Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators

Ghost-ridden and on his death bed, professional assassin Jack Lacy arrives in Santa Fe and enlists his old Marine buddy Antonio Blake and former Santa Fe Police detective Fernando Lopez to help him obtain a burial site near his friend Dennis Hopper's grave in...

Acclaimed author Cindy Fazzi takes readers on an action-packed ride full of wit and grit, as an immigrant turned recovery agent tracks down his most elusive assignment...and learns her explosive secret.Domingo's latest job is to bring in Monica Reed. Again. In all his years...

She just revealed that he's a father... And his child is missing. Within moments of discovering that his unforgettable one-night stand years ago resulted in a baby, Cooper Devlin learns his daughter has been kidnapped. Cooper and his two friends are the Phoenix Three,...

"Connolly has crafted one of the most darkly intriguing books this reviewer has encountered in more than three decades of reading crime fiction." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) The second thriller in John Connolly's bestselling, chilling series featuring haunted private investigator Charlie Parker.Charlier Parker, a...

Nils Shapiro embarks on an international quest to avenge his wife's murder in this gripping, emotionally charged thriller from New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman. "Irreverent and insightful, private detective Nils Shapiro is sure to become a fan favorite" -HARLAN...

An arranged marriage, a missing bride, and a father with dark secrets...Hanna Kang has been an investigator for the Black Lantern Society-an organisation of witches, werewolves, and vampires who work behind the scenes to right wrongs via whatever means necessary-for nigh on three years,...

"Terrific . . . filled with jaw-dropping twists and turns . . . an unpredictable nesting-box of surprises."--The New York Times Book Review (Best Thrillers of the Year So Far) "A stone-cold banger of a novel--a twisty journey through Silicon Valley's dark side, wrapped...

"A gripping thriller that pulls back the curtain on the secret world of tech billionaires."--Time (100 Must-Read Books of 2025)"A stone-cold banger of a novel--a twisty journey through Silicon Valley's dark side, wrapped in a stunning mystery package with some wild surprises along the...

"It isn't easy to write a protagonist that blends the best qualities of Anita Blake and Stephanie Plum, but Kim Harrison carries it off with style. This is a fun book! Read it!" -- Jim Butcher, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn the Hollows,...

For the women in London, the "chance of a lifetime" may prove to be their last.Hidden among the romantic rendezvous and secret messages in The Times of London's Personal Column, a peculiar ad offers one young woman the opportunity of escape: travel, adventure, and...

THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION IS A TREACHEROUS ONEIt's spring in Oregon's wine country, and small-town lawyer Cal Claxton is looking forward to watching his beloved Red Hills bloom with the promise of a bountiful grape harvest. But the arrival of an unexpected visitor forces...

THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER (SUNDAY TIMES, UK) - The highly anticipated return of "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time "How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time...

Former London detective Jake Jackson--introduced in the acclaimed mystery Death Under a Little Sky--finds his new life in the country threatened by an old case from the past in this absorbing mystery that will challenge readers' detective skills.In a quiet village, a storm is...

"[Parker's found] the pitch-perfect voice for a guy who is straining every muscle to cut down on the booze, hang on to his new job as police chief, and not get rattled by the body of a teenage girl"(The New York Times) in this...

Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in her mysteries. Vandy Myrick captured readers' and critics' hearts in Trouble in Queenstown. She returns in Death of an Ex, where Vandy tries to piece together what brought her ex-husband's life to an...

"A top-notch literary brainteaser." -New York TimesSoon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot--coming February 11, 2022!Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a...

In New Orleans, lunch is a sacrament--and some sins are served course by course.Every Thursday at a storied Uptown restaurant, four friends gather for long lunches steeped in cocktails, gossip, and ritual. Louise Bernardi, practical and perceptive; Sister Mary Michael Reese, a nun with...

"Gloriously atmospheric."--Lucy Foley"Truly excellent."--Lee Child"Gorgeous. . . . It has the halo of an instant classic."--AJ Finn In this widely praised debut crime thriller, a high-flying detective leaves London for a fresh start in the countryside--only to find himself on familiar ground hunting for...

Minutes after solving his first murder, Clark Thomas receives life-changing information about his past. But time waits for no one.He receives a late-night message from Detective Moody soon after the body of a locally famous entertainer washes up on the Myrtle Beach shore. The...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger delivers another heart-pounding thriller filled with "dynamic action scenes" (The New York Times) as Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the death of a senator on...