Police Procedurals

Detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt are enjoying a quiet afternoon in San Francisco when a townhouse across the street explodes in flames. A sinister note signed "August Spies" is found at the scene of the disaster, and the body of an infant who was asleep in the h... More

A series of meticulously planned bank robberies end in murder, and Alex Cross must pit his wits against the bizarre and sadistic mastermind behind the crimes. Although torn between dedication to his job and commitment to his family, Cross cannot ignore the case, despite the risks he knows will come ... More

First came the stunning number - one bestseller, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, which introduced its memorable hero, detectie Alex Cross. Then the explosive novels KISS THE GIRLS and JACK AND JILL proved that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson - the master of the master of the n... More

Geoffrey Shafer - a man who never loses, he is prepared to play the game of games for the highest stakes of all. Alex Cross - senior homicide detective, he is determined, whatever the consequences, to unmask the man he has nick-named the weasel, the prime suspect for a spate of killings Cross has b... More

Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a shadowy predator known only as The Wolf. Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues perplexed. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completel... More

Follows hot-headed sports agent Myron Bolitar as he tries to protect a star of the women's professional basketball league, an attractive athlete whose troubled past may claim both their lives... More

Chinese expatriate Qiu's gripping fourth Inspector Chen novel (after 2004's When Red Is Black) captures an honest detective's struggle to be true to his professional ideals under a repressive regime. The Communist Party leadership appears to be vigorously investigating rampant corruption among the p... More

Trying to discover why a Harlem high school student is being targeted for murder, quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his protâegâee, Amelia Sachs, look for answers in the student's term paper about her civil rights activist ancestor.... More

Hotter than The Beach House and scarier than Kiss the Girls, James Patterson’s explosive new thriller introduces a bride who is beautiful, talented, devoted—and deadly.When a young investment banker dies of baffling causes, FBI agent John O’Hara immediately suspects the only witness, the banke... More

He Woos. He Stalks. He Kills. He's their secret admirer, wooing them with phone calls, love letters and special gifts. From a distance, he admires them. Desires them. Despises them. And when he gets close enough, he kills them all… Adams County, Alabama is the kind of town where everyone knows e... More

An explosive new thriller from the bestselling Faye Kellerman featuring LA detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. At 8.15am, a small green suburb of Los Angeles is turned into a fiery inferno by a commuter plane crash, plunging the city's emergency services into a major crisis. A month later, o... More

When a close friend is found murdered shortly after winning a half-million dollars from a novelty slot machine, Japanese-American gardener Mas Arai discovers that a snakeskin shamisen, a traditional Okinawa musical instrument, could hold a clue to the killer's identity and follows a trail that leads... More