Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators

Billie Levine is back with a new corporate adventure in this sharp and witty take on the classic P.I. novel, a must-read for fans of Veronica Mars and Sugar. Private Investigator Billie Levine should be ecstatic. She's finally getting the cheating spouse cases she's...

Hard-boiled Private Investigator Amos Walker races to save a beautiful widow in the latest mystery from Loren D. Estleman--master of the noir PI novel and recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. "Loren D. Estleman is my hero"--Harlan Coben "Hanging...

In this "smart and satisfying" (Booklist) award-winning mystery from William Kent Krueger's stunning Cork O'Connor series, the charismatic detective faces his most dangerous case to date. Back in the saddle as sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork O'Connor is lured to the nearby Ojibwe reservation...

Serge A. Storms gives condo living a try in this off-the-wall, acid-splashed Florida crime caper from the "insanely funny" (New York Times Book Review) Tim Dorsey."Delightfully madcap... This fiendishly funny adventure is irresistible." -- Publishers WeeklySerge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman,...

It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone...

"A welcome look at a distinctive turn in the history of detective fiction., the stories offer ample local color, highlighting for the most part the ordinary folk--shopkeepers, ticket-takers, hairdressers, steeplejacks, barmen, and the occasional government functionary--that give London its flair." -- Kirkus ReviewsFeaturing a...

Author: Ian RankinPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 07/30/2025Pages: 1Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.56lbsSize: 8.79h x 5.83w x 1.17dISBN: 9781420526981

From #1 international bestselling author Ian Rankin, John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars--but after being convicted of a homicide, he's joining them instead. A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell deep in the...

From #1 international bestselling author Ian Rankin, John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars--but after being convicted of a homicide, he's joining them instead. A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell deep in the...

Lev AC Rosen delivers a new and captivating 1950s mystery in this dazzling, award-winning series Private Investigator Evander "Andy" Mills' next case takes him out of his comfort zone in San Francisco--and much to his dismay, back home to Los Angeles. After a secretive...

Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a...

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn's first novel in a new series since the meteoric launch of Chet and Bernie--introducing the irresistible and unforgettable Mrs. Plansky, in a story perfect for book clubs and commercial fiction readers. Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent...

At their twenty-fifth high school reunion in Portland, Maine, P.I. partners and moms Maya Kendrick and Sandra Wallage must figure out which of their former classmates should have been voted most likely to kill . . . After all these years, Maya and Sandra...

Traveling Egypt as a companion to her wealthy aunt in the years after WWI, a young woman accused of murdering a flapper at the luxurious Mena House hotel must investigate her fellow occupants to clear her name. The young couple who work in vaudeville,...

Author: Lee GoldbergPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 07/01/2026Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 8.85h x 5.72w x 0.90dISBN: 9781420536379

In a world carefully constructed for murder, solving crimes takes a keen mind and eye in a witty, clever, and fresh reinvention of the whodunit by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Edison Bixby is wealthy, handsome, and, due to a traumatic brain...

In a world carefully constructed for murder, solving crimes takes a keen mind and eye in a witty, clever, and fresh reinvention of the whodunit by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Edison Bixby is wealthy, handsome, and, due to a traumatic brain...

Two dead students. A coded reference to Shakespeare. And the promise of darker things to come.Near a small college campus, a student is found strangled in an abandoned barn on the outskirts of town. She's been posed to look like a painting of Ophelia...

A skeleton is found in 2020 in Waco, Texas, on the campus of Baylor University during the renovation of the Tidwell Bible Building, which houses Baylor's Department of Religion. During demolition, workers uncover the skeleton of a man who had been murdered fifteen years...

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen... and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on...