls for the maid, murder seems the only solution. Insurance fraud becomes a deadly game in this twisted love triangle. Jim Thompson delivers a dark, gripping tale of desperation and the lengths one man will go to for his dream.

Two cowboys come home to big sky country and find love and danger in these two romantic suspense novels from a New York Times bestselling author.

#1 New York Times bestselling author

An awful murder occurs at Elizabeth Bell’s quiet household—and the police believe the killer was someone from her inner circle—in this groundbreaking novel that inspired a classic mystery trope.

Brother Cadfael’s pastoral life is upended by the arrival of a saintly hermit, the disappearance of a young boy—and the discovery of a dead body. Now Brother Cadfael must devote his knowledge of human nature to tracking down a ruthless murderer.

“Charmingly and humorously told.” —Times Literary Supplement

From a New York Times bestselling author, a hostage situation leads to love for an undercover cop in book three of this romantic suspense series.

The night after the Guggenheim Museum’s fête, art collector Arthur Wordell takes a 20-story plunge from the window of his Times Square office. If anybody can solve a seemingly unsolvable murder, it’s Nero Wolfe—from an author who “does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy” (Booklist).

A Scotland Yard detective investigates when gunfire disrupts an aristocratic family’s Christmas celebrations in this classic British mystery.

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up. The Getaway is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. 

Baker Corinna Chapman enjoys her routine life in Melbourne until she bites into a tampered chocolate from her friends' shop. Suspecting foul play, she reluctantly investigates. Meanwhile, her lover Daniel returns injured from a clash with a "messiah," raising questions about the chocolate sabotage and a mysterious new neighbor.

When wealthy and popular reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. This shake-up is bad for business for private investigator Nero Wolfe.

Ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. It’ll be a deadly day at the races.

In this classic novel by the Queen of Crime, a young woman sails to South Africa and attempts to unravel a scheme of murder, betrayal, and stolen diamonds.

“The book, like all Miss Christie’s work, is written with spirit and humour.” —The Observer

An exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatius’s The Director and the television series Leverage and CSI: Cyber, which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government.

“[A] high-octane blend of nervy characters, dark humor and bristling dialogue... smart, timely, electrifying.” —NPR

A Southern town scandalized by the murder of its most prominent citizen uncovers a mystery even more shocking in this ironic suspense story from a great American master.

Have you ever felt that your life—and budget—is spiraling out of control? Through personal stories, biblical truth, and practical action plans, this book will inspire you to make real and lasting changes to your personal goals, home, and finances. 

A bored socialite becomes a cunning amateur sleuth in this wildly entertaining, Agatha Christie-inspired mystery of murder and mayhem set in nineteenth-century Poland

“An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.” —Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and author of the Man Booker International Prize winner Flights

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