Collection: Mystery, Thrillers, & Crime

Jack Noble is on a plane, heading across the Atlantic to perform one last job. A favor for an old friend, he tells himself. Anything to put off an early retirement for a few weeks longer.

Shortly after setting foot in London, Jack discovers that not all is what it seems. His presence did not go unnoticed by Great Britain's intelligence community. Worse, he finds that he's not the only one after his target. And those same people are after him. Jack refuses to quit until he's uncovered the mastermind of a consipiracy that reaches the top of Britain's government.

USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan's Noble Intentions Season Three is a gripping and suspenseful action thriller sure to keep you turning pages until the last sentence.

Two women, brought together by tragedy, strive to find themselves on Martha's Vineyard. But it's not easy to heal old wounds in a powerful novel about family, secrets, motherhood, and the cold grip of the past.

A desperate murder committed by Angela Miller's mother tore Angela's life apart and brought her to Martha's Vineyard to live with her wealthy grandparents. It's where her cousin, Kiki King, was born and raised, and Kiki now wants nothing more than to see the world beyond its sandy perimeter. Kiki's mother escaped it. She took a late-night swim off Tashmoo Beach and was never seen again.

Once bound by broken childhoods, Angela and Kiki have grown up divided--by their obsessions, their love for the same man, and their own conflicted journeys of motherhood. But when a small box of bones is unearthed in the woods, Angela and Kiki discover there's so much more to learn about each other, their families, and the dark side of the picturesque island they call home.

It's time for Angela and Kiki to expose their secrets, to finally end a cycle of family drama and anguish, and to forgive and make peace with the past on their own terms.

A contest to find a better way to create clean drinking water turns into a mystery when one of the scientists goes missing. Luckily, Jack and his genius siblings are on the case in Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World, first in the New York Times bestselling series from Bill Nye and Gregory Mone--featuring illustrations by Nick Iluzada.

Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, are not your typical kids--they're geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun, and Matt is an expert astronomer and math whiz. As for Jack, it's hard to stand out when surrounded by geniuses all the time.

Things get more complicated when the trio starts working for Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world's leading scientists. They travel to Antarctica with Hank for a prestigious award ceremony--but they quickly find that not all is as it seems: A scientist has gone missing. It's up to Jack, Ava, and Matt to find her . . . and discover who's behind it all.

In the Jack and the Geniuses series, readers join Jack, Ava, and Matt on adventures around the world to tackle some of science's biggest challenges, including new ways to create clean drinking water, to generate clean and renewable energy, and to extend information access to the entire planet. Each book in the series includes cool facts about the real-life science found in the story and a fun DIY project.

Jack and the Geniuses series:
Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World (#1)
Jack and the Geniuses: In the Deep Blue Sea (#2)
Jack and the Geniuses: Lost in the Jungle (#3)

It's all strictly business

Until she falls in love

Security consultant Sloan Presley goes undercover as Chase Colton's girlfriend because she's trying to find an embezzler--and definitely not because of his gorgeous green eyes. Sloan knows that her relationship with the CEO is a temporary ruse, but the electricity that surges between them feels alarmingly real. She's not sorry when she learns that the Colton family has enough dangerous secrets to keep her in Owl Creek for a while...

From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.

Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of The Coltons of Owl Creek series:

Book 1: Colton Threat Unleashed by Tara Taylor Quinn
Book 2: Colton's Dangerous Cover by Lisa Childs
Book 3: Colton's Secret Stalker by Kimberly Van Meter
Book 4: Colton Mountain Search by Karen Whiddon
Book 5: Guarding Colton's Secrets by Addison Fox
Book 6: A Colton Kidnapping by Justine Davis
Book 7: Colton's Blizzard Hideout by Deborah Fletcher Mello
Book 8: Hunting Colton's Witness by Anna J. Stewart

A lawyer's lucrative case has deadly consequences in the third installment of the Hilary Tamar mysteries that began with Thus Was Adonis Murdered

"Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers."--A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

Young barrister Michael Cantrip has skipped off to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case that's worth a fortune--if Cantrip's tax-planning cronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated isles. Something is going bump in the night--and bumping off members of the legal team, one by one.

Soon Cantrip is messaging the gang at the home office for help. And it's up to amateur investigator Hilary Tamar, Oxford don turned supersleuth, to get Cantrip back to the safety of his chambers--alive!

Don't miss any of Sarah Caudwell's riveting Hilary Tamar mysteries:
THUS WAS ADONIS MURDERED - THE SHORTEST WAY TO HADES - THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER - THE SIBYL IN HER GRAVE

When a famous children's author is murdered at the library, Tricia Miles has to find the killer before it's too late in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown series.

Tricia Miles is ready to close the book on all her amateur sluething--she's tired of finding dead bodies and being accused of murder. But even the best laid plans often go awry.

Stoneham is all abuzz when Lauren Barker, a famous children's book author, arrives for an event at the local library. Lauren is a Stoneham native, and her new book strikes some members of the town as controversial. But when Lauren is found strangled to death after an altercation at the event, the plot twist throws Tricia right back into the middle of things.

Who could possibly have wanted Lauren dead? Was it Dan Reed, who had to be thrown out of the signing for spouting conspiracy theories and causing a disturbance? Stella Kraft, Lauren's high school teacher, who thought of the author as a protégé--something Lauren violently disputed? Or the mystery man who spoke to Lauren just before she was found dead? With the suspect count climbing higher and more information about Lauren's past coming to light, will Tricia be able to give this story a happily ever after?

Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.

Flavia de Luce has taken on the mentorship of her odious, moon-faced cousin Undine, who has come to live at Buckshaw following the death of her mother. Undine's main talent, aside from cultivating disgusting habits, seems to be raising Flavia's dander, although in her best moments she shows potential for trespassing, trickery, and other assorted mayhems.

When Major Greyleigh, a local recluse and former hangman, is found dead from a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family's longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet. After all, wasn't it she who picked the mushrooms, cooked the omelette, and served it to Greyleigh in the moments before his death? "I have to admit," says Flavia, an expert in the chemical nature of poisons, "that I'd been praying to God for a jolly good, old-fashioned mushroom poisoning. Not that I wanted anyone to die, but why give a girl a gift such as mine without giving her the opportunity to use it?"

But Flavia knows the beloved Mrs. Mullet is innocent. Together with Dogger, estate gardener and partner-in-crime, and the obnoxious Undine, she sets out to find the real killer and clear Mrs. Mullet's good name. Little does she know that following the case's twists and turns will lead her to a most surprising discovery--one with the power to upend her entire life.

Jim Qwilleran and his cat Koko get a taste of trouble in the second mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.

Jim Qwilleran isn't exactly overwhelmed by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion. Interior design has never been one of his specialties and now he's supposed to turn out an entire magazine on the subject every week! But the first issue of Gracious Abodes is barely off the presses when Qwilleran finds himself back on more familiar territory--the exclusive residence featured on the cover has been burglarized and the lady of the house found dead.

Now Qwilleran and his brilliant Siamese cat, Koko, have their respective moustache and whiskers twitching. And when Koko starts pawing clues in the dictionary and sniffing designer furniture, Qwilleran finds himself doing a feature on a very clever murder...

Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the past.

Losing yourself inside of a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out.

Agnes Corey, a junior editor at a small independent publisher, has been hired by enigmatic author Veronica St. Clair to transcribe the sequel to her 1993 hit phenomenon, The Secret of Wyldcliffe Heights. St. Clair has been a recluse since the publication of the Jane Eyre-esque book, which coincided with a terrible fire that blinded and scarred her. Arriving in the Hudson Valley at St. Clair's crumbling estate, which was once a psychiatric hospital for "wayward women," Agnes is eager to ensure St. Clair's devoted fans will get the sequel they've been anticipating for the past thirty years.

As St. Clair dictates, Agnes realizes there are clues in the story that reveal the true--and terrifying--events three decades ago that inspired the original novel. The line between fact and fiction becomes increasingly blurred, and Agnes discovers terrible secrets about an unresolved murder from long ago, which have startling connections to her own life. As St. Clair's twisting tale infiltrates Agnes's psyche, Agnes begins to question her own sanity--and safety. In order to save herself, Agnes must uncover what really happened to St. Clair, and in doing so, set free the stories of all the women victimized by Wyldcliffe Heights.

In 1988, Sloan Hadfield's brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran prone to violent outbursts, was arrested and charged with murder. Ridge's body was never recovered, and Sloan's mother-a brilliant ornithologist-slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive.

Now, twenty years later, Sloan's life is unraveling. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she's forced to return to her rural Texas hometown when her mother is discharged from a mental health facility.

Overwhelmed by memories and unanswered questions, Sloan returns to the last place her brother was seen all those years ago: Crow's Nest Creek. There, she is shocked to hear a crow muttering the same syllable over and over: Ridge, Ridge, Ridge.

When the body of another boy is found, Sloan begins to question what really happened to her brother all those years ago. What she discovers will shock her small community and turn her family upside down.

A River of Crows is a tale of family secrets, deception, and revenge perfect for fans of Julia Heaberlin and Jennifer Hillier.

Praise for A River of Crows

"In A River of Crows, Shanessa Gluhm spins a complex web of murder and family revelation that propels the reader forward at a breakneck pace. Just when you think you know where the story is headed, she reveals another thread. If you haven't yet read Shanessa Gluhm, you need to put her on your to-be-read list."-Allen Eskens, USA Today bestselling author of The Life We Bury

"A twisted family dynamic and complex personal history combine with a touch of romance in Shanessa Gluhm's knockout second novel. A River of Crows grabs on with the opening pages and holds a reader tight to the very end."-Elena Taylor/Elena Hartwell, author of All We Buried and the Wait, Wait, Don't Query (Yet) series

"Shanessa Gluhm is one of the strongest new voices in mysteries. Weaving two stories in the past that intertwine with a shattering climax, Gluhm has invented what could be a new genre: the family-driven mystery."-Rob Samborn, author of The Prisoner of Paradise and Painter of the Damned

"Shanessa Gluhm has created a complex world along the banks of Crow's Nest Creek that will completely absorb the reader. Gluhm peels away layers of family secrets in this dual timeline narrative, right up until the climatic final reveal, a twist that truly surprised me."-Laura Kemp, award-winning author of the Lantern Creek Series

"Shanessa Gluhm crafts a thought-provoking story of revelation, family ties, discovery, and murder. Readers who choose A River of Crows for its mystery will find an unexpected draw and value in the emotional components which keep the plot action-packed and charged with transformation."-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

"Shanessa Gluhm, with literary panache, expertly shows what happens when a family strays from respect and honesty, with the consequence of it all, as dark as a crow's wing, unfurling, touching, and changing everything and everyone in its path."-Lone Star Literary Life

"Like the tumultuous river flowing at the center of this gripping tale, Shanessa Gluhm has crafted a pulsating story that is just waiting to pull you into its chilling depths and slowly reveal all its darkest secrets"-Indies Today

Suspected murder, eclectic food trucks, and artisanal cocaine: just another day in Thorn City.

It's the night of the Rose City Ripe for Disruption gala--a gathering of Portland's elite. Dressed to kill in sparkling minidresses, best friends Lisa and Jamie attend as "paid to party" girls. They plan an evening of fake flirtations, karaoke playlists, and of course, grazing the catering.

Past and present collide when Lisa stumbles across Ellen, a ruthless politician who also happens to be Lisa's estranged mother. Awkward . . . When Lisa was sixteen, Ellen had her kidnapped and taken to the Lost Lake Academy--a notorious boarding school for troubled youth.

To make matters worse, Lisa's boyfriend Patrick crashes the party to meet his new boss--Portland's food cart drug kingpin.

These unfortunate encounters spur Lisa into making a fateful choice that traps her, Jamie, and Patrick in Ellen's web.

As earth-shattering secrets are revealed, will they survive Ellen's schemes or be sacrificed to her blind ambition?

Por Naomi Alderman, que se consagró como lagran autora contemporánea del género distópico con El poder, llega El futuro, un asombroso tour de force.

El futuro, como han descubierto las personas más ricas del planeta, es donde está el dinero.

El futuro son unos pocos multimillonarios que conducen al mundo a la destrucción mientras salvaguardan su propia supervivencia con lujosos búnkeres secretos.

El futuro es clima privado, profecía tecnológica y armas altamente negables.

El futuro es un puñado de amigos, la hija del líder de una secta, un hacker no binario, un visionario expulsado de Silicon Valley, la esposa preocupada de un peligroso director ejecutivo y un sobreviviente famoso en Internet, que traman un plan audaz. Podría ser el mayor atraco de la historia. O el final catastrófico de la civilización.

El futuro es lo que ves si no miras hacia atrás.

El futuro está aquí.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threaten life as we know it.

When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father's fox and rabbit sermon--once a parable to her--are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?

Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist, flees from an assassin. She's cornered, desperate and--worst of all--might die without ever knowing what's going on. Suddenly, a remarkable piece of software appears on her phone telling her exactly how to escape. Who made it? What is it really for? And if those behind it can save her from danger, what do they want from her, and what else do they know about the future?

Martha and Zhen's worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha's relentless drive and Zhen's insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the cataclysmic end of civilization.

By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here.

"Coates ratchets up the ghostly manifestations till you can't imagine there are any more stops to pull out--though of course there are." --Kirkus Reviews for Gallows Hill

When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there's something wrong with the image: a ghostly figure stands in the background, watching her.

Fixated on her.

Moving one step closer with every picture she takes.

Desperate, Jenine shares her secret with her best friend, Bree. Together they realize the camera captures unsettling impressions of the dead. But now the ghosts seem to be following the two friends. And with each new photo taken, a terrible danger grows ever clearer...

DISCOVER CHILLING NEW BONUS STORIES, INCLUDING:

• A woman survives a plane crash in a remote arctic tundra, accompanied only by a stranger who seems fixated on something moving through the blinding snow.
• A house stands empty. Hungry. Waiting for the children drawn to it like moths to a flame.
• A woman finds a shoebox filled with old VHS tapes. They have a note attached: "Don't watch. You'll regret it."
• And more!

Also By Darcy Coates:

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

Dead of Winter

Gallows Hill

From Below

The Whispering Dead

The Haunting of Ashburn House

The Haunting of Blackwood House

Craven Manor

The House Next Door

Voices in the Snow

Invictor y Acenix han recibido una invitación para participar en los juegos de Metacrox, pero, como todo en su vida, no podía tratarse de una competencia normal: son los juegos más extremos de la historia!

Tendrán que enfrentarse a zombis hambrientos, escapar de cazadores, esconderse de robots peligrosísimos... Pero el premio lo vale, el ganador podrá cumplir el deseo que elija! Suena genial, si no fuera por un pequeño problema: solo puede ganar uno.

CONSEGUIRÁN SOBREVIVIR JUNTOS O EL JUEGO LOS DIVIDIRÁ PARA SIEMPRE?

Prepárate para vivir la aventura más épica con VICNIX!

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Invictor and Acenix have been invited to participate in the Metacrox games, but, like everything else in their lives, it could not be just a normal competition: they are the most extreme games in history!

They will have to face hungry zombies, escape from hunters, hide from extremely dangerous robots... But the prize is worth it, the winner will be able to fulfill their biggest wish! Sounds great, if not for one small problem: only one of them can win.

WILL THEY SURVIVE TOGETHER OR WILL THE GAME DIVIDE THEM FOREVER?

Get ready to live the most epic adventure with VICNIX!

This novel brings to life a nightmare scenario in the not-too-distant future when scientists undertake a misbegotten scheme to tame the power of the sun.

In Burning Sky, three generations of a family confront the life-and-death challenge of global warming. The first, a cantankerous climatologist, raises the alarm. The second, a brilliant scientist with a lust for power that spawns a dictatorship, constructs "the Cocoon," a stratospheric shield to deflect sunlight. When it cuts the Earth off from the blue sky and majestic stars and plunges our planet into an eternal miasmic fog, it is up to the third generation--the very son and daughter of the scientist--to try to overthrow him and dismantle his pernicious works.

In aiming to undo the damage of their ancestors, perhaps the younger generation can set humanity on a wiser course.

One woman's trash is another woman's--lost Chagall masterpiece?!?

Expat Zoe Barlow has settled well into her artist's life among the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris. When a too-tipsy guest at her weekly poker game breaks Zoe's favorite clock, she's off to a Montparnasse flea market to bargain with the vendor Laurette for a replacement. What Zoe didn't bargain for was the lost Chagall painting that's been used like a rag to wrap her purchases! Eager to learn whether Laurette has more Chagalls lying about like trash, Zoe sets off to track her down at her storage shed. With no Laurette in sight, Zoe snoops around and indeed finds several additional Chagalls--and then she finds Laurette herself, dead beneath a scrap heap, her beautiful face bashed in.

With Paris hosting the 1924 Summer Olympics, the police are far too busy with tourist-related crimes to devote much time to the clock seller's murder. After returning the paintings to a grateful Marc Chagall, Zoe begins her own investigation. Did the stolen paintings play any part in the brutal killing? Or was it a crime of passion? Zoe soon discovers that there were many people who had reason to resent the lovely Laurette. But who hated the girl enough to stop her clock permanently? When Zoe discovers a second murder victim, the pressure is on to find the killer before time--and luck--run out.